The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-10-11
N. w. Harllee.


State Normal and Industrial Col
lege, directed and promoted by Hon.
A. D. Ewell, the one young man that
is an Industrial factor of the youth
of Texas Prof Ewell has been at
the head of the laundry department
and the manufacture of hats for
twenty-four years, and is now near
ing his quarter of a century in this
important position, where skill and
brains and dent of industrial push
are required. Perhaps no one man
in public life has done more to en-
courage the boys and girls entering
Prairie View to enable them to
work their way through school by
encouraging them to use their hands
in the direction of those economics
that must eventually count In the
home and in practical life along all
lines of endeavors which mark the
different between the meritorius and
the shiftless.
In travelling along an unknown
road. we are, IL we be thoughuul,
look for land marks, road signs that
will enable us to know this ROAD on
our return and for our second jour
ney, IL we are required ever 10 go
that way again, thus 1t Is now that
we are looking for land marks among
men who would be considered In the
industrial uplift among our people
and in looking around, we FIND PROF,
Ewell. who has prepared himself Tor
his special line OF work by introduc-
ing hat making, the first of its KIND
In the entire south setting up an in
ervation as well as inspiration In
the new plant and branch OF INDUS
trial art.
This leads us to speak of the Prairy
lie View exhibit as being unique ana
complete in its makeup and skill
full execution. We having Deeh
connected with the fair for decade
of years, have learned to be an ex-
pert in the judging of exhibit work,
and wish to add that this exhibit
reflects credit alike to the students
doing the work and also TO those
direction the same.
While we can not go at length in
details, we wish to speak of few
of the exhibits. We noticed wagon
truck. the finishing product and the
smoothness, the jointing. the bands,
the clasps. the bolts, the mechanical
execution and the like all speak the
language of dexterity and training
The shoes, the variety of makes,
the stitching, the bootees eveness IN
sole execution and the finishing and
polishing. told the story of mechani-
cal execution that branded the gen
eral makeup as the same up-to-date
factory made shoes. The hands that
could make such shoes need not he
ashame to enter the hot market OF
competition. The question is often
asked what knowledge is most val
liable to man?
We scanned the dress-making de-
partment for we have always said
that wife or a girl should know
how TO make dress as well as to
wear one, and who ever made the
neat dresses in the sewing depart
ment of this exhibit deserves special
mention. We judge sewing by the
eveness of the stitches, the lock
stitching, the folding and the general
delineation in the execution of the
work as a whole Whether the dress
was made of silk or common plaids,
the execution was neat and the sew
ing in high degree of completeness.
The Colored girl of the next gener-
alton will he a different girl from
the one of the past and this is as
II should be II we are making pro-
gress.
We may speak of the agricultural
display. while il is small ii speaks
for itself in quality and complete
ness. The canning done by the can
ming club is praiseworthy, the pre-
serves also show the same pains
taking, the cakes and cookies, and
the general display of these goods
are notable.
Perhaps. the blacksmith work Is
the most notable exhibit in eXecu-
ton. the cold chsels, the wrenches,
the screw drivers, the bolts, clasps,
the one hundred and other designs,
are such as call for special men
ton, along the line of physical horse
shoes adapted to the need of the
lame horse.
The hats, the brooms and the mat
tress and the auto-mechanical dis
play, excited our admiration.
The manual training dip'ay comes
in for special mention. and the Joint
ing and turnings merit our approba-
ton and this work takes high rank
and shows what the state is doing |
for the black boys that must be our
future men in the industrial world.
Personnel: The personnel of those |
accompanying the exhibit consists of
Mrs. e. " Hunter in charge of the
exhibition work of Texas. Prof A. |
T. Woods of the extension depart !
ment; Prof. f r. Williams of the |
experimental station work of Texas
also T. Q. Morton head of the auto
mechanical department, including
Prof. B. F. Bullock of the agricul-
ture and avocationalo work. General
director Ewell has these efficient as
sistants in his work of the Prairie
View exhibit
The pictorial view of the campus
is conspicuously displayed as well /
as the samples of printing done by
the student printers.
One Of the commendable features
OF the course of study of the Prairie
View normal is that the board of
directors has raised the required
graduation of scholarship to that of
college so that the student may have
the advantage of the higher training
In connection with the practical or
industrial.
The south sees that one of the es