The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-04-10
PREPARE GIRLS FOR
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL
Boston Trade Schools Loom
to Front with Practi-
cal Instruction.

Boston. April l0-In addition to the
Industrial classes for girls in the reg
ular day elementary schools, Boston
has now in full operation two more
advanced schools for girls who sooner
or later expect To take up some indus
trial pursuit. These are known as
the Girls Trade school and the high
school for the practical arts. The
Girls Trade school is conducted for
the purpose of giving Il trade training
10 girls between The ages of fourteen
and eighteen years who are obliged to
become wage earners. Il does not
matter how far girl has progressed
I'm the elementary schools. The prin-
cipal In charge selects from the num-
bcr of applicants those only who are
most likely To 10 be able to satisfac-
torily complete the course.
There are four distinct courses Civ
an at this school: Drcssmaking, mil
linary, straw machine operating and
clothing machine operating. girl
on being admitted 10 his school select
one of the courses which she learns
thoroughly. She Is also required to
take supplementary studies in spell
ing reading, bushes forms, arithme-
tic, business English textile color and
design, cookery and physical eXcr-
else.
Domestic Science Courses.
In domestic science she takes her
part In the preparation of the daily
.luncheon of the school She learns
value OF simple and nutritious food,
the maintenance of health. economy of
buying and attractive serving. The
care of the body, the necessity OF
proper food. sleep. exercise, correct
standing and sitting and the need of
fresh air are taught.
In this class in design instruction
il given In costume sketching, com.
binations of colors, garment designing
and sketches for millinery. This
work Is Immediately and definitely
correlated with the shop.
Articles are also manufactured and
.placed on sale. The standards of the
school In every department are the
same as found In outside shops and
factories. The prices are the same
quality of workmanship must be as
high. Thus In the school the girls
must meet the same high conditions
that the afterward meet outside. The
school begins i'm September. when the
other sschoois begin. 1t requires
about year for IA girl to reach sat
isfactory standard of proficiency.
The high school of practical arts
has inside of four years outgrown it's
quarters twice and at present cannot
meet the demand made by hundreds
of girls for admission. This school
was started four years ago under dis
couraging conditions, In the Lyceum
Hall building. Meeting house hill.
II had an entering class of seventy
five members and five instructors.
There are now about seven hundred
pupils In the Sarah J. Baker school,
Roxbury, and Lyccum Hall building,
Westinghouse HILL and the corps of
instructors considerably augmented.
The school authorities are wondering
where they will find room ito accom-
modate the hundreds of girls who
next September will want to be adj
mittcd to this school.
Practical Arts Of the Home
This school aims to prepare its pu
pills, graduates from the elementary
SCHOOLS to meet the conventionalities
Of home life. 10 give direct training
In the forming of judgments of the
type required for home making and
subjects that underlie the practical
arts of the household.
The upper classes are divided into
two groups, both being trained for
home making though one spends more
or less time In Industrial work.
In connection with the school Il
house is maintained at 6 Perrin street,
Roxbury. in which general housekeep
ing IN taught. This home contains a
laundry. living room. dining room,
kitchen, pantry. bathroom and II num-
Der of chambers.
Instruction includes laundering
work of the kitchen. care of the dining
room. The setting and serving of
lunhceons. the furnishing and equip
ment of the house and the arrange
ments of furniture and decorations
are taught. On the second floor there
is "A room fitted up for the study of
nursing.
The course is four Years in length.
two,hirds of the time is for academic
subjects and drawing and one third
10 industrial work. English history.
arithmetic. algebra, plane geometry.
chemistry, phsics, biology and hygi-
enc.
At the Sarah j. Baker school build
ing, RoNbury, there are working and
ciassrooms i'm the building. The two
school kthchers furnish the MONDAY
lunch Tor all the pupils.
NATIONAL. ROWING