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NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
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VOLUME 2. NUMBERS 33-52 
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1905. 
Manual Training in Schools 
The subject of manual training is 
discussed at length in the last number 
of the Oztlook, by Calvin M. Wood- 
ward. The article contains much that 
is valuable to workers in this branch 
of education, and particularly to those 
who have the best welfare of our 
Manchester schools at heart. 
One of his important arguments is 
that hand work as taught in public 
schools has as its object the mastery 
of the external world—tools, materials 
and processes. The main thing is the 
preparation it gives for life, not the 
training for a definite occupation. He 
points out the marked distinction be- 
tween manual training and manual 
labor, and shows how the former is 
the application of scientific study in 
connection with the latter. 
The real object of the work is not 
the finished product — the thing made 
—but to quote the writer’s words, is 
“the boy and not the article,’ the 
developed brains and trained faculties 
of the pupil. The intellectual and 
moral value of manual training is 
shown to be great ; its economic value, 
too, is considered. The training re- 
ceived at the school often leads the 
pupils into positions of usefulness and 
large compensation. 
Where is the End? 
Those who have the best interests 
of the North Shore at heart —the 
heavy tax-payers at Beverly Farms 
and Prides, who have looked for some- 
thing in return for the hundreds of 
dollars they have paid in taxes in Bev- 
erly Farms and Prides— have looked 
on the past year or two, and have seen 
the city expend thousands of dollars. 
In fact, they have seen the city treas- 
ury run dry and the borrowing capacity 
of the city dwindle till it can go no 
farther. And all in anticipation of 
the ‘‘boom”’ consequent to the com- 
ing of the United Shoe Machinery Co. 
So much money has been spent and 
so little has been received that many 
are inclined to think that the great 
outlay of money has been an unneces- 
sary expenditure of the public funds. 
Apropos of this condition of affairs 
the Saturday Morning C7ztzzen (Bev- 
erly) is quite to the point in saying: 
‘It is a startling fact that the city 
has incurred an expense in connection 
with the coming of the United Shoe 
Machinery Company to Beverly about 
three times as large as original esti- 
mates ! 
«This is not so surprising when 
one considers that in almost every 
instance where the city has undertaken 
to erect or repair a public building, or 
make any municipal improvement, the 
appropriation has been insufficient, 
and two, three, four and even more 
times it has been necessary to appro- 
priate more money for the object. 
«The new Rial Side streets have 
been municipal improvements of start- 
ling, stupendous and unexpected cost, 
and some say have involved a reckless 
and unnecessary expenditure of the 
public funds. 
«“We have believed the coming of 
the U.S. M.Co. a good thing; we 
still believe so, but the city cannot 
keep on giving them ‘everything’ 
forever. The U.S. M. Co. has made 
no promises. The city promised 
‘everything.’ 
“We sincerely hope before the city 
is plunged into any more extravagant 
expenditures for this corporation it 
will get some promises instead of 
being obliged to give everything. 
“If the U. S. M. Co. wish to do 
something for Beverly to show their 
appreciation of what has been done 
for them,-let them erect 200 or 300 
dwellings and keep their help in Bev- 
erly. They can do this much cheaper 
than the small builders (as they are 
not bound down to union hours and 
union laws), and they can well afford 
to invest a small part of their big sur- 
plus at a moderate rate of interest. 
Besides, they are sure of getting their 
rent, and the ordinary landlord is not, 
always.” 
Medical Inspection of Schools 
Anent the recent medical inspection 
of the Manchester schools, mention 
of which we made recently, the 
Gloucester Daily Times has this to 
say editorially, under the heading of 
“* Medical Inspection of Schools” : 
‘“‘There seems to be many points in 
favor of the medical inspection of the 
public schools. Several cities in the 
State have adopted the practice, and 
among the towns Manchester has 
joined the ranks, the inspection being 
made there last week. Some of the 
cases found in Manchester needing 
attention were enlarged tonsils, skin 
eruptions, hardened wax in the ear, 
catarrh, sore eyes, etc. Thirty-six 
pupils were found who required atten- 
tion, and the parents or guardians 
were notified, and in some cases it 
was stated that the services of a phy- 
sician were required. Next year Man- 
chester proposes to have a more 
careful examination made for possible 
cases of spinal curvature or anything 
of that nature, which might be reme- 
died or improved by attention while 
the child is young. 
“There is no doubt but what in all 
public schools there are children 
whose physical condition does not 
receive the attention that it should at 
home. With afflictions that are per- 
haps not serious at the time, and might 
be cured if properly treated, the child 
is allowed to go from day to day with- 
out any attempt made to check the 
spread of the disease. In many cases 
it is not neglect, but where a mother 
with a large family perhaps, and at 
the same time being obliged to work 
herself, has overlooked the fact that a 
close scrutiny of her children might 
reveal some ailment which should no 
longer go without the right kind of 
care. By athorough examination on 
the part of the public physician, there 
appears good reason to believe that 
excellent results would be obtained, 
and the health of many children im- 
proved and benefited.”’ 
And next willbe New Years! Then 
‘we quietly recline into a drowsy sleep, 
from which we shall be awakened 
only by the simmerings of the political 
pot, as February wears on and town 
meeting days approach. The waters 
thus far are tranquil, but there’s no 
telling how soon or from what direc- 
tion a storm may arise. 
MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA 
Undeveloped parcels of land from one to thirty acres 
Good view of ocean. Great opportunity to buy for 
building p@rposes or investment. ORRIN A MAR- 
TIN, Summer street, Manchester, Mass. 
