Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-05-18
"BLUsHEs OF SHAME"
VIII be Seen on the Faces of Parents Very
Soon Unless Proper Steps are Taken to
Revolutionize the Present system OF Edu-

w Ill he seen on lnt IdCtH VI eA'hto wy
Soon Unless Proper Steps are Taken to
RevoIutionize the Present System of Edu-
cation.
To the EdRor ofthe sunday Register:
SR:-Those who have had the misfor-
tune to break either an arm or leg Will re-
member the agony and inability to allow
that member TO perform its specific duty
The limb broken requires it TO be set and
kept in position by splints or bandages
The result is tnat the muscles become more
or less inactive, whereas the other hmO
moves with ease and rapidity, which Is due
10 constant exercise only. The patent IS
placed in such a position as TO make 1t I'M
possible TO obtain proper exercise, ana as d
result the limbs become rigid, and every
movement is followed by painful express
sion. This is also true of the brain that Is
in constant idleneSs. Improper exercise
makes il almost impossible for mental con
ception: owing to the ignorance and
stupidity of its pOssessor 1t can not
perform the duties intended by nature
These obstacles can only be overcome by
revolutionizing the present system of edu-
cation. The present progressive condition
of the world demands change, which can
not be carried into effect too promptly The
old maxim that God has created all men
eQuNl Is True dS lar do NltdtiOn - NbA-
cerned. but the mental, moral and physical
qualifications are left for man himself TO
develop. which can only be properly OBJ
tanned by practice in the earliest possible
age. Parents and guardians should now
present their claims while the subject Of
educational reform is fresh in the public
mind The book-learned graduates relic
of the davs of our forefathers. Book studies
and manual labor should 20 hand-in-hand;
the mind should not only be fed on "boiled
down" theory which Is pleasant at the time
of indulgence, but combined with this the
Ory there should be an abundance of prac-
tice. well cooked and seasoned and ap-
piled in such a manner as TO be beneficial
forever after. II is manifest that this
system of education cannot be obtained
in the present public school, but can only be
had in the future great" Manual Training
School. which pays no attention to parti-
alitv. but gives Justice 10 both brain and
hand No student graduates from this
institution without first having obtained a
thorough knowledge of the studies as laid
down in the high school, combined with
knowledge in the use of tools and having
the eve and hand trained TO accuracy by
drawing and designing. The course in the
present Manual Training School includes
Mathematics, including Arithmetic, Algc-
a.
guages. including English, French, Ger
man and Latin; Science, including Zoology.
Botany, Physical Geography, Chemistry,
Philosophy and Physiology, also the
studies of Political Economy, Civil Gov
eminent. Literature, Rhetoric BoOk-keep-
ing. Composition, etc. In the manual de
partment is taught Drawing, including
Mechanical. Architectural and Freehand;
Tool Work, including Carpentry, Wood
turning, Woodworking, Pattern-maklng
Molding Soldering, Blacksmithing, Ma
chine work and study of the steam engine
This course is applied in three years, boys
beginning at the age of fourteen, yet some
are known to enter at the age
of twenty. There is very absurd idea in
in the minds of thousands of parents that a
boy must leave school and enter "a shop or
store as soon as he has learned a little Of
arithmetic and writing. This is downright
imposition on their own children. Having
had but little themselves they desire that
their children should have the same. This
idea should pass from the mind of every
parent and every child should receive that
which can be had with proper effort. The
present world has little use for an unedu-
Gated man. If the boy is not given prac-
teal mental and manual education he Will
develop into u man endowed with all the
QIUL QudlluCdJlonS VI pclltNN me- liz
finds it Il burden 10 undertake anything
pertaining to brain work, and has con-
slant desire for ease. Little work and an
abundance of wealth is what he longs for
Owing TO his ability TO conceive that which
the public demands, he is assisted by his
friends for a while, and finally walks in
path of failure and discomfort. He has rea-
sons to blush and be ashamed that he has
made so little effort for improvement.
BY acting without thought and reason he
dishOnOrs the God that made him reason
able creature; he becomes burden to his
neighbOrS and brings misery upon himself.
Let us therefore hope that newspapers will
circulate the benefits derived in the manual
training schools, that tutors will advocate
its adoption, and parents and guardians in
sist on its being established at once, and ad-
minister to the coming generation that
which the public demands. All that's nee
esSary is a little energy. Wheeling has the
proper facilities for a manual training
school and plenty of students to crowd
such an institution TO its fullest capacity.
Martins Ferry has taken steps toward the
establishment of such an institution, and 1t
will never do to have the multitude point
out Wheeling as having an incompetent ed
vocational system. Let our benevolent citi-
zens open their hearts for the public good.
Start the subscription blank, and members
of the Board of Education act on the sub
iect at their earliest convenience and have
a manual training school in Wheeling by
the opening of the next school term.
CHARLES c. HOOK,
Instructor OF Drdjring.
n Iouis. Mo- Man rs. 1880.