TECHNICAL SCHOOL

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 136, 5 December 1912, Page 7

TECHNICAL SCHOOL

STUDENTS' WORK DISPLAY, The display of work done by students At the Technical School during the pasfi year is at present on exhibition to tho public, and will remain so until and including Saturday next. The art school would appear to be in a very flourishing condition judging from the variety and t^uaUiy of the work shown. This conguts in part of modelling in clay and wood-carving, in whieli some of the students have conventionalised the native flora and fauna in their designs with excellent effect. The art work is purely student work, and as such it should be omfeidßfed; nevertheless, ther» are several studies which approach the picture. The black and white work is exceptionally good, and the ripe fruit* of the life class in oils, water-colour, pencil jind pen and ink hang oil the walls in profusion. Considerable attention has been given by commercial students to design and drawing generally. This ap> jaafently ia noi doiie in order U* give the prospective typist or general clerk a second string to the bow, lest Commerce should be too niggardly with her gifts of money and place, but rather that ideas may the better be graphically expressed than with no tuition in drawing at all, and also that good taste may be cultivated in both the boy and girl students to be afterward* reflected possibly in the decoration of the home. The embroideries, stencilled cloths, curtains, and cushion covers and other art work which comes within the scope of domestic economy daasea^particrilarly in designs in dress decoration— speak well for the patience of tho teachers and the diligence of the students. The jewellery made at the school and by students is generally of good design. One, an opal pendant and gold chaiii, wrought entirely from the raw materials, will naturally attract much attention. The plumbing, carpentry, engineering, and electrical work done by students appears to the unprofessional eye to be first-class work, and, indeed, it has already been most favourably commented upon by fully qualified tradesmen whose opinions arc entitled to respect. While the exhibition is open those interested in technical education and teaching generally will find it both interesting and profitable to see it. .And besides the students themselves derive encouragement from ' the interest taken in their 1 work,