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Instructor Alvin McKay shows Ralph G. Price how to tie back
springs of a sofa in on upholstery class, a very popular subject.
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places as a public service
function of our program. Stu
dents of the crafts classes
display their work in shows
given annually in Washing
ton department stores.”
Hawaiian dance students
have organized a club which
entertains at Hawaiian feasts,
and the Spanish dance stu
dents give fiestas. Members of
these classes make their own
costumes. A separate course
is given in the mambo to
meet the large demand.
Classes are started when
eight persons express a de
sire to study a subject and are
limited to an enrollment of
12. One of the new classes is
jewelry-making. Students use
a blow-torch and file, and en
grave the silver and copper
following their own ideas, in
stead of conforming to pat
terns. Some have made ster
ling bracelets for 36 cents.
“Because we have so many
service people in Arlington.
we always have a good en
rollment in the language
classes,” says Mrs. Deaver.
Looking forward to transfers
overseas, the majority of
these have requested classes
in French, German and
Spanish.
Art classes also are popu
lar, she adds, explaining that
oriental art is the most re
cently started. Many special
ize in portrait painting with
live models. Landscape paint
ing is popular in summer and
in winter many study compo
sition and still life. In the
field of music, instruction is
given in piano, guitar and
ukelele.
In answer to many calls for
upholstery, two night and one
day classes were organized.
Students bring in their old
chairs to reupholster. Courses
in slipcovering furniture and
covering lamps previously
had been offered. Woodwork
ing classes are popular with