Los Angeles herald., 1892-05-15
FRIDAY MORN|NG|TES
Mrs. Bradfield's Talk About
Drawing.
Its Relation to Industrial Educa-
tiOn.
A Practical Talk on the Work The
Study I'm EurOpe-Guests
of the Club.

At the last meeting of the Friday
Morning club, Mrs. Bradfeld, for twen-
ty-three years teacher of drawing and
for eleven years connected with the
public schools of Los Angeles, gave a
practical talk upon Drawing in the Pub
lie Schools, in Its Relation to Industrial
Education. She strongly advocated the
introduction into public schools OF the
elements OF industrial science, showing
that, since almost every manufactured
article we see about us was made from
design, the study of drawing, 1.-THE
alphabet OF mechanical SCIENCE" is OF
paramount Importance. This has been
recognized in France and in England,
where instruction in drawing was begun
in 1850. In 1870, upon the evidence Of
many manufacturers relative to the
scarcity Of skilled artisans and native
designs in New England, Massachusetts
passed law requiring drawing to be
taught in all public schools and free in
struction to be given persons over 10
years of age in cities having more than
$4,000 inhabitants. Since that time
drawing has been incorporated into the
educational system of nearly every state
in the union. This study, in which
children take delight, develops the
sense of form, makes the eye accurate,
the mind observant, and the hand skill
full, thus laying the foundation for the
practical work of the trained mechanic.
Drawing is a universal language, afford
ing mode of expression common to all
nations; it is Of incalculable value in
the study of the sciences, and it culti-
Yates the mental faculties which enable
us to appreciate the beauties OF nature
and art.
Mrs. Bradfeld described the admira-
BILE system of industrial education in the
progressive schools of Wurtemburg,
where drawing is taught with distinct
bearing upon the requirements of trade,
the course embracing advanced geomet-
rical and free.hand drawing, modelling
in wax or clay, sketching from the OBJ
ject, and original work in design.
France, too, has an elaborate and
comprehensive system, that touches
every grade of instruction from the pri:
mary school up to the National School
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at Rome.
In our own country, in the last twenty
years, the recognition of the utility of
art has stimulated inventive genius, and
our domestic products are now largely
supplanting foreign importations. To
insure the further development of the
art interests of our industries, our state
board of education should include art
mannfQ fQafnrnrn ortiotc ~ ofa,,r
Mrs. Bradfeld explained her method
of instruction, now used in our public
schools, and exhibited the work of pu-
pills in the various grades to show the,
gratifying results attained.
Mrs. Hubbard, chairman of the home
and education committee, spoke of the
difficulties attending the establishment
OF industrial schools, and suggested
that, since the object of education should
be to tit children for an avocation, and
since the children of the poor especially
need industrial training, the state,
which taxes their parents to maintain
public schools, should either introduce
manual training or open state polytech-
mic institutes. Money expended for
education is more than saved to the
state by it's reduced expenses for GRIM
inal proceedings. Statistics prove that
the majority of criminals are ignorant
and unskilled. Industrial training may
be costly, but it is certainly less ex-
pensive than crime.
Guests of the club were Mrs. R. B.
Joslin and Miss Joslin, Orar ge, CAL;
Mrs. Elizabeth Hughes, Los Angeles,
and Miss Fannie Harloe, San Luis Obs
po, Cal.
Next weeks programme will be in
charge of the reform and philanthropy
committee. Mrs. Bartlett of Boston,
Mass, is expected to talk about the
work of Mrs. Roger. Pryor among the
negroes of Virginia.