The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-19
HOUSTON. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10.
TEN = AG ES.
INDUSTRIAL TRAINING.

In spite O, the determined opposition
which It has % encounter the movement
for the Introduction OF Industrial or manual
training into ths public schools is constant
~ gaining ground.
Many people are strongly r7e!udicad
against having their SOUS and daughters
taught anything 10 school Beyond a mental
course Of instruction ia books embraced %
the oid-ilme curriculum nui IS eGuca-
iion eompleie which iraius the mind alore
20 she negiect " the bolr3 }, Is true thlt
Johouie may never become q Eachluist and
SrHie may never be cook. bat The chances
arc thai 4 knowledge % mechanics AMI
cookery win prove more useful n niae
cases out OF tea in everyday life ih1n
familiarity with Greqk verbs ana the .air.-
Kate Problems Ok higher mathei4at'es.
isher education is lot TO b. disrarasel.
&c through II CONE the great achievement
81 science and philosophical rese..rga. out
The rrea; majority OF the boys and Ellls
who are trained IN the public scheals ,aa
ever b-sofae philosophers OF scieaii.ts
tna iiorncs sac less fsglzrs aboet ,ai-
l,ee gradaete IN prauas Office fo'ies
equally veil TO 4 grgst oaay other uA4-s
AS s7o;ess.ouA
The world demands meu sna wo;asn who
laye lsacucal =s vlil al ,Aeosr,ieal kao,sl-
esse pcspie who know how 20 80 thiuss.
One q tie grsz, faults of che ce1utry has
lesn tae stroas tera-aly 20 sn4Ee lawyers
AMI doctors and politicians cur q men
whom nAlare iateade4 for li4,,sa.l.ts and
e-rpeateis and uAeelvrightt There is
niorc heaor 20 farming out we,l-uade
laif Of sLo-s aaa 10 Preparing poorly
coastr4gfed l-V..rl bucf. Sc, t.any 81 cur
yoesg Eea ;al 10 roiiifs 1T AID continue
20 IKE cut meaefe ilyelhe2a in dingy
oinees sbea ihey misat Be earning iau
sages ia nelghuouus ulseh!ae EhoYs They
contend that the-e is aigays roou az th.,
top IN the professions Certainly. bar hon
iaaay syccesd ia reading ihe top or 10
fast ia coming anywhere no2r az The
trouble ia IN getting a tooiholi al The
bottom
in cur cities. the ambition OF May young
rien is 70 enter mercantile life through
elorishlP The ambition Us lnuasble onous,.
and 10 faux is TO be- found with the plo-
fesaiou but The Dry goods COULTER ls AZ
ready 80 ful that The standing room only
sigu Is ready 20 he displayed az i,s end
hauy a young man "a measuring calico ar
fitting Sheos on suail salary with 20
Ifospccts q rlss who is Kept cut ~
comfortable living by bis pride which for
BIDS him 20 eat,.r one Of the so-csIlei low ef
oaiiings TO remove this ssnae Of false
pride IS oae ~ The seyersl objects Of IN
dustrisl training 90 the schools.
Tho fact Is bscpuing more and more ap.
parent that The hope Tor the development
Of the South lies in the estsbilshnent of
industrial enterprises within SIS hordrfs
and tbs day IS rapidly coming when the
mills snd fae'ovias q New England. or q,
least very large part Of them. viii b.
Transferred to the bare @, srppliea The
South. Then viii Tie cpss.and :or skilled
wmsmen become stlH greater IN this s~r-
ton than 4, tie pnasegi, tine. and Il sidiisd
labor Is no, available here u viii - I'M
ported from other locsii.IsM
The sooner ihs South taxes asysn.Are o
the forecasts OF the times 70 educate her
children TO meet the eorslDg eoaslttoaa
the greater v III be her gain