The Washington times., 1895-06-19
ADVANCED WORK

But We must not linger too long win the
little ones. They have reached the fifth
and sixth year of their school life and
better drawing is expected, more difficult
constructions required. They learn to make
working drawings of simple objects ana
to construct from these drawings such
forms as can be made with cardboaru
We do not, in our schools, allow any Oh
these constructions to be made uhtlI tle
pupil is old enough to understand ina make
The working drawing and develop the form
from that.
This ability is in the seventh and eighth
wears applied to the making OF the working
drawings used in the manual training
shoDs each boy making the drawing from
which lie works. The girls make the same
dra wings but the skill they acquire Is
ONLY brought into rcquisltlon In the sChooiS
in the cutting and fitting rooms of the sewing
danartment but the value it will be Ia them
in The planning. arranging. and construction
that is constantly called for in their nome
life is not easily estimated.
we mass now to the drawings made OF the
appearance of these forms In various po-
sitions The subjects for this form OF rep
resentation are as varied as tue loIihs Wy
which the pupils are surrounded, art
otiects and nature forms single and COM
hined in groups As extended through the
seventh and eighth grades it embraces
everything in the schuolroom, as uoors
windows, stairs and Railways, desks, book-
cases. shelves, books, in every posltlou III
which the subjects can be seen by the pupiis'
suitable objects as cups, vases. pPcuels'
etc. that pupils and teachers Drlhg lloo
the scboolroom for forming groups.
Objects that may be seen from the schooi-
rnon windows are also selected for subjects.
There is scarcely schoolroom Winuow
in or about Washington from
which some object cannot be selected for
study. as q tower, steeple, gable, balcony,
or an entire building simple IN construction
with surroundings that are picturesque.
In tba snrinp outdoor sketches are en-
coura ged. but not required. sometimes
. class is taken out by the regular or
snaciaI teachers Sometimes pupils III
seventh and eighth grades have Deen ar
Iu wed TO 90 in small groups IN the lnlilleuidle
! vicinity of the building TO return III an
| hour with sketches. The result Oh liiis
| course is that pupils nractlcally eNpeli
! ence the possibili ties aud the Geiano and M
/ applying the power they are gaining anu
! becnme correspondingly anxious TO IN
crease that power.
In the early fall and spring months es-
necially great Use is made uI plant iorins'
/ both as subjects for dra wing ana Ihooei,
! ing. Washington is one immense PARK anu anu
| fhwer garden. both public and private
| addad tn this is the advantage of easy
| accesstu the flora of the surrounding country
| which is ineXhauStible. Surely III Is d
| great work in Itself to direct our chiiur eu
! to the study aud representation oil 1hese
| beautiful flo wer FORMS
| The abundant examples seen in our
| cchnoIroorns at this time of year testify
| as to the visible results obtained by the
| teachers. but surely all must feel tilat there
| are other results coming from the in'
| fIuence of all this direct contact WIN
| nature that are not so easily estimated.
I have spoken of the use OF ciay as
| material for modelling. II is used IN every
grade from the first to the eighth Inclusive
The success obtained in our schools in the
use of this wonderful plastic material one
| that has always been a favorite material
for shaping form since art began. is also
partly an uutgrowth of conditions pecuila'
tu Washington. 1t is an ingredient ablin
dant in its soil, and newly supplied ana
properly prepared by local company. II
| is furnished To the teachers each year.
Inthelowergrades, the forms are modelled
in the round-but from efifth grade nearly