New Britain herald., 1921-04-18
OPEN HOUSE NIGHT
 AT TRADE SCHOOL
Public Inspection Planned for
 Thursday Evening


 served at the State Trade school Thursday evening ot this week when the public will be made welcome to tho building and shown the operation of the system which is training fu- ture tradesmen of the City of New Britain and elsewhere. The entire plant will be in operation, so that the visitors may make a tour of inspec- ton and see the students at their tasks. There will be no particular program other than this
 The evening is planned as part of the general plan of education of tho New Britain public in what it's trade school is doing. There is. be- fore the finance and taxation board. petition setting aside the sum of sf00.0o0 for the purchase of a new building for the trades department of the school system. The Trade school, it is said, could occupy a much less expensive structure than it now has, the building being merely of the ma chine shop type, and the present building could be advantageously used as an addition to the High school system. Cramped quarters in the present High school will make it obligatory to erect an addition to it within a very short time. although the period could be heightened. it is ar gued, by the use of the space occupied by the Trade school and setting aside a new. or remodeled building for the Trade school.
 Sppt. Herman s. Hall, of the Trade school. today advanced a series of arguments for the enlargement of his facilities in that department in the following interview.
 Supf Halls Remarks
 Twenty years ago the secondary school or as it is more commonly called today the High school was primarily a college preparatory insti- tuition and the subjects offered were based entirely on college entrance re- quirements. Later the high schools began offering "elective'' courses which to some extent allowed students not intending to enter college to se- iect studies best suited to fit them directly for hfe's struggles. Then commercial training gained a foothold and household arts. home economies and finally industrial subjects were included in the curricula. Today a modern High school resembles the larger universities in that it offers an instruction in a wide range of sub jects or fields of endeavor.
 The university has its departments or schools of law. medicine. dentistry, divinity. engineering, pedagogy, etc, and the High school has it's courses for college preparation. normal school preparation, home economies and household arts for the future home makers, commercial courses for the, young people who intend to enter commercial life, industrial and trade work for those who have special abil- f4r s,I ioI pursuits and a general course corre- spending to the university school of liberal arts. Today the future manu- facturer and banker can secure basic training in the High school as well as the future doctor and lawyer. The future home maker is offered suitable instruction as we'll as the future school teacher.
 New Britain is fortunate in the type of High school it maintains since it offers all of the opportunities men- toned to the boys and girls of the community.
 Training for Industry.
 The community being highly in- dustrfal one, particular attention is paid to offering training fitting for in dustry since by far the majority ot the boys of the community will even
 
 other in the local industrial plants. Not only is it possible for boys to de- vote their entire time to industrial work in the High school but boys who wish to prepare themselves to attend higher institutions and at the same time take part time instruction in in dustrial subjects may do so. This provides for the large number of boys who do not know during their high school years whether they will attend college or go directly into industry. The industriaR work of the local high school is carried on in 8 distinct school-the State Trade school-the distinction is. however. administrative only as the trade school co-operates and functions with the High school exactly as the various actual depart ments of the High school.
 Few Attend College.
 It was an unfortunate fact that up to a few years ago parents felt that the social standing of their children re- quired them to elect the college prep