The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-12-21

HANDIWORK OF STUD MIS-.
What is Being Done in That Line By
the Young Men and Women Of
This City.
From Saturdays Daily.

From Saturday Daily.
An exhibit of the manual training
work of the high school and drawing,
painting, etc, in the grades has been in
stalled in the public library, ana wiI
remain there until next v ednesday
night. The public is invited and urged
to call and inspect it.
Yhe work in manual training is the
best yet put out by students of the
school. The exhibit is Il large one and
attracts much attention 1 his work is
under the direction of Prof. {. w. An
gier. who has proved very successful
instructor The articles on exhibit have
all been made during the year 1906. The
first year work includes cutting boards,
card trays, coat hangers, sleeve boards,
book racks. knife and fork boxes, mag
azinc racks, shelves, foot stools, tabor
cts, drawing boards and squares, picture
frames. etc. These are all well made
with mechanical precision that would
do credit to a cabinet maker, and are
finished in different colors.
The second year work includes library
tables, plant stands. plate racks, a piano
bench and a trophy case. The tables
are made of quarter sawed oak, and the
best would undoubtedly sell at $50 to
$50 in retail furniture store. George
Pond ,Jr. has Just completed very
handsome and substantial library table
with Manila oak finish. Ernest Jones
has nice library table in brown wealth
cred oak. and Rupert Andrews another
fine table similarly finished. Melvin
knott has a piano bcEch with old Eng
lish finish, Henry Lee a plant stand with
asphaltum finish, Earl King Il book ease
and shelves of oak. and Archie Jones II
wash stand of chestnut. Professor An
gIer has Il handsome students desk with
asphaltum stain. The second year work
is done by sophomore students, and is
highly creditable. One would hardly sup
pose that they get so proficient One
period a day is given to the work and
one to mechanical drawing, which goes
hand in hand with manual training
Mechanical drawing is done through
both the first and second years, and con
sists of working drawings, projections,
free hand lettering, blue prints. etc. The
original drawing is made, followed by
the tracing and finally by the blue
print. - 80 - = - H. .~
ne eAlllDlI OF drawing Is very large.
and comes from all of the grades in the
city schools from the primary to the
seventh inclusive. There are drawings,
and painting in water colors and with
crayon and pencil, from landscapes and
nature. Then there is paper work and
mat weaving. etc, in which the little
hands have shown great dexterity The
teacher having charge of this work
is Miss Fannie Pitcher, who has created
taste for the work on the part of the
pupils and developed much artistic skill
OF the part of many
\ feature of inns exhibit that attracts
the attention of all is the Franklin
Magazine, gotten out by the sixth grade
of the Franklin school, Miss Fletcher
teacher. 1t contains reading matter
illustrated by cravings Then there is
Christmas work, including prettilv dec
GRATED blotters. printed notices, books,
etc.
The total number of exhibits i'm Miss
Pitchers department is nearly 400