Provincial Institute of Technology and Art - Record Yearbook (Calgary, Alberta Canada)

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T HIS year the students enrolled in .the Clothing Textile Department are very much in earnest and are working hard to get all they can out of the course. A few groans now and again are heard from students who find arithmetic difficult, but as a large percentage of the group have attained the higher grades, or finished high school, fewer complaints are heard than in previous years. The shop this year is, perhaps, more difficult than in former years owing to the new fitted styles and draped effects. Since suits of the tailored type are fashionable, pockets and more pockets are being made. A visitor, on entering the work room, might be surprised to find dress forms padded to repre¬ sent figures of large proportion. One visitor, on seeing these forms, asked if our girls were all large this year. She was informed that these forms had been built up to the size of customers who were having dresses made, and that in this way students gained experience in designing for, and fitting, outsize figures. Miss Clark was very much pleased with the work accomplished in the short period given to millinery. The girls were enthusiastic and interested, and the work done was excellent. Much interest has been taken in the study of textiles, and new fabrics and finishes are freely discussed in the classes. To better understand the methods of manufacture and renova¬ tion of garments the students have been privileged to inspect Hatchwear Company, Ltd., and the Ontario Laundry and Dry Cleaning Plant. The demonstrations of machine methods and of the results obtained proved of great interest to the class. As usual, the banquet was the main social function of the year. The senior girls appeared in their new evening dresses, and looked as if they might have consulted Schiaparelli, Main- bocher, Molyneux, or some other outstanding designer for advice regarding style. The class table was artistically and appropriately decorated, and from the writer’s viewpoint was the best we have had. Keen interest in Institute activities has been displayed throughout the term. For the first time in history a woman president was elected to the Students’ Association in the person of Frances Hood. The President of the Basketball Team and the President of the Iota Club were also chosen from the Dressmaking Class. Others distinguished themselves by play¬ ing difficult roles in the first public performance of the organ¬ ization in January. Of the ex-students of the class a number have found employment in the textile departments of the large stores. Two others have found employment in teaching, one in a school of a well-known sewing-machine company, and one in a private school of her own. Some are employed in alteration departments, while others are engaged as helpers in tailoring and dressmaking shops. In knitting factories the girls are in demand for designing and finishing. Girls are realizing more and more that efficiency is an important factor if one wishes promotion, and that employers are looking for character, stability, good health, education, practical experience, and a pleasant personality when examin¬ ing candidates for positions. C. E. SMITH, Departmental Head.

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