The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-09
WANT IT ABOLISHED.
The Manual Training Depart
ment of the High School.
ONE FORM OF REINFORCEMENT.
Ex-Delexn.e yoggt Addresses the
Board Of Educstion ana IL An
swered By sept. Barnard.


than have the s-nool serra &Eortsnet more
than e nos Is. thus aslo~ TX 4 io' %
children loose OF tie pGp.E rtfr~-ss -
cisszeEzs all contest tsFs lsgA.t<S O u7a1-S
the money % The pubic ~cs4ool fani loF
the maintenance Of A high school. A num-
her % citizens have Spoken % ne 81 us
ami asked ne 10 present the question %
the meeting OF the seFcol board. many
are u favor OF zts5l s<zf-sg ne s1fls'oi Ok
manual training. vhscn p1.s yoAEs H"rt-
ous with a bali know edge az pFae ga.
~ Dor and really grounds them n nolhsAs-
I expected 20 ffFd fifteen or twenty or
ers here 20 speak 20 yea about as ss4S
as long - they asse nos come Saa''
sqsak for them
Ex-DsxeEase William Noigt vas al
dressing The school board. which met -
nigfYs In regular session. he tad sAt GU
eslv Will. routine business vas N''sis
transacted. and when applications we're
opened for the position OF TeacaeF ~ 9,se
rnanua! training department he rose -
sag MS Say.
The members OF the board settled Rack
IN their chairs ard llStened atIeN1'tt.s
When Voigt had finished king sAad 10
was gad ne board Vas given AZ "Pir94
,uusty 70 hear such sig gestseRs. faAN ne
wish OF the people who were paving taxes
might be under stood. fIe stated ina NJ
had been personally approAcHe1 on tht -
visibility of suspen9tng me hisA S-sipo'
n
sl,ton Mia another member or fne .S@t
l. vas his idea that the people should sA
treS whether they " she1 the bign sch~ot
eu3nauAe,s or not by a vote a fhe e-t'SNA
election 10 be- he'd NO months hence.
yoixt afd not th!nk the scAocA ooAfa
had enough money ia tue treasury 70 80
~ gor a fin nine months .eTFn. even VIII
~ money due from taxes. II was stated
mar about $50 600 Is nov on hand. ana As
saa schools are run on si41s a MONTH thAs
sum would carry them 0nN January
when the sum due from the county %
aellna4nt taxes would he PAID ana axes
collected. insarlng money 10 cofnPse'e ''9
year. w..
Dur,ag the hull In the speeches ny No,gt
ard kim nr. churchill managed 20 edge
fn the remark that nothing could De ~oFS'
fhsn for he 4sl boys and girls IN the hiel
school. al between the ages OF ~ anu -
wears 20 fe barred from school and SCI
la TX for year In their mental adNahoe-
men, at such a critical period.
Sunf. barnard fell very strongly N fANoF
OF the manual training and the ms"
schooi ,na made a neat speech While
ratrenehment VAS no Doubt necessary ue
declared - "chiid's life blood should hoe
be taken 4, economic. Noigt inierrup
ed him here 20 say snaPpisy. Aeh 'he
last three members 81 the Schooi oosfa
were elected IL was distinctly ON r.
trenchmeut idea" He was pfoeee'l'S /"
elaborate on this when Barnard rose 70
hs. feet and said. Excuse me. Mt fFeSa-
dent. but believe I have the floor
Mr. BARNARD has the Hoor, said the
chair. and the superintendent prosecuted
With his speech iie believed young men
should receive a training Tor pfaNt'eal
work IN Nfe. ore that Hottld give theh
a high Idea % the dignity Of manual iso"r'
rather than send them forth filled Win
without the natural ability 20 make them
sur,4Ssfal II am an empnaiic believer
IN nrote-tion." ne said, and think boy
should be reared and trained IN develop
the natural resources of this vondertdI
country Look AZ Germany ahd FRANCE.
What has developed their country ana
made them Industrial nations OF the mrs.
raok- II Is tho manual training schools.
giving aulekness 10 the hand as "eH as
to the mind
T.ho question was finally setiiei hy an
adjournment until next Monday night AZ
S O'Clock
plas we're OPENED on school supplies fer
The ensuing term. To ~" seattle 'o't
& Iron Company was awarded the con-
tract for coal The company agreed -
Furnish Gilman thrce-screene3. washed
,,tlf lurnn best. at 81 per ton delivered.
pfhsr bidders were W. 4 RIrieish. the
oregon Improvement Company and
Charles z Crane.
WOOD NIL he supplied the Rainier school
hv r Knowles Tor g. = peg cord 7, r
Whlfa gets the Day school AZ 81" per
cord. The Green Lake school Nil he .''r-
mishe3 bv \ ~. Rogers AZ s. > per cord,
ana mo Paesac school oy ". H. I%igh'y
a. 8 per cord.
For supplies Of stationery. pens Ink
ana articles II that nature J. r Calvert
4 60. AMI T.oNmsn s Hanfora Mere COM
mating bidders. l. was voted that Secre-
tarv Guernsey sum up the oi3s made by
each on various srtt-les. she one aEgrs-
eating loves, 70 vc-cive the ea;ire con-
trarf
Health onrer r :. Palmer sent IN A
con,raura satfon calling attention 70 the
statutory provision !a relation 80 VaT-ina-
ttan Thls vas laid on TIE tabie.
The riu1nhtrg % many schools e n eHd
condition ans notices We're read from ne
plumbing Inspector condesnnng pnr' OTIS
~ the plumbing ana sanitation ~ - Co.
ianabsa. t'sntfsi RAn5er. # r Mirror. Dem
rN-Funrnau Mercer sna lef~s schools
s.ros ali} ~ once be laken for tne remedy
80 thc srNts'.3r.
pr ChHrca}I ana Mrs Thomas Mere
! elected a. q COMMITTEES 81 fwo 20 repre-
esrt .hA hoard AZ the general rs.rer n
.-.--str..- a.e h-ss sfesssH~t