The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-06-08

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touches. chairs ana numberless useful and
ornamental articles attest the ingenuity ~
Inc pupils. 4 crG9uct get made BY pupil
q this y model work. hut the pupils could,
y permitted. make all the furniture and
90 ~ the repairing Of the school. The
OF materials out OF the repair fund, ana
ggo ,,,s Igy for such our Of t1eir own
fphds, ana the pupils clnnor for he mae
deal work. The teachers work from kLn
w 70 sun down. and sometimes on sunday.
4, hnetb ply Is not eommensnratc Win that
INC practical work ~ the place is done Icy
on, sde labor. In the rehooring Of Picket
at an expense ~ nbont SIS. hut the work
man was discharged by order 4 Mr.. Rel
chardi. The pupils completed the work aud
their task was completed as quickly nuI IN
a much moro thorough manner than the
work n inc carpenter and ~ trihing cost
e,gy and Investigation seems TO be needed
! alonS this line.
THIS was the, drst year in the ,aloring
three students and they are competent
| trousers makers. They do all the work
| OF the school and make and sell good sntts
10 tho students at from $40 10 sis. Iley
also make plain skirts and repair woiuens
Tho shoemakng exhibit Is praise,yor ny
ana large number Of pupils have APPLIED
! Tor place In the class. There are only
SIX pupils who work one aud half hours
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shoes every third day. The samples on OK
| hibitlon are neatly finished and apparently
durable The pupils make n great many
! shoes and do all repairing for the school.
! Each pupil msdc himself pair Of shoes
TO wear home at the end of tho term.
CLASS IN SEWING.
The most interesting exhibit was that Of
the class In sewing Under the able dircc-
! tion Of Miss Callle u. Willis. who came
from Wherefore university. The hand.
sewed articles were, all nicely finished,
every variety OF stitch being illustrated
There were samples OF wonen's and chill
dlen's clothing Of every description, mems
shirts Of the best quality. at and make;
bridal trousseau hats and hornets made en-
trcly by the pupils The accuracy and
ncaiucss Of the work were amazing ami *
cited general wonder ami admiration. The
Battenberg designs, fancy work novelties
And handkerchlets We're eXdUisitely tiushed.
Tho embroidery Of household lincn aud lin.
gtlle conld not he improved to any great
extent, while centerpccc designs ana doll
les embroidered In orange blossoms, Bride
roses aud heur dc lis. were very original
aud beautiful The flower designs in white
NO., the stnmcns and stem stitch are
worked out with delicate skill which was
simply wonderful. The pupils who entered
the class unable In do the simplest sewing
correctly soon learned enough TO make n
gown shirt waist OF plque skirt. They
work, Miss Willis provides practical pat.
terms, corrccts all defects and teaches the
pupils to be thorough and neat and, above
all 10 make haste slowly. assuring them
that the best dressmakers and milliners arc
ict the quickest. Tho reporter examined
one piece of work done by pupil aft
r'ne months experience t.ghose hands for
merry were deXterous rt nothing save, per
haps. cotton picking which was especially /
noieworth$ was waist made u a
the lehgthwise rows alternating with G ~
ter Of fne tucks, the lace being set ~ |
So as 10 show M transparent. The en-
smooth IN finish aud very handsome An.
other feature If the exhibit was wedding /
costume 81 white oreandy over silk. chiffon /
and silk trimmings. There have been is /
pupils each week In this department.
DINNER For WHITE VISITORS.
At the close Of tho graduation exercises
tic white visitors were invited In dinner
ana grand spread it was. II was an old
fnshiored Southern vegetables,
meats chicken. ish and dozen dainty side
dishes, with plenty Of ice cream aud OK.
qelient cake. The crowd Of several hundred
mndc tho yands disappear with great rapid.
ty and The walters and mattresses seemed
altogether happy over their success Soy
trnl Of the professors were arguing that ~
SrlcntinC cooking department WIS badly
needed. That may be true but no sclcn.
tine cook could improve greatly on the din.
nor OF Tuesday.
Whatever me negroes are now. whatever
they may become In the cold-storage con
dltions Of our commercial environments the
school exhibits present unim-
peachablc evidence Of latent capacities and
possibilities which are truly remarkable 1t
proves that the negro Is waking mp and
that he ID no longer content with coru-
hread and bacon and a bunk Of straw. We
are familiar with tho saying that there are
! wo seasons whom tho negro Is 80 rich that
he asks for nothing more;
Blackberry time is one. for den
He neither hoes nor sows
De Niger knows his daily bread
Right on de bushes grows
"Dc others waternilion time.
And den. Lord bresS your soul,
Bofc bread and water grows for MIN
In one big, cool, green bowl" {
But that does NOT apply TO the Prairie I
View negro. The work OF the school shows S
beyond doubt that the black man is crop
ing for The light; his ambitious projects 5
md perpetual unrest being the cutlery Of
natural human instincts which must he de,
rcl0ped. Aud the exhibits would at once !
change the opinion of those who believe Z
mat the race has gone down into the black q
Tho zeal Of the students can not he mis- 5
olcn They are noisy and almost rahid I
IN their desire for Improvement. ineir '
var cray is education and practical equip a a
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magnificent stcod, Education, which they /
laNe mounted without saddle, blanket or e.
lridlc, is thoroughbred which viii carry ii
hem 10 the uplandS. and not the spectral ,
IRISH Pooka which will land them In an :,
nrNtrlcahle bog, The reporter conversed =
With nearly all the teachers and found II
hem to he courteous, modest and usually +,
Without arectatlon. They all aim 10 arrive If
4 practical results, and are apparently I'M n
Ike the conventional colored graduate with
ne undlgested rudmcnts Of dozen pcl.
noes In the brain as dry and "a unpro-
inctlye ms the Stag in n furnace or the
hips In tho corner NJ q carpenter shop Q
one of them remarked that almost any +
no0em idiot can pratc Of astronomy or p
ahhe Of Greek: can chatter ~ science and ,
clibhlc French. hut when Il comes 10 y
ding tho useful work N society they are n
ound to he deficient In studying the 81
chool one can not help comparing It with -
he TuSkeeeee system inansuTateA ny VI
'ooker T. Washington. Al Tuskeegce the 90
idustrlal work Ia done mainly by students Il
mo work all day and 60 to school nj .,
tight. These dag workers and night \
tudents continue this way for two or ~
hrce years. In this time they learn n VI
'ade and save up sum of money, They m
,Hn become day pupils. paving their way h.
M NJ the money earned nv tho previous :"
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