National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1877-05-28

mOdations than the FRANKLIN school building
affords must be secured for the next annual
exhibition Of the children's work. On Friday
no children were permitted to he present, the
throng being msle up Of their elders. Among
them were several of our wcll-known archi-
tects and artists aud II wasa noticeable tact
that the more thoroughly the persons were ac-
quaintcd with the subject the more apparent
was their delight at the quality Of the work
exhibited, and especially with the progressive
system Of instruction by which such marked
results aro obtained. During the examination
Of the cl,s~ of boys who have been under the
especial training Of Mrs FILLER, and while
Professor Henry and Commissioner EATON
were speaking aud Or. REYBrRS was present
ing the prizes, the hall where these proceed
| ings were held was filled to it's utmost capacity,
| hut the visitors IN the exhibition hall seemed
no fewer than before. The next morning II
was spectacle worth witnessing to sec the
happy children throng in TO look at the draw
inps that had been honorcd with selection for
exhibition-only three Of a kind from each
sclool-and to point them out to their psrcnts
and friends.
| To the most casual observer the evident i'm
provcncut in the work ovo= that shown year
ago wss apparent, and the step forward which
has becn made carl year. from the first, demon.
stratos that the term ''prcgre-siye" is not
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hence such of those children in our schools
who have pursued this study from the first
should not equal In every respect the beautiful
work of the Massachusetts scho"l children
which attracted such admiration in Phiiadc!-
phin.
What is the end and object Of this work;
what is the use of itT Well, II rs the poet
says, beauty is its own excuse for being one
glance at the work on those walls furnishes n
sufficient answer to the questions.
The insight into the realm of beauty, the
capacity to appreciate and to give such enjoy
mcnt comcs from the contemplation of the
harmony proportion and grace Of outline ex-
hibited in many of those drawings and exist
ing all about Us in the objects of naturc-it
the result was only to open the eyes Of each
child to perception Of this wonderful beauty
of crcationt. his ordered and subtle harmony
that underlies COPS works--it were sufficient
and justifablc end.
This, however. Is not all, for Il is an axiom
that the greater includes the less" and so the
training that gives to the eye Of the child
caparity for sceiny. and to the hand of the
child the skill Of Reproducing something Of
this infinite beauty that exists everywhere
about us, confcrs also ability to minister to the
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