Smyrna times., 1920-03-24
TRY INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION
Results of Recent Experiments Tried
Out Are Most Gratifying

Out Are Most Gratifying
The results of the experiment being
conducted at New Castle under The
cooperation of the State Bureau FOR
Vocational Education and the local
Board of Education are proving very
gratifying. The class in drawing and
mathematics for young men employed
in local industries has evidently filled
q real need and Supt. Snavely feels
that the work being done is distinctly
worth while for the community.
The State Supervisor for Trades
and Industries, Mr.. William H. Blk
by, pointed out when the project of
opening such a class was under con-
sideration that there are two Kinds o.
classes in mechanical drawing pOssi
bic but that only one usually receives
much attention from school authOr-
ties. 1t is quite common to find in an
industrial community class in draft
ing which even though it is not set up
primarily for those who want to be
craftsmen, is nevertheless, following
the tradition of such classes, more
than likely to give instructions suited
more to the needs of craftsmen than
OF shop mechanics. This is in line
with the much criticised practice of
the high school Of ratte1ning all its
general courses after the require
ments Of the college course. Just as
high school teachers have come 10 see
tie need OF getting away from the
thought OF college entrance require
ments for i Large group of pupils, so
industrial teachers are learning that
thclc is not great deal Of cOnnec-
ton between drafting for craftsmen
and shop d. awning for mechanics. 1t
was with the pur, Ose Of meeting The
reeds of The shop men rather ,han Of
tla,ning dIaftsrneA that New Castle
set up tie class which has proven so
successful.
Anyone who has ever taken course
in mechanical drawing in a high or
technical school knows that a great
deal of attention is ordinarily paid 20
then iceties of execution of the draw
ing and that it takes a good deal of
time TO get at the real job of making
| working drawings. There is nc ques-
tion that the best way to understand
a drawing is to learn to make it; the
distinction between the schools indi-
Gated is that one uses all the instru-
ments and gives much attention to
technique, while the other makes free
hand sketches and rough drawings
which illustrate many of the princi-
pals equally well and in much shorter
time. The advisability of using the
second method in teaching shop men
how to read drawings has been well
shown by the experience of the New
Castle class.
The work there started under The
teaching of Mr.. Hughey of the high
school faculty and of Mr.. Watts OF
the American Manganese Steel Co
The former has recently resigned tC
accept a position in another State anc
Mr. Watts is very ably carrying or
the work. 1t is this part of it fol
which he has been responsible IRON
the beginning and it is to his ability
and actual knowledge of industrial
processes that is due the quickness
with which the pupils have taker
hold Of the work In fifteen nights
they have all learned under The eX
cellent method employed by Mr.. Watts
to make very creditable and wholly
workable drawings. One of the i'm
portant features of this method is that
from the beginning all work has beer
done flom actual models brought
from the shops rather than from
plates set up in text books for the
students to copy. Those in charge Of
the work believe that this is the only
right way to handle such a class.