The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1915-09-23

about the same as he had been
given at other homes in the
mountains, but they did not taste
the same. They reminded him
of dinners he had eaten at home
and in the homes of friends in
the city. 1t was so different
from other homes, that he in
CURED of the father and mother
if their daughter had ever gone
away to school. And their reply
was that the preceding year she
had taken domestic art and
domestic science in a church
school in East Tennessee.
So you see, it makes a differ
ence. 1t may seem that this
illustration is not pertinent toI
the town. But it is. There are
some homes in which the girls
are taught cooking and sewing,
just as well as they will ever be
taught these things in college,
but there are hundreds of other
homes in which they will not be
taught these things, and unless
they learn them in school, they
will never know them. The
school is not to base its curriculum
upon the needs of the more
fortunate pupils, but it is demo-
cratic institution, and must have
in it's curriculum those things
which will help the girls in homes
whose only help can come from
the schools. And one can find
such homes in every town, city, |
county and state of the union.
The public schools of Maryville
can do no greater service to thel
pupils than to install these de-
partments. Many girls who
have a tendency to quit school at
the early adolescent period, have
been influenced to remain in
school because of these new de-
partments. Girls can be pointed
out who have left school during
the early adolescent period, when
there were no such departments
as these, but who, upon the in
stallation of such departments,
returned, took these courses and
are now teaching these subjects
and are receiving salaries of
from $50 to $500 per month, and
some even more than this.
Merchants Of the city fIaves
kindly offered to contribute to a
fund to install these departments. |
Ed F. Harper, furniture dealer,
has donated a kitchen table;
The R. G. McNutt Hardware Co.,
has offered to give half the price
of a four burner oil stove. The
Dunlay McCammon Furniture
Co., has given sewing table.
Other merchants will contrib
ute, for these business men rec
ognize the benefits that will come
from these departments.
MANUAL TRAINING
However, the development of
the system will not besymmetri-
cal unless the boys are given ad-
vantage of manual training.
Many boys are in school today,
under patient and hopeful teach
ers, into whose heads these
teachers are trying to drill Latin
and history and other studies, for
which the boy cares nothing at
all. But give him a work bench,
some tools and a few pieces of
lumber, and he will construct a
fine piece of furniture for his
home. That's some boys nature.
They'll never learn Latin, and
their teacher will be afraid they
will not be a success in life. The
school is simply trying to adapt
the boy to the course of study,
rather than trying to adapt the
course of study to meet the re-
quirements of the boy. When
school systems try to learn the
psychology of the boys minds,
rather than tryto force upon them
things for which they do not and
will not care, then boys will re-
main in school and not quit at the