The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1911-11-16
Science Building
At Valley City

The new science building at the Val.
Icy City Normal which is to be the
homo ofthe agricultural, manual train
ing, and domestic science departments
of the Valley City Normal School, Is
nearing completion. 1t is not likely,
however that it will be used before the
beginning of the winter term of school.
1t is a handsome, 6reproof structure,
and will cost about 1928, 600. The ex-
terror and interior parts of the build
ing are very nicely finished The ex-
terror is finished with light brown
hydraulic pressed brick. The cap and
stills consist of a darker brown sand
stone. The interior is finished with
oak wood. The floors consist of cement
in the basement, octagon tile in the
closets, and hard maple in the rest of
the rOons. The corridors and stair
ways on the first and second floors are
flashed with the famous Stone wood
which is imported from Germany.
The building will be heated by steam,
lighted by electricity, and ventilated
by the modern forced air system.
The manual training department will
occupy the east end in the ba sement,
and the two vest rooms on the first
floor. This department has ordered
some Of the latest improved apparatus
which will greatly facilitate the work
Of manual training. The agricultural
department. will use the rest. OF the
basement aud arst floor. The rooms
on the second floor will be used by the
domestic science department.
The erection of this building marks
a new epoch in the history Of the Nor
NAL School, 1t is another external sign
OF the rapid growth of the school un-
der Il wise and judicious administra-
ton. a great deal has been said DUR
ing the past few years about voca-
tional education, and the manual arts
have been given a broader dignity
than aver before in the history OF the
public school. We have come to be-
lieve thatsthe training of the hand, the
eye and the intellect must go together
in the development of the we'll rounded
human being,
The hoy In the manual training
school learns to plane boards, not be-
cause he expec.s to become q carpenter
but because in this and similar work
he acquires a dexterlty which will stand
him in good stead, no matter what his
occupation may be; and while his hand
grows skilled, his eye becomes quick
and accurate, and his brain undergoes
a training which will enable him more
readily to master q Thousand facts
both in his school word and in after
life.
Similarly, the girl learns to cook, to
cut and At and sew, not with q view to
receiving q technical training in an
occupation which has been selected for
her, but exactly for tho same reason
that the hoyis given his manual train.
ing, in order that she may be aided to
an intelligent understanding of the i'm.
portant things of life.
The same reasons obtain for the
teaching OF agriculture. North Dakota
being pre-emineptly a agricultural
state, every boy living in the state
should acquire a accurate knowledge
of the scientific principals Of farming.
The new science building will Ger.
tainly meet q long-felt need Of the
Normal School. The larger space.
amplsr facilities for work, and teach
ers who are specialists in their line.
should attract q larger number o.
students, especially boys.