The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-08-24
CHANGE MANUAL
 TRAINING WORK. AT JUNEAU H. s.
Smith Hughes Vocational System to Repla ce
 Old Plan This Fall

Old Plan lhls Tall
 Continued from Page Five)
 by earning eight credits per year in
 this work. This is not recom- mended, however, for undergrad uates.
 No Snap" Course
 Students selecting this work should not anticipate snap"
 course as the "drones' or lazy ones
 will be dropped from the course
 at any time during the year when
 they indicate a lack of willingness
 to learn the trade they select. This
 course requires hard work on the
 part of the student and he should understand that before registering. ] Students should not take this course | just for credit" It is a trade
 course and should be entered with that idea in mind.
 Students must be at least IA years
 of age and preference will be given
 students 16 years of age and older. Preference will be given regular stu dents of the Juneau High School but if the classes are not filled by regular students others who have either left school or have graduat- ! sei will be permitted to enroll. Variety of Courses
 The courses offered will be car pcnter work, concrete work, electri- cal work, auto and marine engine work, possibly tin smithing (de- pending upon enrolment and stu dent interest in this phase of the work, boat building, painting, plas- tering and possibly other phases of trade work. Students and parents should bear in mind that a student selecting this course will not be a finished" carpenter, or master of any of the trades. He will be k given actual practice in his work and will be better fitted to find his niche in life by means of this training With the fundamental training as his background he can be better workman in either life than he would be without this foundation.
 Students anticipating going to col- lege after graduation should bear in mind that most colleges accept l but si xcredits in manual training 'tsWard entrance requirements. H,nce if a student earns 4, 8, 12, or Is credits in manual training he will be allowed to present only six of them for college entrance re- quirements and will have to make the additional credits before he will be admitted to higher schools. He can graduate from High School,
 however, with as many as 16 credits in manual training providing the other 16 are academic credits. These academic credits should contain at least six credits of English, four of mathematics, U. s. history and Civ ics @ credits) and four electives. Practical Work
 Actual practical work in this new ship arrangement is going to be hard to find. Juneau is not a large city and the field of activity is necessarily limited The carpenter l work will not be hard as miniature | houses may be constructed to scale.
 Boats will be built giving more in- l struction. Concrete blocks and min iature walls may be constructed as well as possibly repairs about the school buildings themselves. Auto mobile and madne engines will be torn down. repaired and replaced in working order At the present time facilities will not permit the bringing into the school of a com plcte automobile but eventually even
 this may be accomplished When | this time comes autos will be torn apart and reassembled in the shop, l joints frightened, lenders repaired,
 bodies painted, tops repaired, etc.
 All work will be done by students
 under the supervision of the Smith
 Hughes Manual Training teacher Incidentally the school is in need
 of a few old gas engines, either
 auto or marine. that have been dis
 carded. The engines need not be
 in working order but should be so
 nearly complete that once torn
 down and repaired they can be
 made to run. Two or three have
 been given the school but more are needed.