Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-24
A Remarkable Exhibit,

OF the floats representing the academic,
agricultural and mechanical and the girls
industries, the most striking perhaps, were
the following:
The broommaking and basketry float dis
played girls at work winding straw on
broom handles by hand machinery also
pressing and sewing brooms and cleaning
off old broom handles for the purpose of
putting on new straw
The millinery float showed the making of
uniform hats used by the girls in the
school; four girls were at work trimming,
draping and trying on hats.
On the blacksmiths' float there were in
operation a heating forge, a large drill
| press and thread cutter. Four boys were
| at work heating and forging and bending
tires.
Shoemaking was represented by float
containing six boys, who were making
shoes, repairing. cutting out and fitting up
pers and making uppers by machinery.
The electrical division presented q float
rugged with a pole at either end with boys
near the top dressed with climbers and
| safety belt. carrying pliers, fastening wires
to the regulation cross arms. A steam en-
! CINE. an electrical dynamo and switchboard
were In full operation; great number Of
electric lamps were burning as the float
passed.
The machine division float was remark
able In that all the machinery on 1t was
built by students. There was in opera
ton drill press, one seven horse power
engine driving the machinery and machine
vises. Boys were handling all the ma
chinery, performing their tasks In realistic
| fashion. 4 steam boiler, mounted on a
large wagon. with hose connections with
the machine float followed, furnishing the
power for the operation of the engine
On the printing float five boys were at
work. setting type, imposing FORMS" OPP
Grating printing press and stapling ma
chine, also binding books.
The brickmasonry and plastering 6oat
carried six boys doing progressive work,
| building piers, turning arches showing the
! three steps In plastering. Two finished
arches were exhibited. The sides of the
| float were built to represent the primitive
| level A transit was in place showing mod
ern methods.
Agricultural drawing was represented by
q float carrying two students working at a
| table, drawing. The float in general out
| line, represented Gothic structure
The experiment station and the expert
ment teaching division floats represented
cotton ginning and baling, cotton breeding
and an analysis of soil and plants showing
how wornout soils are reclaimed. This was
| Illustrated with sections of washed land,
| filled land terracing and other operations
| incident to building up soils; also sections
showing crops for three years rotation and
soil incubation
One Hambletonian stallion, five high
grade brood mares. accompanied by their
colts. a pedigreed Jack and five high-grade
mule colts were In the parade to represent
the live stock division.
The dairy division was represented by fifty
head of cows. including Jerseys. Guernseys
and Holsteins. accompanied by their sires
creamery float were three girls and two
boys making butter by the old and new
method. running a-separat0r, bottling milk
! aha testing same for butter fat and acid-