Show F TF IF the Preparatory tory School Schol is to rem remain in connected with the University which it is likely to be for some years to c come e t we would like to see a good industrial department connected therewith The Ther r idea of industrial education is gaining a sure and permanent place in the educational educational edu edu- systems both of Ame America ica and and n of the Old World and wherever it has r been intelligently applied it has fully r proved its claim to especial favor There has been from the ver very first an almost universal tendency to misconstrue misconstrue miscon miscon- the term 1 industrial as applied to education n. n This tendency has grown out of the desire of the masses for immediate immediate immediate im im- mediate and transitory rather than permanent results in III education But industrial departments as with High Schools and Academies nies are J not in fact are rarely ever F trades schools Their aim is not to fit students for special pursuits but to secure a harmonious development of all the physical as well as the mental faculties This being the aim of such instruction it follows that it can be best applied during the periods of ofis childhood and youth The idea is being worked out to some extent in inmany inmany many of our primary schools and it is the opinion of many that it should be carried at least to the grade of preparatory preparatory preparatory tory schools Such training would certainly certainly certainly be of great immediate advantage to all students entering upon technical courses and since such courses are yearly comin coming into greater and greater r rIf If 1 fI J favor bidding fair to well nigh entirely supersede classical instruction n it w would ld appear that the mere immediate advantage advantage advantage tage that would accrue would be sufficient sufficient sufficient to warrant the establishment of industrial departments in all courses up to the collegiate However it should be contin continually lally kept in mind that these immediate benefits are the very least that would result from the application of this tem Its principal aim is harmonious development It aims at fullness symmetry sym sym- metry metry-in metry in short to prepare young men and women worsen for active li life fe in society rather than to give them special advantages advantages advantages which all cannot enjoy It is the opinion of man many and we heartily endorse it that this idea of special advantages to be gained should be discouraged in all our institutions of general education meaning by general education which is not technical A harmonious education will give physical labor its true place among the pursuits of mankind it will do away with the class of educated highwaymen that under present conditions prey upon society it will bring about the only true equality that ever can be enjoyed by humanity humanity equality equality of ties Here lies th the e only solution of all industrial problems Legislators may tinker and tamper philosophers may moralize socialists may elaborate their Utopian theories anarchists may fume and threaten politicians may sow broadcast their empty promises but butan an any true amelioration must begin at the beginning i. i e. e by educating the child to become an intelligent honest and upright citizen We hope therefore to see the idea of harmonious development carried into effect not only in the kindergarten and school common-school grades grade but in all grades and we believe this implies industrial work in the preparatory grades r |