The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-31

a willingness, established by habit. 70
undertake any work. however laborious.
which is indicated by aptitude or cir
cumstance. The broadening Of expert
ences and implantfng OF dispositions,
this getting the individual ready for the
applications Of faculty and knowledge
to the prosecution Of some useful work,
cannot be accomplished by haphazard;
it requires a considerable period Of sys-
temat1c training in q favoring atrno-
sphere.
'.The aim Of the undertaking in the
Menomonie schools has been from the
outset to provide manual training and
art education in suitable courses to all
pupils, in and from the kindergarten
through the high school, as q collateral
and complement to the usual oral and
text book instruction, to the extent Of
making such exercises in doing q part
Of the daily experience Of every pupil,
and for the purpose of securing to the
pupil all the various advantages which
these courses are adapted to give.
Both boys and girls are provided for.
The artistic and educational concep-
tons of manual training have been
Kept in ascendency over the utilitarian
and technical. though the claims Of the
latter have not been ignored. IN the
lower grades the work is required In
the high school it is professedly OPP
tional; but with only an occasional ex-
ception, the associated manual training
branch IS elected. Three academic sub
Jects and one 55-minute manual train
ing period per day constitute the stand
ard amount of work. While It is posi-
bic for a pupil in a regular high school
course to get within school hours, more
than his allotment. still the manual
training subjects are held quite strictly
as collaterals to academic work. How
ever, separate arrangements are made
for pupils who for any reason have
abandoned their academic studies, and
for young men and women from within
or without the city. by which they are
enabled to devote their time quite ex-
cIusively to manual training subjects,
and so get more specialized and tech
nical training
Professor Hoyfs idea of the course is
as follows-
For the girls the course will be:
l. Free-hand drawing and art work
This may include drawing in light and
shade, pen and Ink work, wood carving,
and water-eoIor painting. Tie work
win continue throughout the four years.
and a half years, and FIVE exercises for
the remaining year and a half.
%. Dressmaking. The cooking, hay
ing run one year in the grade below.
may now be dropped for a years work
in dressmaking. This Is to include meas
uring. drafting and cutting Of patterns,
cutting and making of dresses and other
outer garments.
$50 Ten ~
second Of the high school. some study of
physiology and chemistry having inter-
vened. cooking may be taken up anew.
The more difficult manipu1ations, the
accessory dishes. and the refinements Of
the cuisine, together with a course in
dining room service may now receive
attention. This may be followed by a
course in hygiene and invalid cookery,
the whole extending over a year and a
half
ssF0r the boys the course win be:
l. Mechanical drawing. This, treated
quite independently as a disciplinary
means. as well as for its bearing upon
the parallel work OF the shops. may run
in two 50-minute periods a week.
throughout the four years.
%. The shop process. d cabinet max
A1Ss W WOOd LuEtttuss To- pattern max
ing, and 70 moldfng and casting. each
to continue about one half year: 20
forging, and 90 machine shop practice
at least, the bench work, chipping. III
Ing. and fitting. These two last branch
es are to have a year each. and the en-
tire series OF shop exercises are to have
three periods a week.
1.-The total cost per year for instrue-
ton. materials. and subordinate help
need ont exceed IS. Gee. At least SEQ pupils
would be receiving the advantages Of
manual training. year by year. at an
average cost of SO per capita. The cost
would be relatively less in a large city.
When. therefore the first outlay for
building and equipment has been met,
the maintenance Of manual training in
struction in our smaller cities should not
be an intolerable burden"