Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-16
WROUGHT BY PUPILS.
The Permanent Exhibition of the
Schools Opened.
HAND AND EYE.
An Interesting Collection From the Schools
Now Arranged I'm the Franklin Building
Boys and Girls Who Have Learned to De-
sign and Make Things.

The good people CT this city do not have Il
60 to Chicago in order to see q credItable and
Interesting exhibition. Such a display was
opened up to the public last evening in the
form Of a permanent exhibit of the work o.
the students of the public schools of the Dis
U'ct a. samples of what they can do after the
preparation that comes from thorough course
OF manual training.
Inc exhibit is in the big hall at the top Of the
Franklin school building, and well repays q
visit not only from the parents of the scholars
In the public schools, but from all those who are
interested In the work Of the DEVELOPMENT O,
the latent possibilities Of the young. 1t is nc
small thing to realize that boy of fifteen can
make q turning lathe Of iron and steel that ia a
masterpiece OF workmanship and that is of n
sort that makes it good enough to be used IN
any shop. II is no small thing for
girl Of the same age to be able to design. en-,
and ft q dress that in style appearance AND
finish would do credit to an experienced modesto.
let exhibits Of this sort are to be seen now AT
the Franklin School, and are enough to make
the most chronic grumbler leave off
his complaint that the students in our
schools today are not being taught any.
thing useful The exhibit opened last
evening, and while but little was known of II
beforehand, there was fair attendance. and all
those who saw ii were enthusiastic in their
praise OF the system which could show such
good results. The exhibition will be open from
now on, morning, afternoon and evening, and
1t Is thought that the attendance will increase
until 1t taxes the resources Of the big hall.
MANUAL TRAINING IL THE SCHOOLS
For some years past the system Of developing
the manual skill OF the students in the local
schools has been followed out under the general
direction Of Supt. Powell, who is a firm be-
hever in the virtues and good results of this
system. Each year the methods pursued have
been enlarged and perfected. New ideas
have been introduced and the character
Of the work done has been correspondinely inn
proved until now the work turned out by some
OF the higher grades would do credit to old and
skilled workmen.
The exhibit lis arranged in an attractive man.
ner about the hall, beginning at the left of the
entrance door and continuing about the room
until the same door is reached again where one
may see the handiwork of the most advanced
students. Between the two extremes there is
regular graduation. so that by following the ex-
hlbl@ about carefully one can get a very good
idea OF the methods pursued in this credit
able work At FIRST one may see the
rudest kind Of drawings, straight lines
ana curves, the work Of the
little shavers. but done as carefully and well az
they can; simple reproductions in plaster OF
potatoes and apples that still show the mark
Of the little fingers. At the other side of the
room there are specimens OF molding
and modelling that show not only care
but developed genius as we'll; designs
for the exteriors aud interiors of buildings that
would not shame an experienced architect
either in the matter Of originality or in the
skill with which the drawings have been exc
cuted. Some of this sort o. work is Of a quality
that should insure the boys employment in an
architects Office without much trouble Aside
from the practical side of the question -the
dollars and cents side, so to speak -there must
be good result from the system that teaches
youth to develop the resources that are in
him.