Catalogue of the Hampton Normal & Agricultural Institute, at Hampton, Virginia, for the academical year .. . n- Course dustries. The following lines are taken up:-ist Actual work at the bench; 2nd, Instruction in the kinds grades and prices of materials used; 3rd, Mechanical draw- HAM PT ON INS T ITU T I 60 ing, which, as far as possible, bears on each trade; 4th, Drillin competitive labor. The academic or night-school work consists of drill in arithme-tic, language, science, geography, history, penmanship, etc. A certificate will be given to every student who satisfactorily comple
Catalogue of the Hampton Normal & Agricultural Institute, at Hampton, Virginia, for the academical year .. . n- Course dustries. The following lines are taken up:-ist Actual work at the bench; 2nd, Instruction in the kinds grades and prices of materials used; 3rd, Mechanical draw- HAM PT ON INS T ITU T I 60 ing, which, as far as possible, bears on each trade; 4th, Drillin competitive labor. The academic or night-school work consists of drill in arithme-tic, language, science, geography, history, penmanship, etc. A certificate will be given to every student who satisfactorily completes the required amount of work in any of the Trade School courses. It is distinctly understood, however, that the certificate will be given for attainment in skill rather than for length of service COURSE OF INSTRUCTIONEach carpentry student has a bench containing avery complete kit of tools, the use and care ofwhich he is carefully taught by exercises in plan-ing, nailing, boring, sawing, glueing, making joints, etc. When acertain proficiency is reached, a house or barn is erected either in- Carpentry. J Carpenters at Work on a Stairway side or outside the Trade School, and each boy has an opportunityto apply what he has learned to actual house construction in such 70 CATALOGUE OF exercises as:—Laying off foundations, including running lines, set-ting batters, leveling and squaring. Laying off, framing, and put-ting into place the framework of a house; as sills, studding, floorjoints, plates and rafters, including, hip, valley and jack in and exterior work; as sheathing, shingling, weatherboarding, putting on cornice, making and setting door and windowframes, scroll and ornamental work, porch and piazza work, andstep building. Interior work; as laying floor, casing openings,making and hanging sashes, blinds, and doors, wainscotting, mantlework, stair work, including newels, rails, and balusters; laying outand constructing stairway. Miscellaneous work; as fen
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