The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-10-02
SCHOOL EXHIBIT.
Discussed Last Night by School
Principals.
TEACHERS READING CIRCLE.
Outline OF Extra Literary Work in Pre-
paration for Examinatfons-The
Display at Fairhaven.

Last night the principals of the public schools
held meeting at which two important subjects
were considered-a school exhibit 10 be held at
Fairhaven early next year, and the formation OF
resd.n circle
The first educational exh hit OF Washington
was held az Spokane during the meeting OF the
state Teachers Assoc alton in the holidays OF
loso-l59l. Seattle made fine display OF work,
ana also Fairhaven, Tacoma, Whatcom, VAN
eouver, Palouse City, Colfax and Dayton aud
some OF the country schools N Clarke county.
Very nearly every department of school Work
was represented Some OF il was very credit
able The state Teachers Association, by us
executive committee, has sent out request
that preparations be begun Tor new and more
extensive exhibit at Fairbaven next year The
INES OF work to be represented are shown Dy
the following outlines of the display atspokane:
anguage-Language work exhibited consisted
OF picture stories, reproduction stories. oplect
lessons, dictation work, Biographical sketches,
dIagraming, character sketches, and thought
analysis from literature, paraphrases, err.
NumDe!s-In numbers ana arithmetic were
represented picture and word problems, meas
urIng by |, 2, 3, 4, etc, original problems IN
longitude and time, percentage, proportion, ana
squire root, illustrated problems N measure
mcnts and square root, etc
Geography-In this line were descriptive work,
maps, memory maps, and relief maDs in clay.
History-HeTe were chronological classified
tons aud maps representing acquisitions OF ter
ritory and military campaigns
Physiology-Ihis was represented by some ex-
ceIlent drawings and accurate c.assiheations OF
the different organs, and some memory work.
Drawing-The work in drawing was most ex-
tensive, representing traciDgs, copied work In
outline and shading work from natural objects.
original designs, leaves, flowers, school build
ings, home buildings, home objects, landscapes,
perspective, memory sketches, drawings in as
tronomy and geology, illustrations by pen-draw-
ings of subjects Of examination in physics,
physiology and botany, colored outline, relief
ana product maps, etc.
There was some kindergarten work repre-
seBted that had been done in the primary de-
paFtments OF the public schools, such as paper
folding, chains and weaving stick laying. leaf
tracing, toothpick and peas work, etc.
The spokane schools exhibited work in clay
modelling, such as cubes, spheres, cylinders,
boxes, baskets, jugs, cups, ya-es canes, pistols,
beads, frecrackers. busts, washtubs, eroquet
sets, apples, peaches, pears. plums, oranges, ba-
naDas potatoes, cherries, grapes, etc.
There were also collections OF flowers, plants,
shells, minerals, etc.
Exarninat. on papers must not be forgotten.
They were numerous. representing all branches
in the grammar grades and high school work.
The teachers were especially represented by
various forms OF report cards, programmes, cata-
logues courses OF registers plans oil school
buildings, etc.
The executive committee of the state associa-
ton is urging that efforts be put forth to
even a better display at Falrhayen, in order to
pave the way for creditable exhibit at the
Columbian exposition. The Seattle principals
tention OF all the teachers.
The Reading Circle is also the result of the
meeting at Spokane. At that time the subject
was briefly discussed, and a committee consist
ing OF d. Bemiss, president of the association,
Spokane; W. A. Payne, Dayton; r. C. Kerr,
Walla Walla; F. B. Gault, Tacoma, and Frank j.
Barnard, of this city, appointed to take
proper action. Nothing definite was done until
the special meeting of the state board OF educa-
ton here, August J0-l4, 1891. At that
time the committee suggested that the
state board shape teachers examination ques-
tons in certain branches so as to encourage
reading and the formation of reading circles.
The board adopted the suggestion and deter.
mined to base the questions in theory and art OF
teaching upon Pages Theory and Practice, as fol-
lows: For the November examination, 1871
first six chapters; February examination, 1892
first ten chapters; May examination, 1892, first
fourteen chapters; August examination, 1892
the entire book The questions, while some
what general In their character, have been pre-
pared accordingly. The questions in English
literature, and TO some extent in United States
history, for the county examinations, and in
English literature aud United states and gen
eral history in the state examinations, subse.
quent 10 the November examination of 1891
will be based upon Hde's Lights of Tr0 Cen
turtles X. b. Bryan. state superintendent oil
public instruction, has sent out circular stat
Ing lHdk Tue tAhiUludLlOu Will Dc sc
arranged as to render advisable the following
orier OF reading in the Lights Of Ttco Centuries:
December 1891 and January IS92-Watteau,
PIP. liz: swift. PIP. 1Sj-14S; Bach, PIP. 2sl292;
Pope, PIP 399 40.
February and March. ls92-Hogarth, PIP 1924;
Addison, PIP. 1880; Handel, PIP. 293- 314; Goethe
PIP. 4ll-420; Watt, PIP. 525-536.
April and Ma, lso2-ReynOlds PIP. 1888: John
son, pp. 175-lsS; Haydn, PIP. 305-31s; Burns, pp
42l-43i; The Montgolfers. PIP 537-5fS.
June and July, ls92-Canova, PIP. $3.50; Mo-
Fart. DIP. 3l9-S2s; Schiller, PIP. 435-44s; Fulton,
PIP. 5i955S.
August and September, -Thorwaldsen, DID,
5l-6i; Scott, PIP. 205-2l6; Beethoven, pp. S29542;
Wordsworth, pp. 1876; Whitney, ID .%59-56s
October and November 1s92-Turner Dr., 65-
IS; Carlyle, pp 2l7-290; schubert pp 1885,
Byron, PIP. 46l-472; Stephenson, PIP 569-576.
December, 1892, and January, 1s93-Ingres, PIP.
1872; Macaulay, PIP 23l-2i4; Mendelssohn, up.
3j3364: Hugo PIP. 473-4S4; Bessemer, pp. 577-5S6.
February and March, lS93-Barye prs. 90 IU6;
Emerson, PIP. 245-256; Thackeray, PIP 257- 268 /:
Chopin, PIP. 365-3S6; Longfellow. Up. 1924
Edison, PIP. 5S7-596.
April and May, lSe3-MiIlet, pp f07-122; Bas-
uen-Lepage, pp 123-I34: Dickens. DID 80 $50;
Wagner, DID. 3s7-39S; Tennyson. 3D. 495-5O4: F.
b. Browning and Robert Browning DID, 5O5-51i:
Bell, PIP 597-693.
Copies OF this circular were distributed last
night, and the principals will take steps TO
form in the several schools circles for reading
according 20 the outline, and meetings will be
held to discuss the books so read.