The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-02-17
INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION
IN MASSACHUSETTS
State Commission Makes Its Annual Re
port. Showing Progress MAde il
Building Up SSheols a
That Nature.

TIE Massachusetts commission On in
,'rstsial edusztica announced IS aann1l
rsport Saturday. FehzuaEy is.
In is Erporz the eOmmissicn i Of
TIE cpizion sAss iasastrial education
A. tnns aeaned rannos Sc successfully
connected with elementary SCHOOLS
81 vita shs higA SCHOOLS, Which have
- t5ssr main obssSt 8 general e5s,rz-
sisn, because tas dissralfy os such =
sehool depends eaisay On rs douainsnt
motive; il i also of the opinion shat
irSassrsAl trsininz should uut 81 at
tempted TOT xoung people nn1sr fenr-
tees wears 81 s~- The commission
holds thar Il mpusd be SERIOUS injury
t. tee eAuse 81 Industrial eluczsiuu IN
tae puhlse scAnoas as u0w gwen To be
considered indastriRg training.
In HasF parts n Germany sne in3ns-
trial SCHOOLS are under Ire eontroi 81
lbs department 81 cesnmssaa ard indus
sfys ia ireland rhsy sTs Under she Ei
yectaon Of tie department Of agrieui
tuTe and sechniral Snssgurtaon. ID Frxncs
agricultural tesrA5Hg Is Under the ooR-
trpa az toe department Il agriculture.
The C1RzEnission aas long siBse re2ehe.;
I he eans8Ws9oE expressed h@ Leslie MI
Ai1ller hes& IL to Pennsylvania rnu-
seAH, when he said @Trapv instruction
shoasa bs giseR il SCHOOLS devoted 10
particular. trades Each sehool should
have = distinct and unnnistak2bie saarsc-
TER o. the exponent Of distincs indus.
trial idea
Wish the s6ea IN mind al utilizing
tie bes aEAi nsnss r4sadern sdess II
regard 50 TIE teaching II the varsoss
Industrial branches gae segeraI uasM-
hers ct she camaaisSioa and the spcre.
larv hawa during the past sear visited
s0t Gals yas industrial Sehnals AgrsAay
il the tnitea States and
-aHa1a INT also III England. ireland,
Scotland. Germany Belgium. Holland.
France AID Switzerland Mat they saw
md the Deductions thst t6er weTe Shle
% sfgaw as the result III sheiF visits,
eia b contained in -ae appendices t.
hs present report and IN various halSe-
ms 81 = issaea later b. sle eomuis-
SON The matter Il teuchea npon hzief
3 ia the boaE 81 the report, ard solns
interesting data gives which peanit
to be made between fer. Z
SYN Industrial educational schools Ana 4
lsose new established IL iris country
IN large number of communities 4
Y Massachusetts. laesl committees have \
zen appointel bv the city ant haffties 4
s~3 ava -, sssss4ss fssss ~sss4N IS.
.5on, with a view II establishing CAV ard I
.teninE Industrial schools Tae need ~
,grienltuFsi schools in the stste has a
& been carefully considered. and The re
sort mentions number al possible diS
riuts which bare been studied With
lew 10 establishing spch ssanals 10 tie
itF Of Northampton belongs the credit
i providing the funds f1r tia establish
aent Of the FIRST industrial school 81
he state By the commission An an
FopFiatien mas been msae for the hnila
us and equipment, and the plans are
: process Of preparations the seaoel viii
e in operation some time during tie
resent wear. Evening Schoals for IN
a the commission il Cambridge. Bev-
liz. New Bedford, Naltham and Tann
sn, ard requests FOR = number of
,hags are under consideration. Upwards
! thousand people are now attending
4dusgFial schools which are under the
PRESTON Of tAe commission.
The commission has also prepared
plan for an industrial seaaal foF girls.
lis plan mas heen Professionally aeoeps
Il, bat may nave 30 he modified to
.eet the special conditions q each par
cular place The sdxisahility II as-
an Industrial college hss bfen
lasidefed and reported upon. Con-.
.renees have been held with manufac
lrers and employers as well as with
IL einpl1yei, and always IN the spirit
sat What Is q benefit e one IS also e
neft 70 tho other
The relations between the commission
81 the labor organizations have been
eressingly coTdial, and representatives.
several organizations have eIfercl
.eir active support in she prosecution q
its work il establishing industrial ?
hools Many persons not emily from 9
massachusetts, but other states and for
sn countries. have visited the oiiices b
the commission for the parpose Of q
coming acquainted with the plaHs 4
rmniatei and TIE methods pursued by Z
ana also to ascertain what has been G
ne and IS being done elsewhere, both q
this country and asrnsd. The com Z
ission has been IN close touch with i
{ state tni national legislative move q
ants for the promotion 81 industrial i
ucatien. ana its experience and IN 3
gmation have been placed rs the ser n
G Of the national government ~