Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-15
CALL ON PRESIDENT
Manual Training Delegates
Visit the White House.
ADDRESSES AT CONVENTION
Industrial Education the Theme
Principally Discussed.
CLOSING SESSION TONIGHT
officers to Be Elected-Number Of
Papers Read at Meetings
Yesterday.
ADDRESSES At CONVENTION
SESSION TONIGHT

| Over one hundred delegates to the an
| nual meeting of the Eastern Manual
| Training Association, being held in this
| city. were guests at a reception rendered
| them by President Roosevelt in the east
| room of the White House at $50 o'clock
this afternoon. The morning session was
held in the assembly hall Of the Business
| High School at $50 o'clock. There were
| four addresses made. T. d. SensOr chief
| of the bureau of examination of the de-
partment of public instruction of Trenton.
n j. took for his subject industrial Ed
ucation as Applied to the Needs of Rural
| Schools" During the course Of his re-
marks he made plea for more work
along the lines of industrial education.
| J. H. Morse, principal of the Primary
| Industrial School of Columbus. Ga. spoke
upon 1.-The Time and Place for Industrial
Education" and Charles r. Richards.
| formerly secretary of the National Society
| for the Promotion of Industrial Educa-
| ton addressed the session upon the pos
sibilites of manual training
! After ]. A. Alexander, who is engaged
| in an industrial educational movement at
| Lowell Mass. had told of the work of
| helping the laboring men of that city. the
session came to a close. The closing ses-
sion will be held this evening at Mckin-
| ley Manual Training School. At this
meeting officers for the ensuing year will
be elected. A reception will be held at
$50 o'clock.
Two Addresses Last Evening.
James H. Dix of the Philadelphia Va
| cant Lot Cultivation Association and
Frank o. Carpenter, master of the de-
partment of commerce of the English
High School of Boston, spoke at the ses-
sion held last night.
"The Great Manual Training for Forty
Millions of Our People was the theme
| Of Mr.. Dix's address. In the course of his
remarks he made a plea for instruction
| along agricultural lines and declared that
| the youth of the country should stay upon
| the farm and till the soil along scientific
lines. He commented particularly upon
the fact that the children should be
| taught the truths of nature from the kim
| dergarten and that the actual working in
agricultural lines should be continued in
| the completion of their education. He
| called attention to the fact that each year
| the colleges turn out thousands of young
| men with diplomas and degrees who are
| never heard of again. -
What Is the natter" he inquired.
THE fact is they lack human steam.
fact. great many of them. look upon
| manual training a sort Of fad. But
| they will soon realize that it is a great
study and before long. il there Is greater
effort upon the part of teachers. the
| boards of education of the country will
come forward with larger appropriations
for the work in hand
Materials in Manual Training.
Mr. Carpenter spoke OF the materials
which should be used in teaching manual
| training pupils. After commenting upon
the uses of the various woods and other
products for carving and molding. he said
l IT,
| benefit of the few and not for the people
| as a whole.
| 1.-THE common people, he said, were
not trained at all in anything which was
| Of use in their daily lives. Modern educa-
| ton, of which this meeting is a sign. de-
mands that studies be practical. and that
| children be given instructions that shall
| help them to live happier lives with their
| opportunities. This can only be done by
teaching them facts about the goods. tex
| tiles. woods, metals; the things OF their
| daily life"
Round Table Features.
| Yesterday afternoon three round tables
were held. These began at 3 o'clock.
Domestic Science and Arts were the
subjects discussed in room No. IL. Miss
Irene McDermott of the Allegheny High
School. Allegheny. N. Y. presided.
| Manual Training for Boys was the
subject at the round table in the assembly
room. John c. Park of the State Normal
and Training School. Oswego. n. Y. pre-
sided Manual Arts in Normal Schools
was discussed at round. table in room IS.
Alvin e. Dodd OF the Normal Training
School. Trenton N. j., was the presiding
| officer
At the meeting in room IL 1.-The Social
Value of Domestic Science Training was
discussed by Miss McDermott and
Methods: Individual. Group. Demonstra-
TONS was handled by Mrs. Ada B.
Williams. supervisor domestic science.
Cleveland public schools. Cleveland. Ohio.
At the meeting in the assembly hall Mr..
| Park discussed Fundamental Principles
| of Manual Training" The balance Of the
program consisted Of discussions by J. A.
| Chamberlain. supervisor of manual train
| ing, Of this city: William ]. Decatur,
Howard University; George E. Meyers,
principal Mckinley Manual Training
School: r. Charles Bates. Jacob Tome
Institute, Port Deposit, Md: Mary G.
Davis, public schools. Boston, Mass;
William c. A. dammit. director of man.
ual arts. State Normal and Industrial
Schools, Greensboro, N c.