The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-20
WORK OF
ST. PAUL PUPILS
Achievements of Those of Gem
trail High and Mckinley
Schools Displayed.

The pupils at the Mckinley school
and their work were on exhibition in
the large assembly hall of the school
yesterday afternoon. Miss Lennon, the
principal, with two-sepre teachers and
student assistants, was in charge.
All the walls to a height Of six feet
We're covered with specimens of the
children's work. Each school room was
given certain amount Of space and In
this it was to display samples of the
different branches of its work indus
trial. literary and artistic. The rooms
were arranged according to grade, be-
ginning with the kindergarten at the
left of the entrance and ending with the
eighth grade at the right
By far the most interesting of the
exhibits was that of the weaving, COM
mencing. as 1t did, with the little woven
mats and iron holders and ending with
a silk portfere, three feet wide by
eight long. Then there were sleds.
chests, work boxes, picture frames,
etc.. made by the boys, and satchel
bags, shopping bags, baskets, aprons,
whiskbroom holders, etc., made by the
girls.
In the center Of the room were two
large tables, one in red and white and
the other in green and white, from
which ice cream and waters were
served. A chorus of the younger chill
dren in George Washington costumes
sang the Patriotic March," "Our
Land, The Snow Man." "The Mining
Song" and "The Stars and Stripes
Miss Catherine Williams sang "The
Song Of the Heart" and when Song Is
Sweet" and the Misses Margaret Lyder
and Jeanne Williams played several Sc
lections on the piano.
The reception was from o'clock un-
til land over 1900 people attended.
Manual Training in Central High.
The manual training and drawing
departments of the Central high school
were on exhibition yesterday These
subjects are taught in seven rooms.
and classes in all other rooms were
suspended from 1890 to 1880 yester-
day morning in order that the pupils in
other courses might see what was be-
ing done in the manual training and
electric engineering courses.
It was not generally known that me-
chanical education Is given in any
school but the Mechanics Arts, and
yesterdays exhibition was to prove that
students at the Central can do as much
and as good handiwork as those of the
Mechanics Art.
The blacksmithing and machine
shops. presided over by Prof. Graham,
graduate of the Minnesota university.
attracted the most attention. The
FORCES were all in blast and turned out
wrought iron chains, ETC., with almost
professional dexterity The iron and
wood lathes were operated by one of
the classes, and Indian clubs, gavels.
napkin rings, ETC., all made by the boys,
We're arranged on tables behind the
lathes.
Prof. Schmidt had an interesting ex-
h1bit of the work done by his survey
ing and electrical engineering classes.
Surveyors charts made by the boys.
were. hung on the walls, and the stu>a
dents explained the uses OF the various
instruments. The electrical exhibit con-
sisted Of the large switchboard and
dynamo which the boys constructed
last fall, and one end Of the telephone
line which the students installed.
The girls were in charge of the do
mestic science department, which is
the most complete in the city. Gowns
planned and made entirely by the stu
dents were exhibited in on room, and
the results of their culinary efforts in
another. The two rooms in which the
free-hand and mechanical drawings OF
the students were displayed were well
crowded most of the time. Some of the
drawings from life were especially fine.
The exhibit, as a whole, was a great
success and reflected much credit on
the faculty and students Of the school.