The Mexia Weekly Herald. (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 25, 1915 Page: 1 of 8
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The Mexia Weekly Herald.
Sixteenth Year
SEE J. SANDFORD SMITH FOR FIRE, LIFE, AND TORNADO INSURANCE, MEXIA, TEX.
MEXIA, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1915
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That Slogan has prevented many urci
ci«tits to human life.
Used in buying shoes it will prevent
many "painful steps" as well its save you
many dollars.
MEN—let it be your motto iji selecting
your new spring shoes.
Come to the store where QUALITY and
PIT are always uppermost.
We are ready withJihe brand new spring
models at $3.50, $1(>0, $5.00 and $0.00.
Sizes and widths for correct fitting
V.
Gene Sinclair
Good shoes—Hosiery
MANUAL TRAINING
PAPER READ BEFORE THE
MOTHERS' CLUB BY
MRS. D. A. MURPHY.
The aim, content uTid advan-
tages of "Manual training* are
plainly stated in the following
quotation^ frpm, an editorial .ar-
ticle on ' th'e Subject, "Manual
training is the education of all
'the powers of mind and body*
as aided by school practice of
the arts, both and indus-
trial. Its aim is to set the whole
boy to work." Educationally,
it is distinguished from indus-
trial training, which seeks to
prepare directly for entrance on
n particular handicraft. In the
first half of the 19th century,
the great German father (Froe-
bel) of the k indergarten, advo-
cated construction bodily, activ-
ity, and what is manual train-
ing but that?—in every school,
his belief can be summoned up
in the term motor expression,
which means merely the expres-
sion of thought by bodily action.
His claim is that manual train-
ing provides not only for motor
expression, but invention and
social participation, and with
these 3 abilities, any person is
a citizen valuable to his commu-
nity. Proebel insisted on two
hours a day of constructive
work in the school room, for
these three reasons, Man as the
image of God should create,
should make things. Construc-
tive school work has a develop-
ing influence superior to that of
mere book learning. The child
always develops through imita-
tion of adult activities, and he
can best do this imitating in
constructive work. Manual
trainingwas introduced into the
United States by the Russian
exhibits of it in the Philadelphia
Centennial Exposition in 1876.
Within 15 years as many as 40
secondary schools in this coun-
try had put manual training in
their study courses. Equally as
many elementary schools did
the same thing, first calling it
"busy work" for children in
their leisure moments. At pres-
ent so rapid has been the spread
of the movement, there is
scarcely a high school of front
rank in our country, that has
not made, or is not contemplat-
ing the experiment of introduc-
ing this training for our boys.
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Swedish manual training is re-
stricted mostly to wood carving,
and includes in its principle, the
monetary value of the articles
made, and has these aims as
formulated by one of its leading
advocates, to instill a love for
work in general, to create re-
spect for. rough, honest; bodily
, . ■ • • •
labor, to'develop independence!
and self reliance. To train to j
abit,s. of .order, exactness, clean-1
ihess'and neatness, to teach!
habits of attention, industry and |
perseverance. To train the eye
to" the sense of form, and culti-:
vate dexterity of the head. Our j
power of expressing our j
thoughts, next to our power of |
thinking is the characteristic,
that separates us from the lower;
animals. Of all forms of ex-!
pression, language written or
spoken is the most familiar. |
Rut there are others without
which our civilization would be j
barren of interest. Such forms
as music, painting, sculpture, ar-
chitecture, in short the fine arts.
But it is needless to say we can-
not all be artists, even in the
use of language. Must those of
us who cannot, be barred from I
all expression ? Assuredly not,
we who cannot write classics or1
paint masterpieces, can put our
souls into some purely useful ar-
ticle that we make, and thus ex-
press ourselves. To create, to!
express is our unborn tendency.
Thus the making of any article,
the fashioning of an implement,
or even the cooking of a meal,
any of these or other similar
activities make it possible forj
every human being to express1
him or herself. Then why |
should the schools teach lan- \
guages, and the fine arts, all for
expression and appreciation of
what others have done, and notj
teach Manual Training for our
boys, and Domestic Science for
our girls, for the same reason.'
