The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-06-14
ART AND MANUAL TRAINING.
Exhibit Of What the High-SchoOl and Other
Pupils Have Done During the Year.

Pupils Have Done During the Year.
The third annual exhibit of the art-work
of the pupils of the High-school, together
with the work of the scholars of the man.
ual training school, took place yesterday
afternoon and evening at High-schoolH Hall,
which for several hours was thronged with
admiring visitors. 1t was, indeed, az art
exhibit, and one in which this city may
well take pride. There were hundreds OF
drawings, from the plainest outline to land
scape artistically beautiful, and all made
by the bright boys and girls of the Indian
apolis High-scbool. On entering the hall
where the exhibit is. the first thing to at
tract attention is work lone by children in
the lower grades of the public schools
what is called pattern-wOrk-in colored
paper and work in clay. Much of the clay
work is done by children from six to eight
years old, the more %pretentiOus pieces of
modelling being by children from nine to
twelve years old. There is al endless
variety of forms shown, beginning with
geometrical figures, running through OBJ
jects of everyday use and notice
and then entering the animal kingdom,
running the entire range ending with
not larger than a half dollar, appears to
have been O favorite study with these
young mOdelers. 1t is literally a mud tur-
tie. One bit of art that is noticeable Is a
tea set of several pieces made by some
modelling. which is lone in all the public
schools, Is under the general supervision OF
Mr.. Jesse IL. Brown.
The art exhibit of the High-school is in
charge of Miss Selleck. Drawing begins in
that school in the second year. There is
little copying, most of the work being
drawn from the object, the pupil beginning
with the pencil and continuing with cray
on, stub and point. A number of the
~crayon-work predominates. This year the
drawing has much of it been done on paper
of gray and other soft tints which impart a
softening effect. The scholars have been
t eailya and % a. gr0a sRo s SS1sshss a shoWn
things thrown together without regard
to harmony. A part of the room has been
made into an alcove, and In TINS the Oo-
exhibit whether they have any true touch
with art. 1t looks like q students ~atelier,
and does credit to the scholars who ar
ranged it. Among the numberlessldraw-
ings are several showing ears n noses
made by members of the drawing class OF
each other. There are q number of studies
from life, which are quite we'll done.
There have been during the term now
closing 100 scholars studying art drawing.
and in addition to this, seventy-ive
a part of the manual training school course.
There have been two sketchlng clubs
organized in connection with the school.
The first has been organized for two years.
aud is known as the High-school Sketching
Club. This consists of sixteen members.
The other was organized last spring. and is
known as the Hints of HauntsC!ub. Mem
bers of both take rambles in the country
sketching. so that a number of the draw
ings represent things familiar-bits of nat
ure in and near Woodruff Place, up the
canal and on the river.
The drawings n specimens OF wood
work made by the boys of the manual
-training-school form an interestingly feature.
This department of the High-schOol is under
the supervision of William Bass. The puS
pills spend two hours each day IN this de,
work at the bench and lathe. There are
sixteen benches and eight lathes, the power
for the latter being furnished by a fifteen
horse engine. The first half year the pupils
are restricted to the bench, but the second
half they are put upon lathe work. These
pupils are delighted with this diversion
from books, and are willing to study any
thingif permitted to take the manual-train-
ing course. During the first six months
tlcSc pupils lCdlh w III IN Usual
bench tools, and, afterward, In lathe
work, all the tools. except, perhaps,
those used for special turning. Not q piece
of woodwork is attempted, except from a
drawing previously made, and by this
method the scholars learn to be exact, not
only in manual work but in other lines of
study.
The workshop. in the basement of the
High-schoOl building, was thronged. yes
terday with visitors. About 1900 pieces
have been made by the pupils in
the year. Many of the pieces are valu-
able in themselves, but most of them
are good only because of the practice
in using tools that they have af-
forded the young workers. Many are dis
tributed among the primary schools for the
scholars to draw from or to represent in
clay. One of the most interesting things
shown is a hollow globe composed of sixty
SIX blocks of pine. There is but one girl,
Amelia Keller, in the Misunderstanding
school. This is not because girls are de-
barred, but because no more have chosen to
take advantage of the opportunity offered
them. Some of the best work has been
done by this young lady. among which is a
beautiful box. finished with a skill that
would do credit to a practical cabinet
maker.