The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-11-26
THE EXHIBIT WORK
Is GOOD FEATURE
Large Crowd Attended Recep-
ton and Lecture.
Many Additional Teachers Arrived
Last Night-The Meeting Closes
This Afternoon.
PROGRAM BEIN G RENDERED

A fitting climax to the annual
meeting OF the First District Teach
ers' Educational association was the
reception. lecture and musical enter
tainment given at the High school
building last night.
The affair was a success through
and through. and the teachers feel
highly gratifed that II should be so.
The reception was attended by
about 800 invited guests. including
the teachers. OF course. and the first
thing was the musical program.
The auditorium and hallway were
decorated beautifully and lemonade
was served in the way Of refresh
ments. The musical program was
rendered first. Those who were
oown for numbers were Mrs. James
Weille and Mr.. Harry Burns. vocal
Sc lectlons. Prof. Harry Gilbert. Miss
Ada Brazelton and MIR. Oscar Kahn.
the latter with the violin. rendered
several choice selections.
Following the music Rector David
c. Wright delivered an excellent adj
dress on THE Language OF Music"
This was followed by the reception
which lasted until IL o'clock. Dur
ing the reception the music was fur
nished by Deals orchestra.
The total enrolment Of the associ-
alton today is about 100, but teachers
are still coming In. Yesterday the
round table meetings we're held and
proved a success In every way except
in one or two grades where full at
tendance was absent.
Today the program was well car
ried out and this afternoon the meet
ing will close.
The Exhibit Work.
The exhibit of work done by the
pupils of the different grades and
schools in Paducah arranged for the
benefit OF visiting teachers TO the ed
ucational association meeting. is won
derful and very interesting to look
az
There is work of every kind. from
clay moulding from nature and clay
map modelling. to fine work in draw
Ing. and the exhibit will probably re-
main up for a day or two after the
close of the meeting to enable par
ents and others interested in the work
TO see what is being done in the
schools.
Visiting teachers we're loud in their
praise OF the work and consider II
wonderful and a great step in pro
gress for the schools. The papers and
such regular school work, are hung
on strings above the desks and the
painting and drawings are in regular
style on the walls. The teachers are
rightfully proud Of the exhibit and
would be glad to see parents and 9TH
ers interested in the work come out
and see what is being done. The dis
play is attractively arranged in one
OF the rooms at the High school and
should be seen by every citizen of
Paducah, the progressive to appreci-
ate and the unprogressive to be en-
llghtened. Where all is good II is
impossible to individualize, but the
exhibit will compare favorably with
any Of its kind in the palace of Edu-
cation" at st. Louis. and should be in
the Kentucky exhibit there to In
crease its prestige. II shows Paducah
schools are distinctively on the up
grade.
An especially delightful feature of
the morning session was Miss Alice
Compton's art Talk" Raphael
was the subject and the celebrated
painter was treated in a very charm
ing and interesting way that aroused
much enthusiasm on the subject.
Miss Compton is a gifted and charm
ing speaker and has made art study
both here and abroad.