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Manual Training N ANUAL Training provides an experience not obtainable in other A» school subjects. Pupils are taught the name of every tool and the names of their principal parts, the manipulation of material with ease and economy, and to carry on necessary conversation on craftsmanship in proper technical terms. The art of modeling and turning is acquired; joinery is taught; and lastly, the pupil learns the classification and properties of the common woods. The Alameda High Manual Training Shop is modern and well equipped. The shop can accommodate twenty students per period of forty-five minutes. The building is well lighted and ventilated. In summer, with the windows open, the shop is a shaded work-house; while in winter the room is kept warm at no cost by the burning of refuse. Fourteen workbenches of hard Wisconsin maple are each fully equipped with useful tools consisting of a rapid acting vise and bench stop, a hammer, mallet, tack, sack, chisel, try square, rule, bench brush, spoke shave, block plane, and jack plane. Tools for general use are located around the shop in their respective places. The machinery, which consists of a band saw, a double arbor combination circular saw, and six lathes, is propelled by an electric-driven motor. These machines are great savers of work and time and are used constantly. The lathe is a tool which every student learns to use with skill. At first the novice turns out simple pattern exercises, but with practice he becomes experienced and more proficient. He is given a piece of mill lumber and told to square it to certain dimensions. Upon finishing this work, the pupil is allowed to design and make any article which he desires. Usually the first attempts are small articles such as stools, tabourets, and boxes. Soon the craftsmen take up the construction of larger and more elaborate pieces, such as tables, desks, chests, chairs, and many fine speci- mens of each have been made. The course in Manual Training is popular, as is evident from the num- ber enrolled in the four periods in which it is taught. Too much credit cannot be given to Mr. Phelps, the instructor, for his capability, his genial earnestness, and for his practical results. Taken as a whole, the course is intended to add to general human usefulness as well as to the dividends of a future employer. —Clyde Lamborn.
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