The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-12-30
GREAT SCHOOL SHOW.
Last Days Of the Display
High School Classics
How Writing Is
Taught.

Exhibit. The line of visitors that follows
the signs up two flights of stairs, all
around the rooms and down again ON the
other side of the High School building,
shows no signs of diminishing; indeed,
as the time grows shorter, the rush be-
comes proportionately greater.
OF all the visitors VINO inspect the work
shown, few have any idea how much
work il required, hot only TO prepare the
actual articles, but TO arrange the speci :
mems sent and put the whole exhibition
in running order. Up to twelve o'clock
Saturday night 1t looked as if order
would never come out of chaos. 1t was
like the last rehearsal OF an entertain
ment. when everything goes wrong. and
the manager feels i'll. Four devoted men
decided to do good on the Sabbath day,
even if it were Christmas, too, so they set
to WORK all that day, and the next, and
well into Monday night. When the first
visitors came in on Tuesday morning,
they saw an exhibit SO systematically
arranged that any work might be found
at a moments notice, and set of princi-
pals so Systematically tired that they
could just keep their eyes open. Super
intendent Snyder's little ones have not
mad the paternal supervision of the mar
vellous tree they always have at this
time of year. They did have a magic
lantern exhibition, but they had it some-
what on the fly. AS for the principals
they know that it is vacation only by the
silence OF school bells.
PoT-HooKs AND TRAMMELS.
Visitors to the exhibition VINO have ex-
pecJed to see copper plate hand writing
have been disappointed. There is no
such thing, in the first six grades at
least. In fact, if it were not for hurting
the feelings of the young contributors,
ona nljOhf saw If q Iacid ad 10 ord mary
not to say scrawly. Now. This is no dis :
credit to the schools or the pupils-far
from it. Perhaps you have tried your
self. sometime. to write your very best
for exhibition purposes. And perhaps
you recollect that you never made such
bad work OF 1t as then. That is what Is
the matter with these youngsters. They
tried so hard that their agitation Is visl-
BILE in every scratch. One hoy started to
write his name .sChristian," and care
fully executed s'Christmas" inste I'd an d
then thought he must be going crazy.
Still. all the writing is perfectly leRible.
which is the main point anyway.
When the exhibit was tplanned, those
local and metropolitan papers, who were
not informed, published the statement
that it was to show work in drawing ex-
cluSively. How incorrect this statement
was is proved by the space occupied by
these specimens in the exhibit, exactly
proportiOnate to the study's space the
curriculum. Yet in the books and on the
cardboard sheets are some of the most
artistic conceptions Of the public school
pupils.
The very little ones in the first class of
all combine straight lines into figures and
these into simple borders, Here, too,
they make spirited drawings of the
human form divine reduced to its lowest
terms-one line for the body, two for each
an 6u ms rl
for the head. Try it, and see what q
broad treatment it gives, and how spirited
the result will be, if you really draw
what you see. James Sanders. Angelina
Monaco and little Agosta Rasch, only six
years old, are amongst the most proficient
o. the little artists.
IMPREsSIoNIST SKETCHES.
These outlined figures do all sorts of
things-play ball. run races and indulge
in Cleveland and Stevenson parades. In
John KilduH's picture they seem TO be
shaking hands preliminary to a glove
contest, or else the artist intended it to
show good little boy giving another a
speculation in works of the impressIonist
school. Arthur Washington sends some
clever work.
Miss Myrtle Monroe, a pupil of No. 10.
sends some beautifully executed leaves,
as does Fred Archer. Charlie Ruskin
evidently possesses some of the ideas Of
his illustrious namesake on the subject of
art. for his leaves are well above the
average. Roy Norton and Sadie Smith
are also exhibitors.
In the seventh grammar grade are
several line specimens of original designs
for covers of drawing. books. the best
shown in the exhibition. One in par
ticular, to which no name is attached,
but which proved on inquiry to be the
work of Justus Slater, Of Scnooi No. 10,
is far above what one would expect from
children OF this short experience and
immature powers. There is some pros
pect of adopting this design for draw
ing book cover. Viola Keeney, Eva
Brown, Eli Dade, Bertha Weffinger and
Waldo Harrison. whose Egyptian figures
are beautifully done. also exhibit. George
Luxton's border Is original in design and
finished in execution. Frank Barnes is
the most noteworthy eighth-grade ex-
hibitor. The lotus flower is described on
the papers, and its use In conventional
ized form explained. This same method
is used with the graceful Greek Anthe-
mion, In the third grade, where Samuel
Tussey, Mamie Duffy, j. J. Hayes and K.
Cline exhibit
Josie Van Riper's cover design is one of
the prettiest EXHIBITS in sixth grade work.
Here is also work by Amelia Gillings and
Carrie Hartmann, Clara Vogel, Charles
Rowland. Arthur Garrison. Harry Pelham
and Lille Beck. The most noteworthy v
exhibitors in the fifth grade are Eva OFT,
Willie Hewson. John Clark, Arthur
Orton and Martha Hashagen. Fourth
grade work is especially complete, and
among the artists are Herman Linden
berg. Dora Jacob, Eddie Meyer and MAY
Ranken, Carrie Mcbride sends some
beautifully shaded work In the next class,
as Goes Ralph Stansbury aud Oscar
| Schimper.
STILL LIES AND SKETCHES
There is also a fine showing of volun-
| tary work, from casts or copies. in some
cases from nature The most striking of
| these include John Knox's Pharaoh 3
Horses and 'Evangeline, Harry
Leonard's charcoal head, Aimee Cot
trell's still life, H. Nygardt's beautiful
| crayon sketch of an anchorite's head,
| Charles Waits architectural drawing,
Edgar Wills's portrait head. Flora Clark's
| charcoal sketch Of horses heads, Martha
| Cordes's dogs head in oils, and William
| Hornbl0wer's India ink sketcn of wrest-
| lers.
| The display In the High School depart
ment far surpasses any similar attempt
| in this direction. Nine. Adele Miller's
ancient history class shows views of the
| pillared ruin OF Karnak, of hieroglyphics
| and cuneiform inscriptions, and even of
! the original cock horse" The various
| physiology classes send in work of such
/ exquisite daintiness of execution and
fidelity to the subject, as to do credit to
more proficient illustrators. Charles
Lederle's crayon sketches to illustrate
| the special senses are fit companions to
his wonderful figure of Germania. always
| surrounded by marvellfng crowd. The
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