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WEATHER REPORT
January
Maximum temperature 45.
Minimum ” g.
Mean maximum ” 34.35
Mean minimum ” 23.32
Mean " 28.83
1'recipitation, inches, 2.
Snow fall. 3.
N'umt er of days clear 9, partly
cloudy 19. cloudy 3, rasny 5.
M. 1). S.xoim;ra*s, Vol. Observer.
Long wood School.
(l'ontinued)
with the latest style of automatic, ad
justable school desks, which have re
placed the old homemade Doaro ones
that have done duty for many years
The children are proud of their new
desks und try to keep them looki ig
nice. Then too, having a separate
sent for each pupil aids much in
maintaining good order. The desks
including freight and setting up have
cost over #400.00, but it has been
money well expeneded, as any one
who steps into our building will
agree, wnen ne sees mat me rooms
are well lighted, well ventilated, and
furnished with uptodate equipment.
In addition to the other improve
ments we have been fortunate in se
curing an appropriation for main
taining a manual training depart-v
merit. Thus far we have tools for
elementary wood work only, hut will
add other tools as the boys advance
in their work. A blacksmith shop is
contemplated, which will be of great
vame in teaching the boys to make
as well t.% to handle t 'ols of iron and
steel.
Al present our shop is located in a
laige loom in a vat ant building be
longing to the North Ameiican Com
mercial Co.
In teaching manual training it
should be the aim of the teacher to
thoroughly drill the children in the
elementary prinvip.es of wood work
ing. They should not be started on
cabinet work until they aie able by
themselves to lay out and make
most of the joints used in carpentry.
The work thus far has been sawing,
planing, and woi k on a set of 15 prob
lems in the simplest forms of joineiy.
With these, the pupils ate taught