TECHNICAL DISPLAY

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 849, 18 December 1929, Page 12

TECHNICAL DISPLAY

KOWHAI HIGH SCHOOL PARENTS VIEW WORK A most striking exhibition of tech, nical work was viewed at the Kowhsi Junior High School this afternoon on the occasion of Parents’ Day. There w« a large attendance present and tin work, which reflected the greatest credit on the teaching staff and the pupils themselves, was subject to tie most favourable criticism. Throughout the morning, all tie schoolrooms were a hive of activity, the pupils being busily engaged in preparing for one of the most pleasing functions of the school year. In the arts room was a grand display of leather, stencil and sealing-wax wo-k. There were representations of nearly every branch of art work. The tab es were littered with the handiwork of the pupils, which could hardly be clttinguished from the professionally made articles procurable in shops. The woodwork display showed most intricate pieces of work of a design seldom undertaken in junior high schools, while perhaps one of the mtst striking exhibitions was that of ;is pupils in the metal-work shop. Here one saw implements of the Snest manufacture, while the intricate shop drawings on the wall indicated -.he thoroughness with which the tasks were undertaken. There were garden tools of every description, hinges, brackets, palm stands, jardinieres, firescreens, hack-saws, and almost every article it was possible to make with metal. The girls also undertook this work, but they confined most of their attention to repousse work. It was while in this shop that one learned that the impressive iron gates in the front of the dchool were made by the boys, while the woodwork department, together with the metalworkers, were responsible for the honours board. This board was made by the boys in their ordinary class periods and in spite of the fact that most of the construction was of an advanced nature for them, the work has been executed with the greatest credit to them. The main panels are of heart rimu and the beaten copper pediment is the work of one pupil from the metal-work department of the school. Moving on to the sewing-room one was confronted with an abundance of needlework of every description. There was one rack including a number of blue “gym.” dresses which the girls had made for their own use. In the science laboratory various experiments were carried out by the beys, while a display of cooking, seldom equalled even in general exhibitions was seen in the kitchen where white uniformed girls were keeping thins* in order.