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Show PAGE 48 WEBER ACADEMY Domestic Science h (Home Nursing).This course is planned to qualify students to meet emergencies and conditions arising in the home where professional skill is not necessary, or where assistance can be given until medical help can be obtained. Foods are analyzed and studied with reference to climatic conditions, age, occupation, sickness, etc. Invalid cooking is prepared in the laboratory. Two hours per week second semester. Manual Training. Carpentry a.This course gives a consideration of materials, and an explanation of the use and care of tools, illustrated by planing, sawing, ripping, nailing, glueing, dovetailing, mortising and tennoning, splicing and such other work as is common in carpentry and joinery. Five two-hour laboratory periods, first semester. Carpentry b.This course gives exercise work in the construction of useful articles, all to be made from working drawings. Original designing is encouraged Elementary turning and the consideration of lathes and turning tools are taken up during the course. Materials used, the size of stock, and the finishing and polishing of the articles made are considered. Five two-hour periods per week during second semester. Carpentry c.An application of the skill acquired during the first year, involving the use, care and running of modern wood-working machinery is the work of the course. The planing, sawing, scraping and sanding of hard woods, together with the making of glue joints, saw-filing and tool grinding are also given. Five two-hour periods, first semester. WEBER ACADEMY PAGE 49 Carpentry d.This course gives instruction in cabinet-making; original designing and proper construction expressed on paper by working drawings; finishing and polishing; explanation of the purpose and process of the treatment of new woods, illustrated by the finishing of the exercises, scraped and sanded; advanced turning. Five two-hour periods per week, second semester. Carpentry, e, f, g and h.A continuation of the work in cabinet and furniture making, turning and finishing. Two periods daily throughout the third and fourth years. Drawing. Drawing a.Pencil and charcoal sketching. Water color. Still life, fruits and flowers. Five hours per week, first semester. Drawing b.Water color. Human figures, out of door subjects. Principles of design. Five hours per week, second semester. Drawing c and d.Charcoal drawing of casts, Water color. Study of harmony of line, tone, space, and color. Application of these principles to costume and home decoration. Three two-hour periods per week throughout the year. Drawing e and f.Designing. Brief course in the history of art, the great artists and their masterpieces. Three two-hour periods per week throughout the year. |