Roanoke Rapids herald., 1923-12-14
Great Work Being Done in
Industrial Arts

schools will present to the atten.
tion of the local public severa
exhibits of work done by stu.
dents of this department, both
in drawing and shop work
These exhibits should be inter
esting to the school patrons for
several reasons. They will show
more clearly than words just
what the department of Indus
trial Arts is doing for the boys
of the community in the way of
teaching actual construction
work with various types of ma
terials. In a way these ex-
hibits should convey to school
ipatrons a clearer knowledge of
the possibilities latent in every
school boy and girl which can
thus be directed toward worth
while activities. Although such
exhibits should oe interesting in
themselves patrons should ap-
preciate them more as a repre-
sentation of the fact that the
boys Of the community are &C
quiring abilities in the line of
constructive thinking which are
of much more value than the
value of the articles produced.
The main idea underlying
the work being done III the To-
.eal schools in Industrial Arts
work is to give to the students
broader knowledge of materials
and methods used in the world
outside of school. 1t is only a
few years and the boy in the
grades will be called upon to
take his place in the outside
world to make his living. His
chances of success and happi-
ness in his work depend great
ly upon his ability to make a
wise choice of his life work.
Naturally with his previous ex-
perience and knowledge Of ma
terials and constructive pro-
cesses the boy is in a much bet
ter position to make a wise and
permanent choice at the outset.
Too often the boys leave
school with no knowledge of the
materials or construction pro-
co5ses and are thus in no posi-
ton to choose the work which
will best develop their interest
and be most attractive to them.
These boys very often develop
into drifters loosing much val
liable time before they finally
find the work that appeals to
them.
1t is the present plan of the
Industrial Arts Department to
bring the students into actual
contact with as many materials
as is possible with the limited
space and facilities. This year
the necessity arises for choosing
such materials as can best be
worked upon in rather cramped
quarters, as the available space
is much too small for more ex-
,ended work. The boys will
be given work with such ma
terials as wood both elementary
and advanced, Fibre work and
the development of projects
with various types of weaving,
Concrete work with projects Sc
.ected which can find a useful
place in the school or the home.
The students are also given the
most pract., al work in the me-
chanical drafting room. There,
from the eighth grade through
the twelfth with the work rang
ing from the most elementary
principles to actual machine
drawings and drafting room
practice, the boys are learning
to make creditable drawings.
These drawings do not represent
copies of originals, but in the ad-
'vanced classes the students ac-
5ually go into the machine room,
make their working sketches
from some selected machine
part, and going back to
the drawing board re-
produce their sketches
+, to the finished mechanical draw
ing complete in every detail.
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