The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-12

tban ,n,alc and drawing have FOR somo
vears beet, spreading throughout the best
eauippcd public schools III the grammar
prndas ti,c girls are trained n sewing
Ana coniting aiid the boys In various
farms 4, q wood work and simple carpen-
try when the high school is reached the
-stlder,t i,as a choice between attending
tho regular higl, school where the EN-
pliass IL on the literary except for 'r,i-
tinh school where only certain funda-
mental studies OF the regular school are
renuired and where the chief stress
ia laid IN some chosen form OF manual
trnitlinr Nv which the student may later
he able 10 cart, an intelligent living. For
tho boys chiefly engineering, carpentry
and bincksmithlrg are provided: for the
girls dressmaking. millinery and even
training in laundry work.
In the private schools the tendency to-
wards the ncthetic has naturally been
This "a partly because they draw. MS a
rule. from n weather class and 40 have
| been slower to realize the necessity for
tho utility feature In education. More.
over, each school being law unto itself,
has lacked the stimulus aud support OF
organiza tiun--such MS obtains In the pub
lie school systcnl--towards making tho
more radical changes. Many Of tho prl-
vate schools, however. have forged ahead
even IN this direction, and some OF the
most exclusive and 'wealthiest of them
train their pupils In various forms OF
manual labor. In addition to this. hut1-
dreds Of special schools are sprnging up
| Throughout the county everywhere to
meet the constantly growing demand for
a practical training. Certainly the ten
dcnc, Is everywhere manifest not only
| a tv.l t,tt1
PRESTON but to train tho average boy
| and girl for the average life, while lifting
that life to higher plane. and to 30
Irational.ze their student work. what evcr
| It's nature-that 1t Will contribute as
directly as possible to an Intelligent and
| happy life.
| The same rs fast coming to be truo
| OF what we call the higher education.
meaning that Of the colleges and uni
versities. Formerly even a college grad
uate was presumed to have certain In
tellectual exclusiveness and aloofness
from tho practical interests Of daily life
and consequent lack Of Judgment and
common sense IL he ventured to concern
himself with them. This was the COM
mon attitude, even towards college men.
and far more so toward women. who
| were held to be abnormal In proportion
| 70 their scarcity. Conditions are chang
| ing. however ana Win .tneIn tnea ouDilC
view. Gradually the people are coming
TO see that the college training should
broaden the capacity for general useful
ness and that zest for life should be
uuickened. not diminished. by the larger
vision and experience which the college
life brings. Education no longer means
mere bokishness or even an Intelligent
knowledge Of books. it means knowl-
edge certainly and each day Is demanding
wider range and variety. Education to-
day reaches out to include knowledge,
not only of literature and science, but OF
music. art, institutions. philanthropics
and all the great activities and interests
with which the twentieth century is
teemlng. But it means far more than
the mere acquisition OF facts. 1t means
mental development. broadened horizon.
clearness OF vision. power Of expression.
w!dened sympathies. power of adapta-
ton. poise Of Judgment and a capacity
for intelligent leadership But the edu-
Gated man Is coming more and more to
realize that nothing which is human can
be foreign to himself. 3y
It is not meant, Of course that the
type OF scholar who gives his life to the
pursuit of abstract knowledge and touch
es the concrete realities Of life only
dreanily Is likely ever to pass. Fortu-
ately. he Is here to remain and his MIS-
sion Is two.fod: 4, for he not only adds
constantly to the: sum Of human knowl-
edge and feeds the fires OF pure learn
ling, but he Is one of the strong silent
forces against sordidness and material