Putnam patriot., 1923-01-26
Teach Carpentry Thoroughly

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 Teach Carpentry Thoroughly
 Carpentry department experience covers a wide range of woodworking from the framing and cutting of ma terial for cottage house, designing in the drafting department, to the mak- ing of electric floor lamps, bookcases, library tables, battery boxes, cabinets, sash and screens, ventilators, flower stands. Mathematics involved: Frac- tions, deeimals, areas, volumes, square root, knowledge of the steel square and it's application in carpentry prob lens, estimating costs, proper shop procedure, care of tools and equip ment.
 It is the aim of the school to as far as possible provide general training or to develop all round tradesmen. It is not the policy of the school to subject instruction to one type of work and thereby produce a specialist It is felt that if the boy wishes to specialize after receiving a broad training as an all round mechanic he can do 90 to far better advantage than if he has had but limited experi- ence as a machine hand or on one particular type of work or process.
 Machine practice being a subject related very definitely to mechanical drawing, every student taking draft ing is required to spend from one fourth to one third of his time in the machine department, acquiring first hand knowledge of the machine pro cesses and developing his judgment. This gives him greater adaptability and naturally makes for a superior type of machine draftsman or tool designer. An instance of the adapta- bility provided by this experience was shown in the case of graduate who in the summer of 1920 was unable to find employment in the drafting trade but was able to go into machine shop and carry on successfully until favor able opportunity developed in his reg ular trade.
 Machine Shop Practice
 General instruction in machine op- eration. Principle involved: Turn ing and screw threading, making small beveled gears, making six special locks, cutting gears, making automat- ic machine parts for paper box man. ufaeturing, grinding automatic ma chine feed rolls, making punch and dies for automobile shims, reboring cylinder for automobile, repairing printing press, making special taper reamer for textile mill, making special threaded nickeled steel studs, rebor- ing pulleys, building one magnetic chuck complete in cooperation with the electrical and drafting depart ments. Analysis of this work as a type job shows percentage of instrue- ton as follows: Trade drawing, l5 per cent: technical knowledge, 10 per cent; science. 10 per cent; mathemat- ics, 20 per cent; accuracy, 20 per cent: manual dexterity, 5 per cent; manipulatiye skill, 10 per cent.
 Offer Variety of Courses
 Types of courses offered by the school are as follows: Regular trade which requires 8 period of two and one-half years to complete. High school cooperative course, 3200 hours attendance at Trade school with 1900 hours allowed for High school work, maknig it possible for the boy to get high school training and a trade in four years. This is one of the best courses offered by the school.
 Part time or pre-voeational work for the grades.
 An exceptional work is being done in the school for the Veterans Bu- reau in training veterans of the World War. The Putnam school has trained upwards of 20 of these men in the last two years.
 Home economics course for girls In connection with the Putnam High school. Cooking and sewing may be taken separately.
 Other departments of the school will be discussed in a further article to ap- pear in this paper.