The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-10-26
MERITS HIGH PRAISE
Shaw Uniyerslty's Wonderful
Exhibit.
II Wins Two First Prizes at The State Fair Be-
cause of Its Great lle"ce
and Value.

In the western section o. Floral Hall
there is an exhibit that has attracted
| great and interested attention during the
| great Twentieth Century State Fair of
| North Carolina.
This has been because of two things.
| First it is the first and only fully in
| stalled exhibit ever made at this Fair
| by a school for the education of the col
| ored people, and second it is an indus
| trial exhibit that by its completeness and
| real worth has caused much favorable
comment.
Shaw University, of which DR.. Charles
| r. Meserve is the president, is located in
| this city, and this year it has reorganized
| and amplified its work along industrial
| lines. The work it is doing is not to teach
| trades, but it is to do industrial work
| along educational lines.
/ Hearing so much said by visitors to the
| Fair of the Shaw University exhibit a
representative of this paper visited the
exhibit. He found it in space 20
| feet square made gay with the crimson
| and white of the University. In charge
! of the handsomely arranged exhibit was
| John A. Landlord, B. S., the superintend-
ent of the Industrial Department, and
| Miss Charlotte Murray the superintend-
| ent of the Sewing and Housekeeping De-
partment assisted by Mrs. M. T. Pope,
| the instructor in dressmaking and other
| teachers of the institution.
| Entering into conversation with Mr..
| Landlord he pointed out the various ar
| ticIes in the exhibit made by the male
students at Shaw. He talked of the first
| years work of the students in blacksmith
| ing and on this exhibit of the first years
work in this department there futtered
the blue ribbon first prize for home
| made tools in forged work.
| All the articles exhibited were hand
| made smith work. Among other things
in the display were steel blacksmith ham
mers a variety of steel chisels, brick
mason's hammer and other articles winch
| showed intelligent work.
In the machine shop work display there
was an exhibit of wood turning centres,
brass bearings for lathes, countershaft,
| a governor for an engine, packing boxes,
| connecting robs for engines and bolts
Here to the same intelligent work could
be seen in the application OF the pest
rules for this kind of work.
| The wood turning exhibit also showed
the blue ribbon first prize. In its sub
stantial and well executed work was
shown in sS5 solid oak desk, solid oak
wash stand, hand carving on wood, etc.
In the cabinet making work there was
among other things well made sideboard
and a poplar book case worth $40.
Then too. there were the architectural
and mechanical drawings, the star feature
of which IS the full details and drawings
| for the new colored First Baptist church
now being erected within a square or the
capitol.
Turning from this really great proof OF
the industrial work at Shaw the work
in sewing, designing and dressmaking was
to be seen. Miss Murray felt pleased at
being able to say that for the general
exhibit of this department the second pre-
MUM had been awarded. In this could
be seen a we'll arranged exhibit show
the progressive work of four years
been done in darning, mending, and but
ton-hole making; the second, the work
on parts of garments, embroidery ana
satin stitch; the third complete garments
cut from pattern and made by hand the
fourth the drafting of patterns, the max
ing of various undergarments and dresses.
This entire course of study and work
is accurately shown in the bound note
books of the pupils, which they take
home with them for reference. The eX-
qualification of it is admirably shown.
The great work at Shaw in the lines
mentioned is not the only class of instruc-
ton given. With forty in the faculty and
over five hundred students does thorough
work in college lines.
Just now the outlook for further ad-
vancement in industrial work at Shaw is
excellent, and the interest of the pupils
in industrial work is increasing
In fact, no more anxious peo-
pie can be found for growth along these
lines than at Shaw, where over 125 boys
and over 100 girls seek the instruction OF
these departments.
Mr. j. A. Landlord, B. S., M. S., is the
master of eight trades, of which he nm
ished four at Tuskegee the great school
of Booker Washington. He was also
trained for his work at Washington and
Chicago University, his literary work be-
ing done at the Lincoln A. and M. Col
lege in Missouri. Miss Murray received
her training in the training schools of
the North, principally at the Teachers
College of New York and Mrs. DR.. Pope
was trained for her work at Hampton,
where she graduated in the domestic
science department.