St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-30
EXCELLENT SCHOOL WORK
AN EXHieT or The ACCOMPLISH
NEVIS or HAWTHJRy We.
EVERYTHING lLLuSTRATED.
George Washington Story Pic
tured-Science Work DeveI-
oped i'll Same Way-History
Likewise Joliet and Mar
Have Written About Insects.

The Hawthorne school, situated at
the corntr OF Mississippi and Nash
streets, in lower town. and OF which
Miss j.. c. CHM Is the principal, is hold
ing an exhibition of work done by the
pupils during the term that Is drawing
to a close. to which parents of the chill
dren and the public generally are in
vited. Last year. al the request OF the
superintendent Of schools, the princi-
pals of all the buildings i'll the city pre-
pared a like exhibition. and so much
genuine satisfaction was taken in the
display of their children'S work by the
parents, not to say anything OF the
pleasure derived from the preparation
for the event by the children them
selves, that Miss CHM and her corps of
assistant teachers decided this year., al
though 10 special request was made by
Mr.. Gilbert, that they would adopt the
same plan. That it has paid for the
trouble, any Il seeing the tables of
work, and the artistic decoration that a
great deal OF it furnishes for the school
room walls, would be convinced; and
the principal Of this pleasantly situated
little school and her capable assistants
may well feel proud OF the past years
work.
Beginning with the work done by the
little primary children. some of whom
were only initiated into the mysteries
of public school life at the beginning OF
the last term, and some. indeed. only
two months ago it is marvellous to see
what can be accomplished in a short
period OF time. The methods of pre-
sentlng the most commonplace and I'M
attractive subjects 10 make them not
only interesting but Ineligible to the
child mind are such an Improvement
over the old-fashioned mode of present.
ing. say, tor Instance. arithmetic,
which to most of us was the bane of
existence. Number work. made easy,
the new method might be called.
The illustrations on exhibition at the
school IN question demonstrate all the
different steps. To begin with, every
thing is Gllustrated) pictured to the
child. lie learns one-half by dividing
an apple into W pieces, and so on. He
further illustrates his number work by
paper folding and cutting.
In the second grade work perhaps the
most Interesting Illustrative work was
the language work. The George Wash
ington story was told and a picture OF
the president drawn. Science work in
this grade was another branch thai
was beautifully illustrated, the work
being done by the classes according to
the seasons. In history work the chill
dreu OF this grade had written stories
of Joliet and Marquette, and illustrated
them nicely.
In the third grade again the science
work done in connection with language
was perhaps that which was most sus-
ctptible OF good illustration work.
Since last fall these classes have accom-
plIShed a great deal along this line.
The children ave written about
the caterpillar. the snail, and on
many other subjects belonging both
10 the animal and vegetable kingdoms.
The work of a little Swede boy, aged
seven. III connection With the illustra-
ton OF language stories is particularly
worthy of note. The color work of this
class was very artistic. The work con-
slStS largely in Inc cutting and design
Ing by the children from original de-
signs.
The exhibit on the whole is worthy
OF a visit from any one who is interested
IN the work done IN the public schools
along these lines. and to those who have
not yet any special interest in the work,
an inspection of this would arouse the
spirit OF inquiry as to the rogres
made in our public schools of late years.