A Most Laudable Example.

Progress, Volume II, Issue 8, 1 June 1907, Page 302

A Most Laudable Example.

At Jhe Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts there was lately given a demonstration of London County Council activities, which, even on the eve of a fiercely contested election, could not, it was hoped, arouse adverse criticism. This was the exhibition of the works of students attending the Camberwell school and other schools affiliated to it. The exhibit included examples of architectural drawing and building construction, carpentry and staircasing, masonry, plastering, plumbing, stone carving, wood carving, house painting and decoration — to name only those which are directly connected with building. It will be seen, therefore, that the instruction given at the schools covers a wide range, but the significant thing is that in every department the aim is not merely to give skill in the ordinary trade processes. The artistic side of craftmanship is kept constantly before the pupil, and he is encouraged to express his own individuality and make the most of those artistic faculties which, as this exhibition shows, are by no means rare among the young craftsmen of to-day. The schools are doing an admirable work in revealing to young workmen the possibilities of beauty which lie in ordinary work. — Technical Schools of N.Z. " Please Copy."