A NEW SCHOOL DESK.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 918, 10 September 1910, Page 11

A NEW SCHOOL DESK.

' It ! is"interesting.'to: learn thatJa sample, of 'a new' school do'sK,: a 'West Coast '.in-:.-.vention, ■'• has:: been." brought' -; to Christ church,' says an exchange. The inventors 'are:Jfr. E.. B. B. -Boswcll, of tho , West-port-School, and; supervisor- of' the West;. port-Technical ./College,' and .Mr. .A/ : G. Tomldes; "a resident; of: the 'same - town.'lt :is ; a ; :si]iglo/'deSk,'-aiitt'.its -principal .recom-; mendatiou, is. Its .'adaptf,bility;-;tb 'the/- size, :fbrm-and.;-convenience of;anyi'piipil';who, sits at'it. :'lt has' all, 1 the /advantages -.of any. other,single desk with /thev.spccidl advantage-that itis'inovable..and,adjust-; .able'.'to any height arid.angle. .-This, prin-'. ciplois'-also' applied: to the; seat:'anil the >back-rest;'-;Tho'. seat;/can also-be"nioved :nearer,tb the ,'desk', orfurther'.from, it.' Allthe, motions are .controlled by set sorewsi. ;mbved'by'a. spahnef/in. the .teacher's p'os-, session: : Slots- for;'tho.slate and an inkwell -'are' '-conveniently■'■ attached' to-.'■ -the desk; so,that, slate''aii'd ihkihay'.bo placed "out of the way-/when not in-.use;'. Below tho ; ;desk thore .is a book-tray, .which; will hold: air the, literature ■ an-'ordinary child -is -likely , : to: re'tiuire.' The' structure .'is s.trong,: but flight .and portable, ~oceu-: pies* little' space,: and - enables: the. teacher -to. .see what is going|/on. under, the, desk, •while, tlie,*; pupil.: is at ;-.wbrkV ; and ■ it 'is claimed that-it. is .in,accordance, with the latest-hygienic ; ideas/' ;//■/■'.'A ■'•'' *'." '". ; v