St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-11
I The ONLY REMEDY.
How to Decrease the Per Cap
tia Cost Of the Manual
Training School.
Principal Bennett Suggests
That the Number Of Pupils
Be Increased.
Practical Examples of the Re-
suits Attained by the
Manual Course.
An Idea Of the Practical Work
in Which the Glasses Are
Engaged.

lta," said T.. A. Bennett, prlncl-
pal of the school, lis to increase
the number of pupils attending
the school; and the best way to in
crease the number of pupils is to let the
people know what is being done in the
school. All recognize the fact that there
has been and is now growing demand
for more practical training in our pub
lie schools. A common criticism upon
the school systems in many cities is that
the instruction given is not Of such a
character as will best fit a boy for the
duties of a business lite. To satisfy
this demand manual training schools
have sprung up throughout the coun-
try. They have proven SO effectual in
this line, as well as in preparing boys
for higher work in engineering and
scientific schools, that they have been
grated into our public school systems.
A boy cannot now leave school and go
into the office, store or factory with the
excuse that he left school because he
could not learn anything that would
help him in business. He can no
longer say that the public schools
do not give him instruction that will
help him to earn his daily bread.
s'Although st. Paul was one of the
first cities to haYe fully equipped
manual training school, it is not the
only city that boasts of such an instltu-
ton. Philadelphia has found that one
such school is not sufficient, and has
built a second. Baltimore has school
of over 500 pupils. Under somewhat
different system, Springfield, Mass, has
one of $50 pupils, and Cleveland, u.
one of 175 or more. Toledo has a large
school for both boys and girls, and
Washington, d. c., has Woodworking
shop in each grammar school. Nearly
every large city and many small ones
have taken I'D manual training In some
form. In the city of Providence, K. l..
plans have Just been submitted tor a
large school to be constructed Oh the
same plan as the one here in st. Paul.
The school is planned to accommodate
300 pupils, while ours is only intended
for about 200.
at has been only the few and not the
many that have realized that st. Paul
offers the best training in this line that
there is to be had In the country; and it
is but the few who have patronized the
institution that realize that it is posi-
BILE to get the theory and tue practice.
the science and the art, the literature
and the shopWork at the same time in
any public school in the city. 1t is be-
cause the greater number of parents
have not known of this fact that the st.
Paul school does not number 200 in
stead of IS. As soon as the majority of
the people get to realize the facts, the
school will be filled to OVERLOOKING:
The records of its graduates will be
the strongest argument in favor OF sach
training. Already the first graduating
class has begun to show its training.
Two of the four have returned to the
school to take special work OF which
they had been deprived owing to the
delay in the construction OF the new
building. Another is now working for
builder on the West side, but intends
to enter upon a college course soon.
The fourth, Frank Stilbman, eighteen
wears of age, is the only one who eX-
poets he has completed his education.
Soon after he received his diploma he
went to work in the Northern Pacific
railway shops, but in Octocer he re-
ceived an appointment as welgher ana
inspector of coal for the Northern Pa
cifc railway at Timberline, Mont, with
a salary of SIS per month. His even
ings have been spent in keeping a set
of books, in return for which work he
gets his board and room"
In the instrumental drawing depart
ment the present senior class is now
working on the plans of house. The
class was first required to take notes
and sketches from the instructors talks
OH foundations. mortar, concrete, brick
work, framing, roof, stairways, etc.
Then the pupils each submitted, on
cross section paper, design for a
dwelling. These sketches were critl-
clsed in the class, the best one chosen
and improved, and now the class is
making complete set of scale drawings
for their house. Specifications will be
made out in regular form ready for the
builder.
In the freehand-drawing this class is
studying light and shade with sepia,
and will soon take up pen drawing for
photo-engraving. In the machine shop
they are building Axe Oscillating cyl
inder air pump. The piston, crank and
stuffing box are completed, and work Is
now being done on the cylinder. They
the year. One division of the class is
just completing the half-year's work in
chemistry, which embodies that re-
Quired on entering the state university.
The other division is at work in cleo
tricity. They have just completed a
line of telegraph from the laboratory to
the science recitation room. During the
last few weeks experiments have been
made with the incandescent electric
light. Others have been made to deter
mine the resistance and strength of
currents of batteries. Next week they
study the telephone.
Besides the drawing, shop work and
science. each pupil IN the class takes
two of the regular high school studies
French, German, geometry, trigonome-
try and bookkeeping. He also has En-
glish composition once week. Similar
programmes are arranged for the lower
classes.
CAUGHT IN THE CURRENT.