Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-04-04
A GREAT EXHIBITION
BY The PUPILS OF THE MARTINS PERRY
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Over Sixteen Hundred Articles Arranged for the
Inspection Of the Pubhc-Ths Opening
Yssterday-To-Days Exercises.

All families are not composed IN the
major portion OF children, but the Martins
Ferry household which does not include
from one to q dozen petulant young Amer
leans in its roster is an anomaly. All
children do not 20 to school, either, but
they all should, and if parents could see
how much brighter and happier the school
children are than their factory, held broth
ere, nothing but the most urgent needs
would withdraw them from the temple OF
learning, where the young idea is taught
how to shoot and nowadays, where the
young muscle and nerve are taught use
fitness in mechanical and artistic lines.
Yesterday was the opening day of the
Industrial Exposition of the pub
lie schools. TIE day was set
apart for the children, and il was surely
taken advantages of by them. Children
were SO thick III Lafayette Hall that the
thermometer went above blood beat with
All the windows up The scene at the
Tower of Babel could not beat it for con-
fusion when there were no exercises on
and the children were allowed absolute
freedom. The little ones crowded, surged
famed and pushed, but all feemed good
natured ard sweaiy, while their tongues
kept up a sound not unlike the roar OF
cataract, when heard NJ distance great
enough to hinder the distinguishing OF
individual voices Every face beamed
with Joy, from Prof. Sparks and the
big girl school teachers 70 the
tiniest six-yesr- old from "Oiark's" or the
South" building. Prof. Sparks had
worked continuously for twenty-four
hours or more, and was eXcusable for hav-
Ing a dirty facs, So such everlasting left
little time to think of such thing5. Upon
entering The hall, the spectator sees moth
ing Individually. but collectively he dis
covers over 600 articles, all made by the
school pupils and spread upon the three
walls of the room As HE vision becomes
accustomed 10 the scene of varigsted
beauty. he discovers q hugh banner across
the hall bearing the motto: Tine Martins
Ferry schools must he a. the head OF the
community" The words "be" and ''et'
are so close together that way might CON
solidate them into beat, " which, however,
does not detract from the pertinency
of the legend. Then he slowly
discovers that the walls bear
mp hundreds of pieces of work of all kinds,
from The rudely constructed ladder, wheel
barrow and sled by the small boys, TO the
elegant crayon portraits and oil paintings,
of the II GA School plpils Two Of the
boys have on exhibition a skiff of very
neat proportions and first clsss workman
ship. IL is eighteen fee. lOrg and built in
proportion. No effort will be made to
describe the various articles in detail, and
the REGISTER will refrain from mention
ing namts, since all The names and II dis
cription of articles would occupy one issue
of the paper. Yesterday afternoon ths
chorus Of school children, comprising over
! 900 voices. singing America" opened
the exposition This was followed By
sopgs by the pupils of several Of the p'i-
mary grades, aud an exhibition of calls
themes, add q dumb bell drill by twelve
of the swee,es, Hugh School eirls, all rigged
ont in eailor waists and pretty white
skiIts They looked agfdlly nice, and
moved with precision that would make
the trained ballet of n comic opera com
pany turn green Win envy.
Iu the morning the formal opening iook
place Prof Sparks in n neat and pleasant
address, complimentary to the pupils end
their parents, presented the exposition 20
the Board of Education President NJ. K
Smylie, for the Board of Education, re-
sponded 10 a characteristic address, in
which ne paid tribute to the efficiency OF
the schools. and the teachers and supeTin-
tendent. Miss De Vaults class then went
through very pretty military maneugIe
called the Flag Drill The children were
all small and presented very pretty APP
pearance. They marched with great pre-.
cision for persona 60 young and acquitted
themselves very creditably. The following
il the programme for to-day:
P.N.-Music by Nos. 2 and : Central.
Representation OF Continental Congress.
By "Miss McClGskcy's Boys
Cssthenic Song Nils Scdewick's Class
$3.50 P M.-Mus!c by Union Chorus and High
school
Morning Exercise ......... Miss pdecraifs Cha 5
Representation of Japanese Wedding 600. ......
Mis- Ralston's Girl"
Dumbhell Drill ............... High School Girls
Evening Exercises -.. Miss Pungton's Glass