The Portland daily press., 1898-06-25
BUTLER SCHOOL.
A Most Attractive Exhibi tion Yesterday
Afternoon.

The hallsrof the Butler school present.
ed most attractive appearance yesterday
afternoon, for both stories were nlleo
with interested spectators, VINO hs6enea
with pleasure to the childrenss singing
in the lower hall, and who also were
much delighted witha the exhibition of
their work in sewing and manual train
ing, displayed in. the upper hall.
The: samples of the girls were tastefully
arranged in roll. surrounding the ban
ner of the Butler school, with border of
coIored maps above. A nearer view of the
samples disclosed the daintiest sort of
stitches on those of the highest grade,
and very interesting development from
the beginning In the first samples, the
stitches are taught on canvas, worked
with worsted; tbs second grade girls
sew on cloth, and the samples of some are
made up into little apron shaped piece
OF cloth with the simple stitches, like
hemming, gathering ana over and over.
Some of the other girls in the second
grade, had made separate specimens of
work of the stitches in white cloth and
neatly arranged them on piece of paper
to be folded in three parts, SO it could be
kept. The first grade samples was quite
marvel, and had .tini addition to the
specimens of work on cotton cloth, bit
of flannel, with the focy stitches, in col
ored silks, like scolopping, cross stitch,
change stitch and fea her stitch. The
work in the cotton cloth consisted of
darning, inserting patch, hem stitch
ing, tucking by hand, gathering. putting
in gusset, making eyelet, loop, button
hole, and sewing on hook and eye. Al
together it seemed a remarkable show
ing, taking into consideration the fact
that they sew but one hour in the week.
The work of the boys in the manual
training was displayed on two long
tables, and it was interesting to note the
development in their work from
the first smooth disk of wood
up to some of the special work
in carved boxes. In the first year they
make different shaped disks and learn
to "stipple," and carve out various de.
vices, also make letter boxes, corner
brackets and so on. besides always draw
ing the plan of their work. The next
year they make tool racks, coat hangers,
flower sticks. eliptical bread boards,
flower pot stands, bench hooks, pen and
ink stands and hammer handles, picture
frames and tool boxes, and some of the
boys who are especially handy, make
boats. In the last year there were towel
racks, foot stools, easels and various pref
tily "stippIed" picture frames, with some
particularly well madesboxes One box,
made from Mexican mahogany, was quite
elaborately carved, go tho boys in their
handiwork were up to the girls in their
special craft.
There were many specimens of the
school exercises scattered about the
tables, representing work of the different
grades, In writing, drawing and water
color. In some of the rooms the teachers
have supplemented their work in nature
study by having the children paint the
flower which they were studying. Then
there were many excellent specimens of
maps, some product" maps, quite new
to some Of the grown up people. On
these certain smaA specimens of the pro-
ducts of the different countries were neat.
ly fastened to tho country to which they
belonged. Many of the compositions were
very interesting, extremely well done,
and. illustrated with perhaps slittle
water color sketch or a picture pasted on,
OF the subject Of the composition, if it
were man, or of anything suggested by
it. These were very good and neatly put
together. One boy of 9 wrote some verses
about our three wars; another wrote a
very good one on "Snow Man, "Port-
land after the Storm my Favorite
Book" ga Drop of Water" etc. Some
of the children from Miss Knowles's S
room, of the second grade, made soma in
teresting historic scrap books. which
were very we'll arranged, decorated with
flags, tied with red, white and blue rib
bons, which by and by will be of the
greatest value to them. The set of com.
positions, too, from this room, the princi.
pal said, were the pest he had ever had
from the second grade.
The whole affair was very successful
and the specimens of the work were
great surprise to many who had not real
ized suoh an advance had been made in
grammar school work. Mr.. Andrews
and his efficient corps of IL teachers are
certainly to be congratulated upon tho
results of their careful training.