School is meant to prepare pu-'
pils for good citizenship. To be j
a good citizen a person must ap-!
predate the real magnitude of |
Society, and of the industrial!
: life around which society cen-!
ters. Manual Training instills
into every young mind to which
it is given this just and sane
measurement, estimate or ap-
preciation of the dependence of
our social life upon our industri-
al life. The boy who takes Man-
ual Training is the boy who can
read between the lines not only
of history, but of current news
appearing in the daily papers,
and understands why things
happen thus and so. This train-
ing may develop incidentally an
aptitude and taste for an indus-
trial life. It is hoped that this
will often be the result, since
school methods have hitherto
educated the masses too much
away from the labors by which
the great majority must live.
The object of this training is
not however entirely for produc-
tive skill, but to train the facul-
ties of attention, comparison, re-
flection. judgment, constructive
imagination, as well as to ac-
custom the senses to accurate
observation and the muscles to
facile use. The system has been
found to sharpen the mind, and
the appetite for book study, so
as to secure higher scholarship.
It awakens keener intelligence;
brings Science and knowledge
to bear, showing their value,
quickens and enlarges scientific
acquisition, satisfies the instinct
for activity, and directs it to the
useful and beautiful. It im-
presses knowledge on the mem-
ory indelibly, excites self reli-
ance, concentration, diligence
and ambition, and gives to the
inventive faculty new impetus.
Improves health by various ex-
ercises. Financially it dignifies
labor, and may yet go so far as
to give new shape to the present
unhappy labor question. Cer-
tainly, it would bring the edu-
cated into more sympathy with
labor, and infuse into the ranks
of labor more intelligence.
Three famous educators of the
18th century, Rouseau, Salzman
and Pestalozzi were all devoted
to' the principle, though from
different viewpoints. Rousseau
believed in it as a means of .nat-
ural development of the youth i
Salzman because it placed upon
the youth some responsibility
and made him feel it. Pestaloz-
zi because it enabled the youth
to know his surroundings bet-
ter, and fitted him if necessary
to make his own living. This
latter idea led to what is known
as industrial training as seen in
reform schools, and in schools
of technology. This industrial
training is not therefore the
same as Manual Training, which
is meant not to teach one a
trade for economical purposes,
but to teach only how to express
with the body some of the val-
uable thoughts of the mind.
A teacher of Manual Training
in Chicago, has given me some
information about my subject,
he says, "This department of
work was instituted more than
20 years ago, and the work has
grown until at present Chicago
probably leads all the cities in
the U. S. in the amount of this
work taught. Nearly everyone
concedes that the results are
beneficial, and the heads of the
different schools are continual-
ly asking for a further exten-
sion of the work. He says, "Our
elementary school course here is
for a period of 8 years. The
school year is 10 months and di-
vided into terms of 5 months
each. Under the present course,
each boy spends three hours per
week for one term, in each of the!
Gth, 7th and 8th school years |
under a special manual training
teacher and each girl a like per-!
iod under a special instructor in
cooking and sewing. All thej
schools have rooms equipped for1
teaching these two branches.
The M. T. rooms are equipped
with wood working tools, and
benches, and this and mechani-
cal drawing are the subjects
mostly taught. There are also
several high schools that have
special courses in foundry,
blacksmithing, forging, and ma-
chine shop work. This work is
largely vocational training. Pos-
sibly the greatest value from
this is the object lesson to the
boys and girls that the school
is not for the purpose of giving
them an education so that they
can get along in the world with-
out the use of their hands. This
idea once prevailed to a great
extent, and continues to some
extent at the present time.
Here they are taught the dig-
nity and usefulness of common
labor. The girls learn to cook
and sew, and to be cleanly and
tidy, and some of the large em-
ployment agencies have recent-
ly said that the real reason so
many girls swarm the depart-
ment stores for barely living
wages, instead of accepting good
wages and good homes as do-
mestics is because they are in-
competent to cook, sew, or keep
house. Another great advan-
tage derived from the manual
training work is the benefit de-
rived from corelating it with
the other regular academic stud-
ies. The boys learn accuracy,
practical mathematics; some-
thing of art and design, a little
of nature study and geography,
and from these benefits alone
the time is well spent. In 17 of j
the elementary schools they
have what is called pre-vocation-
al training. Here the work in
5th, 6th, 7th and 8th grades is
half academic, and one half vo-
cational, principally manual
More of the wood work and
drawing and printing, with
book-binding and metal work,
also pottery are taught. The
pupils seem to hold their own
when they reach the high
schools and these schools are
very popular. The value .for
arousing interest in the pupil,
and getting him interested in
the whole school routine cannot
be over estimated, and this can
be said of all manual training
work. There is a great deal of
hand work taught by the regu-
lar teachers in the grades below!
