Evening journal., 1908-06-17
EXHIBITION AT
THE HIGH SCHOOL
Manual Training Work Of the
Pupils Being Displayed
There

The eighteenth annual exhibit OF the
manual training department of the
High school Is being held In the school
building this afternoon. and throng
of pupils and their friends and rela-
tives is inspecting specimens of the
work done In the courses Of the de-
partment These include the courses Of
work of the shop laboratories, sewing
and drawing and other departments.
The exhibit began this afternoon al 2
o'clock and the building will be open
for those wishing to view the exhibit
until 8 o'clock this afternoon Ia the
evening the exhibit will be resumed at
o'clock and will be continued until
10 o'clock tonight.
Under the direction OF Thomas ].
Sullivan, chairman Of the manual train
ing committee, Principal A. II. Berlin
ard the various instructors this years
exhibit has met the expectations OF the
students and their friends as being the
best exhibit heretofore held. Serving
two purposes, TO interest the students
and their friends I'm the work that has
been done during the last school year
and to draw attention to the splendid
equipment and efficiency of the in
structors and the wider field of en-
deavor occupied by the department, the
exhibit is a signal success
The work is being exhibited on
tables In the corridors of the buildinr.
One of the most interesting depart .
ments of the exhibit is that OF decora.
tive design, specimens of which ara
hung on the walls at the entrance Il
the building. Many original designs in
many colors are attracting much atten-
tion.
Perhaps the department which is re-
ceiving most attention from those of
a practical inclination is the exhibit
of mechanical and architectural draw
ing The manual students have ven
tured into all the intricacies Of perspec
tive, deatil designs and finally into full
hedged architecture. dwellings and pub
lie buildings begging designed seeming
ly, to the novice as readily as the ef-
forts of Sir Christopher Wren himself
The mechanical drawing section gives
promise Of no inconsiderable number
Of new mechanical designers for VIII
mington. Section drawings Of mechan-
ical appliances. engines. boilers and a
variety Of many other appliances ass
widely known bewilder the stranger
to the craft In free hand drawing
more general interest is being aroused
and many excellent examples are seer
Of pretty landscapes in pencil and char
coal and water color.
To the girls OF the school and to theil
sisters and mothers and aunts the mos
interesting exhibit. Of course. is tha
OF the sewing department. That WIZ.
lmington housewives Of the future vii
be as efficient with the needle and thin
bel is amply evident. Shirtwaists
skirts. kimonoes. cloth workbags an.
the many other objects that go TO max,
up the work Of the sewing room arr
shown OF delighted feminine visitors
and II is certain that this exhibit I,
many of the girls will exceed In import
ance even the graduation exercises.
Specimens OF the work in carpentry
and woodwork that have been mad,
in the workshop during the year ar
also attracting many visitors. ans
doubtless many parents are surprise,
to find the many surprising little nov.
elites in wood work that their som
have fashioned.
The instructors of the manual train
ing department of the High School an
John f.. Robinson. John e. whitehead
William +. Taylor. A. Edward Rhodes
Miss Joanna dup. Mclaughlin an,
Miss Grace II. Sayers.