| Show I r rug S THIS THE RELATION OF MANUAL TRAINING TO THE 7 HE TRADES 5 J 2 t n n n n n n to n The following paper was recently read before the tho arts orl and crafts see lIel lion or of the Utah leathers hy by Joseph Jenson In charge of oC the tho school ot of engineering and mechanical nl al time tho college Logan Utah 4 well hell known writer on en educational topics has said In effect that the school should be n microcosm In order the pupils ot of social mind In Imm processes mn may become ns broad anti l os ns rho holly nt nl lion liono o of the must be Judi and prudentlY thought out In order er that It Inn Wray not In c sloe Alon mother than Ihan In all an Intelligent ot of what whal It Is Intended Intend It ix IR to mule make out ot of the school schoot II a microcosm In III thu Ihl lull Honse o f be had hod In this selection manual training tor tOl the Iho tora hut but hero here the 1 hole thole lag world can obviously not lIot he rep lOp II 11 rl II a department selection must br be made it II Is IR not nOI my purpose nt at this huts to 10 the tho material or 01 the processes chi have been used or 01 may a be It used for 01 this Work but mother to 10 cut time tho necessity tor such n thoughtful and selection to 10 be made that It mil may hoo n a broad value and not so 10 a as to 10 1111 prematurely Incline time bent of at the Iho childs tendency to nay It I t l ls not Iho Ihn busIn r es o of the primary school tr to direct the m m 1 II H s hato nn 1 n lines of at but to yen HO their nod o such sand ot at their that Ihal they only ho he equally well to 10 follow nil nay of the tho ms flat I 1 suits HUlts head directly Into the various vocations ot of lIfo Ilfe for or which no further such KliCh ns mn may he loin the o of those vo voc 0 c Is If c I or nr w h the 1110 Inter enter upon ulon uh such special coure ot of Instructions as lend to the Iho more mOIo ml 1 II cel lines n of work worl known generally nil as skilled or work training then Ihen In the primary ry schools should hay have n 0 hearing upon any an trade In tint It has In Increased creased nil au aptitude for 01 time work wok or of that Ihal lIndl ado In the st 1 mo m en s e that Iho o other ot of have halo increased nil nn tor or the various It would be u a to 10 ro PI Incline 1 n childs mind thai ho ha hn hay dis 1119 ids own oln empathy for 01 n higher at t l 1 more Iu trail v r n he has nl III read ready so selected his life work that Ids hili or a Influence usefulness l h be Collie H limited nut mid In III Instead stead ot of large and wide as 1111 Might hl othor wise have been lIoen the rase nilI The chIld who the Iho nand to 10 become n a classical Inn hart or JI writer should not be III h Im n a special I and Inti emphasis ot of his hili early school life In it I country retool house Fite bo boy who tax hUH the capacity lu 10 become n clI engineer or Jr not be thus thUA directed to 10 the carpenter shop Again then main training In tM thu primary schools properly the tho range ot at the lime aptitude for Un an artisans work hub but not Incline him toward nn any particular trade the 1111 school however nu nn course ot of training mn many properly ho be pro provided vided one which will have hae n a more Int ud u immediate to 10 time tho various trades bUch n I coats should nut lie he hea IL a Meru hot should he be Jt It roust t h be Cs I c It tuns lie he h e elIut must lie be Rivet II processes meet bu bl well worked out OUI fht lathed applies here JS well ns liS III ht Ih lell Ica chemistry ar 01 It IH hi not lIot lit at atall nil all essential that the Ihl should be n a conies or of or 01 caul It trail IH he I X to 10 arrange n a series ot of so that ono Ih the t I S e tuna hurts ot of nil all ur or most t tX ex and one ulle now lIew UI nt the Ihl same one whole anti ion 1011 notch lit sacs s has been pieced up upon ou on Ih the ooh ms ot of the ha a 11 groat ninny cases lit at the or of continuity timid too often ottell has 1155 the tle primary object ct beers been useful or ar rather than Ihan II a u useful elul boy or girl No OliO will 1111 contend