Arizona republican., 1907-11-30
MANUAL TRAINING
 OF IHE BtSI KIND
Are Serving the Territory and Themselves.

Governor Kibbey has received some recent pictures from Superintendent siahoney of the Industrial school. showing. the laundry and bath house recently constructed for added facili- ties al that institution. IL is one story structure though il is a high story. owing to the uses 10 be made of il. The building Is of brick. with q wooden roof and both in the brick and curpentering work there is q modest cinamentation which is really more at Jractive than any artistic architectural l.nes that can be discovered in the larg- er or main school building. IL is com modious and well appointed. having beside the necessary area for laundry equipment numerous bath rooms with the conveniences of the various tub. shower and other baths for the health and pleasure of the inmates. Interest in this building as very necessary and desirable adjunct of the institution however, is secondary to the history and manner Of its building which is concisely stated in a typewriter state ment on the back of the photographs in the following language:
 This is q photograph of the laun- dry and bath house recently construct ed at the territorial industrial school at Benson. Arizona. IL is a practical re- suit of the manual training of the boys at that institution. The brick was made and burned by the boys. The wood for burning the brick was cut and hauled by the boys. The stone for the foundation was gathered and hauled by the boys. The brick anG stone in the walls were laid by a single mason. one of the employees. aided by the boys who did all the tending. The carpenter work was done by a carpen- ter. one of the staff, aided by the boys. The painting and clustering and glazing were also done by some Of the regular employees aided by the boys. The territory furnished only the lum- Der, paint. glass and hardware. This building cost approximately 5000. To have been built bv contract It would have cost the territory S3,300.'
 It will be seen therefore that Super intendent Mahoney by utilizing the idle hands of the otherwise more or less idle boys. has saved the territory Sl.- sINN III AiF fbllEAl uf Nltu bl A AAAiA lAfiA become an actual necessity at the school. But that is small part of the Irofit The important profit is found in the fact that all these lads were given little practical training in var ious mechanical arts. a manual train ing that was actual instead of merely theoretical. In the making of brick they have become quite expert and have a valuable insight into that man. ufacture while in brick laying and car pertering and painting Il may be sup posed that being in constant attend ance upon the skilled workmen. what they learned of those trades will be remembered and will not slip away from them as it might when taken from a book or done by models mere ly. Moreover. it s not unlikely that those who stay at the school any con- siderable length of time will have still more experience along the same lines and when they are discharged will have the beginning of one or more trades to which they may turn their attention. The above does not include all the manual training they have had in the last year either, for in addition the boys now have kiln of 200.0oo more brick all ready for burning, have put up hundred tons of good gramma grass native hay during the summer and done various other things that all mean revenue to the school and prac- tical knowledge for themselves II is a sort of manual training that is worth while and it is being secured by the very boys who need 1t most.