Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-07-07
WAUsAU INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL

The Wausau Industrial school closed
its fiscal year June &c. The report of
work accomplished and of interest
taken in it indicates marked adj
vancement over that of last year. The
centralizing of the work in the old
city hall has greatly increased the
regularity and promptness Of the at
tendance and in many ways promoted
the efficiency of the school,.
1t is hoped that the city council
will provide more convenient and
commodiouS quarters for the city
electricians department so that the
entire building may be devoted to the
use of this school.
Several other departments of work
could be established with great profit
to the young men and women of
Wausau. One of the best ways to
"WOrk for Wausau" is to help its
boys and girls to get an adequate
practical Craining for life. In the in
dustrial school work with the hands
forms very important part of the
training given.
During the past year IL boys and
80 girls, between Ia and l6 years of
age, have had from TO IS hours per
week work in the day permit school.
The average weekly attendance was
IS boys and As girls.
In the evening classes lis males
and 304 females of all ages were en-
rolled. The average weekly attend
ance was 81 males and 22I females
These classes met twice each week,
some in the Industrial school build
ing, others in the public school build
ings
1t is interesting to notice what the
trades or occupations were of those
who were sufficiently interested in
education to spend two evenings per
week in improving themselves. OF
those taking the work IL were ma
chinistS, 2 reSaw runners, So students,
l baker, band saw runners, print
ers, / painter, 40 loborers, 81 clerks,
81 stenographerS, l foreman, leather
cutter, office boys, cabinet makers,
stair builders, dispatcher paint
ers, photographer, l bookDinder, 81
seamstreSses, 20 teachers, II office
girls, l storekeeper, bookkeepers,
telephone operators, l typesetter,
employees at rug factory, "a home
girls, 80 maids in homes, rs married
women, 6 laundry help, 10 aiscellane-
Gus.
Eight pupils between land l6vea rs
of age attended the all day industrial
school during the entire school year.
The industrial and continuation
school provided instruction in plain
sewing, mending, dressmaking, milli-
merry, plain cooking, invalid cooking,
marketing, household economics,
home furnishing and decoration
house sanitation, care of the sick, use
of safety devices, civics, carpentry,
cabinet work, shop mathematics, ma
chine Cravings and working drawings,
wool fi.lislling, architectural drawing,
principles of house construction,
kinds, use and cost of materials for
house construction, typewriting, short
hand, penIaanship, business English,
reading, spelling, grammar, and be-
ginning English for foreigners.
Eleven we're enrolled In the class in
English TO. foreigners. This number
viii probably be doubled next year.
Six young men and women in the
evening class completed the seventh
and eighth grade branches of the
public school and received diplomas.
Most of these will enter high school
this fall. Without this help and
opportunity they would never have
thought it possible TO get better
education.
Thissentlre enrolment for the year
including summer school enrolment
was i09. The cost of the school for
the year WIS Ss,0l4.46, of which one
half is paic by the state.
The average cost per pupil for all
pupils enrolled was Sll.35.
The cost was distributed as follows:
Contingent expenses including books,
janitor. repairs, supplies. fuel, etc.
81, 2hj ~: Instruction s3,3O0.(G; Equip
ment So, 2SS 30; miscellaneous S2l5.Sl.
In view ef the newness of the work,
and the fact that it is largely still in
the experimental stage, The work
accomplished is little less than Won
derftll, Certainly no money expended
by this city has brought larger re-