that n a knowledge oI of i I oI of etry t The angles on one side l le ut or n lino lirE to two to rl ci tot ht angles is III or of city uny value nl as It comes In nil as nn an element Into more coot practical ot of geometry geom etry No Na one till 1 III contend that this Iha IC e III W h by II hydrogen lint and to 10 form torm hydrogen is hi or of any direct value except In so Inc 1111 ne liS It nn elementary part or of n II vastly IHO In um 01 11 So with whim manual training It the Iho pupil cannot connol alto 1110 full rull value ot of any allY par lIar titular exercise even oVIn though that t ox does docs not nn to reat ent u II nn II a chair chall nr 01 n II nil oe In ull oti delm delmon hl Inns aka on trust I I ell remember Auch x ns nH Rr Wh Is 1 elo du you ou try tr y yo I t 10 o Ilam to t r read r ca d I Wily Shy S do you OU Slates history etc ell Much he all on trust and there thore lu Iq nn gooel reason why Ills rust I element should hu be used to In one amid rigidly from rom the other Not on only I should l the Iho set ot of forming the nn a whole he be thus M I hut tail t ld mini he be I atu i executed In n a regular acid 10 logical or 01 tar methods of at tools should be closely 11 guarded and nn any cor correct 1111 Inconvenient or awkward manip which might have been M ed hy by untutored praCtise he dl this lit nt the outset king throw wing a lIot sketches he be shoo wing the order ot of operation ot of each exercise the student will quickly learn to interpret he will lepart from nn incline Ion to te n II model As R op na liS be for I tr trying null hitting hs 1111 worl proceeds lp The student lenin 10 IR out his work accurately anti work orl to 10 the ihne to Ih limo ot of the drawing mUst hI be this teacher till tutu fill II one or of his chief troubles Our boys II i do 10 not know so 0 about tim Ih girls are to lie Ilc slovenly III ha their theil work orl anti in immaterial They hl cure to 10 think that nH long all as Iho alley 1111 the bill It mt not whether n a holt boht head tot 01 Is one Inch candler or larger titan Ihan called for tor torby 11 by the It If lime Ihl Is nut In every ler particular to In the draw Mn log Ing the pupil should hI he Impressed 1 with the Iho fact that hr hi has node something different front rom that which he sturl 11 out to 10 Many mechanical gen gln lucre nl rind and the teacher II I bum bl pestered with requests tm I allow to tinker with what they ff call Invention My own experience Is that most such geniuses ell are the tho vie 11 of at fostered b by fount prim ruts lilts or friends It Il Is well ell lu luany any case cose to elicit to defer work Oil nn mi tOl foI a tow v months by which line moat of them will discover that they were wert hot gen genIuses luses after all 1111 The pupil who has hili not acquired this or of their own genius sets n puce that the theother other In 10 forget or the tilts being helUK his bis Inventions Later when the pupil hI has acquired n II ot of correct and th the necessary ot of ho he might be given un nn op III tt his hiM inventive cu time tilt order hy by Ids his school work under Ih tine careful gut ull I cites ot of his hili tenche rather than Tahiti rode h be 1 emm 11 front lire thA the held head should t the hand handA A course le III based hasl ap apon on the lime above outlines has horn been In over oper seven Slen nt Ih colletto collelo ot of knit atul ro 0 far nr RK na I f lawty this is III the only Institution In th the state which hun hums i ted to vet In linn Mott n II course Intended In 1 t In m pr lure pore omen for or artisans vocations and this I is lilY my excuse for rOI Iet to 10 lilY us liS nn 1111 exa m Tho Tha RI there adopted hR hat not entirely satisfactory 11 to all o uel but It we may rely rot on lime or of o Ihl it 1 mid t pIli iI ne results are satisfactory he t last week Ilk scores or of 1111 have cx x some ot of our woric nn nt th the IIII air Not one onn lilt tut tins given his hiM ot of time worl and Inel n II great JIMI many have expressed el lr n nt the or of 1 a three training Mader this system systems n s |
