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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1913)
-ff3tt Rncn-FOJU) AfATL TmnnNT!. MKirFonp. omwov, wrj)vrcKnAv.,TAVTf my t. loin. fatoi TO 1 5V It' ?- ru " wx ' . V Ll " Jfip. j'ky ' V - fTV, ' ' K ; 'Si Medford Public Schools Up-to-Datg in All Respects (fly U. H Collins, City Hupl ) Our pnhlln school h)m(iim Ik ohm of llio nioit Important brandies of our municipal gotnrnlutiut. lively good rltlii'ii Hhoiilit Niik In Inform him self thoroughly of Hi iikimU, nml of I hn work It U itolutt To render th nccoiiipllnlimrnt of thin di-alro iircns nulilii to (ill, nml to keep aliiormt with tlii progreM of tint it", nml tint ndvauromeiilit (hut nrn roiiHlitntly be. Ink matin In thn field of educntluiij wn save placed In convenient form it rohmn of Itmtrurtlaii now In omr utlon In our school, whlnh rovrn i lirouil field, yet etnphmilreit, thor oughly, tho fundamentalx In nuru t to ii. slrnss bring plmt'il especially upon Urn three. II'h. Tim Intellectual mill Industrial re Wilrnmenls of Hit ilny an Hindi In advance of the pant, To in it t pre rnt tireds tti 11 bout of wlml Ik now uinl. ROOil'miiBftir mado-.Uku of. nut rnrWuillR however, thn virfllli'iit rniiuiUtloini of Hit olil. Tmililmc KriulrriiiriilN Tun teacher of today miul bo well educated, ucIIvh mpublit ami Up tlii Ilium, Only tln bent of tearh fro Hhoutl flml n plarn In our HcliootH, There Im no mom Import ant problem than how to prepare th' )outli for the uctlvlllcn of I If ii, III fltne for everyday dhlles uffnrt not only hi own, hut our own pur suits ami prosperity. Our whole school system In n menu lo thnt end Ah In tho grade 1:0 In thn hlKh school departments of public educa tlou, Medford limy ffl JiiHlly promt ni our IiIkIi school rankM hiioiik tho hot. It curriculum I In accordance with Hie hft modern thought, lialiiK nut only strong on Urn Kliln of vorn iIoquI mitl Industrial training, hut equally strong on tin cluMlral side Tht various course embrtro thn fut- lowing departments: KuglUh, l.atln, I Herman, hWtory, telctico, muthemut ' lr, agrlculturu ami horticulture, loiiliiinrilal work, t)ati)tt1c tcloiico, dutnesllc art, mechanical dr.) Ink. titi nml muuual training. Well Tnilnrd Tenrlicpi The thirteen Instructors who have rharK of Ihmv uVpurtmcuU arc lcjctiir of rxri'llrut troliilnc nml rt pxrlcncn. It U tloubtfut If nnotlifr! IiIrIi school In thu wont ran hi nut of a (acuity itrjwn from no miny illffrr vlit nrrlloiiH of thn UiiKmI Htutrn Thl In llM-lf U a knurr of Innplra tlou Ail It Kltm Dm nrliool u wraith of riourco not only In inrthoil of limtrurjlon, hut In mnttrm of kii ituI irhonl KovVrniiU'lit. That th Mritfoni Midi licliool MtauiUtrcrmlltid at thi Iicni rollrftr ami iinlYfrnltlm thn country over Npcak nioiich for It purnly nrml Miilo nt(li', hut II itnparlmrutN of lie iltmtrlul ami roiiuncrrlsl tmlulus urri) au uilili'il wonl to niuku tlinu fully apprcrlatnl. To thn ihoiiKhtful Ton who hax folio ) tln trend of iiilurittlmml nf falrit for tln pact flft'in or twenty )rar, ( hun niMUi'it lurvltahln, that, to oiiii ili'urfo at leant, thn heroiiil ury RrhooU inilt iiooiut or Inter Kl'e hecil to thn rry for a morn prncltral linn of ncIiooI work, enperlally with relation to Imlimtrliit tralnliiR. Meil fon) Ins kept In tlm front rank In that, It lumall of thn vitrloim ileparl meiiln of voratloiiul tralutni; thnt urn ronnlderei y ho hext ml lira torn to hn roimUlenl with itoori JiulKnment. Trei' ItiMilM uiul lttln Tho coiiilllloim iiiuler wlilch wn live today tiidkn It no leux ' Imprrullvn thut tho hoy or Klrl umlerKtaml thn kind and elaNlflrutlou of treo rootn uh well an Mtln rnntH. Wn liavn romn to are that qulln oh miirh nklll Is reiiilrul In thn proper rooktiiK of u men! or the iniikliiK of a Karutent an In tho wrltliiK of un cnwy. Or tulnly thn hoy who illiirovorn IiIh nut oral nptltudn In Urn manual train Iiik ilepartnieiit, and who iHiiixtrurtH mi iiilinlrublo piece of wood work, l no h' lo tio commended than he who chu kIvci thn ruiiHOH and ri'HiillM of thn 1'iiiif g War., Medford feulM thnt It tiuu tint only miNwrrfd tho domamlx helnK madn iipoirlin pnlilli; tehooU hut lun liecn liiNtriiiiinnlal 'In liolpliiK to ehtitli llfli, fli'iuly, un a pari of tlin Koneral iie.liool ('iirrlculum tliln hrnnrli of iii'liool work. Our work Iiuh rvcolved moHt fu;voriil)le comiiieut, not only In mir local, hut In our ktiito papuiH an well. n tli ii ludUNtrhil ContcHt, lit tltn Or.Kon filutn I'alr 1am Boptem hijr, tin Mudford IiIkIi kcIiooI hvpiii'viI flrtt and qernnd nwunlH In oompetl tlou with all tho hlKh nuliooU or thu Mtuto for thu hot work In Muuiml Ajtu. Thn firm uwiird Hi-cured an linpnrU'd