The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-06-11
TEN PAGES.
For governor Of Pennsylvania, on the
issue Of an open field and fair play,
JOHN p. ELKIN, of Indiana,
ubject to the will of the Republican
masses.
A r1emorial Of . Noble Citizen.

training ScnOOl IOT tHe chill
dren Of Scranton is emphati-
cauy one Of the; noblest bequests ever
made by an American woman. Others
may have given larger sums, and 9TH
ers may have endowed institutions
whose name and fame have been em-
blazoned very high on the roll Of hon
or. but this gift has a significance
to appreciate to the fullest degree. 1t
is fitting that it should be as a memoir
.ial for citizen of flawless life of noble
and earnest purpose and one whose
memory Is sweet and beautiful in this
his home.
The day has come when educators of
the real sort-not those who believe
the eternal salvation of the child rests
entirely upon marks" and examination
tests-realize that training of the hand
must go along with training of the
brain. The theory'of the kindergarten
will be taken through all grades.
Skilled fingers will mean as much as
skilled brains that can turn ma athemat-
teal somersaults. The boy and girl of
the future must do something as we'll
as think something. Work is the ex-
position Of an idea, and the youth
whose hands are trained to follow the
quick leading Of his brain has his earn
ing capacity increased four-fold. There
are always more places in the world
for the person who can make himself
useful in an intelligent way. Manual
training along with mental training
will dignity labor and will go far to
solve some Of the great problems which
are driving labor and capital to war.
The boy who is clever with his hands
and who has developed his mental quail
tiles will not be found in the lowest
ranks of wage-earners and will be be-
yond the baleful influence OF the agita-
tor. At least he will not be "a brother
to the OK
Children have a superabundance of
energy. Their restless activity is the
,bane of the mother and the teacher.
Simply keeping their brains busy with
long hard lessons does not meet the
requirements. They must be given
something more. Manual training is
the real solution of this question.
Wherever it has been tried it has sue
ceeded. Restive, mischievous and even
vicious children become docile and
quiet under it's influence. Often those
known as the bad boys of school or
institution develop wonderful talents
and are found to be the most valuable
assistants when they have some intel
ligent work for their busy fingers. At
the Pennsylvania Oral school those af-
flicted ones to whom the world is all
silence. are tractable, quick and Won
derfully clever under the teaching of
Sloyd work, where their hands are em-
ployed. 1t is cure for the sullen, the
dull, the unhappy. At the Home for the
Friendless, the same problem is agitut-
ing the minds of the management
What shall be done with these mis-
chievous, restless children for whom |
there is no work? The idea of estab- |
fishing manual training there on a |
small scale Is being seriously consld- |
cred. ~
Mrs. Smiths gift is most wisely
plannfd. Much .of, its development has
been ts0ssa~elsse., study of the, work in |
the Boys's Industrial association where
even brief space OF time has shown
marvellous possibilities. The value of
her beneficence Is something that will
last longer, be more far reaching into
the heArts of men. than monuments of
stone Or bronze, than libraries or chairs
In universities. ~ hnBr.,
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