The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-04-30
SCHOOL NEWS.
prepared by the Pupils)

The Ely High School orchestra
furnished the music at the Patriotic
program which was held at Winton,
Friday, April %.
The construction work on the new
Industrial Building is being resumed.
So
The Juniors are busy preparing for
the Junior-Senior Banquet which is
to be given on Friday, April 80.
1t has been observed by the man on
the chimney top that: Morning
walks before breakfast are becoming
popular, among the girls especially.
That the green grass growing all
around reminds me of the story of
Mark Twain and his lawn mower-A
neighbor asked to borrow Mark
Twain's lawn mower. Mark replied:
it leave my lawn you will be obliged
to use it there.
Manual Training Department
The Senior-Junior class in shop
mers. A sample was first made
which is used by the boys to make
their own!
Some of the most interesting work
is now in progress That of temper
ing steel is being studied in Chemis-
try and worked out in the shop.
Wednesday morning an interesting
lecture was given by Mr.. Fleming on
case hardening. He illustrated his
point by tempering two cap bolts
which were tested by the boys before
and after the process. A great diff
ference was found considering the
fact that only short time was avail
able to go through the process.
AS an exercise along with their
regular work, the Sophomore boys
have been making hexagon head man.
chine bolts. 1t is harder to make
them than the carriage bolt The
threads are made on the lathe and the
head is filed by hand. After one Of
the young mechanics" had finished
his exercise, he noticed that the bolt
head was missing one side. In other
words, he had only five sides to it
when it is customary to have six so
that special wrench will not have to
be used. The bolt is measured sup
posed to be five-eighths of an inch in
diameter which is measured as ac-
curately as possible with the caliper.
After it is finished the measurements
are tested with micrometer to COM
pare the results. The variation av-
eraging from one to fifteen thous-
andths of an inch
Athletics.
The High School boys held meet
ing Tuesday, April goth, and decided
to have track work instead of base
ball. Although track work is entire
ly new. to most of the boys, much in
terest is being taken in the work so
far. At present most of the hard
work is. taken up with cross-country
running so as to get the boys in good
physical condition. AS in other
branches of athletics we find those
who are capable of doing good work,
but are afraid to come out because
they have to train just little more
than they see fit. No >one wishes to
make work out of athletics or games
for under such conditions very few
would get out for any branch of the
velop the spirit of play through ath-
letics and thus carry it on throughout
our lives. Therefore let's have all
the boys, who can afford the time,
get out for track and boost for his
class team. He may not be a cham
pion but if he has the team work
spirit our teams will soon be of a
different nature from those which we
have had. A word from the parents
would help to encourage some of the
boys to do some sort of physical work
which would build up the body. What
father or mother wants his or her boy
to grow up and be old and stiff at
the age Of twenty five or thirty?
Very few would desire this, but this
is just exactly what will happen I'M
less the boys of today pull together
and learn to make play out of work
A wonderful brain will last only
few years without solid we'll formed
structure to support it.
W. E. D.
Mr.. B. L. Main, Field Secretary
for Hamline University, spoke to the