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EL PASO MORNING TIMES,
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1908.
PRES. CHAMBERLAIN
ON MANUAL TRAINING
Hut
of
Head of Throop Polytechnic Delivers
Interesting Address to El Paso
Parents —To Address School
Teachers today.
INDUSTRIAL AITS AIM AND SCOPE
President A, H (’f *atnb jlain of
Ttafoop Po)>*1a c I*. a
if<n$, Olif., last nlgi i dHous'■< i in
dust rial Art a in Aim and 8c‘opo bo-
for** a twitting of the iwrtrtU of i£l
Paso at Trinity M^tbodbu rrharch.
Tlifi huiUIoi turn wa> fiomfoj whip
filled when the apeAKer was intro-
dunf*d by C ity .S«i|i»jriutendent (J. P.
Putnam, who spoke briefly of the pur*
pos('H and plans for iri trod lining; man-
he. cotmnuDiU or nation. The qtie.v
•n han never T>een, "Shall we edu.
The rpu r. r*tlw has bt•» i.
t. VVl at shal we study, and how?"
hundred year* in the study
At tonal thought and adrfeve-
rro-nf hut as yesterday. In early
K«> pt. in Arabia In Babylon, the dwell-
«■; bt Assyria, and Phoenicia, the
In ?rs at.d the Homan, the Oro k
ar;d f Hindu, the .few and the .lap-
• - • ii'-h country and each people
« .deavored, in lift own way, to
v»' > t/ it n itbii »»«« ,V "C* L2y" ^
i t-, *ly or unconaciouely to fol-
Pa i. « a-inijnlllun: Prove all
*(*!»,:• • hold fax* tha' » itch la good
k I'ir ailoi. lias ton* been defined
i it ii wo today .-glance back over
the i ntiitl'h w<• find It -llfllciilt to
tnjo tiir- ili flnitlon of any particular
it- ij;.j»* to t'-ii practlcea i.f their etluca
t to in: I doc trine, rmirli leg* are we able
•<> . future the practice of yi-mi-rday
h Itii the theory of tomorrow. And
v.'iati.vi-r may be xald of the nt-oda
cbnaett*: ax tcarbera of men. the work
of there and cnuntifxe other* Is clearly
traced upon the pages of history and
relict ;cd In the lives of on. f Iowa
The 'location then la: -For what |
d'K'K tie school eland? What la i
duration ’ Education,
propound to aatisfy the creative ten-)
dency In the Individual. The term1
mcr-.iai training is the one moat com- i
ro mly In btiae but P la now belli* ar-
Kited by many that It doea not convey j
fully, nor correctly, the idea or xignifi ,
at rid"
uei training la the public sehoola of
III Parti
The speaker was accorded a eloae-
liiiereat throughout, and hU very In-
n-ri-atlng di.->cUMdon wit- closely fol
lowed to Its conclusion.
ltr chamberlain wlil uddreax the
teach era t lit r. mornln* at the high
rehocl at 11 o’clock, ami the public
i i Invited to attend.
Announcing a» his subject, Indue
trial Arts, ip Alto and Scope,” itif*
speaker said in part:
Mori* than a century past, oui
fat„er».- aiagl.* minded to tin- best in
tcrests of education, e-otai. ,i tti
i nnocia i- what to ns .till scnii' in
be a fundamental piindpln, that i*--
tigloti, morality an#] ipitisbujge- being:
neecsnary in goo i govcrnnienl and (hi* 1
/lappiness of mankind, seluiohi, and i
the ru* an« of educatton ahull v. e*r t, :
enenin ige I,” At all ftnu-j and in alii
place* education of ont kind m uo i
other f.ii* been held to bit a tieecasity. j
looking tii.vnid the nest ami tulle ■' I
.tllrVeloplln nt iif till, individual . in
lead us.
do we re;
changes
aMnosphi
ssitles of those- who have so
Iireceded us. or of Che broad
duration naa taken before,
1.Hiking for the prophet to
and more than ever before
illy,.- that the mighty dynamic
Iri our Industrial and social
r>- demand a deeper and
inon significant Interpretation be
pj.e i d ujsiii our definition of educa-
tion and that the practices thereof
lie laid in acosd&ttce With such Inter*
pn-iat ion.
