Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-29
"MANUAL TRAINING TO
BE EDUCATION IDEAL"

at his problems il will be with the
added interest of knowing that he
may be doing the exact sum that he,
as a man, may have TO do in his
business or trade.
In the ideal school of the future
every child. rich and poor alike, Will
be taught to work with his hands, Tor
would not deprive any man of the
great blessing of being able to do
things.
At certain age-probably about IL
when a boy has a problem in con-
struction he will have to work it out
not only in theory, but in practise.
Even before this he may not only
learn to spell cloth and texture, .
but he will have cloth in his hands
that he may feel the texture" and
thereby gain a practical knowledge
of It's utility and adaptability for
certain needs of everyday life. With
this knowledge the work of making
Of cloth and preparing 1t for market
takes on new interest for every
worker in textiles. and the same kind
of teaching will prevail in all other
practical lines of work by which we
live.
The ideal school of the future will
teach that no work is mental, because
all good work is fifst mental.
| In the ideal school of the future the
heads of great factories, industries
and commercial houses will become
teachers, for they will cooperate
with the schools in telling just what
+, knowledge is needed in the boy oil
girl who elects to work at the bust
ness in which they have made sue
cess, and each year these men viii
| take into their shops and Offices the
different boys and girls to finish
their education along the specialized
lines it has been started.
| I know that this ideal school of tn,
future is coming very soon. for al.
ready we in Chicago have worked on
some of its methods of procedure.
! Last year-somewhat against tht
wishes of many parents---we intro
duced technical training into a Chi
cago grammar school which is filled
with sons and daughters of workers
| We said, "These pupils shall study
one-half of the day and work Will
their hands the other half"
where will our children get theil
schooling If half of the time is giyer
| to work with their hands?" asked
those parents who did not realize tina
the we'll educated person is always
one whose hand and brain can worl
| in unison.
| The children were greatly interest
| ed, although our equipment wa,
meager and we could not give then
all the chance to choose just wha
they would best like to do, and mucl
to my surprise it was found tina
these children kept up with theii
classes and stood quite as we'll II
their studies as did those scholars
who had twice as much time for so
called mind cultivation only.
| These children found out they were
being fitted for something; they coulC
see results looming up in the future
They were being taught in scientifl,
manner how to do things which would
help them to take positions instead
of apprenticeships, and they wer'
learning not only to do things, Blu
why they did it.
This will be the ideal school of tn,
future one which will teach the chilC
that the great work of the world Il
done with the hands and withou
this work humanity will die; to teacl
him that only when he can do som,
part of this work with his own hands
| Is he a successful man. competent t,
direct the work of Others
Give boys not a fictitious. but
real interest in life by teaching hov
to be success in life and the "bo,
problem" will largely solve itself, 70
"the corners will gradually groy
deserted