The Washington times., 1902-09-21
to reports. the class will be doubled and
narhop nc trin1ad noyf year

to reports. the class will be doubled and
perhaps tripled next year.
/ Do they teach the girls to become car
penters and machinists? No. They
teach them how to become good house,
wiyes-how to cook and sew. The de-
partment for girls includes a course in
domestic science individual work in
cooking, leading to the discovery of its
| methods, the preparation and serving Of
single dishes and full meals. 1t teaches
them what kind of a dinner can be
served for 81 or what kind of dinner
will be served for $40. 1t teaches them
how to prepare and serve meal for in
/ validG and convalescents, how to mar
ket. and shows them, In a practical man
ner, whether they are paying too much
| for meal A course in domestic art
is also given them, which includes plain
| sewing by hand and machine, the making
of undergarments and unlined dresses,
shirt waists, clothing for infants and
children. evening dresses, and course
In millinery.
Other Studies Prescribed.
In order that the girl who takes the
manual training course may be on a |
level with her chum who takes an
academic course, French and German.
physics and chemistry, mathematics. |
English and drawing are prescribed.
Already letters from girls mothers |
have been received by Mr.. Gardner tell
the girls improvement. One mother
wrote that her daughter was so en-
thusiastic over her course that the
management of the house had been
turned over to her. and that it was be-
ing run as we'll as it had been by her.
Dr. Henry H. Belfield, the director of
the Chicago Manual Training School. in
an address on manual training, made
twenty years ago, said:
Considered as mere machine of
production, the laborer with common
school education will, on the average,
produce annually % per cent more than
the illiterate. If he has an academic n
ut VIII Pio'uNO ~ pNi NS'e
more, and if a collegiate education he
will turn out 100 per cent more than
will the illiterate laborer."
Drawing and Shop Work.
Every male student entering the Man .
ual Training School must take drawing
and shop work. The drawing is free ,
hand, machine and architectural, while
the shop work includes wood turning, /,
foundry and forge work. and. lastly, a
the machine shop. The making of a r
steam speed lathe, or an electric gen. I
orator. begins in the drawing room, r
where the student performs the work Of Q
making the design and working draw n
ings; and it goes on through their +,
hands, through the pattern making
shop. the foundry, and then to the ma Il
chine shop, where. with tools made by q
the pupils, the piece is completed for T
service. 4,
And thus the young man who may go
orth from this school into the world as r
physician, lawyer. teacher. or the like :,
must DeSlH IL WIN SOiHe CdiiouS SPotS III a
he palms of his hands. he will know =
low it feels to have the skin parked
If his knuckles. He will know the
meaning of honest sweat, received over
he roaring hot forge. and he will be bet :,
er equipped for any business or profess
ion he may choose to enter.
A Culture Study. h
In recent interview in the "Technolo- Il
y Review" DR.. Henry S. Pritchett. Of
resident of the Massachusetts, Institute u
f Technology, expresses himself as fol- -
1ws with regard to manual training:
obstruction in manual training forms :.
ractically a culture study; 1t contrib
ties almost nothing to the betterment OF
hose in trades. Granting much that has =,
cen claimed for manual training, 1t
GEMS nevertheless true that, in this ~
ountry at least. it has done almost moth
lg to bridge over the difficulties which -
e between the unframed apprentice and
ne skilled artisan. This has been due in Dl
ome measure, 1t seems to me, to the
reat fear which its advocates have had
,st it minister to utilitarian ends, and
!, their intense desire to have 1t first of u
II rank in dignity with older studies. G
heir attitude reminds one, in some fc
easure, of the toast offered by a senior 81
rangler, when he said Here's to pure te