NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
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Beverly School Supt. Talks At Manchester 
On Industrial Education. 
There were forty-five men present 
at the Brotherhood meeting in the 
vestry of the Manchester Baptist 
church last Monday evening. The 
membership numbers 62 to date. A 
constitution was adopted, after which 
the speaker was introduced. 
Supt. of Schools Robert Small, of 
Beverly was the speaker of the even- 
ing his subject being ‘Industrial Edu- 
cation,’—a subject of vital interest 
to men. The speaker said that he was 
asked to come down and speak to the 
Brotherhood by request, having spok- 
en in Manchester once before, at the 
Price school. He said in part, “The 
existing type of education today does 
not place the boys and girls who at- 
_ tend school where they belong in life. 
We know that the training we receiv- 
ed when we attended school was in- 
adequate for meeting the responsibil- 
ities set before us today. The old 
training did not equip one to deliver 
to the present what is demanded of us 
today. Education has not changed 
any in the present day. What we 
want is a substitute or addition to the 
schools which will result in the boys 
and girls who leave school receiving 
education which will fit them for 
something definite in life.” 
Mr. Small cited several reasons 
why the average boy and girl after 
leaving school was not found in an 
environment that was fitted to his nat- 
ural gifts and personal desires. The 
speaker said that the individual pupil 
should be given work that would be 
agreeable and natural to him. He 
claimed that the experience of some 
pupils in the schoolroom indicates that 
although they do not know the joys 
of success and by their nature they 
are not scholars, but are willing to 
continue failing every day. 
“My plea,” said Mr. Small, “is for 
some work in which the boys and 
girls may taste the joys of success; 
something that they can start and 
finish. 
“From what can be gleaned from 
statistics in European and American 
schools it is shown that juvenile de- 
linquency is on the increase. The rea- 
son for this is that when the boys 
leave school they are unable to secure 
positions which will buy them the 
necessities of life, much less the lux- 
_ uries for which they crave. They re- 
ceive a very low wage, the average 
salary being six dollars per week.” 
In speaking of the boys who have 
been burglarizing this section during 
the past month, Mr. Small commented 
on the fact that most of them were 
under twenty years of age. “The 
ranks of the juvenile criminals,” he 
said, “are being filled up with boys 
who have been sent out at a tender age 
to earn their living inadequately pre- 
pared. The boys know little of the 
employment which is open to them. 
It is generally picked up from friends, 
newspapers or otherwise. The schools 
must introduce some material teach- 
ing, some industrial intelligence. Then 
the young people can choose their em- 
ployment. How are we going to do 
bee 
“Many municipalities cannot estab- 
lish trade schools; in fact trade 
schools are a long distance away. The 
trade school of the United Shoe Ma- 
chinery Company is one of the best 
illustrations of a step toward the so- 
lution of the problem. Here the boys 
are allowed a few hours each week of 
the employer’s time for schooling; the 
rest of the time is devoted to some par- 
ticular line of work. The boys who 
have attended this company’s school 
are now earning more than eighteen 
dollars a week instead of six. Can 
we afford industrial education? We 
certainly cannot afford to do without 
it.” 
MANCHESTER 
Edward Lloyd of Gardner is the 
guest of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Lodge 
over the week-end. 
Miss Mildred Peart, returned the 
first of the week from a few days’ vis- 
it with relatives in Everett. 
Prof. A. L. Saben entertained the 
corps of teachers of the Story High 
school at dinner Tuesday evening. 
Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Allen and fam- 
ily spent Sunday with Mrs. Allen’s 
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan May 
of Magnolia. 
Sorosis shoes in Winter 
Bell’s Central square store. 
James McGregor came down from 
Dublin, N. H., to attend the annual 
banquet of the Horticultural society, 
and is spending the balance of the 
week mungling among his friends 
along the North Shore. 
styles at 
* 
Letters remaining unclaimed at the 
Manchester, Mass., P. O. for week 
ending Jan. 18, 1913: Mrs. Ada Bun- 
ton, H. Baker, Arsene Bernard, Ale- 
mentine Bunoccio, G. W. Brigham, 
Mrs. Lemuel Brooks, Mr. and Mrs. 
Harry Clark, Cinseppe Cuchello, Mrs. 
FE. J. B. Huntall, Henry H. Kendall, 
Kelp, Kullmann & Co., Mr. Little, 
Mrs. Robert Manning, Sarah L. 
Rowe, John West, Mrs. Arthur 
Young —S. L. Wheaton, P. M. 
Manchester Woman’s Club Hears Miss Cole 
of Beverly on Current Events. 
An interesting meeting of the Man- 
chester Woman’s club was held this 
week at which various reports of dele- 
gates to conventions were heard and 
Miss Jennie Cole of Beverly, who is 
well known to the club, was the 
speaker. 
The first report heard was that of 
Mrs. Hattie Baker who attended the 
Child Welfare Conference in Stone- 
ham last week as the club delegate. 
Mrs. Baker’s report of the questions 
discussed there and the movements 
in various states, and particularly in 
the Bay State, was excellent. 
Mrs. D. T. Beaton, the president, 
reminded the members of the club of 
the mid-winter Federation at Boston 
Feb. 12. Mrs. Otis Stanley was ap- 
pointed to represent the local club and 
Mrs. Beaton urged that others, who 
were interested, go to the Federation. 
The meeting is to be held at the Ar- 
lington street church and will prob- 
ably occupy the entire day. The 
president also made mention of the 
guest night, Feb. 5, and spoke of the 
male quartette and reader to furnish 
the program. 
The Story High School Glee Club 
sang “OQ Hush Thee, My Baby” 
with much feeling and _ expression, 
and Miss Martha Knight gave a most 
interesting account of the opening of 
the Louisa May Alcott Home at Con- 
cord at which she and Mrs. A. L. 
Saben represented the club. Miss 
Knight’s description of the home of 
the famous authoress awakened great 
interest in the minds of .those to 
whom “Little Women” is a favorite. 
The Glee club then sang the old 
favorite, “Love’s Old Sweet Song” 
and was again heartily applauded. 
Miss Cole, who was presented next, 
was greeted as an old friend. She 
was thoroughly conversant with her 
subject, “Current Events,” and spoke 
easily and entertainingly. Africa and 
the new divisions and changes there, 
