The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-12-16
Fine Display of
Articles Made By
High School Boys
Manual Training Workers Exhi-
bit Semester's Work at Person
Land Company Office
Work in Wood Shows Careful
Training in Drawing, Design
ing, Turning and Carpentry
Several Articles Made of Local
Red Cedar; Working with
Lathe Exceptionally Fine

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Falls is the collection of furni-
ture and small articles, made in
the manual training department
of the local high school, and
now on display in the show win
dow of the Person Land Com
pany where they were placed
last Wednesday.
Of the dozen or more of large
pieces shown only one is copied
piece, all others being designed
and planned by the boys who
built them. These pieces are
artistic in design, with excellent
proportions, and built with an
eye to their usefulness as well
as their ornamental qualities.
Several of these articles are
made of the red cedar grown in
this locality and when finished
are very beautiful.
These larger articles consist
e of book magazine and music
racks, telephone table and stool,
book shelves, pedestals and a
most artistic drop light designed
and made by Ernest Nordstrom.
Fine Work With Lathe
Even more interesting than
the large pieces are the heauti.
full small pieces which have been
produced by careful work with
the turning lathe. The candle
sticks, napkin rings, frames, nut
bowls and card trays are all ex-
quisitely turned and nicely fin
ished. A steak FOUNDER and sew
eral tool and knife handles are
examples of practical articles
made on the lathe. A set Of egg
cases made by William Kenney
and a meat board are other good
examples of a practical applica-
tion of the manual art.
A small square box with a
cover, made by Palmer Knudson
is, in spite of it's small size, one
of the most attractive articles
in the display, both because of
its excellent proportions and
the superior workmanship and
finish. A card tray by Elry Con-
rad, a smokers set by Floyd
Grapp and a nut set by Raymond
Kuenzli are also attracting much
attention from all viewing the
exhibit. A large book rack by
Leon Luscher is an excellent ex-
ample of the work accomplished
by the Freshman class during
its first semester. Among the
other contributors to the dis
play are Robert Engleman, Wal
ter Price, George Mansfeldt and
Henry Jensen.
Aim of The Work
Mr.. Lukens, the instructor of
the manual training classes,
states that, because of delay in
obtaining material at the years
beginning, many of the larger
pieces are not yet completed, and
in several cases, the finish falls
short of the high aim of the boys
and Mr.. Lukens because of the
finishing work being done of ne
cessity in the hall, where dust
is constantly rising. Mr.. Lukens,
who is teaching the boys much
beside the actual use of ham,
mer and saw, tells most inter
estingly of the possibilities OF
this work which he is trying to
bring out in the shop processes,
To begin with we must
thing of this work is vocational.
The great task of the public
schools now as never before is
to coordinate with the indust-
rial and commercial life of the
community as well as with the
intellectual. 1t must help to
give the pupils an equipment
and a training that will be of
use to them in earning a liveli-
hood as well as the correct fit
ting of a home when the need
for such comes to them.
ut is possible in wood work
ing and forging and wood turn
ing, for instance, to give to the
boy such advanced practical and
theoretical courses in the oper-
atoms which are common to car
pentry, pattern making, cabinet
making, iron working Forging