The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-20


tenn of Industries that are also highly To-
/ caiized a rigid stratification of society
i into social classes, and the strong prob
ability that the boy will succeed TO MS
/ fathers calling. Switzerland, Tor IN
/ stance, has a system of schools in which
| pupils are taught the special trade OF
| matchmaking.
i And the day may soon come when In
city Of large population say Birming-
ham. with some highly differentiated
| forms OF Industry, like iron or steei-mak
l ing, the young people may with wisdom
| and advantage be instructed In all Inc
sciences relating thereto.
Manual Training in the Common
| Schools.
| 90. We come now to the third and last
| form OF Archaeological school, and that Is
! manual training schools. or schools for
| industrial education. Here the aim Is not
| TO train on the one hand the engineer,
/ nor on the other to develop the opera
| tiv or the artisan. their purpose being
| rather distinctly educattve in general
| sense, though, too the results i believe
| are OF a highly practical value. Manual
| training says an authority, includes
| drawing, design, carving, molding, join
| cry, piano playing -anything. in a word,
| which brings dexterity and furnishes a
way of translating thought into immedi-
ate action Its purpose Is the training
| Of the eye and the hand of the pupil and
| bis acquisition of those elementary prin-
ciples of physics and mechanics which
| underiie all dealings with the forces Of
nature and with material objects
| zone of the most significant facts Of re-
cent educational development" says the
| Worlds Work. has been the rapid adop-
| ton In the public schools of manual
| training simply as part of education,
| and not as a specific preparation for a
trade" Ten years ago there were only
| 81 such public schools. Today there are
| ITO cities in which pupils of the public
| schools receive manual training as part
| of their regular course. According to the
l;report of the Commissioner of Education.
| there are 125 separate schools distinctive
| ly devoted to manual training, with an
| attendance of 10000 children. Both the
National and Southern Educational Asso-
Citations realizing the great educational
OF manual and Industrial training, and
since the need for such training is so
keenly felt throughout the South, re-
solved that the curriculum of every high
school should include thorough course
in manual training.
| Says Mr.. John L. Parker, a member of
| the Birmingham Board of Education: II
| believe the special committee of tho
| Board Of Education, appointed to take up
| the question of making manual training a
| part of the high school and seventh grade
work, will see the way clear to report ia
| vorably.
There fs not room enough in the school
| building for shop and tool work, such as
| Superintendent Phillips recommends but
| for small outlay a room or rooms out
/ side can be rented for the desired pur-
pose Manual training will prove most
useful part of every boys education, no
matter what his calling in life Is to be.
| With the Introduction of department of
manual training in the school now, the
way will be paved for a great technology
| cal branch OF our school system later on
when the city Is able to erect an ade-
| quate high school building"
| The city schools of Montgomery are al
| so looking to the Introduction of manual
| training at an early date.
| DIR. Broun established at Auburn the
| first manual training laboratory in the
South, having thoroughly studied the Rus
| sian theory of mechanic arts instruction
as displayed at the Centennial Exhibition
| in Philadelphia in 1876. OF its nature and
value as teaching subject he says:
/ From an experience of eight years In
| an institution where well equipped lab
oratory of mechanic arts constitutes part
1 L
express, with too strong emphasis, my
appreciation OF the beneficial effects of
the modern method of teaching what is
known as manual training. 1t has come
/ to stay. Its object is not to make me-
/ chanics nor the making of things, but
| the making of men. 1t develops order.
accuracy, perseverance, and self-reliance,
and while imparting manual skill and CIV
| ing strength to the body its exercises
tend to a marked degree to develop the
| constructive and executive faculties.
Drawing, which gives the ability to
| express the concept graphically, is also
| an essential element of scientific edu.
| cation universally recognized of value.
Hence a school of drawing, as an adjunct
| of the school of mechanic arts, is a
necessary department of a manual train
| ing school. and the manual training re-
| ceived from the series of graduated exe1 :
cises when combined with the study of
science as practically taught in the labor
atories. gives an education eminentIy
| fitted for the American boy of the nine
| teenth century"
In this connection 1 offer most in
teresting letter from Mr.. Blair of Mary
land, Chairman of the Executive Commit
| tee of the Maryland Educational Associa-
| ton:
Under the head of paper, card board,
| etc, you will find a total cost of about
| $40 for full year: this branch had about
| ninety scholars for about ten full months
I'm the wood working classes we have
total for tools, etc, of $3.50. We use
these for three classes of from fifteen to
| twenty each, We nave been using the
tools for nearly three years. and none
| of them are broken or lost and seem 10
be In as good condition as when pur-
chased. We gave out instructor 5000 last
year and $500 this year; and no doubt will
raise him another hundred dollars next
year. We give all manual training classes
| three hours per week; the boys like 1t E.
In fact one one of the punishments for
poor work in regular school work is de-
| priving the offenders of the privilege to
go to the manual training school.
I'VE have found very beneficial results
from this work The boys take a deeper
interest in all of their work and stand
better than before the Introduction of
misunderstanding. The hand and the eye
are trained and the habits of neatness
and accuracy are cultivated so that in the
school room these are used to advantage
in the regular studies.
The State of Maryland appropriated
fifteen hundred dollars per year to each
county for manual training. { ~ of which
the Instructors salary and all expenses
must be paid. We have been fortunate
the only one in our county baltimore
county,, so have the whole appropriation.
Last wear after paving all expenses