Telegram-herald., 1889-08-05
MANUAL TRAINING
An Endsavor 70 Have II q Part &
Our ScaoOl system.
Il VERY INTERESTING SUBJECT


etschSule, ~ sfa-1 .. 81 tea-A
tAe Principle er p .hzatss.
The Boa1d of Trad become im-
bued VITA the .aea lor great
maautaetarug city od lap.as s
Ny 0eaind otaer nang -elurag e.tes
la rae matter ot layne place where
manual training can '- had ~ boys
Alld giis. whose eyes a.- hands are
uot nov properly ua-ne4- Ine board
l-s appointed q cosnmlus et which
Charles t. sl.ga Is chairman, 20 take
steps Tor the incorporation u manual
training ia the curriculum OF the c.ly
schools
Il Is proposed 10 follow the system
adopted ia Philadelphia. A large
building j. set aside FOR the parpose,
and As i reward foF proficiency of good
behavior pupil from the grammar
school acquires the right u attend tae
training school oDt-il.iI day each week
III IS desired to get a system tlAt
Viii leach tAe arr, WhlcA mUcrle many
industrial occupations. some tAng ilat
Niu educate the hands and eyes, SOME
lMug that VIII furnish such course oi
manual training as VII enable chll-
lren, when tney complete Their course
u Ihe pubic schools, "a secure some
sind OF employment, and not find that
lhey are incompetent 10 i've, except by
heir WITS
The object" said Mr.. Sigh 10 the
ILLEGi.AM-llERALD last night, rs not
10 make and turn out mechanics. u j.
% tram the eyes and hands OI our boys
sad girls 50 that they VII hc better
able 10 understand the work OF me-
chanics. II bv manual training lhe
Did prciud zee, p the minds 81 certain
persons who look down upon honest
mechanical labOrers, could bc dlspelieu
alone would repay the expense and
trouble Oi founding the school"
4. II. Woodward, d rector OF the Nan
ual Training school OF Washington
UniversitvF at 81. Louis, says: "Ihe
practical value OF manual training Is
not easily measured. It's greater than
any Of u have thought. Like the
practical value OF arithmetic, ge0g-
raphy, history, writing and compost
ION, IL is obvious N every occupation
and on every field Of human activity.
Z is bcnefciaries are not TO be numbered
hy counting the members of tins on
that class IN the census reports. All
classes and all individuals are certain
10 reap practical benefits from their
knowledge Of modern tools and me
chanlcal methods"
President j. III. Smart, of Purdue
University, IN an address before the
sixth national convention Of the Bur
eaus of Statistics Of Labor oI the United
states, dwells on the great waste attend
ant upon the pick up system OF boys n
learning IN trade. at results, IN tine
lrst place, IN waste of time. This ls
bad enough, but something else occurs
that affects the character OF the boys
work. The 'pickmg-up' process Will
seldom produce expert workmen.'
Another result ia the 'picklng-up'
process comes from the fact that il
fails 10 awaken in the boy keen am
D.tiOn, without which success IN any
emplOymcnt is seldom secured; hence
Il Is that many boys who enter fac
tories and shops for the purpose of
learning a trade become restless, timid
and discouraged, and leave the busi-
ness TO possibly try another, and thus
become the gOod-ior-nothing jack-oi-
all-trades, or 70 JOIN the ranks of the
non-prod uctives, and possibly the ranks
| OF the destructives."
IL estimates that out Of each one
hundred boys who start TO learn trades
only about fifteen ever become first
class WOrkmen. He saws. "Ihe taste
D..
carly age, and there IS not wanting cyl-
dcnce to prove most distinctly that
even very small amount of manual
labor introduced into the elementary
/ school serves to keep alive the capacity
tor active employment and the aanp-
ulative skill of the fingers"
There are many cities in the country
where manual labor mas been incOrpO
rated in the school systems. Phlladel
/ phia, Marlborough. New Haven, Cieye
/ land. Omaha. Eau Clare. and Moline
/ have all taken TINS step and proved It a
success. Besides these there are schools
.n Chicago, IN ~. Louis. IN Toledo, %
/ Boston, in New York and in many more
! cities devoted exclusively 20 mauua
/ training.
The committee VIII hold a meet.n-
/ this week, and the various trades uu
! lOns have been asked 90 send reprcscu
/ tatves 10 confer with them and see J
/ some conclusion can he arrived az j
regard 10 having the Board Of Educa
4 ton Incorporate i in the school system
OF the CITY If this IS done t VIII ne
/ ce,sitate the construction OF ueT
/ building for the purpose. Il IS sab
! lect which every taxpayer should ii