New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-05
THE SCHOOL EXHIBITS.
roxnFRFrL PICTURE ILLUSTRATIONS
OF SENTENCES AND SHORT STORIES.

WOODWORK BY THE BOYS AND GIRIS-A NOVEL
WAY OF TEACHING NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
MILLION PEOPLE INTERESTED
r,. exhibition OF school work which is TO De
onened 10 the public tomorrow at the MOI MAJ w.
,sea nv the state Teachers Association Is 50 Id sc
o,a can scarcely see all Of II, and yet so inter
INA 40 doesn't want 70 miss anything. There
US son,a things however. that really ought not 10
be skipped , l., .,o, ., the nri-
mary department of Grammar Scnooi NO D. nv
hundred and forty-fr and Edgecompa i''
via F Whalan. principal. Among its other n'er.tS'
:, ,s arranged with most admirable system Inc
o-r a, the little ones IN paper cutting Is p!acea III
hooks with such pretty painted covers 'Iiat ~
\, the visitors have been overheard 10 REMAIN ~
,hav wished they could steal them one 81 'lIe
h,nk. contained an object lesson IN patrlo"7i"
sIvan on Grant Day The teacher had SHOWN INC
Jass consisting OF boys and girls OF about seven
a,ar.color n,cture OF the Tomb, nag sworn
and military hat and they had made "ohoeiiu'''
accurate reproductions OF it all on paper. ,,,.,
ano,her interesting exercise is the pictorlaI mus
trat,on OF sentences. one OF THESE "dS " -
,,eedom" and the illustrations are interesting COM
.n,or,es on what the chiliren's idea OF freedom
"a Ono little chap thinks 1t means hreerache'''
r,. nxbhit,on OF woodwork by the boys IN the
grammar department Of the same schooi - 20
,cu,arjv interesting The principal heiiy
Crammar School No. 40 shows some beautllui ART
- dona nv bovs OF about fourteen under the
,,s,ruction OF Mrs Anna E. Shields Inc coioiins
q, some of the mechanical drawings Is ''qu's,e
and the exhibition Of modelling is the pest III '"e
whole collection ,..o.,
oo,-oers ~ narouet flooring. Abram Fischlowitz'
....,o,, treasurer of the association is instructor
In this department . ,.o. a.,
The English exhibit Is the centre OF lii.e'0's ..
the display OF Grammar School NO 40 Inns sc"oo'
,s situated in the Yiddish neighborhood ana IN the
rgb, NJ this fact the work of the children Is won
aerfrl The teacher Miss Lena Kemp gives them
number Of quotations from the best AUTHORS. ana
then asks them TO find picture TO Illustrate any
One that they prefer Their selections sho" re-
markable insight into the meaning OF the authors
The arithmetic exhibit ia also interesting as the ne
teacher Maurice B. LSWiS n ms question about the
cubic Contents of a bin one OF the chidreh , has
drawn figure showing each cupic 1901 III 'iie jim
"sIXTY-NINE MONTHLY"
Grammar School No. GO is al the opposite ex-
IRENE The pupils here all children OF weii-to-
do narents and II Is interesting TO compare their
work with that OF the poorer district The boys
OF the commercial class-which is under the IN
s.ruction OF Sidney Marsden Feurst-conduct SIX
teen-page paper which they call the Sixty-Nihe
Monthly' They do all the work themselves, ana
even get advertisements for it, They nave peeh
publishing a series of interviews with the Com
missloners which they take stenographicaiIy, ana
series OF ESSAYS or books read al nome me! wiz
out their personal experiences TOT IL anu III my
number on exhibition one hoy has given thrilhng
account OF an attack OF pleurisy. Ten thousahd
copies OF this publication were 0lsiriDuteo uu ms
OF geomeiric problems illustrated in color shoulI
not be missed. II looks Ike peasant wa! ~ ~
studying geometry and 10 some OF me noy y, IL
seems 10 be genuine play az they MAKE thelr Illus
traiions humorous The school also SHOWS soihe
good cravon drawings ana even oil paintings
The teachers in the girls depar'meiil Oh hrdli
mar school No a. arc evidently blessed with origl-
nali,v 10 fudge from the exhibits. The Engllsh
teacher Miss Kate Mckee. has sent hunlper U0i
kilograms written by girls OF ten ana Some WcI
written notes of regret. The music ana Dotahy
teachers have also sent interesting ana Original
work Miss Mary Tate Ia said TO be the cIeVereSI
No iS sends a big beehive-a drawing by William
Weiss aged fourteen-with bees all over 1t; THESE
were made OF brown tissue-paper ana piack
chenille by class Of children no meinper OF winch
No % 1shovs a fine collection OF water-coior
naIni,nrs done under the instruction OF MISS ., A
The hest specimen was done by - d SH"i.ii, an"
brought a medal and much honor to the artist.
WEST FARMS EXHIBIT.
No. c. OF West Farms. is interesting because Oh
rs na,urework. specimens being easy to get IN that
neighborhood. ,, ,,.o,,,,
No has a cooking exhibit, containing biscuits.
bread ,nue,ns etc and also beautiful exhloit Oh
drawing and paper-cuttng. .,, l., souine consist
No AZ shows good work III sc ms cbiidren
inr ~ ,inv garments Of all sorts; ana me chi.ute
In the primary OF NO. al nave '"'
tn manner.