TECHNICAL WOODWORK CLASS

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2167, 24 August 1920, Page 3

TECHNICAL WOODWORK CLASS

The senior tcelmieal woodwork class, under the supervision of Mr A. Harding, continues to be a popular local institution, and much good work is done at 1 ho■ weekly classes. Our representative paid a visit recently, and found the members of the class busily engaged in making a varied number of useful and handsome articles of household iurniture.

The class has been organised unde* the Government Department of Technical Education, and therefore all the necessary tools for the carrying out of (he best class of workmanship are supplied for pupils* use, the only provision being that members of the class provide, or pay for, the material used, Modern methods of jointing and general construction are (aught, and designs according with popular taste are carried out under the supervision of the instructor. An attractive feaiure of the class is that pupils are encouraged to make lift any article of furniture they may feci the immediate need of in their homes, and are not tied down to any hard and fast: system of progressive exercises. The varied nature of I ho articles 1 icing made in the workroom at the present lime is typical of the work of each term, and includes such desirable furniture as rimu bedsteads, occasional tables, palm stands, music stool, chair, and the less pretentious, though equally serviceable, clothes-horse. Socially the classes are as successful as they are •technically, the spirit of goodfellowship among the pupils being a very noticeable feature. A brief visit was paid by the Department’s inspector recently, and be expressed approval of the manner in which the work was being carried out under Mr Harding’s supervision, remarking on the businesslike manner iii which the pupils undertook their work, and the substantial type of furniture constructed.

These classes are ojien to made members of the jiuhlie on payment of a small fee tor each term, and it may he argued that the gain to jiorsons taking Uji the work seriously is considerable, fort lie value of the furniture made during a term will more than Equal the fee, with the worth of (he .knowledge gained not counted.