Telegram-herald., 1891-05-20
TOR MANUAL TRAINING
EDUCATE BOTH HANDS AID HEAD
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aNanual Training" Vas the subject
discusssd By tile Unity Club last eyen-
Jag. Charles H. sigh supported the
question for the reason that the pres
emit system OF education 10 incomplete
without Il, u Is not intended to teach
any definite trade 10 we pupil. but TO
give him an insight into the various
tradea We think that II the children
were taught the mechanical trades It
would brighten their intellect. What
ever is required of the pupil IN manual
training be has gained that much. IL
i, conceded that the brain - active
and the hand must DO trained To put
the work Of the brain N execution.
Under the present system the senses
are employed IN receiving
instruction, and the hand Is
unframed. The present system only
trains the memory. The pupil should
DO trained to build as we'll rs To know
the rules Of building. The great fault
now is that boys want 10 leave school
at the age OF II or Is years and IL has
been demonstrated that where manual
training 10 taught they have no desire
To leave school so early. l don't think
the opposition TO the system of manual
training by the laboring classes Is as
strong as represented. There are
several institutions IN the country that
teach the trades aud think that IN this
manufacturing city of ours we should
have . similar one.
Mr.. Lsonard's Views
c. II. Leonard followed and said that
. golden opportunity awaits the people
IN this city TO establish manual tram
ing school. A part of the old high
school building can be used for a class
IN manual training. This idea does not
seem to be fully understood. A manual
training school IS to teach another
course and omitting some OF the less
useful studies. Who will say this is not
q benefit TO the laboring classes? There
has been an unequal division of the
school funds. These funds have been
used to educate lawyers, doctors, etc.,
and the lsboring classes have had q
small benefit. Manual training has q
tendency to elevate labor. In such a
school the hand and brain are taught
together. Should the pupil choose to
| follow any other business, the instruc-
ton gained in manual training would
be o benefit to him, and if he should
| choose q trade he would have a good
start IN that direction. A purely English
course should accompany manual
training.
| Mr.. Fyfe and Others.
Alexander Fyfe thoughtthat the ides
that underles the manual school sys.
tenn is TO fit pupils for polished me.
chanics. There is scarcity OF skill ed
labor. Industry has undergone great
change within the last fifty years. The
big shops nave dropped taking appren.
tees The employees are mostly ma
chine hands The establishment of
| manual training schools would increase
taxation and the laboring classes are
paying about all the taxes they can
stand. The furniture manufacturers
ought 20 take in apprenticeship three
each year. and pass them through the
| several departments, we could have
better skilled mechanics than could be
produced by any manual training. Ma
chinery has become q great source of
| production and it Is in the hands of
| the capitalists. II would be a difficult
matter for skilled manual labor to COM
pete with machinery and capital.
President Mia F. Upper appointed
. committee consisting of Alexander
Fyfe. Edward Taggart, Mrs. c. S. Udell,
Mrs. J. c. Wenham and Rev. w. +.
Hugenholtz to draft constitution and
bylaws for the club. and present them
at the next meeting. "Single Tax" IS
the subject to be discussed at the next
meeting. TO be held in the McMullen
block two weeks from last night.