Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-05-12
STATE HOUSE.
Maine Making Strides in
Vocational Education.
R R. Commissioners Announce
Continuance on Hearings.
Two Maine Corporations Vote to In
crease Their Capital stock.
STATE HOUSE CALENDAR.
Regular Meeting of Governor and
Council, Thursday, May %, 1913, at
10 a. Nj

That, the State OF Maine is growing
III an agricultural sense has long been
| an estahiiai d fact and her farmers
are fast becoming among the fore
| mes III tic country. but she is also
growing III an Industrial sense. and
in order that this growth may b.
:nainta,aed she Is placing III the hands
of her bcEs and girls the weapons of
efficiency
NJ Mainr is FIST growing. net oHiy
| Is al asfci ltural state. bat also in
an Industrial sense. the State is Plan
| lin@ To piece II" weapons If ef-
iiciecy into the hands eft the boys
and girls.
J-nuer the direction of the State edu-
cafionaI department, there is nav
| draw ing To a close the first year (
general supervision of manual train
ing. The experiment Of having in
Maine a State director OF manual
training and industrial education in
proving successful.
T. II, Harlacher with HEADQUARTERS
IN G9rliam. is the state director. He
esn1r tn Maine from Wisconsin, and
| had previously taught in Wyoming
a6 otfer Woatern states, and II his
earlier years worked in a machine shop
are at tie carpenters bench.
Maine has the best of opportunities
10 make manual arts effective said
Mr. Hariachcr The Legislature has
passed some excellent laws relating to
vocational education. Tho Wage-ealn-
or. the skilled workman and the en-
players are back af the Legislature.
far with Paul Hanns they believe tat
there is no greater blessing in this
sard thar Il STEADY iob.
Human ingenuity has been severely
faxed in its endeaVor to reduce what
had been considered necessary loss
md secure Il higher per cent. of ef-
liaieEcy. For example. 1t one time II
required tNo-thirds of the population
ef this country Ia run our farms. To-
day it requires only onc-third.
1T is fitting at 4 time when so many
II our public institutions, civic, State
and Federal, are being investigated,
tliat The department of education de-
voted To vocational training be care
fully tested for efficiency.
FIR ~ years many OF our schools
have had 4 sort of diluted vocational
.ienaltment called manual training or
hand work. The present system must
BE changed il it is to meet the needs
oil the 4utuft.
My plea is for Il tremendous eN-
pansion of the vocational, Industrial
and technical side Of education 50 that
the children shall not leave school
with broad smatterins only of all
kinds of knowledge. but 81 that they
Will he prepared To do the work oil
he future: SO that they will be able
- do every form of work we'll III the
shop, in the factory and in the home.
.-Thn new Industrial course now be
zig organized in Maine is attempting
- place manual training on a more
stailc vocational basis The first AIN
Of tie course is to produce pro
fessional teacher of manual arts, ehe
VIE can present rs WtH as organize
tie very Lest that the past has given
MS industrially; second. to give the
teacher shop and trade experience
hat viii familiarize him with indus
trial conditions aud shop atmosphere.
printing, bsobhinding, cabinet making,
drafting, Forging and machine shop
:.rc 90 he presented in the school
workshop. During the last wear CT
the course we hope To arrange tor halt
;ime or part time commercial work
outside the school