The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-07-07
THE BO.iRDM4N SCHOOL.

ing school-Ihe Han or stuuS ana Nofh' To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER;
 In response to many inquiries and in consequence of much misapprehen- sion concerning the nature of the ih- struction to be given at the Boafdman manual training school. 1t seems well to make public the following state ment.
 The school is of high school grade, and is open to graduates of the gram mar schools and others prepared to enter the Hilhouse high school.
 At present 1t is not proposed to pie- pare students for entering the univers- ity. the study of Latin being entirely omitted, and other studies curtailed or left out to make room for what seems more important to those who can give no further time for school work. On the other hand many subjects taught more or less in the university will form part of the curriculum of the new
  make this course as complete as possi- ble in itself to fit the pupils for life's work equipped with the knowledge which is most likely to be of practical use to them. The mind and the hand and eye are to be trained for this pur- pose, and it is not thought best to sac rifice the education of the many for the few who can spend more time and go further. For such the city offers else where ample opportunity for prepara- tion.
 It should be understood that the Boardman is not a trade school. For two hours every day the boys and girls are expected to work with their hands, not with the idea of learning any par ticular trade, but to make them expert manually as well as mentally, tomake them familiar with many different pro- cesses-to make the hand competent to execute what the mind conceives.
 In the first year especial attention will be given to woodwork in its vari- ous branches.
 Starting with the use and care of tools, progressive bench work will occu- py third of the year, followed by lathe turning and pattern making and some wood carving.
 During the same time the girls will be occupied with cooking, sewing, clay modelling, wood carving and light wood work. In the second year the boys will take up bench work in iron, chip ping and filing, moulding and foundry work, and finally blacksmithing; the girls, advanced sewing, dressmaking, domestic economy, modelling and carv- ing.
 In the third year the boys will enter the machine shop and be taught the use of machine tools, while the girls will continue part of the work of the second year and also receive instruc tion in millinery and decorative design
 For all this work the city will secure instructors who are specialists in the various departments, and those who are not familiar with the results in similar schools in other cities will be surprised at the proficiency attained in the time allotted.
 Of the six working periods each day two have been given to the manual l work above mentioned; the other four will be occupied with recitations, lec- l lures and drawing.
 For the entire course it Is proposed to devote one period each day to the study of the English language, rhe- toric, history and allied subjects. Par ticular attention will be given to com position, and the students will be ex- l $o ta assigned subjects.
 One period each day will be devoted l to mathematics and applied mechanics. It is not proposed to carry the purely mathematical studies, algebra, geome- try, further than is necessary for the student to properly understand and use the equations found in elementary mechanics. Much, necessary for ad- mission to the Sheffield school, is of lit- l tie practical importance in schools of this character and 1t is thought the time required can be used to greater l advantage in other ways Mathe- matics will be employed as tool and will receive constant application in the study of applied mechanics Under the latter head will come the principles ot mechanism" the strength of mater ials," strains in framed structures, , "the steam engine" ""applications of the mechanical theory of heat" and practi. cal surveying.
 1 In connection with text books, it is 1 proposed to teach these subjects exper. imentally, similarly to the method useC 1 in physics and chemistry and it is be. l lieved the students will be interested ir them, and gain much important knowl
 edge at present only taught in techni
 cal schools.
 Another period each day will be giver
 to physics, chemistry and related sub jects.
 For practical work in these important
 studies well equipped physical ant
 chemical laboratories will be provided and it Willbe the aim to make the course
 in each equal to the best in schools
 elsewhere. Under the head of physics
 much attention will be given to applied electricity. The city will provide pow
 erful dynamo and the necessary expert
 mental apparatus, and such subjects al
 the practical construction of dynamo
 and motors, electric lighting, electri
 railroads and measurements of current
 will receive especial study.
 The fourth period each day will be oc
 cupied with mechanical and free han,
 drawing.
 Under experienced instruction tn
 students will be given a very complet
 course in mechanical drawing, especia
 attention being given to the proper pro