The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-11-01
Explanation of Industrial
Training in Public School
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Ninth grade-Mechanical Draw
! ing and Woodwork-18 weeks each.
The general mechanics class of
! q boys is divided into two sections
each meeting two hours a week.
Units of work taken up in this class
are: sharpening tools, soldering,
painting and vanishing, furniture
repairing. electrical appliance re-
pair work, concrete and cement
work, tire repair, cutting, drilling
and glazing glass and many other
repair projects.
The eighth grade class of 81 boys
is divided into two sections, each
meeting three hours week. The
II weeks in mechanical drawing are
spent making free-hand sketches,
lettering and photographic projec-
ton of small objects, involving hor-
izontal, vertical and oblque lines.
In the woodworking course, the
boys learn the names of the tools,
: the correct use of tools, how to
sharpen them and keep them in
good condition. They then learn to
square a board to size and make
several common wood joints after
which they plan and construct a
small woodworking project. The
classes in electricity take up units
of work such as: how electricity is
produced by friction, magnetism
and how it acts, electric bells and
bell circuits, how chemical action
produces electricity, how storage
battery works, how electricity is
measured, how electric current is
regulated, how magnetism produces
electricity, transformers and how
they act, how electricity is distribut-
ed, house wiring, electric heating
and lighting, electric motors and
| first principles Of radio.
The ninth grade class of 33 boys
is also divided into two sections,
each meeting five hours a week.
The first semester is continuation
course in mechanical drawing.
Units of work taken up are: free
hand sketching, lettering. dimen-
tioning, photographic projection
auxiliary views, machine drawing
isometric drawing, tracing, blue
printing, reading working draw
ings and sectioning. The second Sc
mester is devoted entirely to wood
working. After reviewing the
work is squar1ng up stock
to size and cutting some com
mon wood joints, the boys plan and
make a working drawing of the
project they wish to make. After
making out the bill of material and
cutting out the stock, the boys can
start the project they decide on
The projects must be larger and
more difficult than any made by
the student up to this time. Con-
siderable time and emphasis is
placed on wood-finishing.
Many improvements have been
made in the woodworking shop and
drawing room to meet the state re-
quirements. The newly painted
shop has been equipped with 80
foot combination metal working
and electrical bench, a soldering
bench connected with tank-gas
double burner furnace, a built in
tool cabinet, an electric tool grind.
er, an electric drill press, and q
wall cupboard containing thirty
drawers for supplies. Many cleo
trical and metal working tools were
also added.
The equipment and courses now
meet the standards of the State De.
partment Of Education and have
been approved, for full state aid
Practically every. boy is vitality in
terested in this work and are CRATE
full to have the opportunity to con-
tinue this training in their junior
high school work.