Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-09-22

r. J. BOOTH. President
n e. d wO.THEN. Treasurer.
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,s taught the benefit Of absolute cieanh-
ness.
feature OF the school is the reading
rooms, where the officers m'nglc WIN 'hc
children each evening In hclptnl way
and try to help them all have g. nood
time. The watchword here. as every
where is blindness and chcerfulness.
Social gatherings in the chapel, lee
lures. lantern exhibits, talks on subjects /
that will interest as well as instruct the
children, song services, social evenings III /,
the reading rooms, picnics. games on the
lawns and play grounds, one for the boys
and one for the girls, swimming classes ,
in the river. etc. make life pleasant
Sunday mornings the children arc
obliged to attend some church service In
the city with Sunday school in the after
noon and church again In the evening.
for those who care to go, and inid-week
prayer service
There are eight grades OF public school
work. These are held in the old arsenal
building that Is changed so as to make
an ideal school ediflce. In addition TO the
regular school work special attention Is
given to physiology, nature study. and
music. Nature study Is taught objective
" In the first. second and third grades.
followed by study soils Of plant life. ami
nal life, etc eliminating In instruction
In soils. fertilizlng feeding, rotation of
crops and animal hushandry. by the class
In agriculture, the largest many times
over in the school.
INDUSTRIAL WORK ON THE
SCHOOL.
Hnndicrnft: Onc-half of the children
attend school In the morning and the
other hnlf In the afternoon. The smaller
children, when out of school, are instruct
ed IN handicraft, which consists Of sew
ing. weaving basl1ctry. and metal work
Manual training: The larger ones are
instructed IN shoemaking. and repairing,
plumbing. steam-ftting and tinsmithinc,
| power en&iueering, painting, printing
wood and iron work. dairying. practi ,al
| agriculture, tailoring. dressmaking
| laundry work, baking, cooking and
| household economy.
The boiler room, in the basement of the
mnin building Is we'll equipped with n
! batter of three boilers from which steam
| IS generated and carried to the school
| house, girls building, etc. through un-
derrround tunnels and is thoroughly up
| to date. The system Ia equipped with
steam reducers, steam traps, receiving
tank and force pump for forcing the con-
dcnsed steam back into the boilers.
II is connected also by cement tunnels
with engine which drives the machinery
In the laundry room and will later drive
n dynamo for producing lights FOR all the
buildings. 1t also runs the pump In the
artesan wei! room, underground that
supplies the buildings with pure water.
This department is we'll equipped ex-
cept that It needs a dynamo, as stated
above.
All the work in this department is done
by the boys class under the direction of
a competent engineer.
This work for the entire school IS done
in the north basement which Is wei
equipped for wet laundry with power
washer and wrinHcr, dry mangle an}
steam dry room. It needs electric IA
irons which will he put In as soon as the
dynamo Is installed.
There is now no good place for thu
with the help of the boys In this class i!
looking after every detail of this worl
in the institution, repairing anything il
the piping. boiler room and making al
tho tinware used. An old cellar wa
cleaned out. one window put in. a cemen
floor laid and the small equipment o
tools and supplies are all in this litt
room. less than 80 feet square. withou
ioI, * r Of fiz.e. hri lrh
boys learning this business. It needs
large light room and many modern tools
There Is n class of six in shoemakinp
learning to repair and make shoes undc
9 competent shoemaker. They make al
tho work and Sunday shoes worn by tn
$50 boys and girls In the school and do al
the repair work. 1t Is good work. toe
There is need here for power machines
and many other modern tools.
There is a class Of six in the palntn
department and they have done all tn
painting and vanishing inside and GU,
| side, about the buildings, In the futur
this class will be taught wagon and ca,
riage painting. A paint shop separat
from all other buildings Is needed.
The school has n small printing offic
to which additions are being made a
| II
lob press and small outfit of type II
class produce a very crcdltahlc MONTH
paper and does all the printing for Il
re school. There are four boys In tn
ie class There Is great need Of moro ar
81 better equipment as the class here Is vel
Or much interested In the work and Is nal
~ ing rapid progress under a good instru
'' tor.
Glasses of 10 girls. with small oqui
u ment, are making all the girls dress
and doing the repair work for the schoc
'o In the tailoring department Is cut AZ
u made nearly all the clothing worn by II
ne boys in the school, This Includes kha
~ suits, overalls. jumpers. shirts. etc, al
vi some of the better grades of girls clot
VI Ing. There are four competent girls
III this class now.
=" special cooking Instructor takes re
''' ular classes this year, which will /
WI clude most of the girls, and few of Il
'' boys. All tho bread. pies cakes. et
" used by the attendants comes from III
~ department, II is well equipped, We
10 neat and tho bread and pies certain
looked as good as the product OF any CT
~ bakery The girls who leave this scho
Will go out into the world competent
cook and do homework as 1t should
done.
There aro two large Fairgrounds viii
~, have been made by cxcavating some 2O
"a loads Of dirt that has been used in era
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