Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-03-18
NEW CASTLE INDUSTRIAL
EDUCATION EXPERIMENT
Results Are Very Satisfactory TO
State Bureau for Voca-
tional Training.

The results of the experiment being con
Quoted at New Castle under the co-opera-
tion of the State Bureau for Vocational
Education and the local Board OF Educa-
too are proving very gartifyIng. The class
In drawing and mathematics for young
men employed in local industries has evi-
IDENTIFY filed real need and Superintendent
Snavely feels that the work being done
is distinctly worth while for the coInmun-
ity.
The State Supervisor for trades and
industries, William H. Bixby, pointed out
when the project of opening such q class
was under consideration that there are
two kinds of classes in mechanical drawing
possible but that only one Usually receives
much attention from school authorities
1t is quite common to find In an industrial
community class in drafting which even
though it is not set up primarily for thos2
who want to he drafted, is nevertheless, fol-
lowing the tradition Of such class s, moro
than likely to give instruction suited more
TO the needs OF craftsmen than OF shop
mechanics This is in lire with the mich
criticised practice OF the high school of
patteruing all its general courses after
the requirements of the college course.
Just as high school teachers have come TO
see the need Of getting away from the
thought OF college entrance requirements
for large group Of pupils so industrial
teachers are learning that there Is not
great deal Of connection between drafting
for craftsmen and shop drawing for me-
chanics. 1t was with the purpose Of meeting
the needs of the shop men rather than OF
training craftsmen that New Castle 81
up the class which has proved SO succe ess-
full
l. saH-s ,tqN
mechanical drawing IN high or technical
school knows that great deal OF atten-
tion is ordinarily paid to the niceties Of
execution of the drawing and that II
takes good deal of time TO get at the
real job of making working drawings.
There Is no question that the best way 10
understand a drawing Is to learn TO make
il: the distinction between the two schools
Indicated Is that one uses all the instrI-
ments and gives much attention 10 tech
nioue, while the other makes free hand
sketches and rough drawings which illus
trate many OF the principles equally well
and in much shorter time. The advisa-
bility Of using the second method in teach
ing shop men how to read drawings has
ueen well shown by the experience of the
New Castle class
Tire work here started under the teach
ing Oh MI I1NZt-tN Ol TIE IllEi E-CiltDl
faculty and of Mr. Watts of the American
Manganese Steel Co The former has re-
Gently resigned 20 accept position in
another state and Mr. Watts Is very
ably carrying on the work. 1t is this part
Of it for which he has been responsible
from the beginning and If Is to his ability
and actual knowledge oi industrial pro-
cesses that is the due 10 the quiCkness
with wnicp the DupIls nave taken mold of
the work. II fifteen nights they have all
learned under the excellent method EN-
ployed bz Mr. " ats to make very credi-
table and wnolly workable drawings One
of the important features Of this method
is that from the beginning all work has
been done from actual models brought
fIom the shoDs rather than from Plates
set un in text books Tor the student TO
copy Those in cnarge of the work believe
that this is the only right way to handle
sucp q class