The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-10

will be excused on the grounds OF poor
tools. Each class room is provided with
wall rack in which the tools are
placed. Every tool has its special place
and while a pupil is at perfect liberty to
go to the rack and get any tool re-
quired, he is also compelled to return
each tool to its proper place when he
is through with il. The racks are so
arranged that the teacher can see at
/ glance just What tools are missing, and
the class is never dismissed until every
tool is in its proper place. The care
with which the tools are used is fully
shown by the repair bills incurred dur
ing the year. During the six years in
which manual training hhs been taught
in the public schools the repair bills
have amounted to but 81 per school per
year.
Personnel of the Department.
The work of the department is under
the general direction Of Professor D.
W. ParTatt. He lays out the work of
each school and class for the year. He
is assisted with the girls sewing classes
by Miss ADna L. Corbett, who has
charge Of the girls department. Pro-
fessOr Parratt's staff consists of nine
teen teachers who are specially pre-
pared to give instruction in manual
training work Many of the larger
schools require the constant attention
of one teacher all of the time, but in
some Of the schools where the attend
ance is not so largo one teacher is able
to divide the school week between two
or more schools. The girls sewing
classes are taught by the woman teach
ers of the various grades under the SUI
pervision of Miss Corbitt. Nearly all Of
the teachers are able to give the neces-
sary information in plain sewing and
the work is done in the regular class
rooms. The efficiency to which the
manual training OF the Salt Lake
schools has been brought is due to Pro-
fessor Parratt. He is a young man: in
fact. he was the youngest principal
ever appointed here, being but Is when
he took up the responsibility Of the po-
sition, but he is thoroughly trained in
his work and his energy and ability to
get the best results from both teachers
and scholars has been most marked.
Emulation Encouraged.
Although each pupil in the grade
schools receives but from an hour and
a quarter to an hour and a half of man
ual training work each week. that does
not represent the time employed by
most of the pupils. The schedules are
50 arranged by Professor PaTratt as TO
allow the manual training teachers
some periods during the day when they
have no classes. During those periods.
records are brought up to date. tools
are sharpened and cared for. and the
other duties which were formerly done
by the teachers after school hours are
performed This enables the teachers
to keep the wOrkrooms open after
school hours for the benefit of the pu-
pills. and there is hardly an evening at
any of the schools when the work rooms
are not crowded with boys working at
their benches. The pupils are enceur-
aged to put their names on their work,
and when, as happens in many cases.
examples of the work of the advanced
pupils of the High school are sent back
for use I'm the grade schools, they are
always sent to the school from which
the boy originally came. so that the
boys who knew him before he left the
grade school may see what kind Of
work he is doing.
Pupils Products Sold.
Every pupil is allowed by the school
board to purchase the thing which he
makes for Just the cost OF the mate
rails and in nearly every case the pu-
pills take advantage Of this opportu-
nifty. They are encouraged TO make