The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-05

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The completion of the new manual
training schs~rI which is being erected at
the corner of Seventh Street and Rhode
Island Avenue, VIII mean the institution
of a new branch OF high school work.
Il VIII mean also that Washington chill
Gran desiring to prepare themselves for
entrance to technical schools viii nave
every opportunity offered them for study
( which viii best fit them 10 take the esl-
aminationS OF the institutions to which
they desire 10 go heretofore the curTIc-
uIum Of the high schools Of Washington
has been, IL is stated. rather OvercharGed
with languages and rather deficient in the
mathematical and mechanical branches
/ for students intending to take up a scien-
tic life. The manual training high
school which it Is proposed to establish
| Is expected to I'll just such a want The
I Washington school system now culIni-
/ mates in the academic high schools and
{ the Business High School This will be
y third head, leading toward 2 different
kind of activity in life than either of the
others As yet the plans for the man
agement of the Institution have rot been
formed. and Just what the anization
Of the school Will BE- has not been deter
mined. It is under consideration in the
/
ton, which consists Of General Harries,
Mrs 3. c. Francis. and Mrs West.
/ The erection of this new and magnif-
l Gently equipped school VIII be the cuimi-
/ nation OF a movement toward Industrial
/ education which had its inception in 1sS5,
under Prof EOyIe. in charge OF the de-
pIrtment of physics in the Central High
/ School. He fitted up a small shop in the
/ basement and set half a dozen post
/ graduate men TO work making various
: kinds OF apparatus The next year W.
/ t. Nesson, who is now with the Worces-
ter schools. took charge of the work and
I began To develop II as part OF the general
. high school curriculum IN 1881 J. =.
/ { chamberlain. who Is row at the head Of
/ the work took hold, and established the
: manual training in the grades well
/ IS ia the high school. The first year
! branches We're established in the Jeffer-
son School. the Peabody Annex. and two
shops FOR wood turning and forging were
: started across the street from the High
( School these being II addition to the
{ shops already established in the High
School building. Since that time the
work has grown and now there are, for
! the white children in the city OF the SeE-
Cutu and eighth grades. twelve bra inches.
and for the children II the county, eight,
. IA ADDITION To the shops at the high
school The work for the coJJred chill
{ GEen begins in the nftn grade. and in the
! schools there are three branch shops In
shops where bench work as Wei as turn
I ing and forging IS done. \ building IS
nearing completion on Z Street. between
FIRST and Third Streets, on which $3.50,
ts5 Will be spent. and II addition 81. see
fGT equipment 1t Is somewhat larger than
tho building tor the white children now
IN process Of erection on Seventh Street
The erection OF a manual training school
/ which should be devoted entirely TO in
SuStrlai education WaS urgently recon-
Uended some time ago and Ma ior Powell.
II "a her -Ff l.
erSetIc in their efforts 10 get the money
Tor it. The first appropriation was made
IL l>s5' and was for 5000 In addition
} the bill authorized contract for Sl25 0fst-
The site cost S4S GO. leaving Of the orig
NAL appropriation only S2JHi The Con
{ @reSS of 1890 appropriated Sltl. fHeJ for the
building, but when the bids were opened
/ il was found that non=, because Of the
. rise III the price Of building material.
/ came within the limit. The nett year
Congress was asked FOR $4,000 and gave
il, adding also 5000 for equipment IN
/ that condition the finances now stand
/ The building WAS started last October
/ and * uoyv nearly a fy,It story = how. he
/ ground II was designed b. Henry Ives
Cobb and the contractors are W. +.
Speare & Co. II is to he of buff brick
the bong Roman style. and Will be trim
meE rather extensively with bright
/ Bedford stone The door faces Of the
! corner between Seventh Street and Rhode
Island Avenue The walls OF the work
shops in the basement. which ar. now al
up. are faced with enamel brick.
/ me mann part OF the Building will be
three stories high but the wings. which
contain the shops, Will be only one story
The Stngte-StOry part IS 16S feet front by
/ 20 feet depth The threr-StOry part. which
occupies ths corner, Is 40 feet by 66 feet
The singis-stOry part VIII have the room:
/ for the heating and power plant. and tn,
ventilation It Is intended To heat by no
! water and TO VeEtll4te by a fan and fOfcet
draft system.
/ The demand for industrial education fo
! ! girls has been steadily increasing Espe
Z 81
! carving and 20 modelling Consequently
| provision has been made in the buidin2
! for the accommodation Of girl classes
| The plans provide rooms as follows: On
! room fo- mechanical drawing. Two rGOm-
I FOR frrC-hand drawing, one room FOL
turning and pattern making. one fol
/ forging one for machine tool work
! chemical laboratory, a physical labGra
| tory, and rooms for cooking. sewing. an'
= ] There win be i've class rooms. situated
| in the main building. The number o
| class rooms is considered small but it i
hoped that IN a year OF - Congress VII
I ! make additional appropriation which
: viii enable an addition TO be built tina
/ viii allow a study hall and assembly hal
= | and several additional class rooms.
: The equipment OF the school VII Ice tn
. / most modern possible The machines nov
/ N use III the shops opposite the Contra
/ High School VIII be taken t. the new
| building. and viii be added To consider
/ ably The main innovation Will be III IN
. line of the power used L Is intended &
: ] have an Independent electric plant. il
! which electricity viii be geneI jed 70
: lighting ana for power purposes. Tn
: { shops will be run separately and indie
. peEdeutIy, each by its own motor. and il
q some cases machines viii have their in
CiyiduaI motors \ hfty-hOrse power en-
. . CINE VIII be installed, running y kilO
! vast dynamo
] The Orga nizttion of the faculty is still
. } under consideration 1t is expected tina
. / the school VIII accommodate 225 pupils
: | ana the outlook at present is that tn
. Institution viii be taxed 10 its capacjt
!. the first year 1t opens. For these -
: students faculty of about eleven teach
Z crs VIII be required In all probabiIit
!. \. = Gardiner. now connected with tn
!. shops at the Central High School. viii b
!. the superintendent There VIII be- If tn
: present plans are carried out. an instructu
: IN machine work, an Instructor in forging
: an instructor in wood turning, and one j
: shop work IN the drawing department
: / there will be TWO teachers OF free han
: work one Of which VIII give attention [
! { modelling and wood carving. and oH
: / teacher of mechanical drawing Their
: ( VIII he also professors in physics, chemis
: | try English, and mathematics
= The work uDon the building is prog
( r=SSing steadily. but il is hardly hope
! that IL win be ready for occupancy b
| the opening of the schools next year
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