The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-04-06
PUPILS EXHIBIT
Results Of TERMS Work at Oahu
College.
COLLEGE Open TO VISITORS
Specimens of Painting on
China.
Drawing, Natural Sciences AM
Bookkeeping Show Good
Results.

All day Saturday the class rooms in
Pauahi Hall. Bishop Hall of Science,
and the old school building at Oahu
college were open to the public, and
visitors were coming and going from
a. m. to p. m.
In Miss French's studio was held
the third exhibit of the season in free
hand drawing, china painting, pastel,
charcoal and pen and ink sketches.
The work was of exceptional merit
and those best qualified to judge were
lavish in favorable criticism, proving
that the pupils of Miss French possess
not only talent and aptitude, but stu
dious application and conscientious at
tention to detail and technique.
The display of china was excellent,
and shows the effect of the six months
training Tables were tastefully spread
with dinner sets, tea sets, chocolate
pitchers, platters, vases, PLAQUES and
dishes of all descriptions. One of the
finest pieces of work is a set of fish
plates from original studies of Hawaii
an fish. The tints and shades bear the
closest inspection, and show the result
of most careful study. Sea MOSES and
corals are represented and gold nets
are tastefully draped over each plate.
One table was devoted to china decor
ated with studies made directly from
local flora, there being the blossoms
of the maimosa, lehua, lantana, plu-
maria, orange. coffee, pepper, violets,
and numerous other plants now in the
Islands. There. also, faithful attention
to detail was evident. One fruit dish,
handsomely ornamented with raised
gold work and also an oval tray, beau
tifuIIy decorated with blue plumbago
are deserving of especial mention.
A charming toilet set in Dresden eff
feet attracted much attention. 1t con-
sisted of a clock, hand glass, brush,
tray, and jewel box, decorated with
cupids in delicate tints.
Some of the more ambitious pieces
were vases and plaques with the hui
man figure, in sixteenth and seven
teenth century costumes, cupids in
a bon-bon box with me-
dallion head, a Louis Quatorze plate
with snow birds, a tray with the heads
of Venus and Cupid and a large plat
ter with Venetian scene in brilliant
hues. Equally deserving OF praise was
a tea set with tiny yellow roses, a set
of olive dishes, a vase of hawthorne,
an ice-cream dish with almond bios
SONS, a jardiniere with yellow roses, a
large plate with buttercups. fruit dish
with dogwood. a fruit set with flowers,
a series of large plates with orchids,
set of bread and butter plates with
flowers in gold, a pudding dish with
arbutus. and plate with maiden hair
and gold
Selections made from the object
drawings of the students during the
last quarter were tastefully arranged
about the walls of the room. These in
cluded the work of the classes in the
Punahou Preparatory School. as we'll
as those of the college. Among them
were noticeable sketches made in the
vicinity of both schools. in pencil and
also in pen and ink. Many of the stu
dents show remarkable proficiency
and all give evidence Of wise direction
from the teacher. All students of Pu-
nahou receive the benefit of free wood
drawing without charge.
Among the samples of the work of
the special classes was TO be seen pas
tells of hibiscus and nasturtiums. a
still life study in oil, calabash. ba-
nanas, etc. pen and ink sketch of la
mai with vines. palms. and ferns,
charcoal sketch of fighting gladiator
and also of the Apollo Belvidere. still
life in water colors, studies from casts
of heads, etc.
In an adjoining room the large kiln
was to be seen. This has contributed
much to the success of the work in
china painting as the firing of china is
usually attended with great risk. The