The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1919-10-30

The manual training department con
tains fifteen work benches Wiring
is complete and room is available for
the installation .of laihes and the
necessary machines which Will be
needed later This department has
made much OF the equipment for the
high school. such as cases. coat
racks, shelving. and the class is now
engaged In completing barn which
was left uncompleted last season.
They have built hay racks. troughs
scientific chicken feed boxes. built
in ironing boards. desks. tables and
numerous other needed articles. Five
Girls are enrolled in this course Per
sons desiring such work may have II
done al the high school by merely
paying for the cost OF the lumber
used
There is a paint room. where all the
painting. finishing. vanishing, and
shellaeing is done. Here is taught
the use OF paints. and the method
OF their mixture and care.
Domestic Science
In the girls department no less
atiention Is paid 10 the practical ends.
Miss Kephari, AN expert domestic
science instructor. has charge Of that
department Twenty individual stone
topped tables each equipped with two
electric plates. is the outstanding
feature OF the department Scores OF
local girls are enrolled la the do
nestle science classes, learning the
correct preparation OF foods. their
value. and history from plant or ami
NAL life TO the table. This depart
nent houses culinary equipment,
complete from a big range TO dish
pans and dish rags A serving or
guest room affords opportunity 10
learn the correct customs OF serving
meals.
The room devoted to the classes in
sewing is provided as good as any IN
the state. in the opinion OF several
visitors Six big stationary combi-
nation sewing tables with individual
compartments. and hardwood sur
faces. and several electric sewing
machines. make the instruction OF
sewing a pleasure.
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My idea of community center,
said superintendent Hays in com
ment. lis to eventually make ii pos
sible for our graduates TO bring in
their work 10 our manual training
department and finish their lumber,
Tor women TO come here and do their
canning with every necessary con-
.enience. or for groups OF persons
10 put TO use. our soil testing aDpar-
atus. our milk testing machines. our
library or anything else al our dis
posai-
Two incubators and a stack of
hioken coops Ia the basement testi-
Is 60 the activity ia the poultry de-
partment that goes on every spring
Eggs are tested. incubator set. and
last season over a hundred chickens
we're Matched in the high school.
Other Departments
In the physics laboratory many
ssiuable inftrumenS aud deliiste
machinery are found. and II is all
being put 10 use. A machine Tor gen
Grating static electricity. dozen
electrical devices. such as telegraph
ne machines. a dynamo. a ylb0zraph
for illustrating vibration. air pumps.
perception charts and numerous de-
vices are being used daily here.
In the assembly hall which has q
sealing capacity OF over 200. Is found
library tables supplied with standard
educational periodicals. library,
which though small nor. is constant
IL teing enlarged upon. an Acousii-
-Tande piano. and other modern fix
lures.
In the commercial department
eight typewriters are seen IN opera
ticn- The Underwood certificate IS
granted proficient students vLo learn
10 write forty words. net. per min-
ute for ter consecutive minutes. s.u-
dents In this department have acces5
10 a Msmsorraph machine. and are
even practical experience IN dicia-
ton and stencEraphy work n the
-uporintendert's office Il Is Of in
torest. perhaps TO learn that in this
,fice is a Dictsptone. one o. the
lev IN this section. which is the per
,onal property Of superintendent I
HAYS. This is the only one IN use
n a school in this part OF the state
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