The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-31

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or the room is long copper-lined box with
wrought-iron frame to hold umbrellas.
running, and with filter, which is cleansed
each morning, thus supplying water which
Is as pure as it can be.
SCHOOL FOR COOKING.
One of the great needs of this day is for
intelligent preparation of food for family
consumption. There are hundreds OF fam
flies who have plenty of the proper in
gradients. but who do not know how to
put them together to make them fit to eat.
1t has been said there would not be SO
great need of temperance and religious
teachers If the American women knew bet
ter the art of cookery One of the advan-
tages of the Industrial Training School is
having cooking and sewing departments.
The cooking room has model dining
room and kitchen. For the former there is
closet, buffet or sideboard chairs and a
complete set of decorated china. For the
kitchen there is a huge range, with hood
sink. boiler, hot and cold water, and
every possible utensii for cooking and for
Of pots pans. Kettles, sifteTs, coasters,
broilers. beaters, in short, everything need
ed in the household The pupils who enter
cook. but also of the value Of foods; hoy
much water there is in an egg, how much
a hundred other things. Miss Nary c.
Comstock is the teacher in the department.
and the pupils are an interested lot Of
the best way to serve it, as well as the
best way to keep every article connected
on the With the
ment there is a dressing room. Each girl
has locker where she may place. her
kitchen dress or apron or any other articles
when not in use. There are numerous
bowls with hot and cold water, and mirrors
y,-nc 1foo 10 a for on
kitchen. Not that there is any lack or
neatness there, but the girls do not wear
ir the literary department. Miss Comstock
is also the instructor for the sewing de-
partment. The girls are taught the value
them together, and how 10 sew; all kinds
CT sewing, from plain seam to buttcnholes
Both departments are taught theoretically
and practically, so that there is no reason
why a girl who has finished the course In
either should not be able to take the place
Down flights of stairs, past pupils who
are again changing class rooms one comes
boys are in the majority, boys with their
coats off and their suits covered with great
big blue and white ticking aprons Bencn
work is the special study. With plane and
saw, measure and square the boys are max
ing various pieces of wood work, and max
ing them well. It is said that the Pupils .s
do good work even the first lesson. Joints
and angles that would be credit to
Bass is boss carpenter and the boys enjoy
his instruction as much as If 1t was SO
much play. There is a relaxation from the
school room which makes the woodwork
ing department a pleasure ground. There
are lockers for the boys near this room,
I ehangin sne Them may for .ea aprons ''
In the basement of the great building is
the forging room. Each boy has his nre,
and coal. His sleeves are rolled up and
his trousers are protected from the flying
right feh of each furnace Is an anvil PROT
James Yule teaches the boys the art of
iron and steel forging. The first work the
steel into shape This is made into a long
eight-sided bar and many a. pretty piece OF
work is done by the boys. Another one
dra ueg at from eP below. The boys make hook
only the beginning Of the work, and as yet
there are no advance classes. When the
boys progress in their work they will be
taught how to make all kinds OF iron and
steel tools, how to temper steel and have
a good and valuable working knowledge OF
all kinds of such labor. There is at present
only one engine to run the departments, but
others are to be put in as needed till there
will be five The merry jingle on the anvil.
hammers and the hard, earnest. strong
work, with brain and muscle make sight
the pupils should never have to do the
work, they will have a resource and will
know how such work should be done If
they have occasion to call in others to per-
form it for them. The use of the hammers
and mallets make sore muscles at hrst,
but there is an increase in health and APP
petite almost Immediately.
THE DIFFERENT COURSES.
There are four courses of four years each
in the school. Part of the studies are nee
essary to complete the course and others
are elective. There is one in mechanical
arts, which includes English algebra, free
hand drawing, woodworking, mechanical
drawing, iron and steel forging, plane geom-
etry, physics, modelling and wood carving,
pattern work and machine fitting This
course leads to the occupations of the
draughtsman, foreman, manager or super
intendent of construction. The four years
art course includes English. algebra, civil
government, plane and solid geometry,
Latin or German, trigonometry, chemistry,
modelling in clay. descriptive geometry,
wood carving, English literature, physics.
The course in domestic art is three years.
English, algebra civil government cooking,
sewing, freehand drawing. chemistry, bot
any, hygiene. home nursing bookkeeping.
modelling, wood carving. are the branches
taught A two years business course in
cludes English, arithmetic algebra. com
typewriting, bookkeeping. business prac-
tce, technical reporting and transcribing:
The instructors not heretofore mentioned
English; Miss Beatrice $. Foy, English
(who takes Miss Kate A. Thompson's place
on account of her illness), civil government
Prof Paul H. Grumann, Latin: Prof Will
liam l.. Mcmillan, English: Prof. Elmer Il.
Bryan. geometry and algebra; Prof. A. J.
Griffith, English; Prof. f. L.. Jones, En-
gIish Miss Henri Jngersoll, algebra: Prof
III c. Sturnl, German Miss Kate Wentz,
algebra and geometry, and Miss Anna Tay-
ior. stenography. Mr.. C. E. Emmerich is
principal of the school and Mr.. F. l.. EN-
ory director of the chemical department.
The pupils of this school issue a publica-
ton six times a year. 1t is Mind and
Hand" 1t is edited entirely by the pupils,
and is to show the advancement of educa-
ton The numbers issued are very credta-
BILE The board of managers is Egmont
Sander. president; Myrta Hobert secretary;
Leslie Clancy, treasurer; Bertha Hixson, AL
Ian yestsl Harry Jacobs, Media Milan.
Charles Seitz. Minnie Buehler, Alice Shaw
Ter The editorial staff includes Emily
Helming editor; Charles w. Boaz. William
Steinhagen and Katie Pearce, assistant ed
itors The March number of the magazine
defines manual training thus: "A manual
training school does not stop with the
training of the hand. Physical dexterity
is hut one and the least of the many
things sought and this is sought more a.
means than an end. The great end is edu-
cation---the simultaneous culture of the in
tellectual, physical and moral faculties
Two Dares.