The record-union., 1897-11-21

features of this mechanical marvel.
Manual training, or training of the
hands in skillful use of implements,
tools, and instruments, has now be-
come part of our public or common
school course; and the Principals of The
special manual training schools meet
once a year TO talk over, what can be
done to improve the course in training
the hand.
At the last meeting, held in New
York City, the Principal of the most
noted New York manual training scnool
gave a very learned talk, in which he
insisted that Demonstration and art
knowledge must give way to tool work
altogether. To this an old-time cham
pion of art education, stung to the
quick, replied: THE monkey practices
manual training" a charge which the
knight of manual training did not tal-e
up, because the learned professor could
have brought in evidence the late Ia
mented Mr.. Crowley and host OF 9TH
er monkeys now in training.
If monkeydom knows itself. monkeys
are every bit as skillful in the use or
their feet as their hands; therefore, an
additional course in pedal training
would be in order We We're recently
informed that the japanese are des-
tined to become the rulers of the world.
We have all witnessed the prodigious
performances of Japanese with their
feet in circus. May not the attention
given to pedal training in Japan lie
at the bottom of this alarming proph-
ecy? Our manual training authorities
should look into this matter.
nj in int of training the monkey
goes the japanese skill OF foot about
ten or more better, in that he possesses
an elongated spinal column, which the
ring-tailed variety keeps in constant
training, and performs with it prodigies
of skill The line is drawn at caudal
training entirely in favor of the
monkey but favored as he is, and de-
spite his possession of an Incompatible
initiative faculty. the monkey will
never revolutionfze the world be-
cause he is neither an artisan nor
yet an artist Monkeys lack the con-
structive sense, else they could not
deprecate it; monkeys are destitute of
the sense of the beautiful, else they
would cultivate it.
How different the matter stands with
the child of nature, whom for short we
call the savage. A savage has dis
tinctive character, an art tradition; the
monkey has none to speak of. A saw
age has a love of kindred, and will en-
dure no end Of cruel torture and priva-
ton to earn the regard of his tribe;
the monkey is destitute of all moral
sense, for he will not even hide his
nakedness. The great museums of nat
ural history exhibit vast collections OF
savage art work; of monkeys they
usually contain interesting stuffed
specimens.
The savage fashions a war club or
pirogue in strict accordance with the
dictates of the constructive sense,
which is commonsense. Of analytics,
algebra, equations, logarithms. the
orems, problems, and their solutions or
graphic illustration, he is as innocent
as any other child; yet he makes as
intelligent an application of structural
elements or constructive principles as
ever did any inventive mind however
exalted. Not one such principle is ex-
planned in any standard work on ge-
ometry that is held to be the under
girding or bedrock of all exact sci
ences; and as our school text books
are modelled on the array of isolated
constructive facts in the absence of
principles and the mere recording of
known properties that obscure the true
nature of forms and the source from
which they spring. the school child asks
the what, the why. and wherefore,
whence and how vainly.
a grandiose edition of Kiplings' De
partmental Ditties" is TO be issued, and,
dedicated to Lord Roberts
Tolstoi's works on the teachings of
Christianity is being translated into
English The idea Of the book is 70
codify the faith and practice as taught
by Jesus Christ.
The Spirit of Wrestlers," a peculiar
sect in Russia, are to have their meth
DDS of worship explained, and the task
is to be accomplished by the Corydon
Brotherhood Company in book form.
The work has been written by Rus
sian eX-guardsman.
The latest Tom Thumb" book is
said to have been published lately by
the Salmin house. in Italy, who have
made a book 10x6 millimeters. each
lire containing from % to 100 letters.
There are POS pages. The text con-
tains an unpublished letter of Calico
OF 1915