Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-04-22
DRAWING AS EoucxrrvN.
Its Practical value Proved In German
Schools and Factories.

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The United States consul ut Chemnitz
has been much impressed with tho impor-
tant place which drawing holds in tho
schools Of Germany, and has summarized
the results OF his observations In a report
which has Just been published by tho state
department
81 mover knew tho value OF drawing"
ho writes, "till 1 came TO Germany. At
Mannheim Its meaning as an essential
part OF n German education had just begun
TO dawn on mo. / saw its Importance to
the jcwolry trade at Pforzhclm. The moro
studied tho question Of German educn-
tion, especially technical education, tho
moro drawing found. 1t Is tho beginning
and end OF all technical education.
"a good knowledge of drawing makes q
boy moro useful to his employer than any
other branch. 1t is believed hero that to
DO ablo to mako or build anything, one
must DO able first 10 draw It. Then, again,
a drawing mechanic can carry home exact
ideas Of things seen. II is the custom not
onlyi Chemnitz, but in every city have
visited on tho continent, and more espe-
cially In Germany, to send out trained
craftsmen to expeditions and fairs for the
purpose Of copying designs, now machines,
etc. How well they have done their work
is seen in the manufactures Of AK Ia Cha
pelle, Crefcld, Plaucn, Leipsic, Chomnitz,
Frankfort and Berlin.
"Tho Importance Of this study may DO
seen in tho many hours devoted to IL from
the kindergarten to tho university. No
other study in technical schools gets so
many hours or moro careful instruction.
In day schools, evening schools and Sun
day schools IL Is the same thlng-drawing
drawing, drawing II is an aid rather
than an injury to tho memory. 1t trains
the mind rs well rs tho eye. It Is as grcnt
an aid to tho reasoning powers as is logic
or mathematics. 1t Is the very essence OF
both. One is always dealing with rela-
tons, making comparisons, seeking exact-
ness. Besides, sense Of the harmonious
and beautiful is developed.
What want to point out is its prac.
teal value. Tho agents of houses In tho
United States who haunted the halls Of
sale in Roubalx Lyons and Troyes 10 or
90 years ago now come to Chemnit1,
Plauen, Crcfeld, Cora and Glauohau. 1t
was formerly four weeks in Lyons or
Troycs and one or two days at Chcmnitz,
Crefeld or PlHuon. Now 1t Is four weeks
here and days in the French textile cen
tors. do not say that this remarkable
change Is entirely duo to drawing and do
signing, but do claim that very largo
part of 1t is. Nor am 1 alone In my belief
that drawing muy be nm excellent substl-
tute for logic and mathematics, for found
after l had begun this report books pub
lshod In Germany containing tho same
ideas.
1.-THE best auxillarles to the Imagination
or fancy nro the different styles of draw
ing. Ono author claims It as the best aid
to technical skin for training tho eyes, tho
best help to an appreciation OF objective
and perspective forms and the apprecla-
tion Of Light md shadow. 1t IS also re-
gurded as a great aid TO tho understanding
TO mental measuring Goethe, the stand
ard of what IL bCst and most beautiful in
German thought, Is quoted everywhere as
approving of drawing es Il part Of educa-
ton. He says:
Considering the importance OF draw
ing as n part Of an education, ono gets
tho assurance and conviction that his en-
ioyment of the physical world Is beautihcd
and increased thereby The entire world
OF form and color opens itself TO him. A
new sonsc (orgnn) Rwakens, which receives
the llveliest impressions. Ono learns to
appreciate nature, to value, love and re-
joico over its beauties
81 always find technical teachers en-
thuslastlc oVCr tho subject, know whnt
opinions manufacturers hold In regard to
1t; know how eagerly the creations OF
French fancy 0antasie) and Imagination
arc copied here and made cheaper than in
France and sold all over the world. By and
by with wider development OF this art,
Germany will not need to go to Franco for
ideas With the power to put down on pm
per the myriad forms found In the forests
and fields, to make combinations, to de.
pict things seen by the minds eye, will
como novelties andperfect Independence. "
New York Times.