The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-06-04
FOR HAND AND EYE
The Manual Training Depart
neut Of the High School
sxn,sIr,ox coxrssuso TODAY.


wcrt a. ~. rnzzaA srz.aiax s<fsrs Tsn'
a. ts< Hsra seacss. rxs rsssa yestsr7sy
a. ne school Seventh sssnsss srd A.sAs.n
st~~>1. ax< - 70 be cartfEae1 ssc&y isg'a
a N ~ , -
~ w1rk certainty sto~y AL mat 80
~,,,.,<, ,.s.r-~s r.sr< !. esaiuns sExs-tfts srs
h4vzsss Of prsxre~s. .hsJ fnsas $500.
srd s~tsoa speans lzf< . Corusnf from oriy
he arr ysars 81 TIE Hsxh srhooA 4 SPEAKS
wsf1 for si1e rro<r<ss nsxce IN thfs asS<ft-
sx>xt 3srsrR the pss, year. lss afssfns
a. made NJ from she toe nrarraes OF
COURSES. Constructive Or nseensas-
Ell dss~sax. ss9 design ara ehsr-
col drSWsnx In ne former mSea
Of ras work <xhiS.tet sao~s Z
degree II ex>cusioa esazl 70 sas expe-
r,~ee<s a.zuxassmac. wai.e all ~ de-
rotes 4 f,sstez sssaszl o~vessproent. sas
sesi saias OF the vork. 90 she psst ~ ins
stz1snf ~ sdssfsson 10 scasir<f SKID "a
~x<catien. Accuracy. tAs@rht zna ja@g-
m<nf are essAent A appreciation 9,
color sxiues and narmcay, and 81 AEst
ezf shade . s9lcwn &C. the hezafifHi sFsees-
R~ss 81 o~sxinz; design IN hastszaca erSA-
ensrs. sn3 IN the cazrccsi sksfchAs
Tbs za~nzaI ffssninx exKscssns- ise wers
Of the ssas<nss tae past year m taAf De-
ynrzm<nt are VERY sntsfsstisx. s1sne %
tn wood surnipx wsaIf GO credit 70
suprh assrs sxyeri~nee6 unrker than .
1&-yeas-oi1 bog The WORK ssa~s not oniy
aexs<slsy OF bard but . rs~nfsi progress
asWaS1 right shlnking and dotnx-
WHIST 16anmas Trainidk IT,
In rrsponss ~ . request os the Post
1ns<iI,x~ne~r Pref n. ". sohnson. In
etructoy az the manual training Depart
D~at. has written the feiiewlng srsicss
exphinirx fatty what IN . manual training
school. ard what iss object b.
what y . manual trsniHs school. ard
what y its ohjses, 10 fns fFss place y 10
not . trade scaool Tn. scope Of any
sfs6< ID too narrow for efaeAfionai par
pssea Nor does IL manufacture articles
primarily for MS or for sale: The presscss
of the shop. - . rule. have 70 value ex-
eept a. exercises illustrations fypical
forms ssd methods Msau4! training Il
- broad aud ~ Eberai as intellectual
training The whole aim % the shop 10
educational Were iss prpduet nsDsfse-
surcd for the market tho student would
b. kept on What he eopie do best al the
oxp<ns~ of breadth ana versatility. fac
tory does not foster intellectual iifss It's
oole object Il the marketable product The
manual trsininx scseoi does foster intel
1ectual slfs. - sole object 10 the finished
BOY. he 10 the only article 20 be pat ca
- market
Manual training does not mean SIMPLY
che use OF the hand. nor does n mean sim-
ply the training OF ths hand for the ssks
~ the hand. nor for the productive skin
which that training gives II II tram
ing 81 the hand for the purpose OF securing
~ the same time, and primarily. the train
tnR Of the mind. through the senses Of
touch and perception. When the hand
and eye are trained 10 accurate ob~ervs-
sion and manipulation the mental faeui-
ties Of attention. comparison. rrfiecsion
aud Judgment are exercised and develop
Cd indeed. the entire circle Of faculties
n DEVELOPED. and in such mutual relation
that each supports aud Is supported by the
others.
