Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-30

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chairman. and William NJ Stewart,
Henry Peterson and Carl Mnrcusen
members of the committed. The re-
port is entitled, industrial Education:
Why 1t Should be Taught" and Is al
follows:
The necessity for Industrial educa-
ton arises through: (a) The social
logical demands of child natures (c)
Its relation to character building; (d)
Its economic value.
THE SOCIAL. NEED.
The. Educated Man-During the last
century, society has evolved from a
relatively simple institution to one
that is extremely complex. The home
no longer provides facilities for train
ing the child to become an efficient
member of society. The school must
therefore take upon itself this duty of
relating the child to his social environ-
ment The former idea that the edit
Gated man was one trained in a form
al way through disciplinary subjects
that appealed almost entirely to ms
intellectual, powers, has given way to
the modern ideal Of the fully Develop
cd Individual who has evolved his
nowers and capacities through doing
things and through actual participn-
ton in the activities of life. 4 The Gull
tivatcd man is. more than ayystholpr.
He must be efficient physically. moral
Is, and intellectually. and, in addition
SO trained in some special ,pHrsnlts
that he can render efficient, II. not ,ex-
pert, service to his follow men.
ably the, loading function At the school
Is to reflect the needs of society
hence. as society chances, the school
must change In order to adjust itself
to the new conditions. Society de-
mands that the child be socialized-
that he be placed in sympathetic re-
Iationship with the activities or the
home and the community.
To accomplish this. the school must IN
cl,lde Industrial training IN It's curricu-
lum. Tho following is quoted from the
rcport of the national educational COM
mittee on the place of industries IN
public education, dated July, 1910;
..The proper function OF an organized
school system, as we'll as OF q political
or n legal system. is one which con-
stantly changes to fit the shifting So
cinl and Industrial conditions OF inc
country and of the epoch.
at is to the task of laying the foun-
dalton for q general knowledge OF III.
dustrinl life that the elementary school
must address itself. In this work mere
manual training becomes subordinated
to the study of industry, as method
rather than an aim of instruction
..The more nearly the school environ
ment corresponds to that of life IN gen
cral, the more likely it Is that the IDEAS
Learned in the former VIII be apPlleu ~
the latter.
sit is especially In connection with
relating school work to the realities OF
life that the study Of Industry, becomes
important. The public In democratic
and commercial and industrial commu-
nifty arc art to find reality rather more
In such work than in science and art,
literature and philosophy. The children
Of such n public are prone to discover
in the study of industry something
that connects the systematic and es.
pccially the formal work OF the school
4 with the real problems of life. Under
these conditions the school finds TINS
study n means Of putting motive into
many contributory studies and of Sc
curing such q setting for Its teaching
rs will make likely its application at
least to the unitarian pursuits of life.
METEOROLOGICAL DEMANDS.
Mind ana Body-Psycholog and biol
ory reveal the close relationship OF
mind and body The two are organic.
ally related: the development OF either
one is conditioned by the growth OF
the other. With the child, to think Is
to act; his every thought or fec feeling Is;
!
some form of activity. To develop
normally, therefore. the child must
come in contact with real things; to
realize his highest possibilities, he must
feel, handle, build, construct, and in
vent.
The Child Interested in Work-A lit.
tie later IL properly instructed. he will
become Interested In the industrial
activities of the homn and the neigh
forhood, and in these he should he en-
Outraged to participate. At this stage
his training may become less general
In character. and may follow to some
extent the activity which he Is to pur-
sue later in l!rc.' Schools should help
the pupil to discover the direction In
which his abilities lie. in order that
he may choose n suitable vocation. But
no matter what pursuit he may follow
IN adult life. the fact that his head and
hand have been trained together, and
that ho has been brought into sympa-
thctic relations with industrial life. VIII
render him a more efficient member Of
society as well as Il more completely
educated Individual.
RELATION TO CHARACTER.
The Moral Mantle good man is not
merely one who refrains from wrong
doing, but the man who performs good
deeds, Goodness Is measured In terms
Of effective service: the best mn Is he
who does most to promote human hap
pincss. Scholarship alone aVails MOTH
Ing: only when thought and fcellns ex-
press themselves In deeds Is there true
development.
Tho Servlccablc Mnn-Charactcr Is
measured In terms Of the ability and
disposition to carve. Constructive aud
manual training work affords y natural
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