The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1892-02-25
GIRL CARPENTERS.
Young Women Students Learn How to
Drive Nails.

ton to the curriculun-the Slojd class
is pronounced great success by the girl
who avail themselves of the opportunit!
to learn how to deftly handle saw, knife
and plane and other tools. 1t is care
fully graded system of manual training
educational csrpentering" one might cal
it. By it pupils are taught how to us
their hands skillfully and usefully aud
how to make measurements BY the eye
Incidentally, too, it iuculcates thorough
ness, care, industry and perseverance,
by means of which only can the highest
success be achieved.
The Slojd idea was conceived il
Sweden, and has proved wonderfully
successful there. 1t fact, so enthusias-
tic are the Swedes as to the benefits tt
be derived from a course in Slojd that {
wealthy gentleman named Abrahamson
has devoted his own charming villa ant
estate at Mas, near Gothenburg, to b'
used as Slojd scadamy
Teachers from points as far separated
as Holland, Iceland, Chill and the Uni
ted States here meet during the summer
months to learn for themselves the mer-
its of the system. Among the first to
20 from this city in 1887, and at hel
own expense, was DR.. Emily Ida Conant
professor of pedagogy at the Norma
college. After course of six weeks
during which she worked for six hour'
every day at the bench and listened te
lectures on the theory, she returned to
| America imbued with the merits Of the
sloid system as an educational factor in
the development of children.
Another trip to Sweden confirmed the
first impression, and after several con-
fersnces with committee from the
board of education it was decided to es-
tablish such class in the Normal col
lege for such of the graduates as could
secure scholarship.
Twelve young woman have attained
the proud distinction, and now the Misses
Baum, Beattie, Bole, Burlinson, Gilbert,
Kornman, Levine, Meehan, Moore,
Rhoades, silberburg and Wittkowski are
fitting themselves to teach manual train.
ing when the long coveted trade schools
shall be established as part ofthe public
school system.
INTHE WORKRoOM.
Ispent delightful morning with these
young women recently, and found them
very proficient in doyetsiling, doweling
and all the other ordinary operations OF
carpentering.
Each girl wore large ginghsm apron
and began operations by arranging the
tools on the framework in front of her.
neatly hanging the cross, rip and back
SAWS to the left and the jack and smooth
planes to the right, while the divider
file, ruler, knife and marking guage were
safely stored in the lower rack. The
place of honor was given to the draw
ing.board, upon which was safely secur.
ed the drawing of the model in consid-
Grafton. These drawings are made in
pen and ink from the object itself by &C.
curste measurement and serve as working
diagrams.
One. e.hslfthe class was completing the
hapdle of knife.sharpener of soft, white
wood ; the othor had started upon hye
drometer, which is designed to measure
the hydraulic pressure of liquid, both de
signs being entirely utilitarian in char
acter, all articles Of flu1ury being e1clu
ded from the course.
Passing from one bench to another
noticed with pleasure and rare grace ane
real dexterity displayed in the manip-
ulation of the tools. I wouldn't be sc
rash as to say that the girls worked more
effectively than the boys would have
done, but am sure they worked more
prettily.
There is no clumsiness displayed any
where. No girl cut her finger or scrape'
the skin of, or hit her thumb with q ham
mer instead of nail and used naught!
words to relieve her feelings, or did an.
of the awkward things that boys woulc
have done under similar circumstances
It was evident that the girls took genuin
delight in the work, and what people
big or little, like, they generally d
we'll.
GOOD TRAINING.
DR.. Connant when being asked hi
views as to the direct value of cours
in Sloid upon child said: ut un'
doubtedly implants q respect and iov
| for work even of the cosrser kind.
fosters order, cleanliness, care and pei
severence. One principle of Slojd il
sists that the pupil must do the wor
alone, the teacher simply leading tn
controlling, and hence this training mus
have a marked influence on charac
ter.
Presently the gong aounded and th
hour was over. Each model was care
fully put away, and the music of sa'
and plane was drowned in the hum q
voices and ripping laughte-.
Doaiug aprons and sleeves they cross
ed the hallway and entered the brlgh
little kitchen fully equipped for the con
cocting of toothsome edibles. Mrs. Hop
tutor of the culinary department, we
coined them, and each girl donned
fetching white cap and apron and de
murely listened to treatise on the mei
its of cooking rice in the double boile
written by member of the class. fh'
concluded they followed out the instru
tions of Mrs. Hope and prepared for tt
broiling of chops and scrambling of egg