The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-10
MANY PUPILS LEAVE
SCHOOLS TOO EARLY.
Young Should Get More of
General Education, Says
Carroll C. Pearse.

The department OF manual training and
art education OF the n E a held its first
meeting yesterday morning at the First
Methodist church. The president, Arthur
l.. Williston OF Boston. gave his annual
address, outlining the work OF the past
year and giving a forecast for the fu-
ture
The principal address was given by Car
| roll G Pearse, superintendent OF schools
of Milwaukee, wis. on "Thc Continuation
School in Public Education"
! Mr. Pearse said In part
Great numbers OF young people.
either because IL is necessary or be-
cause they think it is necessary. VIII
leave school before they complete the
minimum of ordinary education They
leave also without any adequate pre-
paration for the business which they
choose.
A part Of the people who require the
service OF a continual ton school are
Young persons under is years OF age,
who should get not only more of gen
eral education but who need training
to make them better craftsmen or fol-
lowers of various employments. In ad-
dition to this. there will be great
number OF persons above IL years or
age who need TO continue some gen
eral studies to make them wiser and
happier citizens, They need also to
get more training in the things that
will make them intelligent in their
business.
Mr., Pearse then outlined some OF the
essentials for conducting these schools,
among which were a suitable plant and
equipment. especially for industrial train
Ing qualified teachers and conduct by
the board of education Of some organized
schoo, system.
The subject was further discussed by
L, r Alderman. superintendent OF city
schools Of Portland. Or: f *: Barthel,
supervisor Of manual training elementary
schools. San Francisco. and e. r. Snyder,
normal school, Fresno, Cal,
AT the afternoon session ]. Leo Fair
banks sculptor and painter and super
visor of art In the Salt Lake public
The opening address was made by Rob
ert b., Harshe. professor OF graphic art;
Leland STANFORD. Jr. university, Stanford
Life" Following are some of the strik-
ing extracts from Professor Harshe's ad-
dress:
Europe calls us commercial and we
are commercial, but that need not
necessarily connote our blindness to
servedly called the Yankees OF the
east, but their lives are penetrated by
the sense of beauty. The Greeks
were the most commercial union of
the distant past and they left the
Parthenon and memories OF a death
less art. Rembrandt's etchings show
forest OF masts and the Zuyder Zee
crowded with squat Dutch merchant
men Titan looked out over the
Riya and saw the glowing sun gld
In Its setting a thousand sails, Vene
tian galleys laden with argosies from
Araby and Ind.
The most potent influence upon
American life and art has been that
of the great international expositions.
Here our people have received their
visual education. Standards of duty
and efficiency have been set before
them and they have been quick to alb
sorb and learn. In these great clear
ing houses for thought. in these
great laboratories where the fine gold
is smeted and the Stag refused, In
these. great granaries where the ephe
neral chaff is winnowed. American
art has been tested and proved.
Thomas A. Mott, superintendent OF
schools Of Richmond Ind, delivered an in,
structive lecture on fThe Schools as Art
Centers," Mott said in part.
The appreciation OF art and the love
OF beauty, next TO the love Of God. are
the greatest safeguards against things
gross and low in human life, and holds
out to well ordered beings legitimate
and infinite sources OF happiness To
see beauty and love it is to possess
large securities for true living. The
best educational thought OF the times
demands that proper training OF the
child must bring into healthful activ-
ity not only the body and intellect.
faculties. The training Of the school
must ht the individual for the enjoy
ment of life as We'll as its mainte-
nance. In the long run that is the
best, most practical education which
prepares one for the fullest enjoy
ment of all that is beautiful and true
In life.
The schools are becoming more and
more the social centers of the com
munity life and this fact doubles the
importance OF the work of beautify-
Ing the school and placing within them
conditions which will exalt the esthe-
tic and ethical life OF the people In
| hundreds of schools splendid work is
| being done In the way of school deco
ration, in courses In drawing and in
arts and crafts. we'll as by the ef.
forts Of art associa tlons in placing
| works Of art in the school rooms
Miss May Gearha rdt. supervisor OF arr
In the public schools Of Los Angeles, Cal
| gave an interesting paper on THE Re
| lation Between the Home and Art Instruc-
ton IN the Elementary Schools" Some
of the suggestive thoughts in Miss Gear.
hardts paper were:
This is a subject that is open to
various interpreta tions. Do we wish
to discuss the immediate influence Of
the school on the home or is it a
question OF what the home offers to
the school? Do we mean the present
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