The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-02
INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION.
As Seen by r. H.Payne, A. M, Prof.
of Manual Arts, Bartlett College,
Dalton, Mo.

Education is the result of teaching,
for it means to instruct, to form, to
bring up; it is properly drawing out
and implies the discipline of the intel
lect, the establishment of principles
and the regulations of the heart.
A human being is not in proper
sense a human being until he is edu-
Gated. What sculpture is to block
of marble education is to the human
mind; if man would know the true
end of life he must be educated, be-
cause true education is the awakening
of the mind for love Of truth, giving
Just sense of duty, opening the eyes
of the mind to the great purpose and
end of life.
We are to teach men because of the
capacity Of the human mind. How
wonderful are the faculties of the hu-
man mind and what vast storehouse
of knowledge may be stored up by
that power.
It has been said that the mind is a
natural substance and to educate 1t is
delusion, and will only last in time
and will go out in the high winds OF
eternity like the light of candle, but
we take the position of the majority
of men that the mind is immaterial,
that spiritual essence, the chief at
tribute of the human soul, if not the
soul itself, the scope of which is I'M
bounded in it's flights.
We teach children because of the
future possibilities of the mind; the
utmost possibilities of the human in
tellect has never yet been exhibited;
the shortness of human life, and many
other hindrances have prevented the
possibility of testing what the human
intellect under favorable circumstance
es might accomplish.
The philosopher, the saint, the hero
often lie hidden or concealed in the
bosom of your vagabond, from COM
mon person who can tell whether lies
hidden the talent of seer which edu-
cation might have disinterred and
brought to light.
Industrial education is the training
of the hands through the mind to
what is right and best. The training
that makes man happiest is the train
ing that makes him more serviceable
to others. The training of the hands
to materialize our mental pictures and
concepts.
Industrial education aims at the
production and perpetuation of an in
dustrious and intelligent nation, there
fore industrial education should inter-
est every good and loyal citizen.
Intelligence and efficiency are its
ideals, Judgment and hason fur
nish it's mistaken base, its ends and
aims are educational because it evolu-
tionizes both physical and mental ca
pacities.
The theory has been advanced by
some that children can learn for in
stance the manual arts at home. This
is one of the greatest errors of the age
and accounts for the multitude of un-
skilled laborers who throng our coun-
try, disorganize our unions and trou-
BILE the government.
1t may be possible to teach books at
home, but to acquire the mastery over
the laws of mechanical processes ne
cessitates we'll equipped physical
and competent instructor,
which is beyond the reach of an ordi-
nary family.
Proper education equips the indi-
vidual for the responsibilities Of life;
the student should come out of school
able to put the combined efforts OF
hand, head and heart into operation.
The education that fails to supply
these demands is not worth while.
Another aim of manual arts is to
elevate and spiritualize labor to shed
lew light and vigor upon the humber
walkers of life. The trained hand fur
1ishes food for the body and susten-
ance for the mind. The hand accom-
dishes physical work. The mind does
he thinking and planning. We may
discipline the mind without training
he hand, but we cannot train the hand
without involving the mind.
Manual arts is not essential only to
he intellectual growth of the individ-
.al, but upon it depends the response
,ility and pride of the race, because
he strength and renown of every ma
ion depends upon the genius of its
Inhabitants.
God requires a heart to reason,
lead to contrive and hand to exc
ute, and without such unison in the
ifferent walks of life greatness would
re lost in sight, natural honor would
re no more, creation would become
runken with stagnation and totter off
nto eternity.
Girls should learn a trade in order
hat when they are called upon to fill
he noble calling Of wife they may
lot be handicapped when they enter
lpon their new vocation, but will be
n a position to make home happy and
ife worth living and cleanliness, COM
ort and joy may abound under their
'oof. We take the position that the
nan ought to be the supporter OF the
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