Lanphier High School - Lan Hi Yearbook (Springfield, IL)

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XOV M S'-1 I tif --dw-. ?-0' i4 INDUSTRIAL ARTS ln the past few years the qeneral accept ance of thts relatlvely new subJect has been lncreased by two fundamental factors Func tronal areas of work llke tndustrtal arts have been planned to meet the needs of many who have no tnterest IH the trad1t1onal sub Jects lndustrlal arts has been advocated by mcreasma numbers as a practrcal approach to a better understandmq and apprecratton of the socraleconomtc problems of a com plex tndustrral soctety lndustrlal arts provxdes a means whereby boys and qrrls may develop an ab1l1ty to express themselves throuah constructlon Any act1v1ty 1n order to be successful must beam wtth the natural mterests of chtldren The f1rst mampulatlons of tools and ma terrals by puprls may result rn products that are meanmqless to adults but they have ac uuarnted chtldren w1th funaamental facts and have qrven them an opportumty to ex press themselves throuqh constructron whlch are two 1mportant steps on the road to qrowth EXDIGSSIOH through constructton means more than mampulatrve skrlls It means chlldren must do much of thelr own thtnkmq and tn the ma1or1ty of cases they w1ll rf placed 1n natural srtuatrons whrch challenge the1r natural mterests lt IS self act1v1ty that makes the experrence carry meanmqs over to other exp rrences The expertence of self act1v1ty may well lead over tnto the freld of exp rrmentatlon Lee V- Go y Frank Slefferrfttrn ll rry Mor an Ar rur B McCall 'l'.'.'enjf-s -'Jen

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