The Durham daily globe., 1894-08-22

1 eGS- we were uuuSIy 4Ol vi oih AOOH ~A4N
studied day and night We know nov
the value Of this training, for when ;
country boy is put at work in the shop
he shows much more genius than The
boy, who, having been raised in the city
is theoretically in closer touch with the
mechanical arts.
Some of the children who attend city
schools have more mental education
than they relish and are hungry for any
manual education within their reach.
The child either Of the poor or the
rich man cannot get this much needed
education at home 1t has been the duty
of the school to supply it. 1t has been
tested elsewhere and has proven salts,
factory. We congratulate our school
authorities upon this beginning. Frank
lin H. Briggs, chief of the department of
mental and manual instruction school Of
Rochester, n. Y has just published in
pamphlet form an address: Boys as
They are Made and How to Remake
Them 1t is an earnest appeal for man
ual training, and it is peculiarly interest
ing to see the author start with drawing
as the foundation principle Of for right
moral training In so doing he ack-
nOWledges the correctness of the Greek
idea aad admits that modern education
has not advanced much beyond it He
says:
The story is that of a philosopher, in
ancient times. He viewed procession
passing by The head, composed Of
gray haired heroes, bore banner with
the inscription we have defended the
state 'Ah,' said the old man, If we had
such men always, Where shall their
successors be found y AS he meditated,
the centre Of the line came in view.
of manhood. They bore a banner with
this declaration: we are the defenders
of the state. For a moment the sage's
face lit up with glow of satisfaction,
and he said What state can be in
danger of disruption and subjugation
while her honor and integrity are up
held by such warriors? p Then he grew
sad, and after awhile he exclaimed:
But what shall happen when these pass
away?' While he thus sorrowed the
left of the procession approached the
spot where he stood. There marched
the boys with springing step and smiling
faces. They carried high their banner,
and upon it the wise man saw these
words: we will defend the state The
gods be praised he shouted the pere
tuity of the state is assured
The writer here asks the question:
"What makes the alley boy what he is?
What makes your boy what he is? Three
things that neither of these boys could
nor can control-their birth, their sur
and their education."
He next shows the effects of the ell
Vironment of vice, drunkenness, etc and
finally comes to the question "How
shall boys of this class be re made ?" and
his answer is
"Put them into the manual training
schools. In the manual training school
we want men and women with purpose
and will and a heart. They strike
blows at ignorance and falsehood where
ukewarm instructors cannot strike The
should form an inseparab!e
Of every school, Children
delight in doing; this is why the kinder
yarten is so effective as an educational
agent.
"Our school for the boy should have
drawing for its corner stone. Drawing,
hat his hand may express the beauty of
lower, landscape, figure and face that
delights his soul; that he may transmute
ntO tangible form the idea of shape and
igure of the object he desires to describe
And modelling, drawings twin sister,
should accompany it. IN my experience,
many boy who had been considered
iunce dates his awakening from the hour
when he found out that the formless clay
could take on shapes Of beauty beneath
ais touch
and then the other members of this
same family, use of wood working tools
It helps boy to find out what square
means. When he can saw 10 the line
Every time he has greater respect for
ruth When he Labitually becomes ex-
act in the use Of tools the great battle is
Won. Your skilled mechanic is not
Usually liar. His respect for exactness |
makes him hew TO the line in his speech |
These three then, drawing, modelling |
md wood working in various forms. |
hould lie at The foundation upon which |
'ur remarkable structure should rest. |
And this is what we should have in our |