Albuquerque morning journal., 1915-04-29
LAKEW0ODMAKES
FINE SHOWING IN
MANUAL TRAINING
Possibilities of Village School
in Industrial Education Is
Demonstrated by Report
Received by Miss Myers,
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santa Fe, April 2s.--What can be
done with manual training i'm village
school is demonstrated by the report
of George M. Brinton, principal of the
school 1T Lakewood, in the lower Pc
COO valley. The report is to Miss
Manette A. Meyers. director of indus-
trial education. He says;
THE industrial worn of the Lake
wood schools has progressed as rap
idly as could be expected under the
difficulties that had to be overcome
throughout the year When the school
term began. il was planned to intro
duce manual training and domestic
science into the schools as a regular
part of the school work. There was
no equipment of any Kind to begin
with and the first thing to be done
was to get ready for the work.
THE school building had been con
strueted so that off from the school
auditorium, there was long hall and
a recitation room had been built adj
Joining one of the rooms used for thu
high school department This reci-
tation room had been partitoned off
into three apartments for social and
lodge equipments and cloak rooms
that had been I'm use in the past his
tory of the building.
Boys Take Down Partition.
"As soon as the manual training
class was organized, the boys, under
the direction of the teacher, took
down the partition work in the rect-
tntion room, and with the material
they partitioned the long hall and
converted il into n room for the do
nestle science class. A hole was cut
through the wall and plastering and
a safe opening made into the chm
ney for stove pipe, and a range was
placed into position for the use of the
class. A long table was constructed
material for kitchen use supplied, and
in a few weeks the domestic science
class was ready for the real work of
the year. while the manual training
boys had had the experience of real
useful work in the preparation OF the
room.
The next thing to be done was to
fix up the recitation room for the
manual training Lumber was Sc
cured and work benches with screw
wise attachments We're constructed.
The aim and purpose of the manual
training class has been to be as nearly
as possible self-sustaining, and with
this aim In view, repairs were made
in school furniture and school fix
lures in the building and about the
school grounds. A large cupboard for
the domestic science department was
constructed along with Their other
ether work, and as the better weather
Of spring approached, the boys OBJ
tanned the use of some vacant lots in
'front.' of the school grounds. secured
teams and constructed a baseball dia-
mond that would be a credit to the
genius of an expert man at the work.
"They first secured the road grader
and graded the ground to as nearly a
perfect level as could be done with
the machine. Next, they procured the |
use of a plank leveler and made the |
ground level and hard, and all refuse !
material was burned or removed from
the vicinity.
Town Is Cleaned Up.
THE town then thought that a regu- |
lar cleanup day was in order and the |
men of the town promised the boys |
that if assistance was given by the /
boys on a Saturday to help clean up |
the town, the men would return the |
compliment ly removing the grand /
stand of an old baseball ground to the |
new ground The boys agreed, and |
the town looks like ii had come out
stand Is in nostion on the new bail |
ground, and the manual training boys
had the experience in assisting in its /
erection.
"Over ore hundred dollars worth of
work has been done by these improve
ments in and about the school build |.
Ing and premises and without cent
Of cost to the district above the cost
Of material and tools which has been f
very small as compared with the work
done.
About $25 have been spent for
tools and we have the tools and equip
ment as good as new for another year. !.
The school auditorium has been used
for the sewing classes throughout the I
year. While Miss Ketcham. the f
eighth grade teacher, who has charge Il
Of the domestic science work, has H
been instructing in all phases of the 4
work, her classes, not IN session with Il
her during times for other classes
nave been given instruction in draw 1
ing by Miss Hazel McCarty, one Of the
high school students, who has espe- Fl
cially prepared for the work in draw II
ing.
Cooking Glasses Well Drilled. II
The sewing classes have been given 4
Instruction in the various kinds of II
stitching, thread, textiles, embroid H
cry and in making useful articles for H
the use Of pupils and in the home Il
The cooking classes have been wei Il
drilled in all the elements Of food, II
cooking, baking and such work as
constitute the needed household du- II
ties required in the kitchen. Recipesl
nave been tried out and reports Of
The results required.
Time has been a handicap upon
me progress of the work in the man
ual training and domestic science
work The Friday afternoons have Il
Deen given to the domestic science and II
the last quarter of Fridays to manual
training. Not as much has been ac-
complshed as we wished to do, but j
upon the whole. for a beginning, we
nave made a good showing, and the
results are encouraging and the pros
poets for good work for another year
ara Hriuht III