The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-12-29 00:00:00

A HAPPY NEW YEAR.

WASHINGTON'S STATE COACH.—Preident Washing-
ton never went to Congress on public hilliness except
in a state coach drawn by six cream-coloured horses.
The coach was an object which would excite the
admiration of the throng even now in the streets of
London. It was built in the shape of a hemisphere,
and its panels were adorned with Cupids surrounded
with flowers worthy of Florida and of fruit not to be
equalled out of California. The coachman and posti-
lions were arrayed in gorgeous liveries of white and
scarlet,

TEACHING CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS TO
HANDLE EDGE TOOLS.

It was announced last summer that there was aloud
demand for the introduction of what we call industrial
education in New Haven, In the Dwight School in
that city Principal Camp has made a good beginning.
A party who went through the school the other day
found, according to the Palladium, that particular at-
tention is paid to map drawinv, and many of the pupils
are quite proticient in this branch. The gentlemen
then visited the industrial department under the
charge of Miss Norman, where were twenty-four young
misses busily engaged in embroidery, plain sewing and
hemming. Some of the buttonholes were very neat'y
worked. Some of the girls are very exper in chromo
photography or transferring photographs from the
originals to glass. They are in their element when
they can achieve sulcessful results. A few were en.
gavd in crocheting and they hardly looked up from
their work, so intently engaged were they. None are
admitted t 3 this department, except eulh as are per-
fect in their lessons and deportment. It is considered
by them an honourable position, and the young misses
work diligently to be enabled to spend their half hour
in that room

The party then went into the basement, where a
class of twelve boys were busily engaged in shoving
planes rind sawing boards. Twice a week they spent
half an hour in the work-room at their benches under
the tutelage of janitor George B. Judd, who superin-
tends their operations. There are twenty-four boys in
the classes, ranging from ten to sixteen years of age.
They work here four days in the week. There are
accommodations for only twelve, and they are con-
sequently obliged to alternate the classes. On Mon-
days and Thursdays twelve of the boys practice with
the tools, and Tuesdays and Fridays the other twelve
have the privilege of using them. The youngsters
made the shavings fly, and one would suppose in look-
ing at them that they were trying to make carpenters'
wages. • They have made boxes which show that they
are quits proficient in mechanical skill. It is the
intention of Supt. Dutton to have them construct some
trays for use in the school rooms in which to hold the
earth by which lessons in geography are taught. The
lessons began three weeks ago, and the hammer was
first used. They were instructed how to strike a
straight and effective blow. Afterwards they began
to construct boxes, and after that the jack-plane and
surface and straigt.t-edged planes were used. Then
they were instructed in the art and mystery of the
try-square. Then the smoothing and block planes
were used, and then the panel saw. Mr. Camp
obtained a lot of tools worth from 80 dohs. to 100 dole.
as an experiment.

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He thi very enthusiastic and sanguine over the pros-
pect, and is of the opinion that no matter what may
be the future occupation of the boys that it will be ad-
vantageous to them to know how to handle carpenters'
tools. The visitors were very favourably impressed
with what they saw, and congratulate 1 Mr. Camp
upon the progress which the little fellows were making.
The same rules as to perfect lessons and deportment
are enforced which obtain in the girls' industrial de-
partment, and Mr. Camp says that the boys study
diligently in order to obtain admission to the work-
room. He hopes by next spring to be able to demon-
strate that the industrial department has been a
success, and he wishes, if possible, to introduce other
industrial elements, such as the use of the lathe, work-
ing with tinsmiths' tools and other useful mechanical
arte.—Detroit Free Press.