St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-09

this connection the fact may be stated
that the course of instruction includes
mechanical drawing. This department
is conducted by Mr.. caldwell,
practical craftsman of ability. Here
the pupils formulate their designs, and
from thence they proceed to the ''Shop'
and work them out. After the first les
sons in Joining and the use of tools, the
pupils are pushed on to- wood carving,
and after the first year pass into the
pattern making department, where
William Sway CT preSides. This is the
most interesting place in the whole
building. Accommodations are pro-
vided for from fifteen to twenty boys.
Each one wears an apron, and provides
himself with pencil and jack knife.
and each bench is admirably fitted up
with a set of tools most common in
use. There is
TOOL CHEST IN THE CORNER
of the shop, containing a splendid as
SOrtment of tools. 1.-The boys will have
access TO these tools under the check
SYSTEM" explained Prof. Bennett.
Each boy will be provided with a
check. and when he takes tool out of
the box must place therein his check.
Thus we will know who is responsible
for returning the tool. and if it is lost
know who must replace it. This check
system is in vogue at all large works in
this country" The pattern making
shop is supplied with latheS, saws and
grindstones, all worked by steam. and
with twenty boys intent at work the
an attraction in the High school build
ing, and the open door is at times quite
thronged with pupils of other depart
mentS of the building.
There cannot be the slightest doubt
as to the opinions of the pupils in re-
gard to their training in ShopwOrk.
Eighty minutes" remarked Prof. Ben
neat, ''is devoted each day to instruc
ton in this branch; but, If the boys
were consulted. they would prefer TAX
ing up all their time in this way" The
interest depicted on the face of each
young worker testified to the truth of
this statement, and is further borne out
by the fact that many OF them vOlun-
tarily spend their afternoons here. One
boy by this means had made sled,
another a
PICTURE FRAME FOR HIS SISTER,
while third had turned out minia-
ture door, and any number of them
could proudly stand forth with wind
mills. Ali their work was character
lied with an accuracy of finish really
surprising, and spoke volumes for the
painstaking efforts of the teachers.
Pattern making and wood turning in
themselves open out wide field to as
piring youths, but as the school grows
the educational facilities will follow
apace. Foundry work will be added
in very short time. Prof. Bennett
was particularly DESTROYS of being I'M
derstOod upon one point, and that was
the school did not pretend to turn out
a finished workman; 'but they will
be advanced long way towards that
end. The instruction in mechanical
drawing, however, is so conducted by
Mr.. Caldwell that he claims pupil
could go direct from school and take
situation in an architects Office of a
higher caliber than a mere cOpyist. The
curriculum of the school does not neg
lect the head, if it does pay large
attention to the hand. Miss j.
L. Simmons has charge of the depart
ment for English. rhetoric, history and
From the ShOpWOrk the
pupils take in this branch Of their edu-
cation, and, in the words of Miss Sim
mons, ''they come up here in such good
spirits, thoroughly demonstrating the
soundness of the principle underlying
this method of training" Q
A museum has been formed in con-
nection with the school, which will be
the receptacle of the advanced work of
the pupils. The students have also
formed themselves into society for the
purpose OF securing for the museum
works and designs illustrative of the
arts. A few years hence
this museum will be quite an attraction
at The uiglr school building.
There are now forty pupils In the
training school. and accommodations
are provided for 125. The instruction
S free to all boys in the city who have
passed the seventh grade, and the
course of study covers three years.