The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-06-05
DR.. j. I! pickey Talks Of the Com.
mittee's Visit There.
WHAT THE PARTY S4a and HElRD.
Impressions of the Manual Training
School, TO Inspect Which was the
Object Of the vislt-.- Tho Way the
Boys are Trained.

systems IN vogue IN that city, returned
last night.
Dr. John L. Dickey, n member Of tho
committee, was visited by OH INTELrI-
srScER reporter shortly after his arrival
OF home, with the view OF obtaining
some information concerning the im-
pressions the trip and the examination
made upon him.
.Tbe "Trip was quite pleasant" said
DIR. Dickey. "The Wheeling & Lake
Erie railroad, over which we travelled, is
welllald and well hGllasted, and passes
through very interesting part OF OHIO.
Toledo lisa beautiful city, AS nearly all
the lake cities are, and the number oil
forest trees scattered about the city gives
1t moro right to the title forest City
than Cleveland has.
I'VE werc met at Toledo BIZ Hon.
Robert Ii. Cochran, who spent all We'd
Ilesdaywith lis, and who was extremely
kind and attentive. We al! pu. up at
the Body house, very nice hotel, we'll
managed and we'll arranged.
Con Wednesday morning the Wheel.
ing purity. in company with Mr.. Coch.
ran, started out at a. m. or IT'S trip to
the school. They first called OH Mr..
Wiltiom II. Scott, president OF the
hoard OF dirastors OF the public library,
anG also president OF the board of di'
sectors of the manual training school.
The public library and manual train
ing school arc both managed by sePa-
rate boards Of directors and arc operated
without connection with the Board OF
Education. The public library build
ing ives visited first. 1t is q beautiful
brown granite structure that cost $751;
000, and it contains $4,000 volumes.
THE HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING
is not new, but was remodeled from an
old building and fitted mp for the high
school. The manual training school
building is new one, erected just
alongside the high school at n cost OF
$4,000. Mr.. Scott's father endowed the
institution, and it is very handsome
iourstory structure builtof cream color
ed brick. 1t has been fitted up for u
training school with machinery that
cost about $4,000, making the entire
cost OF the school about $4,000.
The basement is fitted up for boiler
and engine room anda blacksmith shop.
The engine has q capacity OF 60 horse
power and furnishes power for the
whole plant. In the blacksmith shop
there are twelve forges, and though
there is necessarily smoke and dust in
that department, it is neat and tidy and
rs presentable as such place could be.
On the second floor are the wood
turning and machine shops, in separate
rooms, both fully equipped and very
we'll suited to such work. The third
floor is devoted to wood carving and the
fourth contains rooms for drawing and
modelling. On the upper floors, one side
il devoted to the girls, aud contains
rooms for cooking, sewing, wood cary
ing and drawing.
The manual training buildings erect
cd close up to the high school and doors
lead from one TO the other on each
iloor, SO that no time is wasted going
back and forth, more than from ono
class room to another. \ class OF boys
Till finish Latin lesson and go direct
10 the blacksmith or machine shop and
go to work there,
The superintendent of the manual
training school lisa young man named
Wills, d graduate of the st. Louis Man
uni Training school, and his assistant is
II yo1ng man named Waite, graduate
ofthe Toledo school.
1t was noticeable that the pupils
went into their work with seriousness
and eaElestness that showed that they
we're not in fun, and that they were
ENTHUSIASTIC IN THEIR WORK.
1t was feared before the school was
opened that the boys would not take
the proper interest in the work, but no
such difficulty has ever been eXperi-
cuced. While the superintendent was
out with the visitors, class OF boys
vent into the wood turning department
and did their allotted work with no one
there TO look after them and there was
no Sinking or foolishness.
The time allotted 70 tho manual
training work is forty-fivc minutes n
day four days q week. There is never
any trouble to keep the pupils ut their
tasks, but there has been trouble in
keeping them ont of the shops on Sat
ardays and at rccesses and alter school,
They all seem to become infatuated
with the work from the very start.
For the boys the course is divided as
follows: First year, wood turning; Sec
ond year, blackSmitEing; third year,
wood carving and drawing, and fourth
year, work in tile machine shop.
For girls, the course is: First year,
plain sowing; second year, wood cary
Ing and drawing; third year, cooking;
fourth year, dress making and tho more
difficult lines OF sewing. While the
Wheeling party was there, class Of
fifteen girls were at work in the kitchen
making strawberry short cake. They
werc invited TO come back in half an
hour and sample the work, which they
did. The short cake was excellent, and
was worry much enjoyed.
In reply to q question MS to
what disposition was made OF the pro
ducts OF tho school, the superintendent
said that in the cooking department it
was sometimes eaten. The roast meats
and things OF that sort arc used over
again 70 make other dishes, and the
girls are taught to make use OF all tho
scraps and what arc too often considr
cred useless materials. After tho
victuals have been used as far as posi-
BILE they are sent to charitable institu-
sions and given to poor families.
IN TIE BLACKSMITH SHOP
thebo make tools for the other de-
partInerts, and by careful attention
% details there is very little waste in
any OF the departments, Since tho
gcSool has been started there has never
been M accident moro serious than tho