Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-09-27


far, Audubon high school will have
one of the strongest girls teams in
the state. Later on, the girls will
organize and train so as to enter into
other forms of athletic contests.
The musical department of the
school is rapidly coming to the front.
Monday evening, under the direction
of Miss de Frates, the boys met and
organized their glee club. Twenty
of the young men of the school have
Joined The public will be greatly
interested to know that there are
some very fine voices, and with good
training, they will be able to give
concerts that all patrons of the school
will be especially proud Of and glad
to hear.
The girls have been practicing
for some time and they have excep-
tionally fine prospects and from all
indications will be ready for concert
work at an early date. Under the
direction of Miss de Frates, they are
making rapid "headway" and are al
ready playing some difficult music.
A few words may fittingly be said
work of the school There is moth
ing that holds the interest so well or
brings out the finer grained nature
of children as good music. Nothing
suprs them on to meet the demands
for better work as the enthusiasm
aroused by music. From the finest
to the coarsest natures, no one uni
versal feature will arouse the puriest
of thoughts and actions as the strains
of emotional music. This depart
ment of the school should have the
strongest support of the public. Ad-
verse criticism should be few and far
between. The boys and girls, with
their instructor should have the un-
bounded good will and best wishes of
the people of this community.
In connection with this article, the
public should take notice and at once
meet the necessities of the grades.
Some of the rooms have no musical
instruments of any kind All teach
ers of experience have found that
some form of musical instrument is
vital necessity in any and every
school. In the assembly room of the
grade building there should be good
piano. At present there is none. In
another part of this paper will be
found an advertisement from Supt
McIntire requesting any one who has
good second hand piano for sale to
report to him. Every room of the en-
tire school should have a good piano.
If the public cannot afford to buy
piaro. it should at once provide an
organ for the rooms that are withouts
instruments. Will some booster Ofs
/ education take this natter in hand,
at once, to secure funds to make the
purchases of the necessary instru-
ments? 1t is of vital Importance to
the school.
The manual training department
of the school has received special at
tention this year from the instructors.
Everything YVES completely re-arrang-
10 g better advantage. The big
hand-saw. wood working lathes, plan
ers. ETC., have been placed and doing
full time. The rooms are attractive
and the bows are doing good work.
The course has been divided into two
parts; Manuel Traininr l and Manual
Training H. In course l. the instruc-
tor has divided the pupils into two
classes, the city pupils and the rural
pupils. The reason for this is to sep
arate those who have had no training
in this work from those who have.
1t greatly facilitates the work and
gives to the rural pupils an added
advantage. They receive more and
better personal instruction from the
instructor The pupils who have had
some previous training are not hamp-
cred or delayed in the persuit of their
work by those who NAV desire to re-
ceive information from their class
mates than from him whom they
should Much interest is displayed
by the boys in their work and the
results are gratifying.
A new and nearly complete stock
of hard wood was received the first
of the week and was placed in the
stock room. No delay will he caused
in this department unless from un-
for-seen cause.
In the mechanical drawing and
drafting rooms, Mr.. Roseman has
made extensive arrangements In
the work Of course |. of manual train
ing, the boys will do all their own
drawing and designing. BY the in
stallation of a blueprinting machine,
they will also make their own blue
prints. They will this receive the
advantH ge of knowing ALL about the
piece NJ furniture the" may be max
ing, how the design is drawn. how
the blue print is made and how the
piece is completed Much credit is
due Mr. Roseman for the good work
that is being done by the bows and
for the fine arrangem hts of the diff
ferent courses in which he gives in
struction.
The attention of the public should
he called to the condition of the ath-
letic field south of tho school build
ings. Much improvement is neces-
eary. When the dirt was placed on
he field to fill up the low part in
the east end, it was never leveled