The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1904-06-04
PARENTS AND PATRONS
VIEW WORK,
ANIMAL Manual Training Exhibit st
Nelson Dewey Most Successful
Ever Held.

Nelson Dewey Most Successful
Ever Held.
The annual manual training e, hi
bit of the Lincoln, Tenth ward and
Nelson Dewey schools held at the
Dewey Tuesday evening, was un-
questionably the best that these
schools have ever held, better still
was the fact that the work was in no
degree 'show" work for it was but
representative of the efficiency a
chieved by the pupils in their every
day work. Parents and friends of
the schools for hours thronged the
lower rooms of the Dewey and gazed
with the Wonderment of delight al
the we'll nigh flawless work accom-
plished during the past ten mouths
by pupils from the Kindergarten up
to the high school. The exhibit in
cluded woodwork, basketry, Vene
tan iron work. paper cutting, mat
and paper weaving, sewing and
drawing and many other branches of
work.
The chief cause of surprise mani
tested by the visitors was that the
work apparently far in excess of the
capabilities of pupils who devote but
a fragment of their time to the man
mol Ha Lan n mhnln tho fin H.
ed productions would match off ia
vorably with similar work of much
more experienced artisans The eX-
hibit of Venetian iron work and bas-
kerry was examined with special in
terest since both are innovations in
troduced into the local schools the
short experience tina! pupils and
teachers have had in this work the re-
suits were probably the most satisfy
ing of any.
The work Of the girls of the upper
grammar grades was calculated to
make the average drcssmaker green
with envy. Garments of every de-
scription bearing names enigmatic to
the average masculine mind, as well
AS the finest embroidery were dis
played in the room devoted to the
sewing exhibits.
The wood work, benches, tables
and other exhibits of the older high
school boys were very fine. In order
to aifocd visitors an opportunity to
see actual class work, a group of
high school boys We're at work at the
turning lathes during the evening,
The weavi ng work of the pupils of
the first three grades consisting of
mats and rugs was revelation of
what very young pupils can accomp-
lish under skilitul training Probably
the finest piece of weaving done in
the lower grades of the city schools
was a large United States flag, the
Joint work of a lower grade Dewey
class. The pupils of the fourth and
nun grades are tne DaSkel- makers
and their display was grouped next
to the exhibition of weaving. The
next group of exhibits consisted Of
Venetian iron work, a remarkably
good exhibit.
The art display was wholly praise
worthy and ranged from the early at
teupts of the kinderg" "teners to the
later work OF the high school pupils
in drawings crayon work and water
color all of which were we'll up the
standard set by the other part of the
exhibit
| All visitors were profu Sc in their
praise not only of the actual work
produced but of the patience, perse
yerance, and skill of the teachers to
whose efforts the excellent results
are chiefly due. The city's manual
training system is an expensive one
and in some respects it is still in the
experimental stage The actual re-
suits obtained in the mind of the Wis
| itors seem to vindicate the system be-
| yond reasonable question OF doubt.