ttimluK h.iw, uud thn hit (ind a (fjHh prUn of leu dollars Thn uNlilhll ,from tho howIiib deimrtmimt dl'd eiiully ii h well. Tho Kruml prlxn', u hn.iutlful Wlllumettn flnwlim iniu'hln, fully miulppml, wuh awunl oil thn ' Medford hli'.h hcIiooI, AIho llirt fifth caMli prlre. To Hoourn tho two ttrund prl.e In tlicHo two Important tlopirtninntH, In compntlllon wllh Hitch hcIiooIh uh I'Drllnnd and olhorH. am faclH of which wo uro. JiiHlly proud. Tim v t ' ' . - . . . I Wanunl-ArlH miiKazlno, tno inrcRi of Itu kind puhlluhed In thu United ' rriii r i im .mm iJBMMaaBHajBWI Selling 0t In DuuicNtlc Science ( i iihlnu ('In!. In llomckllr Hilenti I ' H v. Jfc f MiiiiM ' -'CTHlfllLLM I Ii HflHDHSETS'aLWIifii',iflBCIIK3HKM & rLAf,!111111111fj!iirv'ff!!Mh&&!f1iiHKh&H(1 itlnlm lipr,:i ) t:tw;i o' on I c ceim In the k'atn cintiMii liriiml htely HiMit for pli nr of i' worl In tho department I'mtu the pic tu res tout thi'in, copper )nti were Xi'Keliilil. drnitii ! Vi liinry I'uplU In mImmiI (.iintriik ay 'j nMicr i ' Mlu je llr I) c i -iiicr 2il coimratii atr the nun- wi ' a i. i iiMur i i ' m wa r our rp1 n!u! work Mnn n-ii ent of the Medford city chool hi' r( or iiu!r u well at concratu u,-vn tin IhkIi mu ,.f proaclency to tatorv U'tti r !ae ticen received wl ir ihe hnve riiaini'd, nnd re ('hurlna Ciiiillitst) 1'nrlln nf tin" I)i- n u: lrtnr Iraux thu analnir itv. made and the piilillpatl ui whleh la imrtment of Coinniurctiil Iteieurchfof partmnnt and t'x'cljly thn onen of mailed to ally Hiipnrliitmiileiiti and mi lion) nimi In thn United filntea a i i tli LaillftT llnmnJoiirnal thn Cur thu Kraduatlnc drt'sicH made hy the II I'lilillnhliiK ro.--uuder datu of keulor Klrln. K ' r 4 fa 't I III xt ' -'kit, Km )'n nil to re .Mmle liy ManunI Training Department Meilfiinl IIIkIi Siliool It may lie of Interest to many pa tron to know that Induntrlal work In tho city nchoo.s of Medford hcKlns In tho tint year of the child's school life and continues ihrountiout every grade until ho Ii graduated from tee high school. No broader course of study can he found In any city, many timet the sire of Medford. HeildtN a complete coum In In duatrlal and Manual Art, tho Med ford city kcIiooIh Instruct In Draw Iiik and Art, under a special aunor vlnor and an Ohslntant. DrawliiK ho Bins In tho firm ear and continues throughout tho grammar gradis to tho high school. In tho high achool Art and Mechanical Drawing are dec tho. Some artistic paintings nro turned but hy thU depaitmvnt. Thn high school maintains a com pleto Commercial course, Instructing In Bookkeeping, Shorthand, Type writing, Commerclnl Law, Commer cial Correspondence, Commerclnl (cography, Commercial Arithmetic. Spelling and Penmanship, The grad uates of this department have no trouble In securing and holding posi tions. Horticulture Taught Owing to the fact that Medford and tho Ilogue river valley In a fav ored place for agriculture and horti culture a department (or Instruction along this line was created three years ago and a graduato of an agri cultural college was secured to take charge. ThU proved to he a popular department and today It Is a firmly established jiart of tho courso of study receiving Its sharo of patron ago from tho students. Tho Domestic Sclenco department coders work In tho chemistry of foods and cooking, together with proper food preparation, serving, and sys tematic nnd economical buying Those who avail themselves of the opportunity to buy the product cf this department at the annual spring exhibit know that work of real merit and or tho highest kind of practic ality Is done by tho young ladles who nvall themsohea of the opportuntles offered hero. In Manual Training Instruction Is given in reading and following blue prints, estimating costs "of material, together with the uses of the various Woodworking tools, and tho bulldtns of pieces involving more or less' dif ficult Joints. All work made here U stained and properly finished and !u pieces requiring upholstering that work is done also by the pupils. Much work has boon turned out that would require the eye of an expert cabinet maker to dotect the errors made by the unpracticed but willing hands that work in this department. Sowing Is Taught Tho Domestic Art department of fers Instruction in the uso of the needle and the sewing machine, to gether with tho cutting and fitting of garments. Ono needs only to see the work of tho girls of this de partment to appreciate its value. Kcouomy as well as skill is an ob ject aimed at In this department. In tho department of Agrlcul'turo (Continued on I'ago Soven.) , Type of New Public Schools Being Erected in Medford fjmm " -! .-? 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