"The constructive faculty. 40 s,rong In
youth. and which man.fa.ts itself even
IN the youngest Of children when the op-
roftanity 10 given. il allowed Its proper
development In manual training odacA~
tsea. The hammer and chisci go hand
IN hand With the pen and hoax. The in
sfraesion m tool practice ~ not allowed
20 diminish abr smoans Of attention Civ
~ 70 the other stafies. the intellectual
faculties are dessiepcd not less tahn the
phystrsi
III u es, isstls nofe than 6oren years
esncs nanasi training vas considered
tfarier. II free-sed il arst impetus in
ahis country frQm the Russian educational
exhieis ~ tte Certennisi in Philadelphia
- rs. tas eirertar % the Imperial Tcehnl-
ca ssaosi At Moscow benz the frst TO
esoiss . sysssmstir coarse 81 tool Instrnc-
stos. It's tetseauert growth in sh.s ceun-
try is largely due - the iaaaanees FOR
seientps thcaghi and application start
81 b tire sct ~ oon<Tsss in isc. grant,
tina 70 every senator and repFesr niatise
ffem m several states sa.ee acres OF lard
for he purpose OF ESTABLISHING state col
sescs 81 agriculture ard The neehan' c
sy;s. ftst naAaasl ,ralning a. neS applied
60 school Narx o<san with the founding Of
sss 81 f.aais manual training seaeal IN
IN since tat time. rastieaiariy within
TIE las fss years. tss krcwtA ara sprssi
have -sesn very RAPID. anti today Il has
come y 10 . fssisr % great Importance
~ rstsfir school eiar4issa IN all parts OF
thf c0anfty.
~ Is ore outcome 90 tse seein- Of dis
saiisfzrtsen stir the nlavr methods o.
eaacatsen. arr ihe ~rert 70 make puhii,
efaeaflop more pracffcAt To fsr great
~ cxtynt than u oaR'N % BE- there Is A
tsnssency TO rsn~A,e have and eiris away
fTsm the fdeas - practical. ssif-ho4asaS
sraaxty.ai HE rather than towarg "
elansai training. wsfhoat isaehlnr any
particular TRADE teaches the wrarrtylnx
rfiaeiales ~ tnem ah. srlnsiax tho aoV
or g,ri m close touch ana sympathy u-itA
a. m~chAn.eal and Industrial arts The
hoy wAn has witn his own harris Ran
tird And learned the use o, the tools %
The eafpen,er shop. sarSlns shep ard ma
eh.ae shcp. gains lasting respect sar
TIE disnsty 81 labor. II opens np % biz,
new Naos ~ effort. ans makes possible
20 him a rhelee ~ occupation test suit a
Be- his ability.
IT. ncglnn.ns.
This movement was Aezun IN Seattle
eeont s.x years sgn. whsn after saii -
eosssen ~ fAe school hoard n = meeting
~iss ths ritN sarerintrairat ant prinri.
pals 81 tTc schools tsaf holy voted ga
fer the purchase % feS to.,s FOR car
yentns Sefk roQru En- thr ssaser,..-,s 81,
she CentcAl s-haai was nits,s uith s.-e,ss.
ana = frw % the Rrh seA.isl .tgfs-t.
verc fauzht ne usc % tessr Ia tSes
sor'e two years nier NJ C. Il. YeNsrI
. rsaetlcel rnecAsnie took rasvsr ~ thts
work. SWING rast 81 hx tsne u "a. Mrs
ctherNise employed IN 10 sehosi A. tha,
fs'ne two horsepower sfsrsd iatars rr~e
rrrchascd Fhr Following wear tlre work
sst - sreNr- requiring an 81 NJ How.
Af4s "ine' ,hAi rev. iafEe- saa better
ecpicped quarters weie nF4ss,-f Pa.
Noedarar ca factory. a, srrerts ,re.
ne ans SFy!rs street. since srrrsfi.s,s
Mss seriously considered Atsf tat-r 49,,
eonea, sal n RE ssfr-r--r ~ tsas i-A ~.
teei twN,stefe Aultine was pie. an re-
sarnertsF-s teeis Srre plserf - me
sscrrA a@aT ara sfvfrsH .-.,~r.-.,, ssvf 4.
traC'scs Serc ht,t ~ the he,.s
N.a 10 this t.rnc thrre has l,r- =, ,..s-
SeaHicA' trawinr faaEht LID --.r~s...t.,.,
MIA Tire shcr Nc-s. nor irsrc.i s-.v 4-a~.
trg, To aNy 0f ne t.ays 2 thsA.-o s..s,.,r
u October. lNsa ssok coarse ~ mas se-