The different kinds of work embodied in this series of models, - namely advanced Cabinet work, Wood-carving, Staining, Varnishing, Designing, Drawing, - and the success that has accompanied the experiment, help, in a great degree to solve the problem as to how Manual Training should be taught so as to place it on a practical and an educational basis.

A pupil at the lathe, finds the work much different from what has gone before, he not only holds and guides the tools; but the material with a mighty power behind it, is driven at a speed of three thousand revolutions a minute against him, and he sees and feels that bodily harm may result, if care is not taken in the manipulation of the tools. He soon finds that it takes courage as well as skill to be able to do good work in turning.

The Equipment

The equipment for the room is as follows: A five-horse-power electric motor or steam engine, six first-class speed lathes, twelve benches, such as were used in the preceding work; one wood carving bench extending the length of the room, and a full equipment of tools, with oils, shellac, varnishes and stains. With this equipment a class of twenty-five may be taught, if the models are so arranged as to embody the different kinds of work named above.