The Dickinson press., 1907-03-09
City Schools.
(BY HARTwELL JoHNsoN.)
For week ending March 9th.
THE PHYSICAL LABORATORY.

The high school laboratory. for the
use Of the physics and botany classes,
is we'll equipped with different kinds of
physical and electrical apparatus and
several fine microscopes.
The first thing which attracts. your at
tention is a table Of weathered oak,
which the physics class uses. The front
half Of the space under the table is used
to hold a pump and batteries which are
connected with the top Of the table.
The pump has a pressure tank attached
to it and may be used as either an air
or water pump. The other half of the
space is taken up by drawers which hold
the different parts Of the apparatus. On
the top are two standards about three
feet above the table and to this all sorts
OF apparatus may be attached. There
is also a sink with a goose neck faucet
which may be attached to the city water.
AS this apparatus is all numbered and
placed in order the pupil has to find the
different parts of the machine he is
going to make and put them together.
A book which tells in which drawer
each piece is to be found for the differ
ent experiments, is part of the equip
ment and is very handy when a person
wants to find particular piece out of
about 24o different ones. The pieces do
duty in a good many different places
and for that reason the experiments
which a be performed are almost
numberless, although the manual out.
lines about FIVE hundred.
A miniature steam engine is one Of the
interesting pieces Of the set. Air is
used for steam and as the cylinder and
steam chest both are made of glass the
pupil is able to see and understand the
working of the different valves and the
piston. Another very interesting ex-
pertinent is the motor which the pupil
constructs himself. using a horseshoe
magnet, a coil and a battery, thus he
becomes acquainted with the funda-
mental principles used in the construc.
ton of motors.
Supt. Berg finds this outfit very practi-
cal and efficient and as yet has not
nearly exhausted its possibilities.
The second division of the 9th grade
gave a Longfellow program on Feb. II.
In the future they hope to give one from
the works OF Oliver Wendell Holmes.
The fourth grade was visited on Feb.
II, by Mrs. M. L. Ayers, Mrs. Wanne-
macher and Mrs. Berry.
The Dickinson PRESS presented the
school with a group of maps, including
North and South Dakota, the United
States and the Republics of Panama.
Winnie and Ernest Angliss have re,
Gently begun school in the 4th grade.
Lucy Ham has left the 9Th grade to
return to her home in Indiana.
The second division of the 9th grade
has taken up the study Of the poem,
"The Promise" by Oliver Wendell
Holmes.
Through the courtesy Of Senator L.
A. Simpson the high school received the
Senate Journal to date.
Public documents of North Dakota
vols. one, two and three for the biennial
period loo3-1oo4 have been placed in
the library.
This week the class in commercial
law is working on business forms.
Pronunciation and the use of diacrit-
ical marks was the subject for consider
alton at the teachers meeting Monday
evening.
We are pleased to not that each frs,
class high school of the state is to ge,
eight hundred dollars state aid a year
for the mex two years.