Ib r and then* the worth of a sya*
tent is exemplified In the life and
hi levc.nent of a great soul. More
lean I i ir centuries before Christ and
:i tin plains a short call from
Pott. . .1 product of the education of
tin* in eft his plow in the furrow
and *.v;‘ft tbc sword of the soldier and
an ! i
- of the dictator, between sun
1 th." Roman army from de-
In-n leaving power, anti glory
acclaim of tii,- multitude, t'ln-
cirm'ii" returned to the ncupatlon of
id fu: it Lincoln at. Gettyablirg,
W:.-l.....'tii at Valley Forge, where,
Dumb for lilntaelf unless It were lo
cod,.
It'll tor Ids barefoot soldiers'eloquent."
Mm A l.pirmore and Julia Ward
1J"W I'I■.i«■ ’i't Nightingale in ihe
Crimea, ami 'Horace Mapn Ip Mnswa*
training for life, to which answer Is
made that it Is more than a training
for life; It la life Itself. To meet
such a requirement e 1 neat ion should
bring into action all the abilities of
the pupil, or, as O'Shea puts It. the
. i i .,,-n.11,si ,.,i,i iM iHiti ntia
In the Id'man spirit. It shotild develop
in Mm all essential qualities and vlr-
toes, II Is to make him mateer Of him-
self mentally, physically and morally,
it Is bn help him appreciate and value
only the good and discard the rela-
tively bad. It Is to prepare him for
more complete living; Is. in short, the
means by which he shall be enabled
to take his place in Die great world of
life and action as a unit in a com-
plete social order. If the lesson to
be learned Is that of mutual helpful-
ness. then education should look to-
ward teaching men how to best per-
form thloj service.
It seems to be plain that any edttca
tion worthy the name, considers the
present as well as the future of the
Individual, or to put it another way,
considers the present and hence the
future of the individual. Characters
must he formed, not alone that ulti-
mate good may be accomplished, but
that the standards of society may be
raised here and now.
THiat the raw materials of the aver-
age present day curriculum arc not
designed to touch deeply the great
element, hi experience nor such as
readily find application In actual life
can easily be shown. The voliltlon-
arv process, the mifoldrrient of the
child’s powers, pre-supposes a widen-
ing of the child’s experience, a growth
from within, through the presenta-
tion of certain study materials. But
the iioy or girl, the product of the
school, has little opportunity to re-
act upon society Or perhaps one
might better say the individual has
not gained thn; which will enable him
to react with profit upon society.
Knowledge Is not. power, unless
knowledge, can be transformed into
terms of power producing energy.
some. Is i can-e of the proc^seg In question.
Manual framing implies training of s
manual tun lire only; and at the pres-
ent times, this is but one of the ob-
jects to be sought through the indus-
trial proru-Kses. Hence the suggestion
of the term, manual or industrial arts
Of the various reasons advanced for
the Introduction at imiunmgi naming
Into the curriculum, the following may
lie taken as being of chief Importance.
It must not lie supjiosed that any indi-
vidual advocate would advance all of
tile gevermt reasons here given, be-
cause the particular i-xpotwrn genet-
ally has in rn1nd a specific purpose
\vilull he hopes to see realized
through the introduction of the hand-
wdrk processes:
First, lndwctrial training, properly
directed and carried on, will create in
the mind of the individual a love for
and appreciation of the dignity of
honest labor, such as can be had in
no other wav.
Second. The natural activity of the
pupil; an activity that is native and
that must find expression. Is given
freer play in the handwork prdocesses
i hhn eleswhere In school.
Third. The industrial side of onr
wurli-a-day existence, calling to us a»
Mt does, from every side, and upon ev-
ery hand, gains an added clearness’in
the minds of those boys and girls who
engage in manual work in school.
