The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1903-05-30

iron tables and umbrella stands
The framed exhibit comprises q
number of forge shop exercises,
chains, rings, joints, hinges, and
a complete set of machine lathe
tools. The best finished and
most skillfully made products of
the forge shop during the past
session are a hammer and a hot
cutter made by Charles Wellman
and Ellery Wellman of Crowley,
two of the brightest students in
the manual training work.
The article, however, around
which the greatest interest at
tached is an 1S.foot boat
made by some of the students in
the third and fourth year classes.
This product OF the manual
training department is wholly
creditable to the makers. The
plans for the boat We're made by
the boys under the direction of
the instructor, and the entire
work was executed by the stu
dents.
The exhibit of the domestic
science department, which fills
the same place in the courses
for girls that the manual train
ing does for the boys, was made
in the sewing room, an ample
and well-equipped room 25X4O
feet, and in the dining room and
kitchen of the cooking school.
The exhibit of the sewing class
was the most popular among the
lady visitors. The display was
divided into two parts, showing
first and secOnd-year work.
The first comprised a large
called sample work, arranged in
books Tor inspection. Each piece
of work involved some stitch or
other element and was accompa-
MED by an instructive set of di-
rections as to its uses and pur-
poses; the next set of exercises
consisted of suits of undergar-
ments, in making which all the
elementary principles of the pre-
v1ous work were put into practi-
cal use. The exhibit Of the Sec
Ond term OF the first year con-
sisted of baby dresses and other
pieces of apparel, involving fine
hand sewing, all made by hand.
The remainder of the first year
course consists in lessons in tax
ng measurements, drafting, cut
ing, fitting and designing, all of
which was applied to making a
thin, unlined dress by each stu
lent. These dresses showed a
in design that was inter-
.stlng to the visitors and highly
'reditable to the young ladies of
he sewing school. On COM
nencement day each of these
tudentS wore the dress
designed and made by her (
elf
The second year course in sew '
nS involves. first the designing =.
nd making of winter dress. =
fter which follows advanced
7ork in hand sewing, lace making 6
nd embroidering Altogether i,
ne exhibit of this department is h
along all lines, show n
lg course that is valuable, alike "
or the skill it insures in the a,
anning art Of sewing, for the re
it involves in design
lg and constructing, and for the ST
ltenSely practical nature of the m
ltire set of exercises required tn
! the hands of the student. I'll
The domestic science DEPART -
ent is in charge of Miss Ger he
ude Maytield of Ruston. La, a tie
'aduate of the Louisiana Indus w
ial Institute and of Pratt Insti- -, -,
tie in Brooklyn, N. Y. M
The work Of the commercial CHI
apartment was on exhibit in the Wi
rye bookkeeping hall on the an an
ird floor of the main building. tn.
comprised complete sets of sec
'Oks as worked out during the tn
ssion by a class of thirty stu SCI SCI
nts. These sets were divided CO,
to three parts: first, the initial 20
~; second, the advanced set: In
lrd, banking. The initiatory Iie'
involved the use of the day the
ok, journal, ledger, cash sales. ide
and check books, and com iiy.
lsed different kinds of bust 100 100
sSes, such as retail general mis
and commission s'p,
d consignment. not
The advanced set consisted of spl'
course in single of
try bookkeeping, and changing wor
m single to double entry. The chill
able entry course involved the p,as
of the following books: The seer
in sales, and purchases: ledg- eve,
), the accounts Davab1e hook chill
special column and install ; amu