The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-31

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INTELLECTUAL BROADEN1NG.
The new plea for manual and Industrial
training has ABOUT 1t an air OF dflettante-
ism This kind OF education is going on
continually in all the shops ana tac-
tories in the South. Agricultural edu-
cation is going on on the farms Wnat
the school needs to do Is to supplement
the farm and supply the deficiencies OF
the apprenticeship. Go into any ca:
shop and you may find men OF the fin
est r,anua; skill-men who can make any
thing in iron or brass. from nut-bolt
to a steam gauge. and who have never
been to school day since their appren'
ticeship begcn. That kind OF educa-
ton can take eare OF itself far more
easily than the intellectual broadening
which requires a longer time ana costs
a great deaf more money. Our skiiieca
workman needs both. He needs the
manual skill in order to provide FOR MS
family and do the best work and ne
needs the tGtetieCtuai prOduSHiilS lot tAaSs
same reasons that other men need it,
For obvious reasons the emphasis ought
to be kept on the latter The tendency
to commentaries education Is already
too strong. but aside from that the mar
rowing of mere manual training is ac.y
ceutuated by the multiplication OF ma
chinery. This is not to be urged against
the machinery 1t is a plea for the man
behind the machine Sir Robert Peel
made a fortune out of Il simple discovery
of ono of his operatives, VIII" had no.
idea of It's value and who sold 1t to his
employer for a trifle II that working
man had been educated. his own de-.
scendants might to-day be titled English
men.
1t could be devoutly wished that the ex.ss
ample of Cecil Rhodes might be widely
copied by men who wish to reach the
best results in Southern education. There
is room in Southern colleges for ten
thousand such scholarships and IL that
number were open now there would prob
able be ten APPLICANTS for every one OF
them. The fact that many OF the best
Southern colleges are under control of
various denominations of Christians need
not shut out from the benefactions OF
broad minded men These schools have
been the educatinal salvation of the
Southern people. Their training and their
ideals have gene all over the South. and
but for the causes suggested in the be-
ginning of this paper, the number Of
their students would have been far larg-
err and these students would have been
better paid when they became teachers.
These schools have not entirely escaped
educational fads but they have proved
to be of the greatest value in conservn.s
the best ideals and In seeking the wis
est methods.
MAKE HASTE SLOWLY.
It is we'll at any rate. to make haste
slowly. We do need better school
houses and our teachers ought to be
better paid. Many of our own ablest
men are devoting their lives to the edu
cational questions of the South. and they
are worthy of all confidence. And TO
Illustrate the vaIualof their conservatism.
here subjoin.l from the July number OF
a popular magazine. a proposed scheme
OF education:
What is real education?
The twentieth century will say that
it Is the teaching of truth, not mere
languages and fables.
What the universe is.
What our earth is.
The laws which govern matters and
force.
What man is; how life is brought into
existence and preserved.
The object of life: the mind. its pow
ers and it's limitations.
Tho relations OF human beings; their
government by their fellows for the high
est good OF all.
The arts: their evolution and their de-
velopment (sicl
Organization as applied to the uni
verse-to the world of matter and the
human body, and to labor mental and
physical.
The new educators will diferentateg
(sic) these headings. determine their res
alive Importance and base the teaching
of knowledge in accordance Herewith.
The nero fact that such nightmare
as this found a place in serious Htera-
ture is in itself a warning
One good result has already come. ap-
narentIw. from the new interest in South
ern education. The, crust OF Ignorance
concerning the real educational status IN
the South has been broken.
S. NJ. PROVENCE.