Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-28
TECH ON EXHIBITION
Hundreds Flock to See Big
Schoo! at Work.
BOYS TOLL IN OVERALLS
Under Eyes Of Fair Visitors Turn
Out Steel Bars.
GIRLS MAKE DAINTY HATS
Embryo Cooks Have Their Trials,
But Stick Sturdily to Their
Tasks-Woodwork Busy.

| Mckinley Manual Training School was
on show last night, and a great crowd
of fathers, mothers, aunts, uncles, bis
sisters and brothers fiocked there to see
the big school in full blast. Everything
was in operation, from the hot and smelly
FORCES in the basement to the clean,
looking kitchen upstairs on the third
| floor.
| The basement of the school had the
appearance of a full-hedged foundry and
| machine shop. There was lot OF hnery
about in the shape of best clothes and
fluffy fixings on the girl visitors. Inc
girls crowded through the big milling
machines and steel lathes, regardless OF
the gallons Of machine oil that was III
evidence on every side, and which
threatened the entire destruction of broad
cloth, velvet and white serge.
Steelworkers in Overalls.
The boys in the shop downstairs had
on their overalls and were working away
as II they had to finish building steel
oattleship before $50 o'clock. Guides
from the upper classes took visitors about
and explained in detail just what each
machine was doing. while pretty girl
visitors looked on and pretended to un-
derstand exactly what the guides meant
when they expatiated deeply and teen
nically on the ten pltcn si&tS-hse-eoo'l'
cutter"
This boy is doing nothing but making
shayings from a steel bar" chanted
guide, and young lady, wise and IN
lellectual looking, picked up bit OF the
curling steel as it slid from the par.
wit WAS
blistering hot.
The boys were making reamers ana
were operating milling machine with
as much unconcerned as II pevy Oh
visitors was not crushing the operator
|against the machinery. The crowd came
Ito see everything and succeeded.
"The Blacksmith"
The boys in the forge room, or foundry,
gave a visible answer to the question
Why do they call the Tech foot bah
team the blacksmiths'?" The Tech"
blacksmith, a mighty man is he, with
strong and sinewy hands. and last night
the strongest of him was beating large
niece 81 red-hot iron to death. He had
a sledge that must weigh twenty POUNDS
and the way he swung it caused the
young women to exclaim:
"Oh, isn't he strong.
He and his confreres were making
straight bars crooked, and crooked bars
|straight-and were just as unconcerned
about ut as were their fellow students III
the machine shops.
The woodworking crowd seemed to De
proud of their brand-new lathes Installed
only a few weeks ago and patented Dy
two instructors in the school. The boys
were making all sorts OF wooden things
inst to show the girls and the parents
what they could do when they got READY.
They turned out everything last nignt,
from a filigree work toothpick to base
hall bat that Tyrus Cobb would be proud
to own.
Techs orchestra worked as hard over
their scores of music as did the piack.
smiths over the hot iron. Tney played a.
and attracted large audience III the as
sembly hall on the main floor.
Making Creations.
Upstairs the girls were busy making
creations and perfect dreams OF hats
in the millinery class room. Other girls
were sewing, and making fancy articles.
It seemed that each had out her very
choicest work bag. and had on her pref
test clothes A big crowd stood around
and watched the needles hy-yet the
seamstresses and milliners were just as
unconcerned as were the blacksmlths,
mill workers anu "OOO III AE1 @.
The rooms full Of draughtslnen drew
the attention of the visitors. The class
was endeavoring to do bit of decor
alive work. while sign explained that
the students were taking something or
other from nature as motif" But
really, the motif was closely connected
with the fact that admiring young wom-
en- were watching the pencils and the
araughtsman with admirtng eyes.
The Trials Of the Cook.
The chemical laboratory was working
,ull blast. and smelled like the back room
OF busy drug store. The students were
Using their crooked little tubes with
great effect. speaking odoriferously, and
the visitors left there as soon as they
politely could. and all hands went over
TO the kitchen.
A class Of young cooks was endeavor-
ing to make something out of a tomato
and a bit of lettuce.
Now this should stand for half an
hour" explained the instructor. Jennie.
| told you not to cut that tomato that
way-now you've ruined it, and Jennie
looked abashed.
But the school was q revelation to thou
sands of persons who have never seen it
before, and never knew how big an in
stitution it was.