New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1904-11-12
THE LAFAYETTE INDUSTRIAL
SCHOOL.

Lafayot,e, La, oct u, OF.
. S@eicp to tho New ihcria Enternrie
Tho first months work af tho SoutI
9 WESTERN Industrial Institute j. iuever
, WoF gratifying at.e irtenis aud !,
a irons Of Tho school. II has afFordc
I time and opportunity to settle dow
e I" complete and thosough organic,
ton regular duties and good work !
, all departments,
The student body consists ii ahou
two hundred boys and girls rangin
age from fourteen 10 tvpnN-uine.
The DAYS work hcgins at s.loa m
ond comes to an rud at $50 p. M
Between these hour the school preatl,
resembles hive Of bees. Ia the sew
ing room and ia the cooking school j.
a busy throng of happy faced work ers
! @''''''i' ''b'iH l'lN t'lc bttillt. NeuN
baskets mud make artistic designs. II
the cooking school arc other emall,
happy faced Firls husily engaged IN
compromising dishes to tickle the ap-
petite oi the uuRcntle sex Verify
future generations OF men viii riss M
and bless the work conducted hy the
Domestic Science Department
But other departments are equally
busy and equally crowded
The III hrnry is II room tint never
fails to attract notice. Here the
students spend study hour. Here Ii.
b." .0g quickly and nuiScIesslv sup
plies the wants of the student and
superviSes them at their study. Here
are to be seen tho principal magazines
and periodicals together with the New
Orleans dailies and the principal
country papers of the State.
Tho work shop too presents scene
of activity The Youthful blacksmith
ut his forge, the carpenter ut his
bench, the cabinet maker over his
place of furniture. all animated with
zeal all excmplifving the |
fact that the industrial needs nf our
state bid fair to be supplied and its
industrial development promoted by a
citizenship whose education and in
teligencc are reinforced by practical
knowledge of trades and industries.
And so the Tclegraphy Department
md the Stenography Department. aud
he commercial Department; each sup
elements the academic education by
living the student n knowledge Of
which he may earn live
ihood after he leaves school.
Not the lenst interesting of the
ays program is the drill hour. While
he young ladies taking their physical
ulture lesson IN the Gymnasium un-
or the skilled supervision of Miss Nc.
aurln, the teacher of physical culture !
le boys are given a military drill by
lr. Gayle, the science teacher, who U
'ceived his training at the Louisiana !
tate University at Baton Rouge. !
1t is wonderful what one month of
lis skill has done for the student y
)dy or corps of cadets as they are be
ming to be called From a conglim II
ate mass of one hundred and fifteen 81
twenty raw and unframed. awk. 81
ard. gawky boys who could scarcely IL
ep step with themselves, much less pl
CHI other they have been metamor- III
osed into soldierly, firm stepping, Is
'ady nerved young men who are fast p'
coming quick, alert and graceful. ).
Squads with squad commanders
re first evolved and then from these CT
lads have grown four companies u
lose compliment of officers is grad oi
lily being chosen those whose strong TN
natural aptitude and fit oi
,s to command recommend them to III
) eye of the commandment. The very ue
a of being in line of keeping in SCI
p, of going through military eyolu NV
Ms. has had its effect Round IN
nlders are being held mack, heads ~
being held erect, and Ghosts are IN ."
thrown out. me
20 great is the success of the drill. OH
It's effect is so far exceeding the tu'
It sanguine expectations that uni no
n are strong probability for the nv
r future. The uniforms commends AM
If both on account of its neatnesg VI
its cheapness. One uniform cost.
$l2. 90 or S13. 90 will last year
lie the average student will wear I'm,
two or three suits of ordinary jus
hing. tin
he boys Dormitory is fast becom- 'oi
the cynosure of all eyes and the
ial envy of the town boys In the mil
nitory the organization is com Ell
see
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MkhesMMm thu