The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-02-14
Boys and Girls Being Given Valuable
Training for Their After Life
NEW DEPARTMENTS OF MUCH BENEFIT
Nearly -Four Hundred Students are now
EnrOIIed-Students Taking Much
Interest in Their Work

That the local schools will rank with
the best in the state was the opinion
formed by an Echo representative this
week who was shown thru the various
rooms by Superintendent Moore. The
enrolment at this time is $40 of which
number there are 304 in the grades
and GO in the high school, This
shows considerable increase over last
year and Mr.. Moore states that new
students are coming in every week.
In the past people with children have
been very reluctant about coming to
Leavenworth on account of the schools
which were very inadequate but thru
the efforts of Mr.. Moore who has been
the guiding genius of these institutions
for the past four years they have
reached high standard and are now
excelled By few schools in the state.
The new high school building
erected last year at cost Of approx
mately $4,000 is excellently arranged
for school work and the many new
departments added this year are prov
ing to be quite an attraction for the
boys and girls in the city. There were
a few skeptical ones in the beginning
who were opposed to the manual train
ing, domestic science and music and
art departments, but with few excep-
tions they have all come to the con-
clusion that these things are the great
est drawing cards that the school could
have.
More than ordinary interest is being
manifested in the manual training and
domestic science departments which
gives the boys and girls training which
is very valuable when they leave the
school and take up the battle Of life.
There are from fifteen to twenty stu
dents taking up the manual training
work which consists Of mechanical
drawing and carpenter work and con-
sidering the length of time since the
new branch was installed they are
making rapid progress. The writer
found eight young men busily engaged
on some household article when he
visited this room and on inspection OF
the various articles which consisted Of
chairs. tables, umbrella and hat racks,
tool boxes, found many Of them to have
that finish that only skilled workmen
can produce. After an article has
been finished and approved by Mr..
Moran who takes great interest in
this work, it goes to the paint shop
where a coat of varnish or paint is ap-
piled. The furniture room, as 1t might
be termed, is already full OF things
made by the student, and Mr.. Moore
believes by next year he can place the
product of this department on the
market and not be ashamed OF 1t.
From here the writer was escorted to
the domestic science room or probably
il would be best to say the kitchen
where he found at least a dozen girls
receiving instructions in the art OF cook
ing. The tables were covered with
the ingredients of cakes, pies and other
pastries and the savory odors which
arose from the oven were most inviting
Miss Miller who has charge OF this
work said that the girls are doing ex-
ira good work along these lines and
that their cakes and pies are IN great
demand by the people OF the city.
She further states that it is not the
intention to give the girls instructions
only how to prepare fancy dishes, but
more 10 teach them how to cook good
meal at small cost. In these days OF
the High cost of living the grocery
bill is a very important item, and one
which every young woman should be