Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-20
THE SCHOOL EXHIBIT
Opened This Morning With
Large Crowd Present.
PARENTS INTERESTED
ALL DEPARTMENTS REPRESENT
ED BY GOOD DISPLAYS.
Three Buildings, Business, Mckinley
and M Street, Are Filled With
Specimen Work.

Bewildering is the only word with which
to describe the extent ard complexity of the
centennial exhibit of public school work at
the new Business High School, which
opened this morning at 10 O'Clock
Crowds of pupils. parents, teachers and
people generally interested in the work Of
the schools have thronged the corridors
and exhibition rooms In increasing numbers
throughout the day. No cards or invita-
tons are required. and the general public
Is invited to inspect the work OF tn, $1,000
pupils OF all grades and classes who are be
ing instructed by the public school system.
NO exhibit of the general work of the
schools has taken place n fifteen years, and
those who saw the last display are today
amazed at the variety, scope and quality Of
activities and products of the boys and
girls In the schools.
The first floor is given up to graphic IL
lustrations of the work of the kindergartens
ana primary grades in the rooms adjacent
to the western corridor, and of the inter-
mediate grades. fourth. fifth, SIXTH seventh
and eighth. in the front and east rooms
AT the entrance on the left side are Six
casts. samples of the great collection or
statuary to be given by The Evening star
Christmas eve to the successful school
buildings In the competition for school
room decoration. With them are the re-
markable water color sketches OF Miss
Eugene De Land, illustrating the work
done in the schools and also an exhibit
from the Public Library. showing books
sent in bulk to high schools from the IL
brary, and specimens from the teachers
reference collection and young peoples
room.
Teachers Library Exhibit.
On the right. in what seems the coolest
and most hospitabe room in the building.
is an exhibit of the Washington public
school teachers library. from the Franklin
building. Its pleasing pictures the pagin-
ming of circulating art collection its Uo0
specimen books and the mission furniture
make the room center of attraction.
In the kindergarten room is a Respondent
Christmas tree. and about 1t all the So
called Froebel gifts" the blocks for build
ing and number work. the games, colors,
paintings, clay models and constructive
work which make the classes for the little
tots a joy and inspiration.
Everywhere spelling, number work. mui-
tiplication grammar, composition geogia-
ply are conspicuously represented The
geogra phical models, showing the life of the
child in other lands, great tables upon
which the children themselves have con-
structed sceneS-cotton fields of the SOUTH
ice fields with polar bears and icebergs OF
the north, Indian wigwams and japanese
pagodas-are particularly striking.
The progress of the child from kindergar-
ten and primary grades. through the inter-
mediate. through the high school, can be
traced with the utmost detail and complete
ness.
The exhibits on the second floor show the
work of the high schools, the normal school
and the grade manual training work.
Girls Like Sewing.
Sewing in the west rooms attracts all the
girls, as carpentry in the east rooms holds
the boys. In the main assembly hall the
high schools have complete display from
their various departments. Physics chem
istry and drawing make striking groups.
The masses of composition work in Eng
in Latin and Greek, reports of mathematics
and science all display the variety of the
work.
Director Hughes Of the high schools says
this work is in every sense the actual class
work. as 1t is usually done, without any
special effort made to do exhibition work.
In the gym the classes in physical cul-
ture show the courses which are given
throughout the grades.
Lessons Tonight.
Tonight, at o'clock, lessons in bulb
planting will be given by Miss Dorothy
Kolb. and at o'clock lessons on cuttings
for second grade pupils by Miss Caroline
Haneke.
The school garden exhibit is attracting
much favorable comment. 1t has been
placed in room No. IL on the second floor
that is to be occupied by the library later
A notice at the entrance informs the pub
lie that the work as represented is coop
erative between the Normal School and the
Department of Agriculture. The exhibit Is
specially designed to aid teachers Ex-
penments In termination and soil experi-
ments have been set up with special ref
erence to assisting those just beginning the
work One side of the room is devoted to
small plants raised by the normal stu
dents in the greenhouse since the 18th OF
October. These will later be sent to schools
for school-ground planting. There are
and oats exhibited by the boys of the
sixth grade of the Bradley school, with
accompanying charts showing the corela-
ton between geography and the garden
This correlation Is further shown In arith-
metic, English and drawing. Fern boxes,
raised by students. Roman hyacinths forced
for winter, blooming, an evergreen corner
and harvest corner make this exhibit one
of the most popular and instructive fea-
lures OF the centennial celebration.
Other exhibits are displayed at the Nc
Kinley and Armstrong Manual Training
Schools, and the entire system of teaching
in vogue In the colored grade and high
schools can be seen at the NJ Street High
School.
M Street High School.
Many models at the NJ Street show the
work in a definite and concrete manner.
The models include the following: The Bell
School, the first school building erected here
for education of colored people. situated
near the present site of Providence Hos
pital; Smothers School 18th and II streets
northwest: Israel Bethel School, established
in 1861 and taught by George F. T. Cook
formerly superintendent of public schools;
first free school, I'd and streets southeast
the site now being occupied by the Lincoln
School, opened May I. 1865; Anthony Bowen
School: the superintendent Office under
the former school organization, the figure
In the chair being readily recognized as
George F. t. Cook. who was appointed SUI
perintendent August l. 1868. to 1870, and
from 1871 to 1900; office of DR.. w. S. Mont
gornery, assistant superintendent in charge
of colored schools, appointed July l. 1900
etc.
The exhibits will be open this evening
and remain open throughout tomorrow and
Friday.