South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-09-11
SCHOOL READY To
MAKE PRINTERS
AND CARPENTERS
Vocational Classes in Jefferson
Building Begin With Good
EnroIImentS-FOur Teach
erS Directing Work.

II IS now much easier to become
= master printer OF carpenter in South
Bend The addition OF vocational in
struction at the Jefferson school with
courses IN printing and carpentry,
apprenticeship IN these trades will be
reduced greatly.
A two-years' course in printing is
offered which will include a great
deal OF work in the shop. At the eX-
piration Of this time the student pre-
pairing TO take up this work viii have
general knowledge Of all branches
Of the trade. He will have expert
cnce in setting up type the manage
ment Of a job press. how TO do job
work. and besides a practical educa-
cation in academic study. What
credit for this school training will be
given by organized labor is yet in
doubt but this matter will be settled
at the next meeting OF the Interna-
tional union.
Expect Good Glass.
Between 10 and Is boys are expect
cd to begin the course this year. Pre-
liminary instruction will be given in
the point system, with practical train
ing in handling the type now i'm the
sanitary cases. Type from six point
TO 60 point is TO be found in these
cases. In addition to this equipment,
rotary press has been supplied the
department and instruction in this
VIII be given as soon as the student
has mastered the preliminary steps.
In the academic department stress
will be laid upon punctuation and
spelling, two requisites in printing.
AS the boys grow proficient, the
department expects TO turn out much
OF the public school printing. 1t was
1t first thought possible that the In
terlude might be printed in this de-
partment but Joseph krOeger, who is
in charge, declared that this was too
large an undertaking With the small
equipment that the department has
during the present year. New ma
terials will be added TO the depart
ment from year to year, and it is
hoped that a linotype machine will
be installed in the future.
Teach Carpenter Work.
In the carpenter shop the boys are
taught the trade from the ground floor
UP. They begin with simple designs
but If they complete the course, will
be capable of estimating cost of a
carpenter job from blue prints. The
students viii lie taught to make blue
prints as we'll as erect frame mate
rails in houses.
The boys in the carpenter depart
ment had their first practical work
this fall in tearing out a partition at
the Jefferson school. They are now
making the benches for the depart
ment and will soon make tables and
shelves for the printing department
Tho shelves will be used TO store paper
and other stock for the print shop.
other practical work has been out
lined in this department Edgar
Good has charge.
Preliminary training for this course
begins in the general woodwork de-
Dartment where the natural bent of
a pupil towards one form of vOca-
tiOnal work or another is learned. If
the boy prefers cabinet making to
wood carving or some other branch
of manual training, he is given the op-
portunity to follow that pursuit NJ
b Langell has charge Of this depart
ment.
Directs Academic Work.
Miss Helene Stevenson is supervisor
of the academic work at the Jeffer
son. While one class of boys is hav-
ing shop work. she conducts another
class through the intTicacieS OF shop
arithmetic, English, elementary sci
ence. physiOlcg y industrial history
and geography. Her classes last from
SIS until 11:45 in the morning and
from 1 o'clock TO 4:30 in the after
noon. making a total of seven hours
teaching. Glasses in other depart
ments at the Jefferson last the same
length OF time.
Organization Of the work at the
Jefferson Will not be completed until
the first OF next week. Every indi-
cation points To the classes being well
filled. Efforts to keep the classes
from being OVercTOwded viii be made
by the heads of these departments.
Last year all manual training and
vocational work with the exception Of
domestic science was taken care Of at
the old high school on W. Washing
ton av Miss Stevenson and Mr..
I.angell were stationed at the old high
school building which was then
known then as the industrial school.
The vocational departments for boys
was transferred 20 the Jefferson this
wear and the old high school aban-
doned.