Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1912-12-19

had carried off the first prize at the
county fair. The boys had begun the
more difficult work of making chairs,
and the joints made up to the time
of my visit showed that the work on
the milk stools had brought the les
son of accuracy home to each one
One other factor stood out in that
particular school and that was the
spirit of cooperation which the work
had developed. Each boy seemed
just as anxious that his classmates
work should be up to the standard as
his own, and the boys consulted each
ether frequently as to the correct in
depreciation of the drawing before
them. The teacher had little time to
supervise the work, and they were so
busy with what they had undertaken
that her absence apparently went I'M
noticed. Boys similarly started on
making toys, kites, bird-hoilses, chic
ken coops, brooders, s1eds, and other
articles which appeal to the boy Of
ten and twelve indicate the lines Of
possibility in beginning the work of
manual training. These exercises
and others Of Similar nature will do
more than academic reasons to es-
ta tai the need of a knowledge of
elementary branches and other sub
Jects dependent upon them. fright
~ grasped the boy must increase his
knowledge of arithmetic, geography,
and composition in order to make
progress beyond that of the mere inni-
tator.
Give the girls the idea and the ma
terials for work bag, busting can,
Bingham apron, laundry bag. "a
towel, and other things which come
within the sphere of disable articles
that a girl can make herself and she
has made greater mental as we'll as
manual progress than if she had fiji
ed whole book with models of sew
ing work, each about four inches
square. Get the same girls, in
schools where no facilities for cook
ing exists, to report upon the cooking
or rice, macaroni, and potatoes a
home, after all the directions as To
cleanliness, procedure, and other mat
tiers, pertaining to the serving of
these foods have been fully set forth
in the school. Stare them on tie
canning of vegetables and fruits that
experience has. proven are not too
difficult, and let them thoroughly I'M
derstand the reason for the preserva-
tion of these foods Give them "dirr
ology as one teacher named her
course in home econ omics, fly exter-
animation, treatment of burns, cuts.
and bruises, and more actual vital
thought will have been engendered
than will result from the contempia-
ton of the double use of the relative
pTpnoun, without Questioning whether
Ct ., not that is a necessary part Of an
! nfentary edu fion. -
Let the boys get in touch with the
local industrial situation, the relative
amount of grains shipped out from
the elevators each year, the deekage
Gil account Of foul seeds and dirt, the
amount and character OF freight re-
ceiyed, the eradication of local weeds,
the basis for computing the value Of
domestic animals on the farm, thezss
value of ditching and thing, TIE
source OF the water supply of the
home, other sanitary conditions Of the
home and the barn, and numerous
other things which a view from the
school room window will reveal.
With such problems before the pu-
pills the value Of Industrial work in
the upper grades is at once apparent.
There remains but the courage to set
about actually doing the work with
the means at hand The possibility
of undertaking work of this nature
need not alarm the growing teacher,
for any real educative process re
suits in new outlooks and new adjust
ments. The horizon will gradually
widen as we grasp the real situation
of making out-of-school experiences
vital part. of school life, and in turn
make our school exercises apply to
| the actual conditions of life.