the 5th. This is principally pa-
per folding, block printing, sim-
ple book-binding and weaving.
Its value lies iri the interest it
stimulates, the art it teaches,
and the occupation work it af-
fords for the small children."
What a privilege the children
of the present age enjoy. With
compulsory education in many
states, the next generation of
boys and girls ought to develop
in what common parlance we call
"well rounded" men and women.
I have seen a few specimens in
my day, of what we called "ed-
ucated fools" who had all knowl-
edge of books that was neces-
sary, but in good common sense
were sadly lacking. It seems to
me that manual training and
Domestic Science would wonder-
fully develop the faculty of com-
mon sense, so as always to ap-
ply this knowledge to the good
and useful and I might add if
to the mental training and bod-
ily development, we could add
the moral training for our boys
and girls what great things
might be expected of future
generations.
THIS—AND FIVE CENTS
DON'T MISS THIS. Cut this
slip out, enclose five cents to
Foley & Co., Chicago, 111., writ-
ing your name and address clear
ly. You will receive in return a
trial package containing Foley's
Honey and Tar Compound, for
coughs, colds and croup. Foley
Kidney Pills, and Foley Cathar-
tic Tablets. Sold by H. C. Roller
The editor returned Thurs-
day night from Austin, where
he has been on legislative bus-
iness. He also visited the Odd
Fellows Grand Lodge in. San An-
tonio.
EASTER
FOOTWEAR
THL MARY JANE PUMP
The leading "low heel" style far anoth-
er season. Style as shown is made of pat
ent, leather with white or light colored lin-
ing Sizes 11 1 2 to 2 and 2 1-2 to t>
AT $2.00, $2.50. $3.00. $3..'i0
v Gene Sinclair ^
Good Shoes—Hosiery
KILLING WEATHER
Here are some weather
figures as furnished by I. New-
man, that may be of interest to
firuit growers:
The mercury for four morn-
ings stood:
Saturday, 29.
Sunday, 3J.
Monday, 26.
Tuesday, 30 1-2.
Last March it snowed on the
19th and on the 29th there was
a killing freeze, destroying the
late fruit crop, or the one that
buds out first.
You now have the figures and
win draw your own conclusions.
FOR DISEASES OF THE SKIN
Nearly all diseases of the skin
such as eczema, tetter, salt
rheum and barber's itch, are
characterized by an intense it-
ching and smarting, which often
makes life a burden and dis-
turbs sleep and rest. Quick re-
lief may be had by applying
Chamberlain's Salve. It allays
the itching and smarting almost
instantly. Many cases have
been cured by its use. For sale
by all dealers.
TO THE FARMERS
OE THIS SECTION
1 have spent nine years in
culling and breeding the Row-
den cotton that is climated to
this country. You can get the
seed at Wolverton's and also at
Klotz & Yeldell's hardware
stores, at 75 cents per bushel,
put in even weight sacks.
J. E. Benton.
H. L. Hall left Monday night
for San Francisco in answer to
a call from a big glove concern,
and will no doubt accept a po-
sition with them to represent
them in Texas.
WARD &BOYLES
Read THE WEEKLY HERALD
Dealers in Cold Drinks, Ice,
Bread, Etc.—Meat Market
and Restaurant
To WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Will say I have fed and sold
one car of GOLDEN ROD, and
find it to be a good seller and a
splendid repeater. You won't
go wrong on a tried order.
Yours respectfully,
I (Signed) WARD & BOYLES,
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Houx, N. P. The Mexia Weekly Herald. (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 25, 1915, newspaper, March 25, 1915; Mexia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth292296/m1/1/: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Gibbs Memorial Library.