. REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF EDUCATION, ONTARIO, 1909 . a5EC CO 3 Ew 456 THE REPORT OF THE No. 16. 1909 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. 457 Some of the designs worked out by the higher classes are really artistic, allare in good taste, and most of them are of practical use. Clay modelling, metalwork, and furniture making are the principal branches of this work. Now what, you ask. is the purpose of manual training in the schools—is itto equip boys as workers in various trades? The Department of Education says itis not. The teaching of hand work is at present based on the theory that it is astimulus to
. REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF EDUCATION, ONTARIO, 1909 . a5EC CO 3 Ew 456 THE REPORT OF THE No. 16. 1909 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. 457 Some of the designs worked out by the higher classes are really artistic, allare in good taste, and most of them are of practical use. Clay modelling, metalwork, and furniture making are the principal branches of this work. Now what, you ask. is the purpose of manual training in the schools—is itto equip boys as workers in various trades? The Department of Education says itis not. The teaching of hand work is at present based on the theory that it is astimulus to the intellect. It gives the boys practical ideas. It shows them whatproduction means and what it costs; and it helps them to cultivate taste and re-sourcefulness. If a boy leaves school at an early age, the training he has receivedwill be useful to him. If he attends a collegiate institute he goes on with the workin a higher form, and that leads him perhaps to the School of Mines or the Facultyof Applied Science at the University, and so on to one of the engineering profes-sions. But Inspec
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