The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-09-23
An Appeal for Man
ual Training in Lees
burg High School.

tatO hiOAAAiiiH N"SA~ W
business, and may be we are, but II
I.eesburg school has friend in the
Iworld we are laying claim to that
privilege and great pleasure. We
Ialso feel that some others will throw
1.-THE Mantle of charity" oyer this
seeming intrusion. In any event
our motives are right and that
SHOULD suffice.
! During last year Leesburg put
into her school, Domestic Science
department under the efficient
management of Miss Eddye Hooks
and the good accomplished to those
lgirls under her care will tell during
1.-The years to come. We feel conf
dent that the wide.a.wake men at
she head of the school system at
Leesburg will take care that in the
handsome building now under
course Of construction, ample pro-
vision be made to continue this
work for the good Of the future
housewives of Lee County, for sure
Ily the things that come from our
k;t,hens either kill or maketh alive.
What we have said in reference to
the importance of Domestic Science
| for the girls applies equally as well
to our boys in the Manual Training
Arts. Scholarship is not the pro-
duct of any single faculty. The.
thing to be accomplished in the
interest of better education is to
bring the deliberations OF scholar
ship and the quickness OF decision
brought about by the Manual arts
| into working relation.
AS we view vocational education
to-day, it is an attempt to add to
existing educational opportunities,
| to the end that all the children Of
| all the people" may be sufficiently
prepared for their life work. Many
educators concede the fact that we
are not giving our boys and girls
the sort of intellectual, industrial
and moral nourishment they need
for citizenship in its truest and
most practical sense. We answer
this by saying that we would not
attempt to outline any course OF
action which would meet all theI
requirements of the elementary
school. Neither do we believe IN
any cut and dried' plan Tor every
school. Each school has Its own
problem to work out according tol
environment. There are, however
certain principals which should bel
common to all and which enter
into the development OF efficient
workmen and common sense cltl-
zens With due amount OF culture,
refinement and ethical principles.
The adoption Of a course OF study
in our schools, embodying u greater
degree of industrial activities doesl
not mean that pupils will be limit
ed to the so called practical side
of education; yet we cannot longer
remain in the position of holding
before our youth the idea that the
achievement of education means
escape from toll. We conclude
that our public school curriculum is
defective uIfless it include course
lin Manual training which develops
boys both physically ana mentally,
gives escape to their creative and
lconstructive faculties, teaches ac-
curacy, handiness and attention to
detail, and make Of our boys many
sided men able to use skillfully both
Hands and brain.
The tools, work benches and 9th
er equipment can be installed at a
nominal cost and when other nee
essary equipment for the new build
ing shall have been secured and
paid for, it is our hope that the
good women of Leesburg school
will put the Domestic Science and
Manual Training department upon
their heart and with that zeal
characteristic Of them put these
, projects across with fine success.
JAS. H. HOPE.
:. 1900 .afA LfIfaH