Emmerich Manual High School - Ivian Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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MIND AND HAND. ENGINE AND ELECTRIC MOTOR. WHAT PROMINENT PEOPLE THINK OF THE INDUSTRIAL TRAINING SCHOOL. WILLIAM H. Maxwell, Superintend- ent of Public Schools at Brooklyn, jS Y. : u I saw no work which I did not approve. I saw a great deal of work that excited my admiration. The building is admirably planned for the purposes for which it is used. It is indeed a model for other cities to imitate. Hon. William E. Dodge, of New York : Among the pleasant and profitable inci- dents of my trip to Indianapolis, I shall always remember my visit to the Industrial Training School. I have had some knowl- edge of these schools in various sections of the country, and I know of no one more wisely equipped, more cheerful or appar- ently doing better work than the one in Indianapolis. It must be a large factor for good in your State. Horace S. Tarbell, Superintendent of Public Schools at Providence, R. I. : Having recently had the pleasure of a visit to your school, I was surprised at the evidence of prosperity which the building, its equipments, its pupils and teachers demonstrate. I believe that there is no better equipped institution for its purpose maintained by public school authorities in the United States. Mr. A. J. Lane, Super intendent of Pub- lic Schools, Chicago, 111. : [ congratulate the young people of Indianapolis on the

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; MIND AND HAND. THE GRADUATING CLASS. IT is with regret that the June Class of ' 97 hids adieu to her ' ■ Alma Mater. It is like going from firm land to uncertain seas, seas to us, as yet unexplored. What awaits us on that great unknown, we can not tell. To some of us it may he a smooth channel ; hut to many it will be a rough sea. The class as an organization has been very successful. The following are Presi- dents in order of election : Gertrude Zerbee, Hans 0. Stechhan, Fred Stevens and Fred Koekert, each serving two terms consisting of ten weeks each. The present officers are : Fred Koekert, President ; Edgar Kiser, Vice-President; Fannie Trees, Treasurer and Secretary; Minnie Bowen, Historian. The class looks back over its various so- cial gatherings with much pleasure, the halloween parties, the New Year ' s eve watch party, the tramp after paw-paws and the meeting of the class as the Sartor Resartus Club — all recall pleasant recol- lections. The class motto is, Who lacks an aim ne ' er finds success. The colors are Green and White, and the flower is the white rose. The graduating class wishes to extend its hearty thanks to the teachers of the institution, for the pains they have taken with us, and for the trouble and work we have caused them. To Mr. Emmerich we are very grateful, for the fatherly care he has taken of us, and the many favors he has granted us. We wish our successors all happiness and prosperity. G. C. Z. LIBRARY.

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s MIND AND HAND. magnificent provision that has been made in their new Industrial Training School for their mental and manual education. The complete equipment of the school for laboratory work, the departments of cook- ing, sewing, manual training, stenography and typewriting, in addition to the instruc- tion in the higher English branches, offer advantages equal to those presented in the very best institutions in the country. Edwin P. Seaver, Superintendent of Pub- lic Schools, at Boston : Your school was not in session when I visited it, therefore my opinion is limited. I can only say that I was very well pleased with what I saw, more especially with the Mechanic Arts Department. E. B. Cox, Superintendent of Public In- struction, Xenia, Ohio: The Training School of Indianapolis is a model institu- tion, in its plan, purpose, and equipment. I am a firm believer in training the mind anil hand alike, regardless of what the fu- ture may have in store. This education, dealiug with the concrete and material, rather than with the abstract and remote, is in keeping with the wonderful progress in the world about us. The fact that the capacity of your school is already taxed to its utmost, indicates its success. The whole atmosphere of the school is exhilarating. E. E. Booth, Principal of the Technical School, Cincinnati, 0. : The building is the most complete that I have ever seen ; in fact, I believe that it is the best in this country. Neither the hand nor the mind is neglected, and the work is so arranged as to make each help the other. Fortunate, indeed, is the young man or the young woman who can receive his secondary ed- ucation in such a school. Frank A. Hill, Secretary of the State Board of Education, Boston, Mass. : Un- fortunately, your school was not in session the day that I visited it. However, I went over the building carefully, and saw on every hand the signs of wise and generous provisions for varied industrial training and culture I was glad to note, in particu- lar, that the girls were not overlooked, as they too frequently are in industrial train- ing plans elsewhere. I am confident that a school that produces so favorable an im- pression in the absence of its pupils and teachers, can not but strengthen that im- pression when it is seen at work in all its departments. President Smart, Purdue University, La- fayette, Ind. : Those of your graduates who have come to Purdue are first-class men, and your equipment certainly equals that of any manual training school in the country. One of the tests of an institution is the view which the students take of it. So far as I am able to observe, your stu- dents are very enthusiastic. This is perhaps a minor evidence of success, but neverthe- less a very good one. In addition, I have reason to know that the greatest of care has been exercised in arranging the courses of study and in the selection of the faculty. Hon. John P. Irish, San Francisco, Cal. : The army of Caesar, in Gaul, was the wonder of the ancient world, because it was full of skilled handicraftsmen, who were ready for any required constructive work, from building a bridge to making a harness for a war horse. During our civil war, one advantage of the Union Army was derived from the fact that the North had developed handicrafts, and every commander had artizans amongst his enlisted men who could build cars, run locomotives, shoe horses or bridge streams. Within the last thirty years, however, this general knowledge of the skilled trades has declined, through certain limitations upon apprenticeship. With such decline finally comes a distinct loss of national force, and the country loses part of that of- fensive and defensive power, to be exerted in emergencies which affect the national life.