Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-05-28
College EXHIBIT
PROVES SURPRISE
TO MANY PRESENT

The many students and friends Of
the College Of Hawaii who attended
the exhibition in the Home Economics
department held in the college build
ing yesterday afternoon were surpris-
ed and gratified to see the amount
and quality Of the work turned out
during the year in this branch Of the
college work. The cooking, sewing.
and fine arts rooms were open to the
visitors and Miss Florence Lee and
Miss NJ E. Chapman, assisted by the
students in their departments, receiV-
ed and showed the guests about,
pointing cut the interesting features
in the exhibits. 1t was q remarkable
demonstration of what the college Is
actually accomplishing and those who
noted the quantity Of artistic and
practical work displayed realized
more than ever that the College OF
Hawaii is offering opportunities which
local people have never had access
to before. The courses offered are
designed to meet practical purposes
as well as college requirements, and
the work is developed from the first
preliminaries up to the more difficult
advanced stages. Il.
In the fine arts department the
freshman work consists OF pencil
sketches, rubbed charcoal work, both
from still life and outdoor scenes. and
point work in charcoal done from
casts, The object Of this work is
principally to familiarize the student
with the different methods and leads
up directly to the second years work
which is devoted to water eolors.
Here flowers, still life and outdoor
scenes are reproduced and many Of
the water color studies on exhibition
reflect much credit and ability TO the
students and instructor. This course
is largely a study Of colors in their
different combinations and after A def
finite color chart has been made, cos.
tune and interior design are taken
up. These courses are closely cor
related to the domestic science cours-
es in dressmaking and home decora.
ton. They are also preparatory to
the work in china painting and de-
sign.
These latter courses work from very
simple problems in design beginning
with only vertical lines and dots, up
to the more difficult work OF con-
ventionalizing flowers, etc. The de-
signs for the china pieces are made
bv the students themselves and some
: of the work exhibited was exquisite.
/ The art rooms were most attractiyely
decorated with palms, ferns and flow
ers, while the exhibits of paintings,
drawings and china were very artis-
tically and pleasingly arranged.
In the sewing rooms most inter.
esting display greeted the eye-loVely
gowns, dainty handmade baby dress
es, fancy waists, and many forms Of
plain sewing and embroidery. The
class begin work with bought pat
terms, after which they draft their
I own patterns until later they do with.
out any guide, modelling on the forms
direct from pictures or their own
ideas The results of the course are
certainly most satisfactory.
In the domestic science kitchen DIR.
A. F. Jackson had arranged an inter-
esting diatetics exhibit. Many differ
emit kinds of food, each containing
100 Galleries of heat, were arranged
on plates and the strikingly varying
bulk Of each served to demonstrate
the relative fuel values Of these foods.
A new method of posteurizing infants
milk was also shown. The walls OF
the spacious white kitchen were hung
with instructive charts on meats, ce-
reals, and other foods In the dining
room delicious refreshments we're
lseryed-lemon and grape sherbet,
cake. waters and cookies, all prepared
by the cooking classes
Taken altogether the exhibit was
a great successiand the many visitors
who filled the rooms all afternoon
were most enthusiastic in their praise
of the work actually ACCOMPLISHED in
/ these practical and instructive, eours-
es.
This is a very busy week for the
college as it closes its doors at the
end of the month. Examinations and
preparations for the exhibit have
quite filled the earlier part of the
week Tonight, class day, will be eel
ebrated at the college building. Sat,
urday night the students and faculty
, will hold their annual banquet at the
university club. Sunday morning DIR.
Scudder will preach the baccalaureate
sermon for the senior class, and Mon
day afternoon commencement will
take place on the college campus
where the members of the class OF
! 1914 will receive their degrees.