The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-16
ARE TRAINING
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Notable Results Being Achieved
BY Children in tile City's
Public Schools.
TAUGHT. THE TEACHERS
TAUGHT.
They Had to Receive the In
struction First-Extibit
Interesting.

At tho Central public school, on Twelfth
" Street, just behind the hisprlc White
House Of the confederacy,is on exhibit
being accomplished by children Of all the
white public schools of Richmond.
z 1t is well worth a visit ~ tho school
10 see what is being done to give the
boys and girls dn opportunity Of acquiring
a knowledge OF art and tho allied crafts.
no child older than Twelve years has
work OH exhibition, and some Of the ex-
n amplcs arc from tho hands OF children
seven years Of age.
Mr.. Julian A. Burruss director Of the
Department OF Manual Training, Is TAX
Ing tia llvellest interest In .he exhibi-
tion and upon being asked To express an
opinion regarding tho work, said:
.'All OF the work which YOU see exhibited
here was made by the pupils Of our white
elementary schools during the lag Two
months. It represents. therefore, not
quite half OF our regular course for the,
half session.
you notice that the work Is arranged
by grades, according no the age and ad.
rancemcnt OF the pupils. You also notice
anat as the pupils advance there Is an.
increase In the amount OF resistance OIL
fered by the media worked in---hrst. thin
paper and cord; linen thicker paper and
ia phla. cardboard and reeds, wood, and
finally Iron. -
'.DrnwIng IL taught iii connection wtsht
FL the construction work In all the grades,
al you will see in this LITTLE exhibit. It Is,
+ however, taught primarily, as a means
II OF expression OF thought and only Incl
dsntaily as an art. You Will note this
in observing the correlated work In Ian
. Euage, 81 history, etc. In connection With
tho moro advanced work, elementary me-
chanical drawing Is. OF course. neces-
sary; n.
Began Year Ago.
when was this work first introduced
in our schools? We began In the first
six primary grades of our white schools
.t3in November. 1908, ~. little more than a
year ago. and ex iended 10 include the
other two grades Of the primary schools
I ia February OF tho present year. In
October, Just two months ago, We began
work In four OF the six grammar grades
n OF our white schools and in the flrst SIX
grades OF dhe colorcd primary schools.
At the present time we are giving In
struct!on In the primary work to between
SIX and seven Thousand boys ana slrls.
and In the grammar grade WORK q bout
eight hundred boys and girls nre saking5
instruction In knife work In wood. over
n five hundred girls arc taking sewing. ever
three hundred basketry. and about one
Il hundred boys are learning Venetian bent
iron work. s355t
.In the coming February 1t is our pur-
nose TO extend tAle work by means
b manual training centers' to the pupils
4 of our highest grammar grades, THIS
Il wcrk5wfIl consist OF bench work In w oou. =
or, 'Sl6yd, I for the boys. and sonre other
form, of manual tradnin g, such as ne cd le-s3;
z work or basketry, for the girls. a con-
hn kiHHerUHrtCn.
which Is. by the way, n manual training
school, through the High School should
be- -rn.idsd rs soon as possible.
How, much time does It take for this
work? was asked.
Only ten or fifteen minutes q day ~;
our primary grades. and forty minutes q
week-an average OF only eight minutes
q day-in our era mmnr grades. and when
= II is pointed out that we are teaching
arithmetic, writing, and other regular
branches in teaching this work, YOU VIII
i see that very little. II my, extra work.
SO far as time is concerned. has been
4 added to our curriculum. II Is really
only new way Of tea ching the old
training is considerably less thun that
given In other cities. New. OK ior- IN
II utes a week which averages thirty-siS.
y minutes a day against DIR ten or nftccn.
What effect has this new work on the
8 otner} studies r. was the next query.
81 nositively that our work in the other
q i;ranches, the essentials-the three R's, -
( II YOU p, nse-Sns been Improved by@th!s
i,nw his comes" ntout For examine. SUD
i nose a hoy S 20 make this pyramid. ) He
IL given tho drawing and tho dimensions
AZ er nssIons transfer tho ORA living 10 his
.srdhon "a Nv mans or His ruler ma CON,
pass; he must make his measuren en- is
Z exact and his lines straight, or when he
81, 49, fi,r< tart 40 .ko NJ
~ ~ Ia cnnno4 ret a1onr witho,,t 'nr,tf,s
metic lis problems meet Hin at every
I. Hter snf The work. SO he sees tho need OF
Il and learns it In tho very best way