TECHNICAL DISPLAY

Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 102, 27 October 1934, Page 13

TECHNICAL DISPLAY

PETONE; MEMORIAL COLLEGE

The annual display of the work of the pupils of the Petone-Memorial Technical College was attended yesterday afternoon and evening by a large gathering ot parents and friends of the students, in addition to the exhibits there was an excellent drill display of the Petone Kecreation Ground, where the pupils carried out evolutions with remarkable precision, directed by the instructor, Mr. -V. A. Ritchie. , . , Indoors there was a mannequin parade by the pupils of Miss O. Anderson, the dressmaking instructress. About fifty girls took part, exhibiting coats and winter, summer, afternoon, and sports frocks of their own make and design. The exhibition did great credit to the school and to the instructress. There were other dressmaking and millinery displays by Miss Anderson's pupils and'the pupils of the evening classes under Mrs. J. Townsend. A very practical exhibit was that of garments made from used material. The exhibit of applied art—mostly leather work—by the pupils of Miss Dorothy Perkins was much appreciated. In the art class the pupils of Mr. T. Tarrant were seen at work in a room surrounded by examples of black and white drawing, colour work, and poster designs of considerable merit. The typewriting class under the commercial instructresses, Mrs. A. Hartley and Miss A. E. Anderson, was also seen learning touch-typewriting, of which the college makes a feature. There were also exhibited in this room types of business letters, bookkeeping, and some very line artistic work'in red, black, and white m the shape of "drawings" accomplished with the typewriter. The home science class had some very tempting exhibits of cookery, besides other work done by this important department. In the and well-iitted - workshops the visitors saw the work of the boys in wood and metal, and mechanical drawing. In the engineering department, which it? under Messrs. J. Lowry, A. RidVlolls, and I. Campbell, were examples ot ironwork such as gardening tools and household implements. The work of the agricultural students,'who take handwork at this college, occupied a special table. In the cabinetmaking department, under Mr. R. Scott, there was a very, fine display of useful and ornamental articles such as chests of drawers, medicine cabinets, lamp stands, etc. The college is noted for its plumbing students, and their classroom contained an interesting exhibit of leadwork. The manual training claps under Mr. 11. Miller made an exceedingly meritorious exhibition of the work done by primary school pupils.

The visitors wore received hv (he principal ;iml his wife. Mr. and Mrs. A McFadyen; members of the Board of Managers ..were present