The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-12
MOSELY Commission HAS
PRAISE FOR HIGH SCHOOL
Work of Manual Training and
Shortridge Students Is Classed
as Creditable-
"ECHO' ALSO MENTIONED
Educator of Bristol Has Compli-
mentary Verdict on Work
in indianapolis.
"ECHOv ALSO MENTIONED

Advance copies OF the reports of the.
MoseIy Educational Commission, composed
of EngIishmen interested in educational
work and OF eminent English teachers.
which visited the United States-Indian-
apolis among other American cities-last
year for an examination OF the pubic
schools and colleges, have been received
I'm this city. To these reports members of
the commission contributed an account of
his Impressions and observations. compos-
ing a volume of unusual interest to the
American teacher or educational worker who
wishes TO see the subject in which he is
interested from the viewpoint of those of
another country familiar with another sys-
tenn
The greatest amount of detailed informa-
ton concerning the schools visited by the
commission is given in the reports by Har
~ Coward, head master of the Knowle
Council School. Bristol. president of the
National CE,ngIish) Union of Teachers. fell
low of the Educational Institute of Scot
land and member of the Bristol education
committee. Mr.. Coward devotes consider
able attention to his impressions of In
dianapolis schools and 10 information of
interest to British readers concerning them.
the Manual Training and Shortridge High
schools.
After giving some purely statistical in
formation with regard to indianapolis and
its schools, Mr.. Coward has the following
to say: There are two high schools in In
dianapolis--the Shortridge School and the
Manual Training High SchooEtogether
aff0rding accommodation for about 5000
students; out of the 1,15O students of the
former over 500 are girls, but more than
half of those at the manual school are
boys. attracted by the extensive variety
and splendid course of manual training they
are offered.
Each scholar spending two and a half
hours per day in manual work. which con-
sists of woodwork, pattern-malxing, mold
Ing, iron-turning and forgework, and II a
young man stays through the whole four
years course he gets instructed in all
these. in addition TO a good, sound educa-
ton in ordinary subjects as well.
Much of the furniture and large num-
Der of the bols, even including lathes have
been made by the pupils of the school, and
would do credit to a frSt-claSS firm. For
the girls, In addition to the work of the
laboratories, there are cookery, needlework,
stenography, typewriting, hygiene and
home nursing, with the same course In
mathematics art, languages, etc, as for
the boys. Another feature of the school is
the library and reading room, the school
work being so arranged that every pupil
gets the time of one lesson per day In this
room, and we saw 40 students thus engaged
at the time of our visit
"A librarian was In charge of the 1900
volumes in the library, comprising the best
published works on literature, language,
history and science. all the latest reviews
and magazines, several sets of encyclo-
paedias dictionaries and other works OF
reference and the best examples, of fiction
a highly organized, well-conducted school,
was our opinion, and good example OF
hundreds OF such in the States, entirely
free and open TO all as a part CT the pub
lie school SYSTEM
TIA Shortridga High School has no man
uai 0einins, and Is thus aoie to devote
more time to art, literature, science anC
physical and biological-are very fine, we'll
fitted, up TO date. This school claims tC
be the only one in the world which pub
fishes a daily paper. the Echo, four pages
which is edited. printed and managed by
the students. Its price is cents, and 60
OF the students are subscribers, as wei
as many outsiders.
1.-The principal and his able staff are
the pressure OF applicants for both the
high schools that Indianapolis is already
talking of erecting third. We also visit
ed the Normal School (trainins college)
with sixty women students In our visit:
TO elementary schools we had an oppor
tunity of seeing the physical exercises
which here again have no approach what
ever TO military drill. but simple ex
ercises designed to strengthen the muscles
and develop the various parts of the body
The art work and nature study of tn
schools are OF a high order, and among thu
best We saw.
",dr Kendall the courteous superinten.
ent of schoOlsHthe teachers, and many 9th
ers did all they could TO make our stay il
Indianapolis busy and useful one. and W.
were entertained at lunch at the Univer
sity Club, where several of the leadin,
men of the city gathered to meet u.s.