English: Manhattan Trade School for Girls: operating department Identifier: preparationfortr00newy (find matches) Title: Preparation for trades; Manhattan trade school for girls, Vocational school for boys, Murray Hill vocational school, Brooklyn vocational school for boys Year: 1916 (1910s) Authors: New York (N.Y.). Superintendent of Schools New York. Manhattan trade school for girls. (from old catalog) New York. Vocational school for boys. (from old catalog) New York. Murray Hill vocational school. (from old catalog) Brooklyn. Vocational school for boys. (from old catalog) Subjects: Technical education Publisher: (New York, Press of Clarence S. Nathan, inc.) Contributing Library: The Library of Congress Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: ess to processuntil a thorough knowledge of underlying principles is gained.The classes are organized like trade workrooms, where eachpart of the trade is taught by an expert in that particular line.The teacher of a group acts as for. woman or head worker, takingcharge of a table, a room or a group of machines, as the case maybe. She is responsible for such portions of the work as are assignedto her by the person in charge of the shop. She not only teachesthe girls how to perform the different parts, but works with themherself, and sees that each has a chance for practice in all of the 21 different processes. A girl thus passes from table to table andfrom room to room, gaining in the course of a year a knowledgeof all parts of the trade which her judgment and maturity willpermit. At the end of her course she is placed as an apprenticein her trade, thoroughly understanding its language, and readyto begin at a level sufficiently high to insure her advancementto higher and higher planes. Text Appearing After Image: MANHATTAN TRADE SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. OPERATING DEPARTMENT. The trade departments of the school comprise the followinglines of work: Needle Trades Dressmaking, in which girls not only learn to sew both by hand andmachine (foot power), to make childrens clothing, underwear and simplehouse dresses, but in which they have opportunity to work on elaborategowns made from expensive materials, and are trained for positions asfinishers on waists and skirts in high-class custom dressmaking shops. 22 Millinery, in which girls learn to sew by hand and machine, to makewire and buckram frames, to sew straw by hand, and to make and trimhats both in summer and winter materials. Lamp shade making, in which the manufacture of candle and lampshades of silks, laces, cretonnes, fancy papers, etc.. is taught. Electric Power Machine Operating Trades Clothing machine operating,which gives a knowledge of how to control,operate and care for an electric power machine, for the manufacture ofready-made clothing. The Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.