The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-11
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MANY \ FEATURES e TO-DAY DAY
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MAN FEAT e.
Programme Of Third :l, 4 Day, Is.EsO One

The second days session Of thef Con-
ference q Eastern Pub! Education
Association, had yesterday at the Me-'
chanics, Institute Hall were even more
than those Of the opening day
and the attendance. both forenoon and
evening, was greater than the day be-
fore. - 7, q 81 RI
Va Two sessions were held, one continuing
from 10 AZ M..suntil afterE1 ts.P. 4 III, and
the other from p. NJ. until after 1c.
The early session was attended chiefly
by the teaching profession whereas, In
turned out to hear the addresses which
made up the programme. Practically all
the addresses and all the discussions have
been OF manual training and industrial
instruction. In its various phases. and Of
Its relation to the general education
problem. Practically all tho addresses
have, been from manuscript,s but they
all we'll delivered and bear the Warmth
of the speakers nnd sometimes brief
reports Of the progress their cities were
making In hard work. Among those re-
portirs;: were Mrs Woolman, Mrs. J. N.
iGitterman; Of Washington y Mrs. J. Nv.
E. Bates, OF Providence, r. - and Mr.
George ]. Alden, of Worcester. Mass. All
these addresses were descriptive IT the
beginnings In hard work. the difficulties
encountered and overcome and what had
been achieved by the pupils, 7sS9
Mr.. Julian A. Burruss, director Of
manual training In the Richmond schools,
CLOSED the earlier session In an interest,
Ing discussion OF the Industrial aspect
of hand work. The speaker prefaced
This address by reminding his hearers
that this phase of instruction was an
innovation in this city, introduced In 1905
through the agitation OF the subject by
the Richmond Education Association. 1t
had already taken firm root In tho
schools and had developed great popu-
/larity and no little interest and skill
among the pupils. In the seventhsgrade.
he said, boys were already doing bench
work, and the girls matchmaking, weay-
Ing, etc. An optical tlons Of the
success OF the experiment was afforded
In adjoining rooms. where some fine specl-
mems Of the handicraft Of the pupils
are on view. .T'
"A Brilliant Plea,
DR., Bruce Payne professor Of peda-
made brilliant and an intensely earnest
plea for Education through handlcraft.
severely scoring the rigid requirements
Of the old days, when the clerical idea
dominated He characterized as tor
tture the severe discipline which REQUIRED
children to sit for FIVE hours per day
speechless and almost mottonless, Ills
address, by the coincidence OF accepted
Ideas in modern education covered very
Emuoh the same ground assthat Of Dr.
Haney Tuesday evening. hut " was moro
Intense, moro impassloned and impress
sve and less technical M
Mrs, Woolman Is an easy fluent and
very, felicitous speaker, and not only
Interested her hearers thoroughly In her
plea for instruction dc the girls In the
household arts, but demonstrated from
her observations the practical value OF
suohslnstruction and its far-reaching In
{luence uponf5the girl herself her 1890
ciates. the home and the community.
She traced the evolution OF the household
arts from the primitive period down to
the present deyelopmentsfr from weaving
ana discriminating to modern dressmals-
Ing, millinery, culinary science, enlbrold-
cry, etc
AIR, bailey, the last sneaker dlssyssed
American manual trAlninE.asas dlstln-
gnished from that inlrnani Us IRON Nus
lean methods like our institutions gem
orally, were characterized by more free
dom, more Individuality, variety and crea-
tive genius, 4 IN iereas that or despotlo
countries was marked by more rigid lcon-
formIty to the q mode. Holalng Y, his
hand desk ealendar ah he MON mont Toll and
Weak ssas ana The the month, tie Sneaker de-
30 rihed with Interesting detail the sUcrS