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(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
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Wanunl-ArlH miiKazlno, tno inrcRi
of Itu kind puhlluhed In thu United '
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Selling 0t In DuuicNtlc Science
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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-
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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
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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.) ,
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