The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-05-29
SEWING EXHIBITS.
Work Accomplished by the
Glasses Of st. Peters
Parochial School.
CLEVER LITTLE sEAMsTREssEs
Tiny Tots as Exponents Of the
Synthetic Method Of Read
ing-Catholic News.

The annual exhibition of st. Peters
Parochial School will be held June 27, Is
and 20 in the school, York and Van Worst
streets. These exhibitions are remark
ably interesting. They comprise work
done by the pupils both in and after
school hours. In the school hours the
ordinary branches are taught. After
school hours the Sisters teach sewing to
the girls Who wish to stay. And every
girl stays. evening will be on exhi-
bition as well as co%py-books, drawings,
compositions and work in stenography
and typewriting.
The sewing work is graded. Even the
youngest children nave this year been
learning to outline bibs and collars and
cuffs and laundry bags. The work taught
in embroidery goes all the "a from the
outline stitch to solid work and fancy
stitches. In plain sewing everything even
dressmaking, is taught. The girls learn
how to sew neatly and correctly. They
have done this year some particularly
fine hemstitching.
The work exhibited is each year dis
played in the class rooms. From the
ceiling and on the walls are hung the
embroideries and the work in sewing. On
the tables are put the regular school
work. The books of writing and draw
ing and arithmetic made by the children
are put on the table. These are always
uncorrected by the teacher. The mis-
takes, if any are made, remain for the
public to see.
The graduation exercises will be held
Monday. evening. June %, in the college
hall. Always before the exercises have
been held in The day time. There are
eight graduates who will be admitted to
st. Aloysiuss Academy. They are: Miss
Natalie Bender, Nora Pagan, Mary
Degair. Maggie Finneran, Marie Battel,
Katie McKenna. Mary Hampton and Bella
Barry. The exercises will be for the
most part musical. Though the COM
mencement is an invitation affair, the ex-
hibition is open to all interested in such
work. 1t is an instructive as well as
most entertaining sight. 1t gives, as
nothing else can, an idea of the amount
of work accomplished by the children in
the year.
A "News'' reporter called at the school
a short time ago and was privileged to
witness some class work. lone by the
lowest class in school, children of four
and five. They are taught the synthetic
method of reading, and though they
nave had but one year of study they can
read at sight words Of three and four
~syllables. The sister in charge put on
the board some words and called on
several of the little people to read them,
and to first give them the correct dia-
critical marks. This they did QUICKLY
and with no mistakes, giving the
sounds oil the letters IN the Woras: Some
of the tots were SO small they had to
stand on chairs to read the board, but
one and all marked the board properly.
Each child had to do his or her work
quickly, for every other child in the
room was waiting with GREATNESS eager
ness to pounce on a mistake and help
along the slow ones.
When the children had marked and
read the words. the sisters asked them
to sing some of the songs they have
learned. They have songs about their
letters, telling when they have certain
sounds, such as the sound sometimes
taken by S. These songs the children
sang with a will and they showed they
understood their meaning, for the sis
ter, after hearing them sing, made them
give examples. The words given by the
children We're in every case correct. 1t
was an interesting drill and one which
every mother, whose child goes to the
also interesting to note the excellent be-
havior of the children. Even when the
sisters back was turned and she was
engaged in something else, the children
kept still. They are remarkably well be-
haved, they do excellent work, and they
are a credit to the school and to the
sisters.