La Salle Peru Township High School - Ell Ess Pe Yearbook (La Salle, IL)

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DSP ' ELL ESS PE photography. The biology laboratory is fitted with laboratory desks, affording room for a large number of students. The room is equipped with water, gas, and electrical connections, and is well lighted and ventilated. This department also has on exhibi- tion cases containing specimens of plants, trees, etc. , The two mathematics rooms are supplied with the latest apparatus for illustrating principles of geometry. Algebra, both elementary and advanced, is also taught in this department. THE AGRICULTURAL DEPARTBIENT The Agricultural department was the last one to be added to the school. At the present time it occupies three rooms in the basement floor, and is well supplied with equipment for indoor laboratory work, such as the testing of milk, analysis of soils, inspecting and testing of seeds, etc. Home project work is carried on by the students. The department has, during the past few years, directed the community garden work in the district and considerable vacant lot gardening. About thirty-five acres of ground is now under cultivation by community gardeners. VOCATIONAL ARTS The llianual Training department is the largest in the school and is very complete in its equipment. The entire department includes a drawing-room, a tool-room, a wood- working department, a turning department, a machine shop, a foundry, and a forging- room. The drawing-room is equipped with draftsman's benches, instruments, and instruction books, and all else necessary for a thorough course. In the tool-room, which occupies one corner of the shop, are stored all general tools and other materials. The equipment of the woodworking department consists of about twenty-five benches, with all necessary tools, such as planes, saws, squares, rules, etc., and also a hand-saw, up-saw, mortising machine, and two Fay 35 Egan planers. The machines are used by the advanced classes, while the beginners carry on benchwork. The turning depart- ment is also maintained in connection with woodwork and pattern-making, and con- sists of about twenty Reid turning lathes. The machine shop is situated at the north end of the building and consists of a large machine lathe, a drill press, and an emery grinder. In this department the castings of the foundry are machined and assembled. The foundry consists of a cupola about twenty-six feet high with a capacity of one ton per hour. This is constructed by the manual training classes and has been brought into good working order. The department is also equipped with all flasks, tools, sand, and core ovens necessary for molding. The patterns are constructed by the pattern- making classes. The forging department is equipped with down-draft forges and about twenty-five anvils, as Well as all tools and iron necessary to carry on the work. The power for the machinery is supplied by three fifteen horse-power motors, which were installed to replace the gasoline engine and dynamo which were formerly used. One motor is used to drive the turning lathes and machine lathes, one to drive the saws, planers, etc., and one to supply a blast to the forges and cupola. ,The cupola requires a blast of six pounds to the square inch. The Domestic Science department is situated in the southern half of the manual training building. Here the arts of cooking and dressmaking are taught. Several periods a week are devoted to each study. This department is equipped with chairs, large tables, a form for fitting dresses for the sewing classes, and this year, because of the large sewing classes, several new machines and tables were installed. Gas stoves, cupboards, and all other necessary utensils for the cooking classes are supplied. The Commercial department is fitted with ofhce desks and cabinets for storing books. Offices representing large Firms are operated by advanced students. Shorthand is also taught in this department, and in connection is operated the typewriting department. which is equipped with a large number of well-known machines, including Under- woods, and Royal. Thirteen

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