Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-04-09
Notes of the
Public Schools.
Cecil Johnson, Editor-in-Chief.
Will Marsh, Assistant.

The board of education has give1
the superintendent the power to reg
ulate the smoke nuisance. You ma,
not be aware that the state Law
gives school hoard power to sus
pend or expel any boy from high
school who uses tobacco in any form
The way this law shall be enforced
is left to the discretion of the super
intendent. You are advised that the
purpose of this regulation is to stop
all smoking among high school boys.
Cigarette smoking is absolutely under
the ban. It is the earnest desire of
both the board and superintendent
that you will postpone this question
able temporary enjoyment until you
are physically and mentally develop
ed. It is the statement of noted
Y. M. C. A. worker that the boy who
smokes cigarettes is without excep-
ton found to be defective morally. It
is the earnest desire of everyone con-
nected with the schools that you gov
ern yourself in such way that you
will be able to remain in school and
be credit to it's history rather than
. discredit. This regulation goes in
to effect Immediately after the spring
vacation
In striking contrast to last years
Manual Training class, which turned
out furniture for the new building at
such surprising rate, is the girls
class of this year. Whereas the boys
last year were manufacturing tables,
chairs, desks, and book cases, the
girls are industriously making foot
stools.
The girls are very shy, bashful
bunch and gave us plainly to under
stand that our presence was not at
all necessary. Perseverance and bold
ness. however, were rewarded and
We found out several things of inter-
est about what they did know and
principally about what they did no,
know. gl
~ The most noticeable thing to one
who watched last years class was
the aprons. The boys wore heavy
convass or other heavy dark material
70 protect their clothes and the more
glue. paint and varnish they could
smear on the apron the better they
believed it looked. Far different are
the girls aprons. Light colored or
even white material was used, num-
erous frills and other fussy dope are
noticeable. And clean! My goodness!
They even stop saving to brush a bit
Of sawdust of their sleeves.
Knowing the aptness of novice to
turn screw or anything akin to it
the wrong way, asked one girl,
do you know which way to turn
brace and bit?" The reply was, mo,
what is brace and bit?"
Another girl was noticed fastening
. piece of board in the wise so as to
saw it horizontally instead of per-
pendicularly. Another was smoothing
the edge of board with knife in
stead of plane. Still another was
planning board against the grain and
she innocently asked, whats the
matter with this thing? It won't
get smoot?"
One young lady was securing a saw
for the purpose Of ripping board.
"How did you know how to take that
kind Of a saw" asked surprised that
she had taken rip saw. 7.
"Oh, this is the right kind; Mr..
Cornish said So"
How do you remember the differ
ence between rip and cross cut
saw"
why, that's easy, the rip saws are
larger and we use them to saw the
long way Of the board"
{. Az the period progressed. I could
not hut notice the surprising rate
ct which hack saw blades were bro
ken. After noticing certain young
lady break two or three in rapid
succession, inquired. do you know
where the new blades are kept?"
Eyes, sir, and I know how to put
them in, too" came the answer. It
was q wise idea on the part Of Mr..
Cornish to show the girls this else
he would have been busy continually
refitting saw blades.
"Can you saw true to the line you
mark out?" asked one of the girls
Eyes, just watch" she answered.
She sawed line about as straight as
the Turkey river runs but like the
river, she did go in the the same gen.
eral direction.
In talking with their instructor, he
told me thew were about as good as