The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-03-07

Southern audience during the Atlanta Ex-
position. Today there are between 900 and
1000 students in the institute, but, like
Hampton, it cannot begin admit all who
knock at the doors of the industrial depart
ments.
In showing visitor the exhibit, Mr.. Tay-
lor said:
"The girls start with this plain patching
and darning, for it must be remembered
that most of those who came to us have
never seen a needle. Next they do plain
sewing, such as making shirts, overalls, and
plain underclothing From that they pass
to the class in fancy sewing, and I'm sure
the tucks and drawn work on the hand
made lingerie exhibited in your big shops
can't be more beautifully done than this.
Finally they get to the dressmalzing and tail
oring department. All through the course
they are required to take lessons in drawing
and to draught their own patterns. They
also take great interest in printing. Our
students print the leading newspaper in
Tuskeegee, and do most of the printing for
the business houses. The girls also learn
practical cooking, housekeeping and 1aun-
dering.
"Now, to come down to what the boys do!
Begin with the tin department. They start
with simple soldering, such as is exhibited
here, and soon, they are making utensils.
Every room in the institute is furnished with
tin water set made by the students. 1t is
only step from that work to house timing
and guttering.
This brick chimney, which was built by
a student who is here with the exhibit and
IS IS constructed of bricks brought from the
institute, the handsome carved mantel, and
the CRATE and and irons, illustrate the work
q several departments. The CRATE was made
IN the foundry, which has been running
he grade of work done in the wood depart
ment and the masonry of the chimney gives
an ldea OF the carpentry work, for our boys
are taught, when they build house not to
depend on mason to build the chimneys
The squaring of blocks and making of
spokes i'll the wood department leads to fur
of our work is strictly unitarian, and not 1T
scrap OF material is wasted. EVERYTHING
that beginner practises on is used by am
advanced student in making some article
IN our harness exhibit we have everything
from the ordinary cart harness to the finest
lnlaId harness with brass trimmings and
the shoe department send everything from
tne coarSeSt plow shoe made by the begin
ner TO high grade shoe which sells for So.
Old shoes are sent to us in great quantities,
and these We place in the shops for the stu
uentS TO mend; they are then sold to the
poor students for what it costs to mend them
or are given to them. We are trying to sys-
tenatize our work more thoroughly by in
Producing the blue print SYSTEM which COM
pels student, upon entering the. industrial
department, to make his articles from the
designs that he has drawn. Everything here
from the simplest dress for child to the
handsomest piece of furniture or carriage
has the design on it from which it wasI
made, and all of these designs were made
by the students. This system is calculated
to make the students think for themselves,
and one of our chief aims is to educate
their heads and hands simultaneously
Mr.. Washington has issued a circular call
ling for funds to erect and equip building
to help broaden and improve the training III
agriculture, with view to having the insti-
tute turn out a large number Of students
well trained in farming, dairying and horti-
culture, as at least eighty per cent. of the
colored people in the South are dependent
on agriculture for their living