Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-27
4, stri,, or trade schools should not

dustrial or trade schools should no.
a. In the elementary school the in
5dustrlal subjects should consist of do
nestle activities, manual training;
ana applied nature study With special
reference to the agricultural needs OF
the community
!, The teachers of the state shpuin
Immediately introduce inuus y. ~
training into the schools where " -
not now found. Any school can liliNe
n beginning. Either y senoo, eeaads
~, n home garden may be made. Seeua
may he obtained free from me De-
nnrtment of Agriculture, Washinstoii,,
n G. some rorma of band worh 'i ~
snme kinds of home activities ma! pe
introduced into all grades
1ndustrinl specialization may Pc f,
,,tn IN the seventh grade and sh"uia
become more highly specin'izea u, IN
secondary school, where IL shouiu -, ~
cludc mechanic arts, domestlc a s.nnI
and domestic arts, eiehirat'.rs sG.i,,:,
ture, and such other inanstrts -. cn,r-
tioe 10 tho special needs o. we tn.,
' .ies 4. denpnds. Every secondary
. ,m can ana shnuld provide some m. m
1,,striei cork. Every boy OIL wy
usa e,, - eirhth. and high sehPo,,
~ o ~ sbnrld be sufficiently tralhe..
In mechanical skill and knoWiGu '!. ~, u,
Ne Mic TO understand ana arpS ~, ~
urdinarv problems Of iiEntll,s' i'ss''',S''
nnd ycntilating modern homes
70 these recommendations can DC
fo,lowed ana these conclusions maze
roo, IN tie life az the school, then me
dream Of progressive educators Tor e..
most a century past VIII nave poe'.
rcn,ized. The committee nrsnes i'i't'
tho culture and practical are no longer
retarded ~ anita ristic.-cne does ho'
,,accsgarlly exclude the other "Mo"ff''
,ro,sh, regards the two rs organ'caii@
related which means that one IS 40.
solutcly essential 10 the other, ana ,'''tA
only in combination can cithes i''s
real Significance"
It is though, that in the seventh ahS'
| c,yhtb grades, the practical cienleh.
may assume larger proportions any
that in tho secondary school II may ~
come equally as important as INC c"i'
tural. ~,
surely we are at the beginning oil th'
most gratifying Developments IN schoo
| work Wnen tiiesc i''''
ineIv nut forth by leading educators .
the State.
We doubt, however, that industrial
education" Is an ant designation Oh t"'
sten that is advocated. "Real educa
ton might be1better only that II
not so clear. at all events the chang
would please Charles Mackay' wh'
described it in this way
Little children shall not toll
Under or above tho soil
In the good time coming
I,ut shall play in healthtnl iteias.
While mind and limbs grow stloilss'
And every one shall Ieaa any
Wait a little longer!
,rbcrc,s n good time coming. boys,
s good time coming.
"Let us help it all wc can
Every woman, every man
The good time coming;
Smallest helps, If rightS elSeh'
/ Make tire impulse stronger ~
Twill be strong enough so'''s "''
Wait d little longer.
, How much longer will the sehoo
and tho people have to wait pelo
elementary education can cof'ior
, ,tselr "a the needs of today? Just uh.'
.s w. view 1t, teachers are h'sn
i enough cpald to enable them TO III n nus
30 the longer training ana mo
G thorough, preparatioh'Tth'at VIII emu, y,
$ them to do this work IN the 5set'oo'S