The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-15
KINDERGARTEN PLANS.
Programme of Work to BE Under
taken by Baldwin System.

Programme of Work to BE Under
taken by Baldwin System.
The industrial or manual training
side of education is absorbing a great
deal of the attention of the foremost
educators of the day, and this work,
begun in the kindergarten, is carried
up through the grades of the schools
to the threshold of the college, Many
believe that before long it will cross
this threshold, and form part of the
so-called higher education A col
lege man, even now, if he wishes to be
an engineer, must work in the shops
until he has had the practical expert
ence, as well as the theory, that will
make him of instant use to his en-
ployer when he begins 10 work.
In the kindergarten and public
schools, however, industrial training is
not used as a means of learning a
trade, but boys and girls, rich and
poor, are given the principles of GER
tain of the industrial arts, in order to
make the skillful hand. the steady eye,
the accurate touch, and the sound
judgment necessary to any profession.
To put it physiologically, II il 20 form
ready combinations between the mus
cles and nerves, and between the
nerves of the brain and body, that this
The young women of to-day who are
trained in good kindergartens are ex-
perts in the lines of cutting and fold
ing cardboard modelling, design work.
basket weaving, and many cases wood
work and whiting, and Venetian
bent-iron work. This last is one of
the most attractive of the schools of
work, and is quite new at the South
Miss Harriet B. Hardee, principal of
The Kate Baldwin Free kindergarten
in Yamacraw, has made spe-
cial study of these industrial arts
this summer, under the tutelage of one
of the teachers of this work in the pub
lie schools of Buffalo. She is prepared
to give all the simple work to the chill
dren of the kindergartens. and is en-
gagged to give manual work in the new
private school of Miss West and Miss
Pape. She will also have chief direc-
ton of the manual training of the stu
dents of the Kate Baldwin Kinderkar-
ten. AS Miss Hardee is the first young
woman in Savannah to specialize in
this branch of the work and has great
natural aptitude for it, the future
seems very promising.
The aim of the Kate Baldwin Free
kindergarten is not simply to maintain
a successful system of kindergartens,
but to grow in such directions as to
of work which will enable them to be-
come experts in those lines. A begin
ming has already been made by the
group of students who were graduated
in June, not only by those at the
Chautauqua schools. but elsewhere. If
a band of twenty-odd young women
begin earnestly to train themselves for
special vocations within the subjects
now required by the exactions of the
"a. h mill n
corps of workers to which it may point
with pride.
The cooperation of the public school,
always so necessary to the growth of
new ideas, has been readily and cheer
fully given, and a closer relationship
between the kindergarten and primary
grades will be the result If the kin
dergarten training did nothing else for
it's students it would fit them to be
better sisters. daughters, wives and
mothers than any other system posi-
bly, can do, for. every woman comes in
contact with little children at some
time of her life and should understand
the principles governing child-nature.
The Kate Baldwin Free Kindergarten
is glad to welcome into it's training
school students who wish to take the
course for their own benefit or pleas
ure, as well as those who wish to make
II a procession. are III the
larger cities. many young women who
go through the two years kindergar-
ten training simply for the knowledge
gained in the branches most discussed
in the world at large at the present
time, psychology and sociology philos-
ophy of education, race activities, the
study of primitive man.
The Kindergarten will also have a
small but very valuable library that
will be exceedingly interesting to those
who wish to read up on these subjects.
While these books are primarily in
tended for the use of the training
school, Mr.. Baldwin has advised the
library being open to the public at the
discretion of the supervisor, Miss Back
us. These books will be kept at the
Chatham kindergarten, and may be
had on application to the librarian aft
er Nov. 1. Altogether the Kate Bald
win Free kindergarten bids fair to
become an educational center of great
value to the city. and those desiring TO
see some of its work win have a good
opportunity by visiting its headquar-
ters during the State Fair. Visitors
to the kindergarten are also welcome
at any time after the first week in Oc-
tober. Students wishing to enter the
training school should make immediate
application to Miss Ophelia d. Pritch-
ard, 223 Henry street. east, who will re-
fer them to Miss Backus.