Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-02-24
SCHOOL CHILDREN
To Exhibit Their HanliwOrk Over at
Martins Ferry.
KINDERGARTEN AND INDUSTRIAL
Education Tried in Crude Way With Coed
Results.
EX-PRESIDENT HAYES TOBE THERE

As is we'll know, new methods O
teaching the young idea how to shoot
sIe constantly coming into existence, anC
tchOOl-room of to-day would not h
recognized by teacher of twenty year
ago.
The industrial feature and the Kinder
ga1ten are among the newest and mos
popular methods of teaching idealion, anc
they are receiving attention from peda
gozical pecp'e all over the country.
Prof Sparks, over at Martins Ferry
has in a crude wsy introduced both feat
ures into the public schools, and their sue
cess has been 60 marked that he deems ii
advisable to exhibit 10 the public the re-
suit of his work, and short account o.
this branch of educational work in
neighboriDg town will be Of some interest
70 Wheeling teachers ard educa o:s.
There will be he'd in the lafayette
Opera House in that city on March 26t6,
9th and 2s.h, an exhibition OF the work
done hy the pupils in all the schools in
tins Kindergarten aud industrial lines
The kindergarten i1ea is that e child
during ite first years in school shall only
be called upon TO do things which are
az abe to its nature. It's time should
be engaged, when rot rscitirg lessons, IN
some more agreeable ard interesting en-
ployment than sting on high bench
and dangling its legs. To do this, the
Young idea-former il allowed to fo,d fancy
colored papers, cut out fanciful figures
and work Kate Greenaway patterns in
cardboard with colored thread. As the
child g.ows older, the employment is
changed SO as to be in keeping with the
advanced ideas it attains. The industrial
feature is only a more highly developed
condition of the same principle for more
completely developed minds and bodies,
and is applied among oder pupils.
Last week a REGI TER man had the
pleasure of an hours talk with Mr.. Sparks
about the exhibition, and his opinion OF
the industrial system. In his office there
are all manner of Thugs which have been
made by the pupils and sent in for the
exhibition. The girls have confined them
selves almost exclusively to needle work
ard the making Of fancy articles. Some
of the pieces are very fine. while msjority
show the ctudity Of inexIerience. Aprons,
pin cushions, doll dresses, susts Of female
underwear, crazy patch work, and all
manner of needle work. Some of the
girls will have pies, cakes, bread, and
other kinds Of cookery on exhibition, 1t
being too iO0n TO prepare such exhibits.
The boys have worked almost exclusively
in wood az clay, but the fact that the
emVloyments Of men are so much more
yaritd than those Of wome =, they have a
much Larger field to work in. They have
made tables, chairs, sleds, whee lbarrows,
houses, boxes, trunks, shoes, and all
thinks imaginable or pcs.i,le for boy.
They too show the same imper!ec
ton of ideas that exists among the
girls. The boards used are rough in
most instances, and sandpaper, gus and
dovetails are unknown II the boys. Oae
boy ten years old shows great Ingenuity
for one of his age. HIS father Is a
butcher, and the boy has reproduced IN
wood, paint and putty two rooms in the
house with nearly all the fixtures. First
comes the butcher shop, with csrcassts o.
hogs. sheep and half beef hanging on the
walls. A wooden man stands behind the
counter, a. d the classic legend, mo Tich
Heren looms up behind him on the wall
Links Of bologna sausage and meat pud
dings hand in their places, and the chop
ping block and eleaves sre reproduced L,
the next room are two pecp'e in bed, neat
" covered up. One wears night-cap anC
the other is bsld-hesded; all IS natural a
life. The piece Of work OF course is nO
smooth or perfec, in proportion, but il
shows that the boy remembers what comes
| in contact with his vision. Among the Oldel
puoi's work takes a different turn. They
have drawn lsilGoad maps Of the Stale off
hand. maps Of the solar sytems, a few tint
pictures. and several have made very cred
liable exhibits. One boy has collected
samples of all the different kinds Of glsss
made in the factories of the town. An
other has gotten together samples OF al
the different articles Of manufacture made
in tie town, while another has collected
the minerals and rocks found in the vicin
ity. There are /, 100 children in the schools
and nearly every one will lave some arti
Gle of his own make, conception or discov
cry in the exhibition.
TIE exhibition will be opened on Wed
nesdsy, Msrch 60 b, ard will continue
open afternoon and evening TILL Friday a
II p. m. The older boys will be In charge
Of the ticket Cflice and financial mat
tiers, and as nearly as possible the pupils
will manage the affair. Toe exercises vii
open with the singing Of "America" by
the entire !, 100 pupils, after which Miss
Maggie Ralstcn's pupils will give a Jsp'
anese wedding. Ol Thursday afternoon
Miss McCla>ky's toys will give tht
Continental Congress at the time of the
signing Of the Declaration Of independence
On that afternoon all the teachers Of
schools in neishbOring cities will be ex'
pected to be present, as complimentary
invitations will be sent 10 them. An ad-
mission fee of 10 cents will be charged at
the door, although any person applying
privately to the superintendent will re-
ceive a pass for the series of entertain
ments Mr.. Sparks will have ssixteen-pags
pamphlet printed giving the name of each
pupil and description of the article Of
his handiwOrk and the department in
which it is found.
Ex-Preeident Hayes has given up hen
raising and now employs his time in ex.
planning the good features of industrial
education. lie has been in Wesie 4
Pennsylvania during the past two weeks
talking on this subject, and st is thought
he can be induced to come to Martins
Ferry to assist in the opening exercises Of
the exhibition.
For a Cough or Cold try Reeds Cough
Syrup. For sale at Bingelps Pharmacy,
corner Thiriy-third and Eoff streets.
Try bursts Wild Cherry Cough Drope,