The students do not see or estimate correctly; they are not exact, and they lack ideals.
Organization of Art Work
I. General course for all students, connecting Art Department with Trade Courses. Approximate time, three months, three times a week.
1. Principles of Proportion: Measurements by ruler and free-hand. Related lines and sizes, as in hems and margins.
2. General Use of Principles: (1) Horizontal, vertical, oblique lines for machine practice. (2) Related margins and spots as used in the writing of letters, the orderly placing of subject on a page.
3. Specific Department Work: Departments express their needs to Art Department. (1) Machine operating: (a) Lines—horizontal, vertical, oblique, for machine practice. (b) Quilting, banding, practice for curves and square corners.
(2) Sewing: (a) Lines—horizontal, vertical, oblique, for machine and hand practice and tailor basting. (b) Hems, tucks as prescribed by department and proportioned to garment. (c) Constructive drawing—giving different angles and figures with a view toward an intelligent use of patterns for waists and skirts. (d) Piecing bias and mitering corners.
(3) Novelty: (a) Lines—horizontal, vertical, oblique, for sample mounting. (b) Spacings for sample mounting. (c) Letterings and figures for sample mounting. (d) Margins for pasting different shaped labels and samples. (e) Paper folding, mitering corners.
(4) Millinery: (a) Lines—horizontal, vertical, oblique, for hand sewing practice. (b) Problems for proportions for the wire frames. (c) Bias facings and mitered and square corners. (d) Color.
Students unable to benefit further by the Art Work are dropped from course and devote this time to their trade.