KOWHAI HANDIWORK

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 536, 13 December 1928, Page 13

KOWHAI HANDIWORK

PARENTS’ DAY AT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL A GREAT DISPLAY If the pupils at the Kowhai School are representative of the boys and girls of New Zealand, there should be no fears for the future of the Dominion. The wide range and the high standard of the work exhibited for parents’ inspection to-day also prov f ed striking evidence of the value of the school to the community. To-day «tlie school was thrown open for inspection by parents. Work done by the pupils in the various sections was artistically exhibited. In the arts and crafts section many clever exhibits were to be seen. Particularly attractive were the original stencils, model drawings, and advertising designs. A number of very original designs had also been cut out and transferred to leather handbags. A number of artistic calendars and original sketchings were also included in a remarkably fine display. In the domestic science rooms, a very appetising display of dainty food was set out for inspection. The variety of sandwiches that can be made was also demonstrated with a wide range of tasty samples. That many of the Kowhai girls can cook andf sew better than many adults was further demonstrated in the dressmaking room. This room, which resembled sale time in a city shop, also covered a wide range. The work ranged from dainty negligee to gymnasium uniforms and school frocks. It was explained that over 8,000 garments were turned out every year, each child making at least eight garments. Another room closely resembled a well stocked hardware store. In it was displayed articles useful and ornamental of almost every conceivable kind. Apparently the objective was to make them out of the cheapest material possible. Benzine tins had been transformed into attractive coal scuttles and kettles, and fenders that would grace any home had been artistically beaten out in tin and copper. One very ingenious exhibit was a stand of cooking tins. The stand, neatly constructed and appropriately stained, had been made by a girl out of a kerosene case. This exhibit recently gained a first prize at the Waikato Show'. A fine range of work was also to be seen in the woodwork room, including a very ingenious boot scraper made out of a piece of wood and a number of tin bottle tops. The roll at Kowhai at present stands at S3O. and most of the pupils exhibited work to-day. A Sun representative who was shown round the building by the principal, Mr. R. E. Rudman, found bright and obviously very contented pupils. Going to school at Kowhai obviously is not an unpleasant task.