The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-10
Eyes Opened by Professor
HammeI.
ON MANUAL TRAINING
Professor Noble Speaks Of Training OF
Teachers. Prof. Foust and Others
Talk. Speech of President Car
lyle One Never to be
Forgotten.
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Morehead City, N. c., June 9.-The
teachers here are entering into the
work of the assembly with Zest and
the we'll prepared program is being
carried out with entire satisfaction to
everybody. The speakers show that
they are full of their subjects and they
are impresing those present with their
earnestness. New ideas are being
poured into thirsting minds that are
ever eager to accelerate educational
progress in our beloved State. Re-
ports and discussions are indicating
the increased activity that has taken
place since last years meeting, and
one can clearly foresee that this is just
an earnest of still greater efforts to
be put forth in the coming year.
The second days session opened
this morning with prayer by Supt. F.
Il. Wooten, Columbus county, imme-
diately after this Professor j. l. Foust,
of the State Normal College, read a
very interesting report of the commit
tee on legislation, full of gratifying
achievements and wise suggestions for
the future. The most vital needs,
however. have not been met, he said,
and among the committees recon-
mendations were these:
That county boards of education be
appointed by the State board upon
the recommendation of the State Su-
Herintendent of Public Instruction;
tAat some plan be established by
meanS of which better county super
vision may be obtained; that the most
urgent needs are more money, better
trained teachers, and better school
houses, all of which are to be brought
aboU largely by vigorous and efficient
county superintendent.
The report was discussed at length
by DR.. w. r. Whitsett, Hon. j. Y. JOY
ner, Prof. Chas l.. Coon and Supt. W.
II. Ragslale of Pitt. Almost the en-
tire discussion was in behalf of more
thorough systematic county supervis-
ion.
Miss Fa,es, of the Greensboro kim
dergarten, read a paper of interest to
primary and kindergarten worker
upon "the relation between primary
and kindergarten She showed that
the same principles that prevail in one
department are not different from
those used in the other.
Prof. w. G.. A. Hammet of the State
Normal College, make a highly COM
plimented address upon the subject of
manual training in the schools" He
talked of the practical character of
the subject and said that manual
training is often misunderstood TO be
training of the hand for particular
trade. This is false, it is the training
of the mind through the means of the
hand Its value lies in the fact that
it guarantees genuine appreciation of
the laboring man and his work 1t
brings the school into close relation
tC the home and the world about the
pupil He becomes Interested in every
thing he beholds that has cost labor
He thinks this will finally settle the
disagreement between capital and la
Dor. The best results yet obtained
have come through the regular grade
teachers thus making this important
feature of education cost very little
additional expense
1hlS speech opened the eyes of men
who have time and again heard talks
on manual training and they were
never before so impressed with this
subject as today Prof Hammer is
doing great work in North Carolina
and our State is fortunate in having
his efforts directed toward the i'm
provement of our schools Rev. Mr..
Noe has had a class from the ST.
st. Paul school, in Beaufort in the
assembly hall carrying on work i'm
manual training under the supervision
of Miss Mary Winborne. a regular
graduate teacher of his school. "The
professional Training of Teachers
was the next subject, by Prof. M. G.
s. Noble of the State University. This
sail important to every one inter
ested in school work no one is Il.
to teach or do anything else with
out knowing how to do it, and special
preparation is the best guarantee of
success in teaching. as we'll as in
other business. The demand for
men as principals is far greater than
the supply Trained women cannot
be obtained since they can make more
money and live in better conditions
from stenography and typewriting.
We must stop talking poverty, Mr..
Noble said, and realize the condition
we are In and go to work to alter our
real conditions
Mr.. John e. Ray, Deaf, Dumb and
Blind Institution, Raleigh, made a
short but interesting talk on "Some
Lessons from the School Room.
He told of the work done in his in
stitution compared with that in other
schools. He said his pupils are ac-
tuaIly doing and seeing more than
students in many of the regular
schools: that there is no difference in
the teaching of the blind and the
sighted. except that more patience is
required Everybody regretted the
whole speech.
The following committees were APP
pointed to report tomorrow Com
mittee on Nomination of vice-Presi-
dent, Supt. Walter Thompson Concord
Price, c. e. Lineberry, Winterville;
Supt. !. A. Anthony, Cleveland coun-