The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-10
No City in the World Is So Well
Equipped in Proportion
to Its Size.

salt Lake has always been proud OF
.s public school system, and rightly
3D., and of no department of the school
work has II, city so much reason 20
Do proud as Of the manual training de-
rrimeuL For many years the work of
,-r public schools vas devoted entirely
go training of the brains of the pupils
who attended them. but in late years
Oh. necessity of training their hands
and ewes TO act in conjunction with
their brains has been realized That is
what manual training teaches and
t-7cheS In a way which is thoroughly
entertaining and enjoyable to the pupil.
No school system in the world is so
well equipped for manual training In
proportion to the size of the city as is
Salt Lake. Chicago public schools fur
uIsh manual training instruction to but
one quarter Of their pupils. and New
York trains but One-third OF the chill
dreu of the public schools I'm the use Of
their hands, but every child in Salt
Lake grade schools who reaches the
fifth grade is given manual training.
With but one exception every school in
the city mas its own workshop, and the
bows of each school reach their manual
training work without leaving the
premises. The sewing classes of the
girls above the fifth grade are, of
course, held in the regular class rooms,
as no special workshop is required. but
each school is furnished with q sewing
machine for their use and instruction.
Coordination OF Studies.
The keynote of the manual training
department Of the Salt Lake public
schools Is coordination of studies. In
every class from the small children of
the fifth grade TO the most advanced
classes OF the High school, the manual
training follows and overlaps the in
structi0ns Of the class room. and the
lessons learned from books are i'm
pressed on the minds of the pupils in
way that is both practical and intensely
interesting. From the beginning. the
problems learned in arithmetic and 9th
er studies are worked out in the con-
strucuve work Of the manual training
classes and especial stress Is laid upon
the decorative and artistic side of the
work. The overlapping of the mental
and manual training is a feature which
has excited the admiration of every ed
uoator from other cities who has Wis
tied the salt Lake schools. In most of
the cities where manual training is a
part OF the course of study, the instruc-
uon IS given in purely abstract way
ana while the pupils learn the mechan-
le'I use Of the tools provided, they learn
IN a parrot-like way which greatly les
sens the practical benefits they secure
rom that knowledge after they leave
s5hooi and take up the practical strug-
Originality the Keynote.
10 is the idea of the teachers of man
udl training Of the local schools to make
me pupils think for themselves. Moth
ing Is gwen so much enCoura cement as
oiisinahty. In order to do satisfactor
NorS III this department, the pupil must
.'l'N as well as exhibit manual dexter
.E and the function of the teacher is
10 suggest rather than to think for the
pupil Every design in every class in
eaI Lake schools is original. OF course.
ul4 lSt Of things which may be made
I! t'a pupils Is limited. according to
1a.n NpiiS advancement. but they are
showed 70 make anything which. i'm the
"1-neF S opinion. is within their ability.
vi fn boy or girl works out de-
SGD ioT an object which they desire to
make, whether II be a reed basket or
g" elaborate writing desk. that design
IS tHe exclusive property OF the pupjl.
II Is. IN a way, patented, and no other
'aaoer Of the class is allowed to use il.
ION the very beginning Of the work
idea IS adhered TO. The first step
vi me pupil is to select the object which
-s OF S1e wishes TO make Then they
l+ required to draw a plan of the Oh
.i ana from this plan they work out
we construction with the actual materi-
as The artistic side of the work is
.Ioasiy emphasized, and as much at
luton Is given to the mechanical
aNi7ES which form part of the work
~' 40 me actual construction.
Equipment of the Schools.
Every school i'm the city. with but one
option. is provided with . special
'.' OFT rooms for manual training
'A. These wOrkrooms are roomy,
'iCt. well lighted, and are kept in
't 81 of order. Each is equipped with
benches Of a most substantial
useful pattern at which any jour
pam carpenter might be glad to
tH' tools provided are OF the
n.y.. ~ Grade and while they are not so
1i'o> as those provided in some
' CUES comprise every tool neces-
- lot the production Of the class Of
80 taught II has been found that
80 results are obtained from giving
puplls fewer tools and letting them
- Stanc that these tools are OF the
d. uidn hy providing them with a
~, assortment Of cheap tools Every
o. NtlMS that Ee must deper,i on his
sAiu and that no imperfect work