Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-13
ELLA FLAGG YOUNG IS HERE
Chicago School Superintendent
Comes for Prison Congress.
is STUDYING OMAHA SCHOOLS
She is a Firm Believer IN Manual
Training and would Extend II
20 Embrace other Crafts
Than Carpentry.

Mrs. Ella Flagg Young who reisns over
kingdom Of s0,0oo boys and girls as
superintendent OF the Chicago public
schools. and Rev. Albert J steelman Of
Seattle. superintendent for Washington
OF the Society for the Friendless. arrived
In Omaha Thursday. the first delegate to
come for the National Prison congress,
which begins Saturday evening.
Mrs Young, who last year was ap-
pointed "a delegate TO the International
Prison congress, comes to the omaha
meeting representing the state Of Illinois.
having an appointment from Governor
Deneen- She arrived early. intending to
spend two days in visiting the Omaha
schools. Heavy mail prevented her doing
90 today, but she expects 70 study some
features of local school work Friday. par
ticularly domestic science in the high
school and manual training In some OF
the grade schools.
Il am a strong believer In manual
training and domestic science said Mrs.
Young Il believe In giving the boys and
girls a chance to find out what they are
fitted for. II may lead boys into techni-
cal schools and success, who, without
manual training, would not have known
that they had a faculty for work in the
given line
In addition to the usual manual work
carpentry IL taught for three months q
year in the Chicago schools, says Mrs
Young She is about TO introduce print
ing and wants to adj q third trade for
three month a year that a oorps of com
petent instructors IN technical subjects
may be kept busy the year round.
Printers Unin Objects.
The printers union has objected to the
introduction of printing in the public
schools on the ground that It would tend
to make the supply Of printers greater
than the demand was astounded when
heard their objection. but since have
been thinking It over, there seems a
great deal to It. When I go back home
am going to ask the printers to work
with us, as the carpenters are now doing
Union carpenters of Chicago send
their apprentices to school for the three
months and pay them regular wages
during the period The boys get the
theory of their trade and additional help
full knowledge that they would never get
in a carpenter shop. Now if the printers
will agree to send their own apprentices
to school under the same conditions they
can still exercise control over the supply
Of printers.
Mrs. Young says the school teachers
can get pointers on handling children
from the sessions Of the prison congress.
The viewpoint of the reformer, as ex-
pressed at the congress- said Mrs.
Young is that he must acquaint himself
with the character Of the Individual
child and work from that basis. The
teachers business too often lie merely
to teach that five times six are thirty.
OF course. there is an excuse for the
teacher. Teachers are too few in COM
parison with the number of pupils for
them TO give much study TO the individ-
ual child. In the average school the
teacher would have about five minutes
day to devote to each child, If she
spent her time studying individual char
acter and. teaching the Individual"