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Show PAGE 48 WEBER ACADEMY and joinery. It is also designed to develop in the student a high regard for vocational work. 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. 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.A continuation of the work in cabinet and furniture making, turning and finishing. Two periods daily throughout the third and fourth years. By special permission students may take additional work in Carpentry, for which not to exceed one unit of credit may be granted. WEBER ACADEMY PAGE 49 Mechanical Drawing.This course presents the elementary principles of projection, including the common conventions of mechanical drawing. Adapted to the line of shop work the student is pursuing. Five hours per week throughout the year. Art. Art a, b.Pencil and charcoal sketching. Water color. Still life, fruits and flowers. Five hours per week, first and second semester. Art c, d.Water color. Human figures, out-of-door subjects. Principles of design. Three two-hour periods per week, first and second semester. By special permission students may take additional work in Art, for which not to exceed one unit of credit may be granted. Music. Sight Singing a, b.The purpose of this study is to teach the pupil to read music at sight; to hear mentally a tone and be able to produce it. The year's work includes major and minor scales, clefs, bass and treble, rhythmic values, pitch studies and practical singing in one, two and four parts. Two hours per week throughout the year. Sight Singing c, d.Continuation of a, b. Two hours per week throughout the year. ChoirThe choir is composed of 120 mixed voices. Any pupil with sufficient voice qualification is entitled to membership. |