The news & observer., 1905-12-30
A HINT FOR OTHERS.
How North Carolina Day Was Cele-
bratcd i'm the Waynesviile Graded
School

Especial to News and Obsedver)
Waynesville. n. c.. Dec. 29.-With
us Thursday December 21, was North
Carolina Day. Our school made the
day and what it signified prominent.
Everything done that day pertained to
North Carolina, her history. geography
and resources In the observance of
the day we had a definitely arranged
plan, and everything done was directed
toward carrying out that plan.
First, we decided in the teachers
meeting how we were to celebrate. 1t
was agreed that we should have a
school fair all day Thursday, and rem
der program at night. The exhibits
at the fair were to be written work on
North Carolina history, and geography,
map drawing. flags, pictures of North
Carolina subjects, mineral collections,
woods, agricultural! ..o1ucts. and
Whatever else that would bring the at
tention of the observer to North Caro-
lima matters.
Next, we told the children in the ten
grades what we wanted done and
asked them if they would help. They
were all enthusiastic and entered hear
tily into the enterprise. Both teachers
and pupils. for two weeks ahead, bent
their energies, during spare time, in
getting ready. When the day came
and the children with smiles and
happy hearts were ready to receive
visitors to "see the sights"
From eleven o'clock to three crowds
of patrons and friends went through
! the rooms, every grade fair to itself
and admired the exhibits. Guides
were stationed here a.d there at con-
venient points TO conduct visitors. and
show them items of interest
i JsSS.z II
small part of the numerous exhibits
which the genius Of the teachers and
the industrv of the pupils provided
/ In one grade prizes oftriafo-cl-. .mmm
In one grade frieZes of acorns strung
and arranged in figures attracted the
attention Of y-isitorS. Another grade
had DAME! Boone's cabin with Daniel
himself, gun in hand, standing in front
and an Indian WigWam a little dis
tance off. Several grades had relief
maps of North Carolina showing the
chief products Of the State. Another
had cornucooias filed with wheat,
corn. potatoes, and the like. One iE-
teresting feature was a reproduction of
Cross Creek displayed on a table show
ing by the use of mica and moss the
two creeks that cross at that point and
some of the historical houses of the
old town.
Other grades had North Carolina
flags made of crepe paper mounted on
cardboard and large flags made of
bunting and silk. In some of the
rooms Dithy refences to North Caro-
lima history were on the blackboards,
wrought in letters made of evergreen,
or on cardboard in gold or silver let
ters. The visitor noticed such as
these: First at Bethel" Last at APP
pomattoX," ''Farthest to the front at
Gettysburg" First victory of the Rev.
olution,' First Declaration if Inde-
pendence,'' 1.-The First English Col
ony," "Guilford Courthouse-the first
step to surrender at Yorktown" 1.-THE
Old North State Forever" "Ho! For
Carolina" and others of like signifi-
canoe.
With the display of written work,
maps Of the Battle of Moore's Creek
Bridge, collections of minerals. woods,
and agricultural products. together
with the many special features seen in
each room, We may say that the
School Fair was quite successful.
and received many words of praise
and commendation from visitors
At night We rendered a programme
adapted from one sent out from the
office of State superintendent Joyrier
with a few changes and additions to
suit the conditions here. The High
land Scotch settlers formed the chief
feature of the programme. We there
fore threw in here and there some
OF the beautiful Scotch songs in solos
and choruSeS.
This IS the way we celebrated North
Carolina Day. Our children learned
of North Carolina history,
imbibed more of the North Carolina
spirit, and developed more State pride.
Hence we thing our labor was not in
Waynesville siETAOIN ETAOIN nm
vain. w. c. ALLEN,
Supt. Waynesville Pub. Schools.
Dec. 81, 1905.
1t would be awful easy to be good
if there were any fun in it,