The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-02-24
lJSTRIAL EDUCATION.
Manual Training Is Related TO
ON. Educational System.
kuoupsr BY PROF, cAswELL ELLIS
.,,,v. Why a state industrial School
should Be Made Part of an
Existing institution.

,,nc there IL strong interest In
~ Texas IN manual, Industrial.
ps.moeatlr education. Those who nre
.n,aina nlocf ARE doing 70 because
~ lnck Of knowledge Of Just what
...gal education means, OF what Will
..ssht in such courses, aud how II Will
,.ssht what " will cost, just what
4 ~ gained by II. ana how II can be
VA 10 our present educational eys
rs,,, education in the manual M"
M n,ts 4 IL nlrin thst tw w.
to be gained
4 certain manual skill aud fund
.roNle,lee useful IN after life.
certain amount OF physical aud In
Sleciual training
Ix,sansc az II may seem Co us, Il iH never
,l,.i true that for more than thou
"A Years educators entirely Ignored tho
Is,ops taught by the early history Of
I, human race, rhey seemed to think
n lotollcrtunl training could he acquitted
N, Nv the study of books. they HUcmel
4 iatre, that the race once received all
A iuieilectunl training along Vita It's
kssnal anil domestic training The aaN,
Z hnys aud girls got their healthy hudics
N lsafned TO tunh quickly aud clearly
kpueh the training they were gwen 10y
kar narpuis In making their tunls and
Iolhlne aud houses. In gathering And pre-
[f,nf their foods In hunting thcir game.
4 audytng the forms and iotccs ct nature
Ioui them. and In attempting to over
khe the Problems encountered In thclr
k,sleal environments.
/ About hundred years aeu, III cnnnec
ken With the work In the mines at h'rei
Iafr. and later in other cntcrpriscs In
LNfpe, II occurred Ia some one that a
EEht student might he given special In.
Htuctlon I'm the work aud learn all Of
kese methods without having Go go
Ercugh al the lengthy monotonS of ap,
krntlrrship. Tho experiment was tried,
succeeded, aud thle was tho first tech
|ts school. The idea spread over Ilu.
kpe and afterwards CamU TO America
ihc land grant made hv congress In
Nc for the purpose ot advancing Dgricul
hfal and mechanical instruction cauerd u
hrld growth In the number of thosc
|hcols In lSps there were sixty ~
hfke Institutions IN the United states.
~ year and more thnn S13,O0l.p0o worth
\ property aud improvements. Numerous
eher technical schools, set NJ Ivy states,
n cities. and hv philnuthropists. have
Ildc1 greatly 70 'hls, systcm aud snow
q whnt an extent this industrial clucn
kn haH grown In thirty wears aud IT Is
Iss growing more rapidly than ever he
etc.
These technical schools emphasize tho
recal technical value Of the knowledge
MI skill ny their students, and have few
helr purpose the furnishing of nup roun.
~ With thoroughly trained specialists in
Y mechanical and industrial arts and
denceE, The graduate Is to know thor
Willy about tho settling M Nnd hnndlng
machinery the laying ont If rairoads.
Ne hHilding of bridges, the care Of stock
I the direction of Farming or mining
pctntlons
nut the, wide possibilities arl ihrsn
' ssss M greE lG,T ,Sssl pnEp9Ss' be-
tnd0nts show IN them. has led 10 tho at
emnt at selecting certain parts Of tue
fcrk developing certain methods ot teach /,
" ibeso md adopting them into the
asuar school rourse In this II Is
rant 20 teach thcsC subjects urinaritv
! means OF general education. aud
econdly With a view to giving fund "
lofe Or cNs technical knowledge useful
4 after lItc
our state hos not YET recognized In any
IN Tue need for this generally cduca-
We INDUSTRIAL training M a nnrt W nltt
snetal educational system. It has not
y seen that this work H. something more
wv mere technical training for a snc
I lns cSScupaIlon, that It is, a part ~ Hll
INe education and that the hoy OF utrl
no passes through school without II Qocs
y into life deprived ot tis lust meed
Intellectual, moral, aud physical trnin.
y, , g. well as handicapped IN the ha,tlo
y w ny the lack OF fund ot usrful
' 1Iss'eddgS about tho MOST necessary NJ
Bot we'll trained teachers In THE worn
'e scarce and expensive AMI this hrfngs
nhallS 70 the point We are to- canslder.
smeN what ought Texas 10 do at this
aa o ueSt rromoto In manual training
,,htye plans have hccn proposed.
Y girls
Y; \ some propose to have tho state toin
~, Wst,eih cities md nut departments
'hools s w Wv" ne'
y y soinc wish 60 cultivate FOR both mon
W. NV wohch both phases of Industrial CIV,
auoh; l. Tho strictly technical phasu
Il 'rs ,nna our Agricultural aud Mcchan
49, Vphego 80 women aud adding to thN
'vrsss already there, those stu,ilcs mora
'pNinllN suited to girls !, Al tho spnv
NY, NY prenare tho way FOR the genornllv
,NnsssuNs industrial work In all the ruhln
, s, o putting Industrial departments
!, saeh " thr state schools Ia which
1921, 1921 are trained, eo that our regular
ssShete may he prepared to nut this worn
W. nj our public SCHOOLS
ivy nlan OF the state giving money
!, certain individual rtty hIeh schools
'sld be supplementary tn either ~ thn
Iaef two plane and henre we viii not
s Sp% V has been practlced else
tss,sir remains either tho nlnn VI rytir-s
ssNleE separate girls industrial nchool
Wv establishment VI broad general
IN ~ Industrial education ro.orlnaind
~ WI nlescNt educational institutions
y fpWNte Industrial school Tor GIRLS "
nlsttN orRan2ed and equipped, would
tsMW iind favor and Quo would expect
ma MY soon 900 or AA0 girls IN attendance 4
IN graduates might he turned ont
~ YEAR not only With we'll trained
80 ent With thorough knowledge "