Mind and hand: manual training the chief factor in education . on theBlack-board, then in Red-hot Iron on the Anvil.—Striking out theAnvil Chorus—the Sparks fly whizzing through the Air.—TheMythological History of Iron.—The Smith in Feudal Times—HisVersatility.—History of Damascus Steel.—We should reverencethe early Inventors.—The Useful Arts finer than the Fine Arts.—The Ancient Smelter and Smith, and the Students in the ManualTraining School. This is the Forging Laboratory. It is only a few stepsfrom the laboratory for founding, where we lately sawtwenty-four students taking off their leathe
Mind and hand: manual training the chief factor in education . on theBlack-board, then in Red-hot Iron on the Anvil.—Striking out theAnvil Chorus—the Sparks fly whizzing through the Air.—TheMythological History of Iron.—The Smith in Feudal Times—HisVersatility.—History of Damascus Steel.—We should reverencethe early Inventors.—The Useful Arts finer than the Fine Arts.—The Ancient Smelter and Smith, and the Students in the ManualTraining School. This is the Forging Laboratory. It is only a few stepsfrom the laboratory for founding, where we lately sawtwenty-four students taking off their leather aprons aftera two hours lesson in moulding and casting. Here wefind, also, twenty-four students, but not the twenty-fourwe saw in the laboratory for founding. This class ismore advanced. The boys are a trifle taller; they showmore muscle, more strength, and bear themselves with astill more confident air. In the Forging Laboratory there are twenty-four forgeswith all essential accessaries, as anvils, tubs, and sets THE FORGING LABORATORY. 61 The students, with coats off and sleeves rolled abovetheir elbows, in pairs, as smith and helper, stand, sledgeand tongs in hand, at twelve of the forges. They areraanlj-looking boys. Their feet are hrrnly planted, theirbodies erect, their heads thrown a little back. Theirarms show brawn; the muscles stand out in relief fromthe solid flesh. Their faces express the pride of con-scious strength, and their eyes show animation. As we regard the class w4th a sympathetic thrill ofsatisfaction, the story of the origin of the Turkish Em-pire is recalled: A race of slaves, living in the moimt-ain regions of Asia, are employed by a powerful Khanto forge weapons for his use in war. A bold chief per-suades them to use the weapons forged for a master tosecure their own deliverance. For centuries after theyhad thus conquered their freedom, the Turkish peoplecelebrated their liberation by an annual ceremony inwh
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