The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-02-17

t&21Xs brain is taught 10 q consfFuc-
tNsIsS2 tive way In the manual
lM-Gl training departments OF
b~ Richmond's public schools.
t9gg Small boys OF the grade
schools learn more ABOUT
the constructions OF airRianes than
their fathers know, through the manu-
Al training department, and they can
build sleds, doll houses, and many
other elementary articles. Ia Car
field school the young mechanic
learns how to make more difficult ar
ticles, and by the time he reaches the
high school vocational department, ne
is able to construct articles for house
holds and offices.
The public school vocational IN
struction is not only valuable training
to the young man who may VISA 70
learn Z trade, but source OF delght
to boys natural instinct to do things
that grown-ups do No mothers
house is cluttered up when Richmond
boys are at work In the public school
workshops, and small boys do not weep
affectad tears when they pinch their
fingers before a "lOt of other KIDS,
the teachers say.
The teachers JOB, by the way, 10 not
an easy one. TO be with IL or ~
small boys. In small work shop
where there is plenty OF opportunity
for noise is not the most soothing &C.
capati0n in the world, and yet IS
the teachers duty to remain caim'
smiling and understanding. them.
"Teachers must be very efficient or
the pupils will surpass them In pro-
gress and new ideas" one teacher con-
fessed.
Competition is one Of the strong
est teachers In the world, and though
soma paopls may say 1t should not be
introduced Ia work with youngsters It
is an inevitable and splendid part OF
public school work in my opinion,
said q Richmond teacher recently.
Boys can learn and desire to learn q
hundred percent more when working
with other boys, who also want TO
learn all there is to know about par
ticnlar work Of the working world.
"What is produced in the public
schools is of higher quality than can
be produced in a one-b0y shop, loI
the freedom OF public education. and
association with other boys who are
perhaps more energetic workers have
. subtle and unexpiainable influence
Many an unpromising youth has been
made a success in this way"
Eighteen to twenty boys are en-
rolled in the manual training Depart
ments of the nine grade schools OF the
city. Miss Frances Berry is the su
pervising instructor with the follow
ing teachers in direct charge: war
ner and whitewater schools, MISS
Carolyn Salter; Baxter, G. Andrew
Steele; Starr, Miss Emma Newlin, and
Mrs. G. Andrew Steele; Sevastopohl
Joseph Outland; Hibberd, Josephine
Bull; Joseph Moore, Jane M. Dunlap;
Finley, Anne NJ. Tschaen; Vale, Miss
Caroline Heitbrink.
Garfield Course Extensive.
With the opening of the Spring
semester, Garfield school, pre-voca
tional department opened In the Gar
field Annex on North Twelfth street
The work there Ii being carried or
under the direct supervision OF A. 5
Thomas of the woodwork department
Herbert Warfel printing department
S. IT. Hunt. cement and electrica,
construction department. o. L. Eiler
of the metal department, and F. F
Brown, of the drawing department
Philip Molter is vocational director
of the work there and in the higf
school. The aim of the Garfield
courses Is not to start the pupil IL
his vocational straight and marrow
path, but rather to show him the broad
one of worlds work. This idea y
also carried on throughout the higt
| school, with real specialization dom
as arule only in the pupils sentol
year. Some splendid wood work hal
been turned out of Garfield, an,
| though the classes have only beer
| held in the new annex little over
week the teachers believe that thu
| better accommodations and large
working space should greatly increase
/ the quality and amount OF work which
| can be done in all departments.
Electrical construction is now TAX
en- up in Garfield school and grea
interest and enthusiasm is beinl
shown in this line Of work. Thu
printing department is very superior
and the other departments OF thu
school have been praised for thei
| efficiency.
Home projects including everything
from a foot-stool to library table ART
| attempted and made in the industria
| department of the high school,
| Charles o. Mays of that department