Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-02-21
Tfif Bo7s STATE CONVENTION CLOSES lis SESSIONS
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t'9S ,cg.;n,ao fron P 5s one.)
receive proper instruction and tram
! ing for some kind of work.
| In those days Of selfmade men ."o'
boy should start out in life Win
definite purpose. 1t is not aos'i"-V''
niece ssary foy him to thing ''a' II"
must be a doctor or ii lawyer. or that
he must choose any at the PROFESSIONS
Ito make a success Of life. The NE
chanic is sill needed a''i ilore
skilled ones are in greater demand
than at any previous time ~ 'fe ''F-
Itory of our country. a nan century
ago, or. indeed Il more receh- litile
man could start out ana 'uFa hls
hand 20 rr,cet lr,EinG. New surh
man would so begging. only those
who are FIST class need apply Is an
advertisements cfien seen IN our cry
Dapc,s This does not necessarily
means that everyone must be perfect,
but that each must have had Inc
training ard posses the practical
| KNOWLEDGE. which will enable him to
give him employer the highest class
of service. This course of manual
Training seems good way to prepare
men to fulfil these requirements.
None but competent and practical in
structors should take charge of
.,aes in this work and these methods
$ youId bf. Such that those whom they
are teaching can grasp the practical
points of the work. as the period of
instruction, especially In Y. NJ. c. A.
lis usl. ,llv limited. Such instruction
Inf, 70 xx.J,n hox
learn trade. A course such as I
have osted could not take the
plac. rs of training, but it gives
bows IN men the start which
thev n, rood, honest work.
It mitt, we'll at this point to
state whs.t -'N of the branches are
that have - ken up by the edu-
cational del n of the Y. M. c.
A. in Maine. y include classes ju
boat building, Mechanical drawing
and navigation The last named
might not properly come under the
head of manual training, but is in the
same class 1t wilE> readily be seen
that there is great range in these
subjects named, and this is what we
want, so that each member Of a class
may have a chance to follow his par
ticular inclination. If boy gould
devote only his evenings to sucE\ a
class or two or three of these a WeaYS,
would not this be much more crfd't,
and far better than drifting along 10.
ing nothing. fitted perhaps for NHrk.
which requires only the unsh I'd
labor of those who have no educa 'Qn
at all?
There are always some fellows who
though ambitious to a certain extent
do not possess the ability of applying
themselves to study and who never
have the slightest desire for gaining
an education of any kind. Then let
them be taught to do the work, which
requires the training of the hand and
development of the mind and before
we realize it we shall be turning out
skilled artisans and mechanics as the
product of the manual training class
es, which we have helped to organize
and in this way shall we not be help
ing in the great work of sending out
into the work clean, industrious men,
and what greater possible satisfac-
ton could one know than that which
comes from the realization that he has
other fellow on and up to something
better than he has known before.
A number of boys interested in
boat building, for instance, taking this
up in the proper manner could learn
a great deal from one winters work.
| know of it having been done. A
class of boys in a small town took
hold of this work and to all appear
ances enjoyed it as well as gained by
the instruction.
They learned from competent in
structors all about a boat, from the
drawing OF the plans in detail to the
finishing of the craft and now they
are going to take up the study of the
power for the boat which they have
constructed, a boat % feet in length
and five foot beam. They are to take
up in detail the construction Of the
gasoline engine and will study the
different parts, learning as much as
possible about it.
This particular class started at the
very foundation, which is the proper
method of getting the most possible
benefit from such class. These are
only a few Of the many possibilities
of a manual training class. Such
training will help many of our boys
and young men to better things in
life.
a little encouragement in this line
may help those who have never care
fully considered it before. See If
there is not some way of organizing
such a class in your town. Take an
interest in it and make it a success.
Never say fail" is a good motto for
anything of this kind and those who
take hold OF this work will find that
there are possibilities in manual train
ing of which the most optimistic never
dreamed.
If there is any place where it can
succeed and do good, it surely is in the
Young Mems Christian Association.
possibilities in Educational Work
by Boys was the subject assigned to
Elroy La Casce of Skowhegan and
his paper was devoted to the work
of the night school at Skowhegan I'M
der the direction of the Boys Club of
the Skowhegan Y. NJ. c. A. The paper
was as follows:
The Boys Club Of the Skowhegan