Fourth. The immature mind of the
pupil demands rest and recreation
from the continuous application to
book studies. The introduction of
nandwork relieves the tension and re-
turns the pupil to his other tasks,
quickened and refreshed in body and
mind.
Filth. The physical development of
the pupil Is brought about by doing
such work as calls for bodily strength
and action. He stands rather than
sits and is enabled to assume health-
ful positions.
Sixth. The subject, being rather
concrete than otherwise, and some-
thing in which deception cannot rendl-
Tbi mete knowing a thing is not al ! |y find a place, the moral standards of
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•■ays Hignlfleent In Itself. The thing
known must have some relation to
the ceii tltion?. the needs, the desires,
the life, of the society of which th'e
Individual !.-• only one of the com-
IHuu'nt parts. T e facts of knowledge
must he capable of appllcatkin look
in* towards the imlsfylng of needs j
ra-
ttle pupil are raised. Any defect, is
readily observed by both pupil and
teacher, the transparency of the work
making it comparatively difficult for
sham to lie substituted for honest en-
deavor.
Seventh. Those who pursue v. rk
ami •ii;e'r‘;rsln7«f‘'“!andarla.’anrSIe ! u '-n«.rucUvo nature are likely t
1 flfVGCnau tl ir/illovoi I il.-iul npil n x>h I. 1
raining of the Indkviitual must he
Miss Nomination—The gent that wants me for a valentine has got to scrap for me.
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such as to make possible the Inter-
pnlatiori of such application
lint the question is here raised:
llmv does It happen that the raw mil-
'• iial of which we have been speaking,
the school studies, have not been of
possess a general dexterity or handi
ness, a deftness of hand in exceu: - n.
The dexterity or ability to use one':
hands, to handle materials and mauler
tools Is to be considered from the ed-
ucative Ride only. In this connection
it is not. thought of as reaching over
..... nature "to meet' ilie demands of! lnt® fleI,J of '’T^1 winillnS
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■oeieiy? Have the vcbooltnen of flu-
past lieen HI i n I to the interests of
Toclety? Hus too little thought been
I in eoni'iderlng'the best develop
mi nt of the Individual? It limy In-
uuswered, I suhmii, that the standard
of the school tms sprung from the
In lief that' knowledge. Is power, that.
Eighth. Work in the manual train-
ing room, of whatever nature. It may
In- or whatever form it may assume,
will lay the foundation of a trade that
may finally he curried to a more one
plete development.
Ninth. Since ‘he concrete and the
objective appeal to the untrained
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facts edue.'pc, that mental gymnastics j mind, »s the abstract, abstruse con-
product; the man. | ception can not, the books or tradition-
The standard of the real school must al subjects are made clear where re-
in- found in actual life It. mutR Is- has ] litfomnl by the more langlhle produc-
ed upon the natural tendencies of the j tlong of the manual training room.
Individual; It'must grow out of a I la-t. us examine each of these sev-
kmiwleilgi' of the hoy as :i hi. iul he erul propositions in turn and endeavor
Iih'; It must recognize the home, the) 1 > discover the strength In each,
community, the factory, the shop, the! The necessity of a tolerant spirit or,
farm; It must consider civil, Indus- [ Hie part of those who do not engage
trial, social and moral institutions. | In physical labor toward those whose
Any curriculum worthy a place in our I support conies through toil and strug.
schools must lie hulll U]Min a clear! Kb", is increasingly evident. In these
conception mat reason stands superior! 'biys of capital and labor, of combina-
to fad, that expression is of more val-1 fb>n of money and union of men, of
lie than technique, that huniati sytiipn-! industrial competition and narrow
tliy transcends in value the printed
pages of a book.
It, would seem then that we could
margins, the dignity of hand labor
should be appreciated by every think-
ing man and woman. It will lie appre-
xmii tip tip, definition of education as elated that much of the work accom-
',’nc doctrine of service. In the bust
ling, money-making, ambitious-loving,
progressive life of tills twentieth cen-
tury, when the conflict for place and
pllsbed is carried on through the phys-
ical energies of our people.
