Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-10-06

American building methods was great
ly interested In the elevator which he
saw used for raising brick in the con
structlon Of great apartment house
He even photographed the device, In
| order that he might have visual evi.
dence Of it to show on his return home
In his country no other method OF
| hosting brick is in use than the print.
tive one of carrying them aloft on the
shoulders of men. Such incidents are
Of common occurrence. Many of the
| iaborSaving devices in use in Ameri
ca are unknown elsewhere Our own
countrymen travelling in Europe, and
more especially in Asia, are astonished
at the slow and toilsome methods there
employed. A failure to make use of
labor-saving. contrivances Is not always
due to lack of enterprise. Many of
the inventions most useful to ps
would not pay" where labor IS cheap.
Efforts to Introduce the trolley car for
passenger and freight traffic In. the
West Indies encountered an obstacle
which the American promoters had not
company would carry a package five
miles or more--a rate that would in
sure generous support here--did not
seem small there, for the simple rea-
son that many a native could find, nc
easier way to earn, ten cents than, by
walking the. five miles and carrying
the package on his head If "a work
man is known by his chips be Is also
known by his tools. High-priced men
do their work with high-priced machin-
cry. The engineer OF the mammoth
locomotive which Is, pulling hundreds
or people across country in a fast ex-
press train is well paid; the poor ORR
entail, dragging his single passenger in
a 1inrfkisha, gets barely enough for his
supper, ., Not only does the highpriced
worker create the necessity for me-
chaHical IMPROVEMENTS, Shut the me
ehanical Improvements Inc turn aues
ment productiyeness. The lesson,
then, FOR nations and for individuals
Isl to make themselves worthy 6fnsood
Tools Human imuseles Wete9madeYfor
something better than the work which
few Jumps of coal under boiler viii
do more easily ,929BgI dol
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F" That there are too many studies n
the public Schools in all grades and all
departments from the primary to the
high school, in nearly every State In
the @ Union, is the general Belief Of
sehoolmen who understand and cor
recfly, apprehepd the theory of eeduca-
ton. There are no new disclosures,
therefore, in the report OF the element
airy, school committee of the 'cithens'
ed educational commission, appointed by
the Civic Federation to investigate the
Chicago school system IT Is crafty
Ing to note however, that the commit
tees report attirms what has already
been pointed out by progressive edu-
Gators The committee finds that the
course oof study in the elementary
grade Is so extensive g that = 1t iis
physically impossible for the aver.
age child to- accomplish what is
required without overwork- It, found
that the pupils who r., finish, the
elementary schools are, as rule, def.
oient IN English and can neitherispea
pora write the language =acceptably
Ihe committee is also In line with the
most progressive educational sentiment
when 1t declares against the teachfna
or foreign languages In the grades. The
time and money thus expended could
be employed to better advantage In this
study of English and civil government
The plethora Of books in the schools
results from two cause.-the growth
OF the examining system" In the public
schools, and the continuous and per
sistent pressure of the school book pub
fishers. One evil logically follows the
other. Having engrafted the examining
system upon the schools, the demand
for books Is constantly enlarged, and
the book publishers. engage in fierce
competition to supply the demand. The
result Is that the schools are loaded
down with books and the ohi notion
which regarded education as a t'tira1v-
Ing, out Of the ]mental powers instead
OF packing the Uranium with useless
and indigestible, facts, has been dis,
carded 1t is not an uncommon sight
nowadays to see a 10-year-old with
spectacles on Its nose, carrying to and
from school a half dozen books. This
is not education The text book was
originally designed as an aid to edu-
cation. Properly used it is a guide in
| the mental processes that are neces-
sary to develop the mental powers OF
a child. 'oi "5 = '31O