Highland Park College - Piper Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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manual Arm N this modern day, men with vocational and technical training are in greattdemand. Manual training certainly meets some phases ol' this wide-I'elt need, and to what extent and why it does so lnay, perhaps, he explained here. First, it becomes necessary to know just what manual training is, and what it does for the student. Manual Training is a study, or course, which aims especially at educating the senses ol' touch, sight, and mus- cular perception by means ol' various occupations. However, much more than this is intended and accomplished by the eourse known as manual training. Not only are these physical senses trained for their own sakes, hut also l'or the elleet that such training has upon tl1c mind. While the eyes, muscles, and hands are trained to eo-ordination, the mind must play its part, t'or the eo-ordination must he intelligent. Thus, while the eyes 2ll't' trained to aeeuraey, the hands to dexterity and skill, the mind is made to perceive, compare, relleet, and decide. To put the idea in a slightly dill'erent form, manual training is a development ol' the manual and visual t'aeulties ol' the student, having also l'or its purpose the stimulation and l'uller development ol' the men- tal powers ol' observation, comparison, and judgment, the cultivation Manual Training Room

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of the habits of perseverance, self-reliance, and neatnessg and the direc- tion of interest toward the beautiful and the nearly perfect. By such training, the desire of the student for activity is fulfilled, pleasure is excited by the acquisition of skill, and opportunity is accorded for the exercise of the imagination, and the invention and constructive faculties. That the value of manual training cannot be exactly computed in terms of mere dollars and cents, is evidenced by the fact that manual training is not only vocational, but also may be very properly a part of a liberal education. It is vocational in so l'ar as it better fits a person to perform his own particular work, and it is cultural in his increased appreciation of all creative endeavor. It makes for a broader outlook, a better understanding of social and economic problems, and a keener appreciation of work ol' any kind, if it be well done. Many students who do not now take any such courses should do so, because of the opportunities offered by, and benefits derived from such training. Many others, who, perhaps, do not need manual train- ing, should at least understand what it is, what it aims at, and why such a department has become an indispensable and thoroughly coherent part of Highland Park College. wifi 'sms -' 1 wif e, iq at y e,