Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-11-11
MANUAL TRAINING
IN SCHOOLS
Educate Hands as Well as
Brains Say Labor
Leaders
COMMISSION Makes REPORT
Present Day Graduates Are
Misfits Industrially Says
Committee.

| Toronto, Ont, Nov. 11.-Organizei
labors' attitude on the vital question
of industrial education was set forth
in report to the convention of the
| American Federation Of Labor by the
special commission appointed by au,
thority Of the Denver convention to
investigate the subject The commit
tee Of which John Mitchell is chair
man, held meetings in the year, in
New York, Washington and Toronto.
1T is believed says the report.
"tnat the future welfare of American
largely depends upon the industrial
training of our workers and protect
ing them The inquiries of the com
mittee seem to indicate that if the
American workman is to maintain the
high standard of efficiency, the boys
and girls CT the country must have an
opportunity to acquire educated hands
and brains, such as may enable them
to earn a living in a self-selected vo-
cation and acquire an intelligent un-
defstanding of the duties of good citi-
zenship. We favor the establishment
OF schools in connection with the pub.
lie school system at which pupils be.
tween the ages OF II and 16 may be
taught the principles of tie Trades not
necessarily in separate buildings. but
in separate schools adopted to this
particular education and by competent
and trained teachers.
"The course OF instruction in such
a school should be English, mathe-
mates, physics, chemistry, element.
ary mechanics and drawing. The shon
instruction for particular trades and
> for each trade represented the draw
' ing, mathematics, mechanics, physical
] and biological science applicable tc
t the trade, the history of that trade
S and sound system Of economics, in
t Guiding and c--.lI2sizing the philoso
S ply Of collective bargaining. These
: VIII serve to prepare the pupil for {
e. spf 2'f1c vocation In order to keel
e such schools in close touch with tbt
a trades there should be local advisor,
t boards, including representatives O
r the industries, employers and organ
> lied labor.
= The committee recommends tbar
! any technical education of the worl,
| ers in trade and industry being a pub
S lie necessity it should not be a pri
2 vate function conducted by the public
t and at the expense of the public"
The continuance of progressive de
velopment of supplemental trade ed
{. ucat1on is inaugurated by trade union.
Il Is also recommended. The committee
advised the continuation of it's life
and final report to the convention O
1910.
The one trouble of America TODAY
says the report, lis that too many O
our youths who have graduated from
the grammar or high schoo
are misffts indusrtially. If w
are to secure Industrial supremac
or even maintain our present stand
1 ards in the industrial world we mus
It IN some way in our educational sys
e TEN acquire an equivalent to our oil
Ii | "PPAShIASC0ulp BY otCLl,
d "Organized labors position regard
IS ing the injustices of the narrow an
g prescribed training in the selecte
le trades by both private and public in
r struction and the flooding of the Ia
Of Dor market with half trained mechar
a. les for the purpose of exploitation i
t. perfectly tenable and the well founde
Ie belief in the viciousness of such praC
IS tices and consequent condemnation i
well nigh unassailable.
"a organized labors' record for year
E in regard to the better sanitary COZ
= dltions in factories and workshop
&c and its continued efforts toward safe
&c guarding women and miners hav
been the subject of wide discussio
- and much helpful legislation.
. Its advocacy of free schools, fre
. text books and the raising of compu
Z sorry school age have been religlousl
adhered to and closely allied t
these subjects is that Of Industrial eC
ucation and any serious discussion G
the proper KIND of vocational trainin
promotes discussion of the former
DR. ~. Experience has shown that manus
training school teachers without ac
ual trade experience do not and cal
not successfully solve this grea
in problem and that progress will nece
of sarlly be slow as new teachers mus
10 be provided, new set of text book
- will have to be written and the sui
of Jects taught in sympathetic an
systematic manner