The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-10-28
maNrJaU TRAINING IN.sCHoohs.

Forge Il Bolt as 10 Do
Grafton.
r,, +ho Editor OF The News ana Cou-
iTbo snbiect OF manual Training
iier recontly advocated by many
mas oen 1aadinp educators OF the Stato,
n,'n ~ w. rocognize its merits, ana desire W
enDraft " it into the pubic scnool sys,
@ eng These farsighted mon soc
tha South of Today not the oouth oi
tan3, sn1 Years ago. Now conditions exist,
ioi ," ~ ases OF life have forced them
selves upon us, and the education OF the
nust will not satisfy tho conditions Oh
the present. .+roo,,
with industries multiplying, the boys
Of South Carolina need something
more than a literary education, some
thing more than proficiency IN math-
rmntics, English and the languages.
Manual training does not seek to de-
trnct from, but rather to add to-, the
olG cducnliop, The good points Of the
0iI arn preserved, and, with addition
IN meet the present needs, we have the
new system.
e,i,ntions of manual as we'll as intellec-
tunI ,raining. They must tnculcate
the dignity of labor, not by precept
alone, but by example. Ibey must
render it Us honorable to forge bolt
as to deliver Greek GRAFTON
Manual training schools seek 10 de-
vclop u whole man. Not ono filed
with learning. vet unable to apply it;
not cne trained in manual skill alone
hut, q man who has mind and body
trained together: who Is able to see
uriuht and whose hand Is capable OF
executing what he sees.
Manual training is not Il new iad
created by some visionary tanatlc, ouC
the type OF education that Locke
dreamed of, that Lord Bacon wished
for, and Comcnius, OF Bohemia, sought
in vain 20 tabllsh in Holland.
Manual training schools are more
than their name signifies. Inc Train
ing in manual dcXtcrity Is only one
AMI tie smaller part ol the instruction
they 0 fer.
The aim Of the manual training
school system IS not to teach man a
trade, but to educate him. Not to make
mechanics, but men.
The primary object is to secure 8
healthy physical and mental develop-
mcnt, while its secondary object Is to
secure general dcXtCrity useful in
every vocation. The method Of in
struction is based upon tho principle
that a harmonious mental development
is best secured by a harmonious physi-
cal development. 1t proceeds first to
call the physical activities into play
and hv stimulating, strengthening and
training these it seeks TO awaken, oe-
volop and cultivate the powers Of the
mind.
The training consists mainly in per-
forming certain graded exercises cal
cuateG to give General dcXtcrity, pro-
mote health and strength, and at the
same time develop the perccptive fac
ultic3, ingenuity Of construction, con-
centra,cd attention, love of eXactness
and artistic tu&tc.
But do not conGOund manual training
schools with manual labor schools.
The latter aim to aid 4 strdcnt in Sc
curing an cuucatiOn by allowing him TO
labor a certain nunbcl Of hours in a
shop AT some trade. by which means he
can pay part OF his school expenses.
There Is no educational feature in their
shop practice.
In addition to the subjects TAUGHT in
the high school. the mNrual tr;.ininp
school covers the .wo subjects Of draw
ing ana tool work. These two 90 hand
in hand. Each ig dependent upon the
other. Drawing is invaluable. IL forms
the first stem in rnanu,I tr.ininn I, ;s
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bnar u,it''oas isCU ~ ".'u many oIher ciClcs
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the S'n,h ,hn ,'"" n,,,I;a' I?t' anu IN some OF
not consihcrcl r|",,H "n,1a 1o,oo, system IS
mannaI @ rJ''..uG,iu tnuini, colnuleIc unless the
Bnt in S"n,h ,'"s Efs.niiru tIIUu,o 1 ,otn part
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