The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-24

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In the manual training work of the
frst four years described in tho last
article, the boys and girls work To-
gethcr; but in tho grades above these
4 tho bows and girls work In different |
rooms.
The work Of tho boys,n the fifth and
sixth years is knife work In wood (
and Venetian bent-ironworl1. In the \
woodwork they are taught tho use OF
the Sloyd knife. the try-squaro and \
the gimlct; they also get further prac-
H tice in the use of. the rule and COM |
pass Having learned the principle Of
1 the "working drawing in the fourth
year, they are here required to make
a drawing for the object to be made
before beginning to use the knife |
1.-THE necessary measurements having
been made and lines drawn, the next
step is to cut out the object with the
b Sloyd knife. testing all edges and cor
ners with the try-square. The know.-
edge thus gained OF the use or these
tools is very valuable in the advanced
B bench-work of the seventh year. Some
OF the articles of wood made in the
81 fifth and sixth grades are winders key
tags, ,natch-strikes. paper-knives
stands. key-racks, shelves and lorack
cts. Some of these articles arc put
together with brads. thus teaching TIN,
use of the hammer.
5 The boys who work in Venetian iron
use pliers and work for the most part
h from blue-prints. Tho useI4of blue
4 prints gives a very. practical bit Of
4 training, rs any one familiar with the
& building tradesS architecture. machine
2 construction, or any line Of engineer
a Ing, can testify. Useful and ornamen-
Il tai articles are made of iron, such as
pen-racks. photographers anil
frames, card-racfs cnndlcsticks and
sSlnkstands Some of tho boys make Very
rredtable original designs first max
Ing their own working drawings.
The girls in the fifth and siXth-ycar
grades have sewing; and, after being
I'm taught the simple stitches, they are
applied to the making of such arti-
cles as quilt squares, handkerchiefs.
work. a IS. doll aprons, skirts and
f blankets. The course also includes
patching. darning, sewing on tape, but
E tons. hooks and eyes, making eyelets
and buttonholes shirring, hcmstitching
etc. One of the most interesting fen-
s# lures OF this subject is In the drawing
and cutting of the patterns for the
Ks apron and skirt, which each girl does
for herself. Another feature of inter
est and value is the correlation of the
work in sewing with the other branches
of the curriculum. The sewing ma
terials used are studied rs to theii
source in the raw state. the place
X OF their manufacture, their transpor.
tation, etc, which brings in much
geography and nature study. The his.
tory or the manufacture and of TIL.
Js evolution OF modern processes borders
nthe history work of the grades
II while the study of the costumes o
81 Colonial and other periods of the his
tory of our country is very -illumi
l,,,, Ia -1r,y>
gs9 and the language work also finds her
81 many concrete and interesting topics
In some of our schools the girl
are taught basketry, using reeds an
rafiia; and some very creditable Wor
has been dome especially in originp
Oh designs. -
ss Frec-hand drawing accompanies u
work, as in the other grades. Fanll
far objects, fruits, lowers, etc. al
a drawn both inNcolor and in chacoa
One of the interesting features Is u
drawing from pose, one of the pupi
& posing for the rest OF the class
4. practical benefit derived from u
work lies in the illustration OF con
positions and other written work
the grades Some of our work alol
this line has been greatly admire
not only By our own people, but all
34l by visitors and sclioG experts fro
other cities.
The work OF tho seventh graz
perhaps the most interesting Of all II
work in manual training. The bo
in this grade are given bcnch-wo
In wood. Each boy works at q ben
equipped with a woodworkcrs vi
and a set Of good EodWa2rlsing too
These tools are in II, senTie toys, b
are full-size tools of approved mai
we have three OF these shoprooms---
S94' Bellevue. Central and Madison Schot
and the boys from the other schc
buildings go to the nearest OF t
three Centres, as we call them. Ea
boy gives ninety minutes each we
to this work, and 1t is surprising WI,
excellent results have been obtain
in this short wcelt'y period during O
Il year. The method followed is W