Those who have examined most
closely into this question affirm that
for power takes the rest always im- iti schools where manual training work
aginative form of a hand-to-hand en- Is carried on, the sons of the wealthy
counter; when money loo often counts and the sons of the poor stand side
for more than the man and selfishness | **>' »*de at. the bench or the forge. The
and greed seem to overshadow the ! dust of labor covers each alike. The
finer qualities of human nature—now! same problems confront the one as
it la that the value of service stands, do the other; and each in turn has
out clear ami distinct. ] these problems to work out. and solve.
In the last analysis the whole civic They sympathize, one with the other
state Is bull! upon the gospel of ser-, In disappointments and failures; and
CAl.I.ING GOWN.
This • mart gown was of blue Fn-n li cloth The blouse 1h mounted on
a lining. <*iram color Iitee forran the >-*ke mid eollar, and -he lower part of
iIn- lilouse, which is of tlii- i Pith, joins The lace yot,O The sleeves have tine
tucks running up amt down, and lire i !. ,-d with t-p-, The skirt is coilstnic-
ted of eleven goo s. shaped > s lo | odiiee eoiisldernble width al Ihe low-
or edge, Which iih .ooii'es with plait; drawn out jiIhiui five yards. The niiifT
an I wrap an ()[ Lainailor Tin si.in can be trimmed around the bottom
with Labrador if desired.
vice; all moral and social virtues, all
standards of right living, all ideals of
life, and all rules of conduct hear a
close relation to and find tihelr roots
in the spirit of true service. It ts the
beginning and tlie end. It Is the ren-
dering of true service that makes pos-
sible, the establishment of moral and
educational Institutions and It. Is the
necessity for service that makes im-
perative the need everywhere for or-
ganizations 'that euolite and uplift.
Manual training, handwork, motor
activity, constructive work, Industrial
education; these are some of the
terms suggested to indicate the work
oa: h rejoices with this fellow when
success attends hint.
Industrial training, to be effective,
must be introduced upon others than
a mere commercial or industrial basis.
The thought side must be considered
as well.
The so-called traditional subjects
are thought subjects mainly. We have
said, and truly, that book lessons only
do not, meet the demands of the de-
veloping child, as little expression ac-
eopipanles the learning process. There
is ample impression; there is slight
expression In order to get the most
from our history or arithmetic or lan-
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guage, the motor element must come
in.
Technique has been emphasized to
the exclusion of thought values. A
technical ability Is to be desired, but
■ t is possible to attain such ability
without regard to the thought behind
the process. The purpose of the work
shoul be to generate power, and dex-
terity of hand should not and need
not bn had at the ex Dense of other
training.
There Is no doubt, but that industrial
training, properly carried on, demands
as careful thought and as great con-
centration as that given to any other
school subject. While u change and
relaxation after the book lessons, the
best work along industrial lines can-
not be done if the mind is occupied
with other matters. When an indus-
trial process has reached such an auto-
matic stage that it can be carried on
without thought it is no longer educa-
tional kml sh mid be dropped.
There Is no better form of mental
development than for the boy to plan
his problem or project, secure and
arrange.
Finally, industrial education helps
to Inculcate the lesson of responsi-
bility, of self-reliance, of considera-
tion for others. As previously pointed
out, mistakes are readily observed and
responsibility placed. Responsibility
is firmly rooted in honesty and open-
mindedness. The strictly honest, ab-
solutely truthful man is the respon-
sible man—responsible In so far as
his knowledge and capacity are con-
cerned. The man who, knowing the
right or the line of action that shoul
he pursued, deviates from or ignores
It. acn in no measure be considered
as possessing the spirit of responsi-
bility.
it is, of course, not safe to say
that industrial training will prove a
cure all. Because a. student is ac-
curate, responsible, truthful in his
shop work there is no definite assur-
ance he will be so in his other studies. |
This matter of responsibility, of
initiative, lias perhaps a better op-
portunity for development when the
student is dealing with industrial
training, homo eoenomics or real na-
ture study than with most, other
school subjects. The pupil here
learns to grasp opportunities. The
successful man must act quickly, not
hastily. He must grasp a situation
and muster his forces on the instant.
