The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-26
0AsTRAF|eN IN
MANUAL TRAINING


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| OF the school. AZ this rate It may
1 he safely said that within a year or
two accommodations will Ire entirely
| inadequate for the number of pupils
I who may desire to improve their
| knowledge of mechanics and art.
| Four-Year Course.
! A four-year course has been es-
I tablished The grades extend from
simple Joinery G.id cabinet making to
! the very highest patterern-pnaSing
! and forging, mechanical drawing,
wood turning. physics, solid geome-
try and trigonemetry, for the boys
The girls nave the advantage of
classes In cooking, aressmakingt mil
| finery, plane geometry and frce-hand
dra wing, with many auxiliary studies.
A trip through the shops, domestic
and drawing rooms - the high school
VIII prove Interesting to the visitor.
Few people of Richmond are aware
of the magnitude of this section of
the high school system. AL equip
ment is the most modern and com
piete and the instructors are most
pa Bile and thorough, in their meth
t9ds,----
Work of the Year.
During the year the pupils In this
department execute many fine draw
ings and architectural designs. and
construct numerous articles OF house
mold and ornamental furniture and
bric-a brac.
Last year many of these drawing 5
and articles were placed on exhibition
at the State fair, and attracted gen
eral attention. Among the articles
were such ornamental and Stable
pieces OF furniture as desks, pook~
cages. hat racks, flower stands, music
stands. foot stools. tables, baseball
bats. ornamental boxes, etc.
This year the articles made during
the present term viii be also placed on
exhibition i'll the school department at
the fair.
Public Exhibition.
On next Friday there will be D
public exhibition of tho work or
the department in the library room,
Of the high school. Exhibits will
be tastsfuiy arranged. for the con-
venisnes Of the public. and in order
that the fine workmanship may be
noted
During the open hours the work
shops may be seen in full opera
visit the building and inspect ths
great work along this line being
done at the high school.
The hours will be fron, q 80 60
O'Clock in the afternoon, and
7;3o TO 10 o'clock at night
Many OF the pupils In this depart
menu remain after hours 10 devote
naore( time to the development of
htro~A a-dsu- afong sasr--ftrre they nfa1-
seek. while others give UP study per-
iods to take up mechanical drawing.
Fully Equipped Rooms.
f. The ne cha aseal arasingrocni ~
equipped with twenty-five tables and
necessary tools for drawing. and also
contains one large frame for blue
printing. The boys Nork from sketches
made in the drawing room, and they
design their own WORK, and make their
own blue prints TO work from In the
shop.
The wood turning room, is equipped
with sixteen individual nlotor-head
lathes. which eliminate all belts. and
the noise and dust caused by them.
The forge shop has twenty down.
draft forges. which carry practically
all smoke and gases from the room at
all times
In the woodworking room SIRE
twenty-fo benches fer cabinet and
pattern work.
The domestic science room is mod
ern and sanitary. and fully equipped
with everything necessary to pursue
studies in this department
Domestic Art Studies.
a list of studies in the domestic art
department for each of the four years
will show how thorough this depart
ment has been made:
First Year-Cooking. applied art.
English. algebra, German
Second Notwithstanding. applied
art. English, algebra, German.
Third Year--Dressmaking and mill
linery, applied art. English. plane
geometry, an elective.
Fourth Year--Advanced dressnaS-
ing or millinery, advanced cooking,
applied art English. American his
tory and civics. an elective.
Free Hand Drawing.
First--Pietoriai Plant study OBJ
ject study, pose, human figure.
Serond--Ifesign Conventional ligeu