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Part of The Philippine Craftsman
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- Articles held over
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- English
- Year
- 1916
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- 66 THE PHILIPPINE CRAFTSMAN will keep in mind that opportunities presented to them for applying the practical instruction received in the school, are to be grasped and utilized. For instance, a schoolboy observes that the garden fence is falling to pieces, or that a bench in his home has a broken leg. His school training should at once lead him to make the necessary repairs. Similarly, the schoolgirl should be quick to restore articles to a serviceable condition. This helpful and earnest attitude of pupils with regard to matters of general as well as of individual interest is one of the most important traits which our public schools can develop. Such an attitude will also insure citizens who will take an interest in, and who will concern themselves actively about, matters of public welfare. As conditions exist in the Philippines, that teacher who leads his pupils to be ready to put their practical knowledge to useful purposes, will be of the greatest value to the school system and to his country. ARTICLES HF.LI) OVEK. Lack of space prevents the publication in this issue of a number of contributions. These are being held over for August. Among them are the reports on the division superintendents’ convention, and on the industrial conferences. The Dunwoody Industrial Institute, established in Minneapolis with a 1*6,500,000 endowment, the bequest of William Hood Dunwoody, proposes to adapt itself to the needs of the workers. A plan has been evolved which will enable students to divide their time between academic and technical instruction, and actual shop work. The classroom and shop work is to be standardized by the institute authorities and representatives from the trades, and no diploma will be granted before the student has passed a satisfactory test in the trade he has chosen. There will be evening classes for bricklayers, machinists, carpenters, printers, electricians, plasterers, painters, firemen, engineers, and bakers. In January and February the so-called dull season, day classes will be held in bricklaying, plastering, plumbing, and printing. “We expect,” declares Dr. Charles A. Prosser, director of the institute, “to turn out each year groups of young fellows well prepared for their work—boys of high ideals of life and workmanship, whose influence in the trades cannot be otherwise than wholesome.” (The Christian Science Monitor.)