•Tomorrow will be too late. An exhi-
bition of such a lack of power to grap-
ple with a problem is shown in an in-
cident recently related, it is said the
native Indian Is a good imitator, but
a poor leader. He is an apt pupil,
but without initiative. A native of the
country returned to India after grad-
uating from an English college. He
was engaged as an operator and sta-
tionkeeper on one of the railroads
penetrating the back country. On
looking from his station window Just
before a passenger train was due to
arrive,' he discovered a large man-eat-
ing tiger upon the station platform.
He went, to his instrument and wired
headquarters, some hours' ride dis-
tant: "Tiger jumping about the plat-
I fqfiTi, passenger train due in five min-
utes; wire instructions."
And what of initiative, leadership,
responsibility, self-eontrol? Is it the
duty of the school to undertake the
task of inculcating in its pupils these
elements so essential to success'.’ Must
the time be placed and the thought
of education be centered upon these
factors, when it might be troubling It-j
self with the real facts of knowledge? |
The question is put only to hafe one j
answer returned. What of the city i
where the members of the police |
force number as great as the teach-
ers engaged in the schools, of the
] houses of correction, of the instltu-
! tlons of reform, the prisons, the
j courts of justice, and to a lesser ex-
tent the hospitals, asylums and homes
| for the unfortunate and distressed?
' 1 ark of si-lT-cotnrol. inability proper-
ty to Interpret the demands of society )
! or to jierfonn the duties, having!
I learned them, unstableness in char- !
actor, to the end that the right is lost i
i sigh; of and the stronger powers of j
! leadership In others prevail
Could Ihe school teach effectively i
! the lesson of self-control, she need j
; have Utile fear of results when the j
| product of her system is thrown
among the currents of the world. . |
"HOOT MON" HOMBRE.
Sandy Gonzales of San Antonio En-
lists in Kilties Band.
The San Antonio Express has the
following amusing account of a re-
crut in Kilties Hand.
When the Kilties Band, clad in all
the bravery of waving tartan and
tossing sporan, next parades the
streets a recruit from San Antonio
will be in ttn ranks. Sandy Gonzales,
the pride of South Flores street, is
the name of the Scotch-Mexlcan who
will be San Antonio's representative
in*- the Gordon Highlanders.
Senor Sandy is a fine musician, if
he is a little inexperienced in the
"hoot nran" talk, dear to the heart of
golf caddies. When the private car
of the l^.Hties pulled out of the Inter-
nationa! & Great Northern depot,
Sandy stood on the back platform.
Beside the car stood three forlorn |
women, weeping bitterly as they saw j
their beloved ho mb re being carried j
away. Madre, hermana and Sandy's
own dtilze corozon, waved at their j
own laddies from the Highlands of
Monterey.
siller ye ken, mucha dinero have got;
then by the bonnle arroyos of Loch
Lomond I will beat it back to tbee,
lassies.”
Thus did Senor Sandy seek to com-
fort his women kind, but they wept
and wept, and refused to be comfort-
ed.
At a Disadvantage.
Bacon—Would you call him a good
talker?
Egbert—No, I would not.
"How many times have you heard
him talk?”
"Only once.”
"And when was that?”
"When he was trying to open a car
window.''—Yonkers Statesman.
Times want ads. bring results.
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Poor Sandy was a sad picture. His j
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cold, and ever and anon he made an j
instinctive move as if to tuck in his i
kill. H<- was alone, and from the in- j
tenor of the car came the sound of j
snoring like the skirl'of bagpipes. !
Like castanets, Sandy's chattering [
teeth kept time to the pibroch.
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vo gang aft ache to tny casa." qouth i
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