The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-12-18

MANkA1C, MsNN
articles of household furniture, such a.
tables, magazine stands, book cases
desks, hall seats, cabinets, etc. The stu
dent draws his own design and works
from the drawing. The articles may b.
decorated by means of the carving. Stu
dent becomes proficient in making glue
joints and in finishing up articles of fur
niture. Additional principles: Panel
half-blind, dovetail joint.
Additional Tools Required.
! Two nail sets, at 10 cents, Zoe; siz
drills, 2 lie, 2 1882, 21s, SOC; twelve
chip carving knives, So; one set carving
tools, 1855; one Stanley adjustable cir.
cular plane, So; two gouges, ground in.
side, 1a" & ~, IS cents; two gouges
ground outside, 1s & l, TIC; six cabinet
scrapers, soc; twenty-four coping saw
blades, zoe; one fiat file, 81, % cents;
two wood carvers' marking punches, 40c;
six amber French curves, about So;
total, $l5.l9.
Drawing First Year.
l. Free-hand lettering.
2. Working drawings of shop models.
8. Elementary geometrical problems.
A. photographic projections of sim
pie solids, cutting planes, sections and
developments.
5. Geometrical designs.
6. Designs of supplementary shop
exercises.
7. Free-hand appearance drawing of
types, singly and in groups. (Perspec-
tive).
8. Tracings and blue prints.
Drawing, Second Year.
l. photographic projections and de-
velopments of solids.
2. Projections and intersections of
solid bodies.
3. Designs of shop work.
4. Working drawings or machinery:
a. details; b. assembly.
5. Architectural drawings.
6. Isometric and oblique projections.
(Freehand).
Z. Tracings and blue prints.
Mr.. Comstock moved that the report
be referred to the committee on schools
and text books to report at the next
meeting.
In reply to question, the superinten-
dent stated that there are now twenty
three in the high school and seventeen in
the eighth grade taking the manual
training work, twelve of whom are TAX
ing the second year course. The most
need for the work is in the eighth grade,
and all of the boys there ought to take
it. The board could count on forty to
fifty taking the work every year. The
fact that there was a dropping away
this year in the number taking it was
accounted for by the report that no
cIeoi1 was " NC dlIolcHeu W lie WOIh.
Mr.. Fletcher said that the pupils are
dropping out of the eighth grade to go
to the Commercial college because they
get something there that they do not in
the high school.
Mr.. Uline said that not as much arith-
metic is taught in the Commercial col
lege as in the high school.
Mr.. Comstock's motion was carried.
Mr.. Comstock offered an amendment
to the rules and regulations of the
board, that the fall term shall begin on
the first Tuesday in September and
continue sixteen weeks, that the holiday
vacation shall be one or two weeks as
the board shall decide, that the winter
term shall be twelve weeks long, the
spring vacation one week, and the spring
term eight weeks.
President Hughes and Mrs. Smith said
that they had received a number of pro-
tests from teachers, pupils and parents
against the proposal to reduce the COM
ing holiday vacation to one week.
After much discussion as to whether
the amendment was in order and wheth-
er proper notice had been given that it
would be presented, a motion by DR..
Davis to adopt it was lost on a tie vote.
Mr.. Comstock gave notice that he
would present the amendment again at
the next meeting.
Health of Pupils.
Mrs. Smith moved that committee
be appointed by the president to act with
the health officer in protecting the health
of the children. She thought that quite