St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-07-11
INDUSTRIAL WORK.
An Important Section Gets Down
to Interesting Business.


to Interesting Business.
The first distinctive session of the de-
partment of industrial education and
manual training was held yesterday
afternoon in the Central Park M. E.
church, with President Andrew j.
Kickoff in the chair. The president, in
opening, read brief paper upon the
general work of manual training. In
order to be successful the teacher and
the pupil must have thorough under
standing of what really constitutes
manual training. Although he was
sure that manual training had come to
stay, put it was certain of permancy in
the public school system, he was not so
sure what methods will be followed for
the general culture of the pupils.
No one can predict what the
manual training school will be
within the life of the oldest now en-
gagged in the work. He argued that
training the hands are material aids to
mind training. Besides, manual train
training is useful to the pursuit OF
mathematics, physics, geography and
trated by instruments made by the pu-
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as of minor importance and is subOr-
dinate to the other studies, yet Prof.
Kickoff held that all teachers should
know a great deal of it. The only OBJ
lection raised. even by opponents. is
that the advocates of manual training
make too much of it.
Prof. G. M. Woodward, of Missouri,
chairman of the committee APPOINTED to
report on nomenclature and classical
ton of manual training work, submit
a report. 1t showed that the members
of the committee held very conflicting
views.
They neither agreed upon nomen-
clature nor upon methods or uses OF
tools, machinery or materials. They
did agree, however, that machinery
should not be handled by boys below
the high school grade. Manual train
ing should be only introduced in its
simpler forms in the two highest grades
in the grammar schools was the ludg-
ment of a majority of the committee.
The report did not favor children at
tempting woodwork until old enough to
understand the uses and methods. The
majority favored confining manual
training in the grammar schools to car
pentry, joining AMI carving, although
some maintained that carving should
not be taught until the high school is
reached.
Prof. Thompson. of Cleveland, thought
the views as formulated in the report
indicated an OBJECTIVE rather than a
subjective tendency. He argued that a
large majority of boys leave school be-
fore the high school is reached, and if
manual training is to be taught at all
it should be taught where it can do the
most good by reaching the most people.
The training schools are maintained at
public expense, and the greater num-
Der should therefore be given the ben
eft. He believed the youngest pupils
should be taught some sort OF hand
work. Mr.. Davis. of Sioux Falls, was
of the same opinion, He thought the
youngest pupils would be benefited by
hard work.
A lady who had been teacher In
Sljord in Finland, and who is now a
teacher in Boston, explained that Sljord
stimulates an interest in the youngest
children. They learn wood work in
simple forms quicker than they learn to
read, and they always are delighted to
go into the Sijord department. The gem
eral effect is to keep the children in
school.
The committee reported adversely to
introducing tools other than scissors
and kni ives in the school room, favoring
a separate room for all other normal