Los Angeles herald., 1892-10-11
"Clevelands Baking Powder is in
steady use in my kitchen"
Feb'y s, 1902 s/Lsxn<t<, AZaaIa~<
EDUCATION OF HANDS.
EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT AS BRAIr
DEVELOPMENT.
The Lecture Last Evening by Prof Key es
some Views OF Practical as
Opposed to Theoretical
Education.

The auditorium of the Church OF the
Unity was we'll filed last night by an
audience which included in its number
many representative people in the
leraned professions, and especially a
large contingent of those interested in
education. The attraction of the occa-
sion was the announced address of Prof.
@. H. Keyes, president of the Throop
Polytechnic Training school at Pasa-
dena, who had been invited by the
Unity club to speak on the important
subject of manual training.
The speaker was introduced by Presi-
dent G. A. Dobinson, OF the Unity club,
who stated that the lecture was put in
advance of the regular programme OF the
club, which would not open until the lst
of November, but that in view of the
great public interest now being mani
tested in an improved sytem of educa-
ton, it had been thought advisable to
lose no time in presenting statement
OF the work about to be entered upon bv
the new manual training school at Pasa-
dena, work the Importance of which to
the future of the risinggeneration around
US could hardly be overestimated.
President Keyes then came forward,
and in clear scholarly way, but at the
same time without any attempts at or
! at0ry, made logical, telling and power
full address upon the history and devel-
opment of the present movement. Be-
ginning with review of the educational
system practiced during the time in
cluded in his own boyhood, the speaker
dwelt upon the insuficiency and radical
errors of the old method, and was es-
pecially severe upon the length of hours
during which studies were protracted,
giving number of illustrations in sup
port of his position, that the results
of such bard work were diseased
bodies and a one sided education that
brought out none of the ability to apply
to the practical needs of life the mass OF
theoretical knowledge thus acquired.
The professional training of the lawyer,
the physician and the minister might
be of the best, but in nearly all cases
the fundamental training had been
lacking in practically, and the man was
turned out upon the world without the
business sense that should be his safe
guard in any walk of life.
The old idea that man must enter
profession and not soil his hands with
manual labor, was dealt with by the
professor in trenchant style. The nec-
essity for manual training as part of
the education of the day, was dwet
upon and d. scription of the school
buildings at Pasadena, founded by the
philanthropie Mr.. Throop of that place,
followed. Mr.. Throop had intended
founding a university but concluded
after an examination of the situation
that there were already too many such
institutions or schools and colleges of
that name in Southern California, and
therefore diverted his donation of $780,
600 to the establishment of polytech-
mic school. Mr.. Throop is hale and
het.rty gentleman of so years of age, and
was present at the lecture. taking the
greatest interest in the discussion that
followed.
1t is likely, in view of the public in
terest taken in the subject, that the
Unity club will bring forward some other
speakers to discuss the topic of manual
training at a future date. President
Dobinson announced that course of six
lectures on geology might be expected
from Prof. Joseph LIE Conte, of the state
university, in December, and also called
attention to the reception to be given to
DIR. Thomson at the church tomorrow
night. extending cordial invitation to
every one to be present.