Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-04

handling tools and has the pleasure
of making something useful. There
is also the practise of making and
reading working drawings. The
girls have Introductory work in the
domestic arts. The courses in the
evening and day high schools have
been development Of the elementary
work and in range and quality of
results and general merit are excel
lent. Mechanical drawing and shop
work of various kinds are done. The
most striking feature of our indus
trial work aside from the general
range and excellent results is the
Boys Industrial School. 1t is an
institution doing work of high de-
gree of merit. 1t is one of the best
schools in the country. and while not
distinctly a trade school is an ex-
cellent model of an industrial school,
What Mr.. Kennedy Says.
I'm the first place. industrial edu-
cation arouses pupils interest more
easily than any other form Of educa-
ton. The reason for this is
readily seen, for handiwork ex-
IitSo a Stuueht iutSltSl qulshrf
than bookwork. In the sec
end place, Industrial edura-
ton enables the pupil to find himself,
j. e., 1t looks toward the selection of
vocation by giving the boy a
chance to find out any special talent
or skill he may have in manual labor.
and In this way guides him 70 W ,rk
that will be a profit and a pleasure
70 him as man.
I'm the third place, industrial edu-
cation recognizes the fact that very
people, make their living by hand
work, while we go on in the schools
as If they were to be professional
men. John Dewey. Of Chicago Uni
versity, makes this his strong n
d.ctment in the public school system
Of today, and there Is much To- be
said ON that side. However, there
is something to be said on the other
side. 1t is pretty dificult for a boy
to become any sort of man without
learning TO read and write, and TO
pprlorm tl,e fur6a mental processes OF
arithmetic and without a knowledge
Vi lGfn 4tSlOI2t iiO 1IdtLEI 1OW
he intends to make his living. In
the fourtl, Place, the modern idea Of
the cultured man involves some
manual skill. Formerly the cultured
man was understood to be one Of
wide reading and one who had, at his
command, some wide range of intel
lectual activity but modern educa
ton has changed all this, as
stated above. SO that the intellig, mt
man cannot be without some form
of manual dexterity," -
MIR. PickwicI<'s Opinion.
Industrial education indicates the
selection of trade or vocation from
a variety, and the preparation for
that trade by pupil. 1t is fine
thing and should be carried to a
larger extent In Newark. 1t would
be greatly to the betterment of the
city's industries as well as to the edu-
schools that teach this sort of edu-
cation. There should be more indus
trial schools throughout the city,
each accommodating approximately
500 students, in such localities so as
to present equally opportunities to
those who are attracted to vocationai
work and feel that nature has be-
slowed upon them ability in the con-
structive line.
GAS q result, believe. that indus
trial education tends to increase the
general efficiency and skill of labor.
Industrial schools aid the pupil, to
choose a trade and prepare him for
It. SO he knows, when he graduates,
exactly the kind Of work he wants.
Generally the case Is that boy
leaving or being graduated from an
other school actually doesn't know
what sort OF work he wishes to adopt,
SO accepts position Of any nature;
and for three or four years he feels
around until he realizes the kind of
work he desires to take up; evidently,
considerable loss of time. Besides,
If he wishes to become mechanic,
he has to commence at the beginning
Of the trade No such case would
have occurred had he previously at
fandad an industrial school.