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have  made  in  tlie  school  under  tlie  direction  of  their  teachcrs.
This  is  a  very  excellent  means  of  transplanting  tlie  advantages  of
the  school  directly  into  tlie  industries,  and  thereby  keeping  alive
tlie  interest  in  tlie  school  among  the  tradesmen.  Several  objects
were  on  exhibition  whicli  had  been  produced  through  the  instrumentality
  of  the  Institution  in  this  manner,  and  whicli  gave  evidence
of  a  very  refined  taste.  Specially  prominent  among  these  objects
were  the  works  of  the  joiners.  In  modelling  (plaster  and  wax)
ornamental  and  flgure  subjects  had  been  executed,  and  the  exact,
severe  treatment  of  the  forms  deserved  all  praise.
Linear  drawing  is  carried  on  quite  as  systematically  as  freehand
  drawing,  and  the  geometical  constructions  always  find  their
application  in  practical  examples.  Truly  excellent  work  was  especially
  shown  by  the  School  for  Building-Mechanics,  which  also
exhibited  very  pretty  architectural  designs.  The  execution  of  the
drawings  was  as  precise  as  it  was  simple  ;  and  so-called  exhibitiondrawings,
  only  calculated  to  catch  the  eye  of  laymen,  were
nowhere  to  he  seen.
The  St.  Pauli  Industrial  School,  which  is  under  the  care  and  the
administration  of  the  General  Industrial  School  since  1870,  also
submitted  very  good  work.
Although  the  Industrial  Schools  of  Hamburg  were  not  brilliant
in  pompous  tableaux,  rather  contenting  themselves  to  exhibit  their
achievements  to  the  public  in  a  more  modest  form,  they  nevertheless
  attracted  the  attention  of  specialists  to  a  high  degree,  and
gave  thorough  satisfaction  on  all  sides,  for  the  very  reason  that
their  appearance  was  so  unostentatious.
The  Institution  sent  almost  all  its  teachers  to  visit  the  exhibition ­
  at  Vienna;  and  the  increased  experience  there  gathered
will  no  doubt  contribute  to  the  further  development  of  the
schools. 1
In  1867  there  was  also  opened  in  Hamburg  a  Girls’  Industrial
School  (instruction  during  the  day),  which  embraces  all  the  branches
of  general  education,  and  in  which  drawing  is  likewise  eultivated
1  It  was  only  to  be  regretted  tliat  tlie  Hamburg  Industrial  Museum  had
but  a  limited  supply  of  funds  to  make  purcbases  of  art-industrial  objects  at
tlie  "World’s  Fair.  In  t.liis  respeet  tlie  collections  of  Germany,  Austria,  and
Ilussia  had  been  more  abuudantly  provided  for.