Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-11-01
IDAHO INDUSTRIAL M
TRAINING SCHOOL.

7 must make a few remarks re-
earding the Idaho Industrial Training
School, two miles west OF the CITY
Of ST. Anthony This being the great
est institution in the State of Idaho,
if we consider the welfare OF the
child. and we ought because it IS
the boy and the girl who will make
the future citizens OF our great
state and nation.
Much has been said pro and con
regarding the purpose and efficiency
of this great institution. First OF all
| must say, that people should get
the idea. true conception, that this
institution is strictly an educational
one. and not a penal one. II a boy
or girl is to be sent to this institu-
tion. he should be informed and rec
nnciled to the fact that this Is an
other means of completing his edu-
cation. This school is educational
from every standpoint.
Any misgivings of the past re-
garding the management OF the
school must be scattered to the
winds, for under the present able
management by Superintendent j..
Fred Williams and his score or more
Of able assistants, the child has tru-
ly a home as nearly as possible out
side of a real home Of course no in
stitution OF this kind can take the
place Of real home, and act as
father and mother with their love
and affection. Neither can the school,
give the same companionship or sym
pathy that a real home can give. A
mothers love and a good fathers
guiding hand, Of course, cannot bel
substituted
The school can and does, however,
educate the child so far as the ca
pacity Of the school will permit.
The child not only completes the
grammar school course, but is taught
intensive farming, gardening, irriga-
ton dairying, animal husbandry, flori
culture, manual training, carpentry,
masonry, steam and electrical ensf--
neering, blacksmithing painting, print
ing, tailoring, shoemaking, launder-
ing, band and orchestral instruments,
piano and voice culture, stenography
and typewriting, dressmaking and
art sewing, millinery, cooking, baking
and general housekeeping.
The vocational training department,
are under the direction of expert
tradcsmen, and the pupils are taught
by performing useful tasks. The la
Dor of their hands is put to immedi-
ate use. buildings are erected by the
building trades classes. The science
of plant life is not only taught in
the school room but in the garden
and on the farm by actual expert
ence in cultivating and watching
plant growth.
Right here | want to msEej men
ticn of the work of Mr. Langlois whoI
has charge of the boys classes in
painting and remodeling the walls
of the various buildings, each room
being decorated with pictures and
designs which are indeed true works
of art; the pictures, Of course, be-
ing painted upon the walls in con-
nection with the body; thu boys do
ing this work under the direction
of Mr.. Langlois. This work must be
seen to be appreciated.
Furthermore, l must say, that a
complete Transformation has been,
or is being brought about under the
able direction Of Mr. Williams
The management and direction of
this schccl and ] am safe in saying
that the State Board of Education
is fortunate, indeed, in having FIRED
Williams for superintendent of this!
great institution, for the better
ment Of our boys and girls
V. B. LEDMAN.
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