The Chemawa American, January 31, 1917, Page 4, Image 4

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TH E CHEMAWA AMERICAN
ORGANIZATION OF TH E IN D U S T R IA L W O RE AT
CH EM AW A IN ACCORDANCE W IT H THE N E W
COURSE OF STUDY
In organizing the industrial work in accordance with
the requirements of the Tentative Course of Study the
entire student body was divided, by grades, into two
divisions, A and B, each division attending school or
work alternately. For convenience in assigning to in­
dustrial details, each grade was divided, by divisions,
into three groups, or sections, a, b, and c.
The group or section, in each grade, was made the
unit for assignment to the industrial departments, and,
as far as possible, has been kept intact throughout the
year, changing in a body from one five-weeks’ detail
to another.
While consistent effort has been made to systematize
the question of details, the welfare of the individual
pupil has been kept constantly in view. If a pupil’s
record shows that he has satisfactorily completed the
five-weeks’ detail in a department he is transferred to
the reserve for productive or fatigue duty, or if net re­
quired for productive work, he is permitted to enter the
vocational department of his choice during the life of
that detail.
In case no records are available, a pupil may obtain
credit for a five-weeks’ detail by passing satisfactorily
a test in the prescribed work. The record cards of
sickly pupils are carried in the group without credit
until the work has been completed by them. The
pupils are assigned in the meantime to work within
their strength.
The institutional work (fatigue duty) is performed
bv grades 1, 2, and 3, aided by reserves from grades
4, 5 and 6, if any. Pupils in 1, 2, and 3, eighteen
years old or older, the adult primaries, who under­
stand sufficient English to follow intelligently the in ­
struction in the industrial departments, are permitted
to enroll in the departments of their choice, subject
to call for fatigue duty in case of need.
The pupil’s record card, form 5-297, is forwarded
to the industrial department with the detail sheet and
is returned to the office at the close of the detail with
the ratings marked thereon. Each time a pupil is
detailed to a department a record of the number of
weeks he is on the detail is made in the record book,
but no credit for completing the course is given until
the permanent record card shows that the work has
been satisfactorily completed. As stated, a credit may
also be obtained through examination, in which case,
form 5-297 is filled out for the pupil.
The work outlined in the Tentative Course of Study
has been divided into weekly lesson plans, on which
the industrial teachers base their daily lesson plans, a
copy of which is required for the ensuing week.
The thirty-minute English period is held at 7:30
a. m. unless otherwise authorized. This is a recita­
tion period during which the industrial teacher tests
the pupils’ mastery of the work taught during the pre­
ceding industrial period. A part of this period is
devoted to spelling the words on the vocabulary list.
Following the English period, the industrial teacher
demonstrates any new exercise prescribed in the out­
line for that day, the demonstration being accompanied
by clear, specific instructions in English. The in­
structions are written on the blackboard or are posted
on the wall for the pupils to copy, and new words add­
ed to the vocabulary sheet. After the teacher’s demon­
stration, the pupils are required to perform the exer­
cise, immediately, or as a part of their productive work
during the industrial period.
The above plan has been in operation since the open­
ing of school, with co-operation on part of all and with
constantly better results as the industrial teachers be­
come more familiar with the new phases of the work.
The following industrial schedule shows the depart­
ments in the boys’ prevocational course, the number
of weeks work in each and the rotation of the groups,
or sections:
PREVOCATIONAL COURSE
.
Farm
and
Stable
6 abc
.
4 abc
B o y s ’ I n d u s t r i a l D e t a i l S c h e d u le
1st 5 W eeks Detail
2nd 5 W eeks Detail
-
-
.
.
-
.
-
.
.
Stock Garden
Raisin»? i ing
Dairy
ing
Carpen: Mason I Black-
sm ith-
try 1 ry
i
1 ing
4 c
X r
4 a
Enprin-
eerinR
Shoe
P ain t­
and
Poultry ing
H arn’ss
V r
v r
5 c
5 b
6 c
5 c
6 b
X r
5 a
5 b
V r
6a
5 a
3rd 5 W eeks D e t a i l .........................................................
5 abc
V r
4 b
6 a
r
4 c
6 b
4 a
6 c
4th 5 W eeks D e t a i l .........................................................
6 abc
V r
4 c
5 a
r
5 b
5 c
4 b
r
r
5th 5 W eeks D e t a i l ......................................
5 abc
6b
4 a
6 c
r
4 b
6 a
4 c
6th 5 W eeks D etail
6 abc
5a
X r
5 b
r
5 c
4 r
V r
4 ab
r
7th 5 W eeks D e t a i l ...............................................
5 abc
6 a
X r
4 ab
r
V
6 c
V r
4 c
6b
8th 5 W eeks D e t a i l ...............................................
4 abc
5 b
5a
5 c
V
4 r
V r
Key:
X
R
ABC
V
.
.
.
.
.
1
1
6 abc
S ’bj’t to
Special
Detail
4 b
4 a
4 c
r
Equal Grades I, II, III,
“
P upils in (Trades IV, V, VI w ho have already com pleted the prescribed work in one or more subjects.
" Sections into w hich each division o f each grade is divided.
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Vocational pupils.
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