THE TECHNICAL SCHOOL

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 69, 14 December 1917, Page 10

THE TECHNICAL SCHOOL

SHOW OF STUDENTS' WORK

Tho annual exhibition of work of students of the Wellington Technical School was opened yesterday. Ihis year the display is, for a variety of reasons, much smaller than it has been in many previous years. The trndti classes,"for instance, are mailing no show of any kind, but for this they have the best of reasons, "he pupils of these classes have been engaged m doiiif Government work in their classes, and tho articles they havo made, have been taken over by tho Government as tlicy have been completed. " lls plies specially to tho _ wood-working classes and to tlio engineering shop. In tho domestic scienco section also the display is very much smaller than it has been in former years. Usually this section is tlio most popular ot the exhibition, and the preserves and other good thiugs made by the pupils at the classes have found a ready sale with the. ladies attending the exhibition. This year tlio exhibit is a. very small one, shown in one of the art rooms, and none of the exhibits aro offered for sale. , , . , The biggest and the most interesting show is mndo of the work of the. students of tlio different forms of art. The freehand drawing and brash work is of high quality, and the display is arranged in excellent order for inspection. Somo work of surprising merit is shown bv students of the modelling classes. Three compositions are deserving of more than a passing glance, and there are two or three_ heads from life ivhich aro executed faithfully and f'earlesslv —really good workmanship. One of the odd exhibits in this room is it rough hewn cast of a very stern, hard-featured old man. It is a caricature by a pupil in the modelling section, an'attempt on li'er part to typify or crvstalliso her ideas of "IV Law. It is 'a fascinating if rather horrifying study. Threo. samples of flat-relief work are shown, all of real merit. Other > exhibits in the arts section of the exhibition comprise a few specimens of fine art needle work, some hand-painted pottery of dainty designs, and a case of art metal work in silver and copper. In another part of the buildings is a display of the apparel inado by students of the dressmaking classes. The exhibition is open to the public from 2.30 to 4.30 p.m., and from i p.m. till 0.30 p.m. to-day and to-mor-row.