El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-12
furniture, utensils, dishes, tools, ma
chimes. Instruments, etc.
All Ecuiumeuf n.raI,le

All Equipment Durable.
The equipment in every case is prac-
teal. efficient and durable No useless
pieces of any kind have been pur-
chased, and none of the equipment has
a costly or expensive finish No.fancy
prices have been paid for anything, but
all goods have been bought on contracts
awarded to the lowest bidder q A num-
Der of contractors and dealers have lost
money on the manual training equip
ment, and in addition to this some
equipment have been put I'm free
while a considerable portion of the
equipment has been furnished at cost.
The Ell Paso Gas & Electric company
has put in the Douglas school a domes-
cash about $500. This was done at no
cost to the public schools. All tools
and utensils purchased for the Ell Paso
manual training department haze been
such as persons in moderate circum-
stances ought to buy for their own use.
None of the schools has been furnished
with silverWare. and none with Havi-
land china. Our table service is plated
ware. and we have not sufficient of this
to set table for full course dinner.
owing to the fact that this lesson is Civ
en- so infrequently that We can borrow
such things as oyster forks, salad forks
and after dinner coffee spoons. Our
dishes are cheap grade of ware, which
has been purchased on account of it's
durability There has been no loss by
breakage in our entire equipment. All
dishes were purchased at a remarkably
low figure on competitive bids. The pub
lie school ledger shows an expenditure
for manual training equipment since
June, 1909, of s11. 2S1.25.
Building Improvement.
A portion~of this amount should be
charged to building improvement. as
some work like the placing of betting
and shafting below the floor at the
Mesa school was done for the good Of
other departments than manual train
ing / might add that our manual
training equipment will be practically
as good for Its purpose ten years from
now as 1T Is today. A few cheap things
in the shape of furniture, such as
stools and chairs. have been purchased
in order to keep down expenses These
eventually must be replaced, but tools,
benches and machines are good for
many years to come.
Our courses of study are intensely
practical. We teach all of the plain,
everyday cooking, and emphasize this
branch of the work. Some of the fancier
or more elegant forms of cooking are
taught in the American schools. but
this is largely done by demonstration
tfce on the part of the pupils. The
principles of cooking and the scientific
facts underlying foods, their uses and
preparation, are taught with great
care. All receipts are cut down to one
fourth or one-Sixth. TO save expense
In case of roasts. etc, cheap cuts or
meat are bought and roasted before the
class as a demonstration lesson. all
principles being explained, and the de-
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those applying to the more expensive
cuts
Many Free Supplies.
All of our flour and coffee. and much
OF our tea. spices. etc. are given to us
absolutely free, by local firms. All our
groceries and all supplies purchased
for domestic art. are bought at a re- |
duction This same fact is true Of lum- /
Der and all supplies for the shops All
materials for sewing are furnished by |
the girls themselves, except the very !
small sample pieces on which the diff |
ferent stitches and fundamental oper- !
ations are learned The same plan is |
carried out in the shops. where the boys !
furnish their own materials for all
work. except the small sample pieces
In this we follow the method used in all l
progressive city school systems. All the
small pieces of wood which would
otherwise be wasted. are used for the
beginners classes. In this way a con-
siderable saving is effected
Our greatest need at present is pro-
vision for the high school students. The
work in the high school has proved it,
self very popular and helpful. ard as
manual training is well established in
the grades, something definite ought to
be done for the students al the high
school