“The
aim of the School is to educate workers for a life as well as for a living”,
from FTS Prospectus 1925-1926 and quoted in Poor
Man’s University: 75 years of Technical Education in Footscray, by Carolyn
Rasmussen, 1989. p.56
“Don’t let your studies interfere with your education.” O.H. Bayliss, Footscray Technical School teacher in Blue & Gold [magazine of Footscray Technical School], 1954
“A technical school would ultimately benefit the rising
generation by training them to become artisans instead of labourers …” from Footscray
Advertiser, 30 September 1911 quoted in Poor
Man’s University: 75 years of Technical Education in Footscray, by Carolyn
Rasmussen, 1989. p.15
Also
interestingly enough, Kim found out that the Footscray technical School used to have a ceramics area.
as Kim says:
Attached
are a couple of images of ‘pottery’ from the original Footscray Technical
School. Unfortunately, there is very little information about the main one. It
looks to me as though it is possibly 1950s and may have been taken as part of
the Education Week exhibitions that they held every year throughout the 1950s
and 1960s. It’s interesting that ‘pottery’ featured and was promoted in their
teaching program to the same extent as traditional trade subjects such as
moulding, welding, woodwork, etc. Throughout the 1950s, the Principal’s Annual
reports often listed improvements to the ‘new pottery section’; for example the
1956 report under the list ‘Buildings, Grounds and Equipment’ says, “New
Pottery Section which entailed a new partition wall, office, suction fan and
flue for spray booth, shelving, cupboards and reconstruction of the pottery
wheels”.
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About: Message in a Cup
Messages and stories of learning in Footscray are
collected and then written onto the insides of one hundred handmade blue cups.
The cups are placed in Footscray during BluScray events to be found by people
and taken home. The project gives voice to peoples experiences and
understandings of learning and shares these ideas with others in the city of
Footscray.
Message in a Cup is part of BluScray,
a program of blue-themed arts and cultural events held throughout 2016 to
celebrate Victoria University’s Centenary in collaboration with Maribyrnong
City Council for the Footscray University Town initiative. Message in a cup was
made by the artist Debbie Harman Qadri.
a very sincere thankyou to those people who
became involved in the project, it was nothing without you.
this project was brought to you by:
Maxienne, Greg,
Mick, Christopher, Greg, Alejandra, Jason, Lou, Dan, Nick, Rachel, Pauline,
Anon, Carl, Jamal, Candice, Aaron, Catherine, Larissa, Jo, Geoff, Jocelyn,
Danny, Jos, Bill, Brendan, Sasha, Rosie, Ethan, Kim, Jess, Kriti,
Neha, Gaurika, Raman, Angela and Shenel. Crystal, Mankirat and Sonia,
Dorothy, Marg, Tung, Davina, Marten, Lola, Adam,
Nick, Tamati, Molly, Ella, Dean, Viltor, Ella, Chantelle, Milo, Vanessa, Lynn, Sara, Austin, July, Aiden, Jack, Kristen, Liz, Kirsten, Ko, Ali, Sylvia, Raine, Bec, Ocore, Stjepan, Dan, Cathy, Rich, Iffat, Salma, Erica, Carolyn, O.H., Kellie, Suzanne, Annie, Cathy, Marnie, Michelle, Evie, Anne, Rhiannon, Pat, Mary, Liss, Neil, Gennivieve, Charlotte, Jacinta, Hannes, Maureen, Carmen, and Debbie.
Nick, Tamati, Molly, Ella, Dean, Viltor, Ella, Chantelle, Milo, Vanessa, Lynn, Sara, Austin, July, Aiden, Jack, Kristen, Liz, Kirsten, Ko, Ali, Sylvia, Raine, Bec, Ocore, Stjepan, Dan, Cathy, Rich, Iffat, Salma, Erica, Carolyn, O.H., Kellie, Suzanne, Annie, Cathy, Marnie, Michelle, Evie, Anne, Rhiannon, Pat, Mary, Liss, Neil, Gennivieve, Charlotte, Jacinta, Hannes, Maureen, Carmen, and Debbie.
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