Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1893-01-05
THE COUNTY EXHIBHr.
The Old C0urt House Made u Re-
posft0ry for Fine School
Work.

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| Work.
The exhibits of the public schools of
Cumberland County were on exhi-
bition In the Court room all day Wed
nesdaY, and the meny visitors who
called and inspected the work, felt
well repaid for the time bestowed
upon it.
Nearly every school in the county
was represented, consequently the
display was large and diversified.
The walls of the room were lined with
beautiful drawings, maps, free hand
and landscape; while upon the i'm
provised tables were displayed e be.
wildering, and almost endless array of
papers, which included the written
work from the classes of every grade,
including the small primary scholar,
as we'll as the members of the graduat-
ing classes.
The first thing which attracted the
attention of the observer was the ex-
treme neatness of the whole display.
Not a stain or finger mark were to be
seen.
There were papers on History,
Physics, Algebra, Geometry, Physi-
ology, Arithmetic, Geography, Read
ing, Grammar, Spelling. etc There
was scarcely lesson paper but that
was profusely illustrated with pen or
pencil drawings.
Teachers and scholars seemed to
have exercised their Ingenuity ia a
remarkable degree, to produce some
thing striking and original, and the re-
suit was both satisfactory and unique.
This was seen particularly among the
numerous drawings. There were pic
lures of farm yards, cattle, oyster
boats, oyster dredging, charter oak,
Plymouth Rock, Columbus, Penn's
treaty with the Indians, and, in fact,
ia pen and pencil sketch of nearly
everything that can be mentioned,
might have been produced If asked
for.
It would be unjust in us to make
any comparisons of the exhibits among
the different schools OF the county.
fWere we inclined to do so it would be
a difficult matter to show where one
school is superior to another. as nc
two were alike, and all showed, both
the graded and ungraded ones, careful
and thoroug instruction on the part
of the teacher, and painstaking on tina.
of the pupil.
1t will not however, be unfair to
make special mention of Vineland.
The schools of our sister city, have had
the benefit of a manual training
teacher, consequently their exhibits
differed from the other schools. Be.
sides the written work and drawing
there were models of cones, pyramids
prisims in paper, and articles of every
description carved in wood; there
were hundreds Of them, match boxes
steps, triangles, squares, circles ETC.,
daintily carved by the skillful hand.
of girls and boys. A large space wal
devoted to needle-work; all kinds, and
every variety of stitches were ex
hibited, even the darning stitch.
A novel, original, and strikingly ele
giant design, which originated in the
fertile brain of the gifted Miss Struth
ers of Vineland, and was carried out
by her class, is the ''Civil War Mosaics, >
series of thirty -one beautifully exc
cuted drawings and paintings. pictur.
ing the history of our country, from
the time of the adoption of the Con
stitution. to the death of Lincoln.
We congratulate Sup't Hampton
upon the success of his "exhibit" and
also upon his able and efficient corps
of taacherE.