The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-11-07

tools is taught as part of the course ana
young men are graduated who need h0l
tramp the city in search of q job as clerk,
but are equipped and ready Tor uselul
place in the great field of life.
France and England have both learned
the lesson that to hold their place in the
great marts of the world it was neces-
sary to give their young men manual tram
ing-technical education, industrial lnstruc-
ton. England discovered that her trade
was slipping away and that is the means
she took of retaining it. France instructs
both sexes and as a result manufactures
articles of taste and ornament for the en-
tire world.
America is far behind Europe in this re
spect Russia has 200 technologlcal
schools Belgium $4,000 pupils in similar
institutions, Denmark over 5000, Italy
16OOO-Georgia no trade school, but thank
God one archaeological school that deserves
the warmest encouragement and support.
Skilled labor
I was at Newport News the other day
and visited there the ship yard and the
largest dry docks i'll the world. AL tle
close of the day | saw vast army OF Ia
borers leaving work and my friend who
was acting as my chaperone remarked that
MANY Of them received as much us slO Il
day for their labor. Are any southern
men or ex-confederates among these wen
paid workmcn?" | inquired.
NO. said my friend "they are north
ern men and foreigners who have become
highly skilled mechanics in the great schooiS
in the north and abroad. The poor eX-
confederate was receiving his dollar day.
the same as the negro
What lesson. What a lesson!
NorInRi SCnUoiS.
But we must begin at the beginning and
the teacher must be prepared Tor his WORK.
The training of teachers IS an urgent need
In the normal the student learns to teach,
to communicate his knowledge III
the manner best adapted to men
tai development. year, techni-
cal training is of inestimable value to the
teacher and enables him to accomplish
vastly more than would be possible without
it. It's Importance is not to be undereStl-
mated. Teaching those who are to teach
involves a history of education, OF educa-
tional methods and Of the practical appli-
cation of education. The true principles
of teaching are founded on the laws OF the
mind and child nature, and are hence edu-
cotionol nSvrh0logy The processes of
growth from the concrete TO lhe abstract,
the specific to the general, the known to
fhr unknown, the thought to the clear ex-
prcssion-thcse should not be dead rules
but should enter thoroughly into the teach
ers work and be applied habitun!ly and
unconsciously to every act OF teaching
Georgia has one normal SchOol-at MIL
lcdgevillc. | was recently there and would
advise every member of this house to visit
it as q solemn duty
1t is a great and wonderful success. 1t
is thn salvation of the children. Oh. the
criminal waste Of years, The years lost
pouring over lessons without method; With
out system, no plan, no inspiration! You
onght to give this normal school every aid
ana encouragement. and one OF the frSt
things that you should do Is to provide tor
co-cducation Why not educate the young
men as well as the young women! lhert
is no reason under heaven why 1t should
not be done.
And here let me say that the very worst
thing that | have heard of my Old mother
state Georgia is that you compel Your
teachers to wait for months Tor the poor
pttance they earn. This is, an Outrage
chat for very shame Should be corrected;
Let the teachers be paid well. but ABOVE ali
let them be paid promptly
am growing old. In my boyhood Gays
have ridden over the site OF TINS bealIl-
ful city when the old Whitehall tavern
was the only building here. | remember
when it took me five days to ride from ny
home in Louisiana to school at Athens rl'
Now | make the trip III six hours HNerE-
thing has changed and science haS, pf9uS u
thn ends of the earth into nci@hberAood.
Put still education is the dominant factor
of civilization. and the forces OF nature
are harnpssed as servitors to man oi!,E
Through the operation of the developer III
elect.