Catalogue of the Hampton Normal & Agricultural Institute, at Hampton, Virginia, for the academical year .. . 44 CATALOGUE OF. For Indian girlsLace flaking only.—A course inpillow-lace mak-ing is given to the Indian girlsin order to furnish them with aproductive industry that will beuseful to them after their return to their homes. For Indian girls Indian Pottery onfy.—A course of instruction in themaking of Cherokee pottery isgiven to the Indians by a Chero-ke Indian graduate. It is hopedto gradually develop othercourses in the native Indian in-dustries. Lessons arc givenUpholstering in mattre
Catalogue of the Hampton Normal & Agricultural Institute, at Hampton, Virginia, for the academical year .. . 44 CATALOGUE OF. For Indian girlsLace flaking only.—A course inpillow-lace mak-ing is given to the Indian girlsin order to furnish them with aproductive industry that will beuseful to them after their return to their homes. For Indian girls Indian Pottery onfy.—A course of instruction in themaking of Cherokee pottery isgiven to the Indians by a Chero-ke Indian graduate. It is hopedto gradually develop othercourses in the native Indian in-dustries. Lessons arc givenUpholstering in mattress-mak-and ing, the caning of Caning chairs and oth-er branches of up-holstery, for the purpose of en-abling the students to make orrepair various articles of house-hold furniture. These include sim- Household pie carpentry, glaz-Handicrafts ing, white-washinging, painting and papering. Theobject of this course is to make itpossible for girls to do ordinaryrepairing; to keep their homesclean and attractive, and to de-velop what a N e w Englanderwould define as gumption.
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