Evening star., 1922-06-11

benches for kindergarten classes in
the schools of the several divisions.
cedar chests, dining room chairs.
screen doors. coat racks, tables, beds
and other useful articles Of furniture.
One boy turned out a complete bed
room set.
Much of the work of the boys has
been presented to the various public
schools in need of such articles with
in the scope of their activities. Many
screen doors have been given to the
domestic science schools, and num-
Der of small benches have been pre-
sented to the kindergartens. thereby
saving the school system money
which otherwise would have had to
be appropriated for such equipment.
In fact. Principal Smith estimates
that the furniture given the different
schools which has been made by the
boys would alone pay the salaries of
the teachers of the school.
Indicative of the valuable work of
the boys. Mr.. smith points WIN prtae
to the fact that virtually all the
equipment in the Smallwood School
has been made by them. When man
ual training was first established at
the school in November. 1914. the en-
tire equipment of the building con-
sisted of two stoves and a teachers
desk which had been taken from an
other school. Gradually the boys
added to this until now the school is
satisfactorily equipped with desks
and chairs for the pupils and other
requisite furnishings of a school OF
the type of the Smallwood.
Cobbling Course Interesting.
One of the most interesting and
novel subjects taught the boys is shoe
repairing. Besides tapping their own
shoes. an item of expense to every
than 100 pairs of badly worn shoes
for the District Congress of Mothers
and Parent-Teacher Associations.
Many of these shoes when brought
into the shop gave every evidence OF
being useless. But they were re-
work of an experienced cobbler. and
distributed, through the organization.
to the poor and needy school children
whose parents were unable TO sena
them to school because they couio
not afford to purchase shoes. In TINS
case the boys not only are learning
a profitable trade. but at the same
time are contributing to charity.
In the sheet metal shop the boys
also have made many useful articles
which were welcomed into their re-
spectiye homes. Among them are bis
cult cutters. doughnut cutters. TN
cups, liquid quart measures, far1ng
pans. tunnels. hand scoops. buckets,
dishpans, refrigerator pans, conee
pots, washtubs, bathtubs, garbage cans.
furnace pipes. wash boilers and hour
and sugar cans. -
In the print shop. the boys 40 40
things other than publish the school
naper. Their work includes the
printing of posters and notices OF
school activities, hand bills. book,
binding and the making of post caro-
albums. One of their most lmpoI-
tant tasks this year was the print
ing of strips of tickets for the mld-
the graded schools under the dlrec-
ton of the parent-teacher associa-
tions or mothers clubs. Seventy hve
thousand tickets already nave oeen
printed, 10000 Of which were taken by
the Jefferson School.
At the present time the pro1ect
engaging the attention of the print.
ing class is the making of series OF
large letters Of the alphabet, which
will be placed around the black-
boards of every schoolroom IN the
District These letters are being
printed from wood cuts made IN the
carpenter shop.
Modern Housewife Course.
Equally as important as the boys
vocational work is that given the
girls in training them to be model
only learn how to cook, to sew, to
keep a home. but all the fine points
of etiquet and what foods and liquids
they should and should not eat and
drink, from q health standpoint. AS
q matter of fact, the girls get a gen.
eral idea of practically everything
that q modern housewife should
know. Even the methods Of prepar-
ing and following a family budget
enter into the course of study.
Parents OF the girls in the school
have been greatly benefited, fnan-
cially, by tho inexpensive but pretty
dresses and hats made in the domes-
tic art classes, where the girls are