TECHNICAL EDUCATION.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1403, 1 April 1912, Page 2

TECHNICAL EDUCATION.

EVENING CLASSES HEAHKANGED. EXTKNSION UF PREMISES. At Friday evening's mtc-tiits of Uie J) I'llinglim Technical .School Board .Mr. W. S. J;;i ;.li'«l;i- (director) Ijroiijjia down a roI ,ol ' , - n>. c lection with Uic iTarnuiKCmi'iit «l evening clauses, 'i'lio report was as liilluws:— "An extra class in Jjifrlish anil an oxIra class 111 m-iilintctic imvo hwu 111'KUißul. Subject lu the approval 0 V the braid, I Inive appointed Mr. .M. 11. Dixou i> hare charge. Air. Di.vu, lias already uut charge 01 uno dass ;„ Knjjii.siu anil i wmmi rccumim-mi t/wt his salary bo increased from J:2ll per annum tor one niS it weekly to .Wit) per annum for llnvo nights weekly. Air. Clark's Monday ovening liooliltecpinjf class ] Kls i, cini ,-emoved n> llu. Willis iMiwt room, wliicli wrvea his purpose sullicictitly well s:> lour as lieru arc no wool-ciasses. The woolclasses should lx-in m . x t month, and thea the new reams in lliu I'.M.C.A. will u> available. '"J'lie V.M.C.A. rooms arc jiow being I ulteil up villi new lurnituro, as all our present, furniture is ill lisa. The hull belOligliiS to the rooms is very larjjo and can well |jc partitwiird nil , io give fur-l-lier laboratory accommodation, but I do not rcex-mmoml duinir this until (he midwinter vacation. Wo shall have inimediately available two class-rooms and « laboratory. J piopiisc to tiansfer certain lecture cia.-cs that mwl-ut present in an ciiul other workrooms to the new classloimis.' 1 propose also to fire n room on lunsihy and Thursday evening for n new section of tho ovoninir .shorlli.md classes, lor which » new teacher will be required. J-.lio now rooms will also enable us to provide, an extra dais in bookkeeping on fcyulay eviminjjs, to meet tho pressure winch has accumulated in this .section i urniff the last two or three years. It is (iMirnblo that we should make sn-tisfac-wry provision for tho electrical classes on itiesdoy and Wednesday evenings, whicli at present meet in a room suitable only lor a siiKill class in advanced work. Tina could be done by convertiii},' tho hall iu lie. I..M.UA. i v ouius into an elementary electrical laboratory, (he only disadvant»sp ■'beiiiif the diilieulty of suiting low votage current (hero without considerable expense, while a .storage battery ia equally required in the advanced laboratory at the school. So far as day work is concerned, 1 pvopa.se "that the day hoys in the mechanical classes should work up at the Y.M.C..\. rooms as much, as possible, sy as to leave more room for our other classic in the main school. "With the purchase or new typewriters it becomes imperative that we should have a room reserved for typing; with, the machines fixed in the desks. None of our present einiimercial rooms is large enough for a satisfactory arrangement of *ho machines, but tlu'y could be. fixed temporarily, and I think wo could now spare one room for the sole purpose of typing ond shorthand. The efficiency of the class would be greatly improved if we could. Tho arrangements proposed arc mcraly (entilive, and may require modification from time to liin'e iu suit the varying demands for instruction. The new arrangement should enable us to meet the needs of our students much better than bsfore. "At; the same time, the fart that has made itself must clear to me whilo I have been trying to discover the best way of using our present facilities is that, from all points of view, there is only ono real solution of the problem of giving the school « clmnee Iμ develop iu a, healthy way, and Mhat is tho provision of a properjy placed and properly designed iTccliilical School building,■' with sufficient open space for playground." Tho rrtiart was ndoatod.