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Show seiie ar made from crude oil. Then we went to Z. C. M. I. garagS where trucks are made. At Fred A. Carlson's Carl-son's garage the class viewed the new Fords and Lincoln Zcphers which are on display. It was Inter . esting to note different divisions of his garage and learn about his checking system. The trip was concluded con-cluded with a swimming party. Jack Householder more depressing here than it had at the school for the deaf. In the school the pupUs are taught to read and write by the Braille system. This is their alphabet. So many number of dots arranged in a certain position signify a certain letter of the alphabet. Two boys read a story for us by this method. A girl typed for us at the rate of speed of 71 words a minute. This is quite amazing when you realize that they are handicapped by having hav-ing to stop typing long enough to read the words before typing them. A very fine chorus consisting of five girls and one boy sang a song for us, and one of the talented pu- 1 I . ! 1 il ly equipped library and workshop. In the shoe workshop the boys learn the trade of shoemaking if they so desire. , As Mr. ' Wimmer stated, one of every ten boys who have been in the school are returned again. We really enjoyed our trip ana hope to be able to make similar trips this year. I am sure it will help us in our sociology class to better understand the social conditions con-ditions that surround us. it fills us with a sense of gratitude to know that those who need help in any way are really receiving it in these schools. Aldine Hatfield Education! Tour. - Wednesday, April 7, auto mecn-anics mecn-anics students of the Bingham high school spent an enjoyable day In Salt Lake City, Leaving the school at 8:45 and going directly to the airport, the class had time to thoroughly thor-oughly inspect a giant airplane the "Mainliner". This plane welgh3 about 12 tons when carrying a full load. Mr. Holiday was kind enougn to show us the radio room and guide us through the buildings and show us airplanes. From the airport air-port we went to the Utah Oil Refining Re-fining company where we were guided by Mr. George E. Hinckley, who showed us about the fractional distillation and how gas and kero- pus piuycu piauu selection. The pupils in this school are allowed al-lowed to go home for the week ends if they live close enough to do so. They receive their meuls at the school. i We left the school and went to the Industrial school. Our guide there was Mr. Wimmer, who has been at the school for twenty-five years. According to Mr. Wimmer most of the boys there have been sent there because of robbery. It seems that robbing Is one of the greatest temptations to a boy. We were surprised sur-prised to see little fellows there who are only ten, eleven, and twelve years of age. At the present time there are about 150 boys in the school. We visited their sleeping quarters and their auditorium. The latter is a very modern and beautiful room. It is here that the boys are given entertainment once a week a picture pic-ture show on Thursday, and on Sunday, Sun-day, a religious service. The meals are cooked and served by the boys in a large kitchen. They have a dining room adjoining the kitchen. The boys stay in the Industrial school until they are twenty-one years of age, unless they earn 6500 credits before that time. Then they are paroled. These credits can be obtained ob-tained by good behavior, and good work in about 8 months. The boys go to school half a day, and then work the rest of the day. They have good teachers, and a ful- High School .Notes to see the enthusiasm which was displayed by these children in doing the things commanded. The older children are being trained train-ed to "hear" music by feeling, through their hands, the vibrations of the piano when different chords were played. Most of the children in this school are from Nevada, Wyyoming, or ' Utah. The children live at the school. There is a hospital, fully equipped, to meet the demands of the school. Good, wholesome food and comfortable beds are provided for the children. We next visited the school for the blind. In my ; opinion it must be more distressing to have lost the sense of sight than the sense of hearing hear-ing because the atmosphere seemed |