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
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, receiy-
ed and showed the guests about.
pointing cut the interesting features
in the exhibits. Ii was 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 81
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.
In the fine arts department the
freshman work consists of mcneil
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 colors.
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 study of colors in their
different combinations and after def
mite 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-
yentionalizing flowers, etc. The de-
signs for the china pieces are made
hy the students themselves and some
OF the work exhibited was exquisite.
The art rooms were most attractively
decorated with palms. ferns and flow
ers. while the exhibits of paintings,
drawings and china were very arts
tically and pleasingly arranged.
In the sewing rooms a most inter
esting display greeted the eye lovely
gowns. dainty handmade baby dress
es. fancy waists. and manv forms Of
plain sewing and embroidery. The
class begin work with bought pat
terms, after which they draft their
own patterns until later they do II nth.
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 DR..
A. f. Jackson had arranged an inter-
esting diatetics exhibit Many differ
ent kinds of food. each containing
100 caiories 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 were
served lemon and grape sherbet.
cake. waters and cookies, all prepared
by the cooking classes.
Taken altogether the exhibit was
a great success and 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 cours.
es.
This is very busy week for the
college as it closes its doors at the
end of the month. Examinations and
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 |
club. Sunday morning DR.. |
will preach the baccalaureate
sermon for the senior class, and Mon
day afternoon commencement will |
take place lon the college campus |
where the members of the class of |
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