Evening journal., 1914-12-17
SCHOOL HEAD URGES
INDUSTRIAL WORK
SuperintendentS Scott Thinks
New Plan Should Be In
augurated at Once
EXPLAINS BENEFITS
OF THE SYSTEM

Clifford j. Scott, superintendent of
the Wilmington schools. has an
nounced himself as being staunch
advocate of industrial training in
public schools. In common with
other local educational exports. Mr.
| Scott Is most enthusiastic about the
/ Immediate benefits that can be de-
rived from starting industrial train
ing in the Wilmington schools In
small way at first, The school super
4 intendent expresses himself particular
| ly on the value of cooperative
schools, union Of the industrial
| plant and the school TO train the
youth. One Of the emphatic state
ments made by Mr.. Scott is that it is
the duty of the truly democratic sys-
tenn OF education TO make every eff
fort to educate every child, whether
within or without school halls.
Speaking to a reporter today on the
subject. Mr. Scott said
Some manual training work has
been successfully given in our schools
The results achieved moro than jus
tify the expense of these courses. The
limited funds at the disposal of the
Board Of Education preclude the ex-
tension of this work 10 fully enable
the schools TO serve adequately the
life interests of our boys and girls.
Among several needs, I would select
as the most important the establish
menu of manual training OF shop CEN
tres for boys and domestic science
centres for girls in our four grammar
schools and the continuation of our
household arts course for girls in our
high school TO include drossmaklng
and millinery.
Although this need of further de-
velopment of our manual training
courses Is distinctly school problem
. and the Chamber of Commerce Is
chiefly interested in the manufacture
er's and business mans problem OF
q industrial and vocational education
yet I make the above statement I'm the
hope that such a furtherance of the
service of our schools TO the youth OF
Wilmington may I'm some way be
made possible.
Industrial education has proven tC
be such a financial burden TO the
school systems TO which have beer
added technical high schools an,
trade schools that few smaller citie
have been able to establish and sup
|, port them. The enormous cost o
equipping a school plant with the ma
chinery OF the various industries Of
Y city and of providing the material
I used in the operation of each indus
e try prohibits most cities from under
= taking such an educational enterprise
"In this connection there has ariseI
J the thought that commercial concern.
: should permit the use of their indus
( trial plants and foremen TO help il
? the training of our boys and girls tC
2 become intelligent and skillful work
r ers. Because the apprenticeship plaT
\ of training workers has been abol
! ished, Il is unfair TO unload the bur
] den Of such industrial training upol
the public schools At least industria
= concerns should share the burdeI
! since they already have the facilitie
!. and can profit from the students
p work while learning.
E "Such a uniop of the industria
z plant and the school to train tn
d youth has resulted in what is termel
$ the cooperative school. One of tn
u most successful schools of this typ
: Is in the College Of Engineering o
q the University of Cincinnati. whicl
was established by Dean Hermal
Schneider. Another widely know
cooperative course Is that found 4
the school system OF Fitchburg, Mas.
Under these plans a boy spends eac
j alternate week I'm the factory and tn
II other week in school. His place /
taken in the factory and in the schOC
by another boy. An employer VIII
: hires one boy gives the chance to tw
Il boys who work in relays. The stud
ent takes back to school the problem
> with which the school can help hin
: A special manual training teache
: helps him with shop and machin
difficulties. His mathematics an
: English are adapted to his industria
a needs. All his high school work
= motivized and vita,ized by his prac
- tical shop work BY extending IN
; length of the school term for thes
~ students during the two years Of IN
course to AS weeks, they are enable
to earn the same number of credits i
high school as the regular high schoo
3 students"
y Addressing himself 10 the locs
d situation, Mr.. Scott said:
e, "I believe such a course of indus
Ie trial training can be established an
d successfully carried on in Whining
i ton. and I sincerely hope it will b.
Is To do so will necessitate the en-
e. ployment of specially trained in
TX structor or director acting under IN
direction Of the management of th