New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-17

in time to have the best Of these ideas ineor-
porated in the Homestead institution The cur
riculum has been so arranged that every BOY
and girl OF the borough's public schools may
be graduated from the high school familiar with
a trade of some kind.
The building IS sixty-two feet wide by Ninety
eight feet deep. 1t is three stories high with a
basement and attic. Brownstone, pressed prlcA'
steel and concrete have been used, as lts ma
terial All the floors are OF concrete' anu '"e
building is absolutely fireproof
The engine. large electric light and power
plant and the ventTating system, occupy '"e
greater portion Of the basement Elecuae po"Si
is used everyX here. and even though lhe
weather may be cloudy, every recm III the
school building is always bright
Although more than dozen FORCES are IN I"''
operation at one time in the blacksmith snop'
scarcely smell of smoke is pereeptible, the hres
teing bloxn and the smoke and fumes drawn
ont f,v means of the ventilating system inns
is true also in the kitchen, where there Is @A
absence of cooking odors- The welding OF eie@e
bars Of iron and other heavy work on itie "i''i
I'm the blacksmith shop, the hum OF me "oou-
working machinery in the turning oepaf'iie.l'
and the steel lathes running at high speed 10 Inc
machine shop. do not cause tie sish'ess
ton 70 the building.
the chemical and electrical laboratory on 'he
e.. e. Near bv is the chipping. filing ano
fitting room.
Snecial attention is given to mechanical ofaN
inc xcood carving and modelling. while a large
room, Is devoted exclusively to wood turning anu
nattern making. Adjoining these departments
on the second floor is a large lecture foofh Niiee
..,s.r,,,,ors meet classes and explain the work
.hax, are 10 do before the students go to their
machines
on the third floor are the departments
speeialy sci apart for the girls. Here Is the ar
room where water color work and crayon draw
ing are taught. Another room has been htteo up
where girls are taught to sew. cut and fit
dresses. This room has been provided Win Tour
sewing machines. well as other apparatus
needed by first class seamstresses
Probably the most interesting department In
the entire institution is the kitchen where cook
ing is taught Girls learn how TO do plain bak-
ing as well as fancy cooking. The kitchen rs
provided with the latest improved ranges, broh-
ers and utensils found in the best regulated
houses Miss Grace Austin IS in charge, ana
visitors who call usually treated to sample
of the work of the schoolgirls. In one corner on
this floor is q dining room fitted with modern
furniture and here girls are taught how prop
eyIv to prepare and wait on a table. A reception
room furnished in mahogany, with pfetIliy oeC-
GRATED walls and finely carpeted floor has been
provided for visitors who call TO inspect the
work Of the students.
after the school building had been completed
the top floor was fitted UP auditorium.
Seven hundred opera chairs have been placed IN
this room, while a stage has been made at one
end of the hail. Here borough school meetings
will be held and the high school classes VIII
have their annual affairs. A special telephone
system connects all the rooms with the central
exchange of the borough.
Every student who attends the training school
has an individual locker, where he keeps his or
her personal effects. II has been so arranged
that boys and girls ten to twelve years of age
salf a day each week, and when they reach the
high school their studies are SO scheduled as TO
enable them TO devote one full day TO manual
training
The complete building and equipment. includ-
ing the ground, cost S125 coo, and Mr.. SchWab
has arranged for the permanent maintenance Of
the institution.
When | lived in Homestead" said Mr.
SchWab recently Il saw a great many things
that these men never talked about. 1 many
living in the valley Of dependency, deep
in the mire when al he needed little
training OF the hand to help the cropping mind.
! saw 1 could do nothing for the adult, but de-
termined TO do something that would help the
have not been able to accomplish much. but with
what is started 1 hope 10 Undue every boy and
girl with the idea of the absolute necessity or
mastering the details Of some trade" This idea
he carried out in the school dedicated to-day.