Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-05-02
CARPENTER SHOP
VARSITY FEATURE
Training Especially Useful
In Practical Side of
Education

MOSCOW, Iaano, May ALI en-
elnCerLng sLuuenls Ia Tue University
oL 1uahU are required " take from
one 10 three years practice in wood
WORKING. Inc work shop is large
room III the second story of the Min
ing building, and is well equipped wltn
tools, benches, Iathes and motors. Here
the boys spend &c hours every semes-
ter learning the fundamental princa-
pies Of carpentery and performing Diff
hcult pieces OF woodwork.
This branch of the engineering col
lege has always attracted large num-
Der Of young men. Most of the sub
Jects in the preparatory and freshmen
classes are almost unbearably dull to
the young genius whose mind is filled
with thoughts of the mechanical
world, but when he registers for shop
and at last sees the chips flying from
Shis lathe in prodigious number he
feels that he is taking the first direct
step to proficiency in his chosen pro-
fession.
Shop Students Engineers.
When he sees the flash of electri-
| city from the switch when the power
| is turned on, and hears the din of th.
swiftly revolving wheels and the swift
flying belts that drive his lathe OF
furious speed, he begins to recall his
dreams of the mechanical world. He
will soon attain the dizzy heights of
engineering glory attained by his pre-
| decessors.
1t is, indeed, a pleasure to every
Jealous technical student. But 1t IL
not the place for the A B. student
The latter usually takes the work
simply to get the credits if at all.
Consequently nearly all the shop stu
dents are engineers and take an in
terest in the work.
The training is especially useful IN
the practical side of education. At
the work bench or at the lathe 1t is
absolutely necessary to do your work
| VAIN 81 dl care IL you WLSil 10 Ildke
rapid progress.
Experiments Are Costly.
student often ruins many pieces
of work before he makes one that .ht
ence often tries the students patienc'
to the limit When he spends mont-
tlme, more or less, joint only to hav
; rejected, he generally throws it acros
the room into the scrap pile with /,
terrific slam, Immediately followed b.
a stream of natural as that makes on
wonder if the operator isn't related t
Millions Beezlebub of whom we rea1
in Paradise Lost
This is generally the luck of tn
non engineering student, or perhaps
better epithet for him would be the
B. man.
OF course, there are a few sharp A
B. students, and right here is an ex
ample of the way they use their sharp
ness. They have got a set of rule
together which they apply to thei
work when it is not too badly out c
shape. The following are two of tn
fundamental ones:
| Two Valuable Rules.
| Rule 100000. If you can't get you
| piece slA4ootu oloukn mACn pIelll
| 500 II you Can anu d plece Vi saIlu
| paper " Allisn IL on WltiI. vi Gours
| uont let .ne Doss see you 90 1t.
| hule l,zoo.0o0. Drive pegs INTO a
| the conspicuous noles where the joan
| don't go together Well. ana poun
| sawdust into all the cracks. The
smooth 1t over with plane. Sau
precautions as In rule 100000.
/ In writing these rules they can il
dulge in the tlowery rhetoric learns
in English composition. and they dor
have to read 1t before the class.
III Tricks work very well at the benc
but 1t is a hard proposition to u
| them at the lathe. The machine do
: must supply the skill which comes on
from practice.
Shop Work 10 Good.
Q terrific slam, Immediately followed
= The chances are that for the fl
9 few days he will ruin dozens of piec
q for every one he finishes. Furthermo
9 lathe work must be done more a
3 curately than bench work. A stude
= will often turn piece of wood doS
. until it is APPARENTLY true in evry 7
spect only to have his greedy CHS
take an instantaneous and IRENE
= dous bite out of the work while t
last finishing touches are in progre
ON the whole. however. the work
the university shop is very good a
the students make good progre