Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-05-23
MANUAL TRAINING
-,n~rgD INTO THE FOURTH WARD
l' SCHOOL
p- nal. Proi ]. u. Hammond, and His
Sens 5f Tsachers-A Start Made
On the Line Urged BY
tie Register"


,., training, on modest scale,
,- introduced into the Fourth
bHc school, and although it Is
Us infancy, il promises most fiat
results. rs soon as it has had 4
,o develop. a reporter met
.I VI. Hammond, the Principal Of
hao' yesterday, and had a pleas
.r with him about the question.
,d.
mover thought much about the
..5rf,v Of manual training introduc-
... -be schools, but having read
tl.s about il lately, and the RE
Having agitated the question, /
...r.d 90 give it trial in our
and readily received the consent
oea. commissioners to do so. OF
a.. have begun on a rather small
..rl wi'l have tO move slowly, but
satisfied that il will be a great
after awhile.
-.. ~.rcr-cr was then taken around
i ..or tae rooms 20 see what pro
... been made. Nothing much
.t. expected, of course, with but
$3.50 trials.
WHAT THEY ARE DOING.
Mis-. Kate MYERS room, No. 1. the
-.. none of whom are above seven
.-.af age. have taken mp paper told-
They have square pieces Of paper.
color. and starting ON plain fold
-hev progress into all sorts OF
-. some of which will be extremely
NeatneSS. correctness and
a.... $ impaired 10 them. IL Is pro-
l #. addition TO this, 10 have the
-.- keep scrap books into which
-.-..r paste an the pictures they come
Ind this viii teach them neatneSS
..t... 'lpc any artistic taste they may
-v,, Lizzie Carmack'S room, No. ,.
-.-..- work ON figures made of
.-r Straw is cut up into different
-..s. .rd -ne children string them on
-~- zephyr with needles, forming
....r,-. sort, of pretty shapes. The
..-.. F.. -a teach them object lessons,
Il. ..-stv -he children have formed
.-.pr pretty figures.
BEAD >TEINGING
r... la, t.en taken up in Miss Amy
-.,....., room. No. 3, and every one
......-,,- .rr.-tv things can be made
.... ...i,. and what deftneSS and arts
Il. .-. bead >,riuging will develop.
m .. r--..,s, CID be very successful
b. his, Louis. McCulloch'S room.
81. tr.-war.ng has been introduced.
2. .s, boon started by taking square
,...., Nc nrer and cutting number OF
a-. .r -tem. weaving into these strips
..as- a'ur.d papers. OF course the
4..-f, ,,ry pretty. and by examining
ta.rrllc,> 0ftbe scholars in this line
ar...r ara,- difference in the work.
,n0ar-Na.h has been made by hands
10 som. training and which by un-
Wtrln.i bands,
Outline embroidery is what Miss
> Tao1 80. is 10 teach her
mn> fu -, purpose thin bristol
-i, lare t. secured. These cards
a'n ,o--, u printed designs, in
sa4geo. pictures, urnS, birds, &c,
M,hcN,e, being dotted 90 show the pupil
Mwh 90 pgttle needle through. These
Mfg> are w0rsal with different color
a>. and cleo pupils have q vast
'D display tlr.r neatneSS and ar
u>-e. 4 number of boys are
mig -o Sew 20 this room, and they
aaalg sooi progress, although at
'lrr
ANkWAEpNE>> WAS AMUSING
A.> Eta Robinson in No. 6 is teach
bop pupils crocheting of various
~ and the pupils are doing nicely.
n N,, Anna Crowther, in No. :, has in
embroidery on crash. This is
difficult. but the pupils have
yarted on easy figures and are
good Roadway.
ting has been introduced by Miss
Boyd. into her room, No. ;, and
articles as mittenS, baby shoes,
.->. etc. are i'm course OF cOnStruc-
.s the pupils. and while all are do
quito well. 10 is noticeable that
o.. the German children pick IL up
easier than others.
N0.g. Miss Grace EngliSh'S room,
pupil, are being taught paper work,
l,making lamp shades, throws etc.
of the bows are doing work in
-le.r own inclinatiOnS rs 20 what
,la make being allowed 20 have
rVav. Sewing has been taken up.
Swing F, about the only feature In
Maud ElHugham'S room, No. 10,
ac children are making splendid
--.,s
80. &. Miss Lizzie Downs room,
' drawing O. music is being taught.
l-gD map ot the United States is also
' reconstruction. which is 70 be made
ep.cce>. The States will be form
Wterent pieces of silk of various
No. iae rivers ot blue silk twist and
uo-n41rie, oi yellow twist etc.
me- o' ilr cir. pupils can paint. and
W o. sFcna chance 20 work on
map
Wis., Georgia B. Pcnder, in No. T., is
"- -.i .ApI' map drawing, ana
are doing nicely.
~ THE cENDAE ROOM,
Emma ;. Anderson. teacher, and
Lucinda SINS. assistant. some of
rs have been put TO work draw
ans 90 tae different floors of the
building and then 10 reduce the
SONS 90 different scales of meas
l. One Of the local commission
marked THAT this was more valua-
= - hundreds Of the sums in the
'. The pupils are also being
i" press towers and make draw
various flowers, and other botan-
ia. lem>t.tch handkerchiefS, cro-
', while some of the boys are
ships and other articles or
le .dea said Prof. Hammond.
,le bows free scope on wood
~' they can design whatever
-'se. We have decided TO occu-
@-,t.e time on Fridays for the
-' already many of the children
'Arl such am interest in the work
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