The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1909-04-16


results in each division of the work
is the measure of work completed. In
the making of bread the pupils is re-
Quired to bring the judge samples
of her work in each of the different
kinds Of bread required to be made.
In the division of pies the pupil is re-
quired to submit samples of one and
two-crust pies. In the cooking or
meats the pupil is required to bring
to the Judge samples of meat cooked
as required and also to show evidence
of her ability to select meats and to
properly serve them. This applies In
other divisions of the work. On the
completion of the twenty different
divisions of work outlined in the
course, the pupil is given high school
credit for the same.
In agriculture the work Is likewise
home work. Each pupil from the
first grade up is encouraged to be-
come acquainted with the growth Of
plant and animal life. Each pupil
is encouraged to learn to do some
thing worth being done, to learn to
do the thing which his surroundings
permit and learn to do well whatever
he undertakes.
Three years ago last spring before
the closing of the school year, Super
intendent Gregory and his teachers,
left with pupils Of the school, the
feeling that during the summer vaca-
tion it would be well for each one to
learn to do with his own hands some
thing worth being done. In the
fall after the opening of school, on
inquiry by the teachers, it was
learned that nearly all the pupils had
accomplished something. Some had
raised flowers, some vegetables; some
of those living in the country had
cultivated quite extensive plots of
ground; some raised and cared for
different kinds of animals as pets;
some had learned to sew, to cook,
to can fruit, to make articles for
use about the home and to make
models of various kinds, such as
bridges, houses, ladders, wheelbar-
rows and other articles which appeal
to boy.
In order that the pupils might each
see what the other had accomplished
and that teachers and patrons might
see what had been done, one Friday
afternoon was set apart for an indus
trial exhibition. School was dismissed
in all the grades. The lower rooms in
the central school building were pre-
pared for exhibiting by placing
boards lengthwise on the rows Of
seats and the walls were utalized
for hanging exhibits of sewing. The
children were asked to bring any ar
ticle they had made or any pet they
had raised during the summer. No
prizes were offered. Entry cards were
provided. Each article bore the name
of the maker. One room was set aside
for vegetables, one for flowers, one
for sewing and manual training, one
for cooking. The pets were brought
in boxes of various sizes with wire
or wire screen fronts and were ar
ranged on benches strung around the
outside of the school building. One
spotted calf raised by a girl and a
two-thirds grown lamb raised by a
boy, were tied to the school yard
fence. The pets included chickens,
ducks, geese, guineas, pigeons, rab-
bits, white rats, kittens, puppies, can
airy birds, pet pigs, and one twelve
year-old girl exhibited her baby sis
ter as the pet which had occupied
her time all summer. The cooking in
cluded several kinds OF bread, cake,
pies, cookies, candies, canned fruits,
and other household articles; sewing
included aprons, sofa pillow covers,
busting caps, various articles of or
binary wear and house ornaments.
The manual training work included
coat hangers, sleeve boards, broom
holders, match boxes, knife holders,
pen holders, boxes of various descrip-
lions, chairs, jardiniere stands, stools,
wheelbarrows, ladders and models of
various kinds. One boy exhibited
a homemade engine with a coal car
and coach attached. Among the vege-
table exhibits were every common
vegetable and several exhibits of pea
nuts. The flower department con-
tanned exhibits of potted plants and
bouquets grown in the homes and
gardens of the pupils.
No awards were made, each pupil
getting his reward in the satisfaction
of knowing that he had accomplished
something, that what he had done
was worthy Of the interest of others,
and that he had gained the ability to
do something worth doing.
This industrial exhibition was re-
peated the next two years, continuing
to grow in interest. The last year
the exhibit was made in the high
school building where electric lights
were available and the exhibit was
open during the afternoon and even
ing, thus giving brief program of
music and addresses was held in the
high school auditorium. The people
of Crete are now asking why they
cannot have up-to-date manual train
ing and home economic department
in their public schools. The way is
easy now
The Bradshaw plan-In the village
of Bradshaw, where ten-grade,
four-room school is maintained, the
high school and grammar school girls
organized domestic science club
under the direction of one of the
teachers. They met once week
outside of school hours. Their first
work was sewing. They got an in
book and studied out what
they wished to try first: all worked