Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-04-24
MANUAL TRAINING.
Rev. Dr. Gushing Expresses His views
Upon This Vital Question.

Rev. Dr. Gushing Expresses His Views
Upon This Vital Question.
Ton. Eiror ~ ne Register
Sm-Your editorial upon Manual
Training School" m this morning $ issue
ought 90 awaken more general interest
upon that subject
Two things have somewhat surprised
me- sin,T I came To- Wheeling. The first
is that with "a system of public schools
,o recently established in this State,
these schools have already attained TO
such excellence.
The second is. that having made such
progress. the people should Doe compar-
ativelv quiet. while mo- special effort Is
being made Go make the schools still
more complete.
With AN the business enterprise that
is manifest Boo this city, 10 is not a little
surprising that the business and pro-
frssi0ua men should seem coutcnted,
while there is uO school where young
man OF young woman can OBJ
tain thorough education, such
as can Dee had I'm other parts
of the country. outside of colleges. As
YOU have suggested, there certainly can
Doe nOuecessity for separate building, IN
order Co inauguratc the work of Manual
Training in connection with the schools.
ann inclined 90 think that a separate
building is the exception rather than
the rule 10 is quite certain that the
work is generally begun withouta build
ing fot the purpose.
] know that in the LaScll Seminary,
r.I.r.rnIur -IhIR|
for Young women iu New England. u
not n the United States, they have
never had separate building And
vet an of the Young wOmcu-ljO or
morc-arc taught dresS-making and
cooking This does not I'm the least in-
tcrferc with the other work in the
school. where the work necessary for AN
English and classical education. includ-
ing music, drawing. etc.. is as thorough
ly done as Zoo any school of the grade i'm
the country
remember very large school for
boysiu Florence taly,-a charity school.
by the way-whcre every boy was taught
o. trade The principal told me that ar
rangcmcnts were made with the fac
tories and machine shops of the city So
that tine boys were taken In groups
to these places so many hours each
week. After little. each boy received
small compensation for his work,
which was put Co his credit. SO that
when the boys were dismissed from the
school instead of returning to their
former hauutS as street Arabs. each
boy had trade. habits of industry and
little money. and was prepared To- oe
enrolled as "a useful member of society.
The Watson College school for Boys,
iu Edmburg. Scotland. school of not
less than l.2O0. and / apprchcud the
most complete school for boys i'm any
country. when last visited 10. educated
the bows. So far as manual training was
concerned, Don the shops and factories of
| that city.
Ina city ike this DO would seem to be-
am easy matter for arrangements To- be
made to do. 40 least. the initiatOry work
/ of Manual Training without amy great
expense to the city. lu any event, the
inhabitants of Wheeling cannot long
afford to Doe without % moro complete
system of education. and this system
should embrace not only the more prac
teal parts of an education. such as vii
prepare boys and girls for Intelligent
manual labor. but also a more complete
/ intellectual training
| CHA~. W. CUSHING.