gressive exercises in planing, mortising and fitting. Special attention is given to the care and sharpening of tools, which is illustrated by blue prints. The student next passes to the turning room, where he is obliged to finish another set of graded exercises before taking up the more difficult ornamental forms, viz.: burdette-holders, gavels, vases, curves and form patterns, adjustable retort stands, etc. There is also a course of machine sawing at the circular and scroll saws. This work is followed by pattern making and iron work during the rest of the course. It is recommended that painting, forge work, soldering and steam piping be given special attention. The student works almost entirely from drawings or sketches. Before beginning an article he is required to make a working sketch of it. It is not intended to teach the student any one complete trade, but to give him a general knowledge of how to use a tool or machine and of the methods of laying out work. Special work will be arranged for the short winter course. The class in wood work, for young ladies, is doing very satisfactory work. Many useful and ornamental articles have been made during the year. The students are required to pay for the tools they break while working in this department, and one dollar each term is charged for materials used, and wear and tear of tools. If the pupils wish to take home what they have made they are allowed to do so by paying for the material. The work accomplished by this department during the year is as follows: One carriage shed, sixteen feet by fifty-one; two corn cribs (capacity eight hundred bushels), physical apparatus cases, shelves, drawer-cases, three book-cases, one case drawers for Experiment Station, sign-boards (painting and setting up) for town of South Kingstown, brooding-houses, feed-chests, revolving book-case, remodeling greenhouse for horticultural department, building horse-stalls for station barn, photographic apparatus, blue print frames, repairs on woodshed and carriage house, fertilizer carrying case, nine soil boxes for Columbian Exposition, agricultural tool room, one bicycle shed, two oak book-cases, one lounge, one oak table, one dining table. |