The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-24
GIVE STUDENTS
WORK EXHIBIT
Specimens Shown of Handicraft
of Latter-Day Saints
University.
MECHANIC AND DOMESTIC
ARTS ATTRACT ATTENTION
Making of Wearing Apparel
and Baking of Bread Are
Among Features.

Conspicuously displayed in the Vermont
building are some wonderful specimens oi
the handiwork oil students of the mechan-
ic arts and of the domestic arts depart
ments Of the l.. -. S. university. The
installation OF the art exhibit i'll the
Young Memorial building has not yet
been completed. but A. b. Wright. the
instructor. says that everything will be
In readiness for visitors by Friday.
The mechanic arts work forms an in
teresting part OF the chamber OF COM
merce display, 1t includes specimens OF
wood turning. furniture and clock MAX
ing and exhibits in the welding ana forg-
ing of iron. The exhibit was installed
under the direction Of Professor 4. :.
Kienke, instructor in manual training,
and his two assistants, r. y. Mexican,
in charge of the frst-year work. and
5. r. Egbert. in charge OF the iron work.
Many of the specimens OF the stu
dents craft are so excellent as To be the
equal OF factory made goods. 4 large
Swiss hall clock, a ladies' Dutch style
writing desk. a gentleman's wardrobe and
4 rolltop desk are among the articles
that attract attention Among the spec
imens of the work OF second-year stu
dents arc mission rockers. Morris chairs
library tables, writing desks. rolltop
desks. iattop desks, hall tree. buffet,
mission breakfast table. music cabinet
and Ming cases.
Students Do Clever Work.
The second year students begin work
i'll cabinet making and finishing and pol
shing. Among those who have. speci-
Theodore Miller. Roswell Coon, Leon
Pack Cruise Howe. Arthur Eldredce,
Mark Mariser, George LLOYD. Clyde Han
sen, Howard Midgley. Victor Ensign,
Everettc Williams, V. NJ Christensen. Ell
mer Dansie, Leo Sharp. Nern McCul
loueh, Asel Richardson. George M9chay.
Thompson. Elmer Frame. Roy Christen
sen. Ellis Squ!rcs. Marvin Bennion,
Ralph Steed and Edward Clarke.
One of the features of the exhibit is y
board about foot square. highly polished
and made from branch oi Utah sage
brush. The coloying and marking OF this
piece Of wood is beautiful.
The domestic arts exhibit in the Lion
house slrpasseS that Of previous years.
Tho FIRST. third and fourth year work
was Installed under tho direction OF Mrs.
Lederman and the second year work un-
der the direction OF Miss Belle Barton.
In Mrs. LedcrmanS room are rne spcci-
mems of aprons and underwear, made by
frSt-ycar students and fancy work of
superlative quality, the product % third
and fourth year students. The fancy
work has attracted much favorable COM
meni from the visitors AT the exhibit.
In Miss Barton room the specimens of
handiworh arc confined To articles of
wear such AS dresses of variety of
shades and designs. shirt waists. skirts.
etc. The goods for these dresses were
selected by the students and they were
cut aud fitted according 10 the style de-
cided on Each young woman in this
department must complete al least four
articles al wear during the year. and
the exhibit is composed OF garments Sc
lected AT random from the great quantity
OF work done during the year Mrs.
Lederman introduced the Hedcbo and
Hardanger styles Of fancy needlcwork.
and some excellent samples have been
obtained from the students.
In Domestic Science.
Sanitary. neat and pleasing is the do
mestic science department, under the
supervision Of Miss Ethel Bennlon and
Miss Amy Lyman. These two young
women have inauSurated q complete sys-
TEN OF cooking at the rooms in the Lion
house. and although the class during the
past year has been estimated al more
than sixty. both Miss Bennion and Miss
Lyman believe that a stil larger class
could be accommodated. In the art OF
cookery many fundamentals attached TO
the process OF baking bread properly arc
worked Out. Pastry of all sorts is expert
mented with. and I'm the bedroom where
Brigham Young once slept many delight
ful luncheons have been given during
the last few months.