The Washington times., 1905-12-21
SCHOOL EXHIBITS
VISITED BY MANY
Demonstrations Held With
Centennial Celebration.
WORK OF THE STUDENTS
Talents of the School Children of
Washington Are Seen in
Varied Forms.


The attendance upon the exhibits and
demonstrations at all the school build
ings in connection with the centennial
celebration is particularly large parents,
students and friends of the schools in
specting the work.
The demonstrating of work at the Nc
hinley High School is probably most
thorough. Although the chief aim of
this school is to develop the hand and
muscle, the exhibit shows. to begin with.
the working Of the regular English
courses and the department of languages.
With the mechanical drawing depart-
ment begins the manual training.
Through this department the exhibit
traces the development of the student
from year to year. and as his particular
turn is demonstrated he branches off in
TO architecture. railroading. shipbuilding.
or other branches of drawing.
Develop Ideas.
Upon the mechanical and free hand
drawing as a foundation is built wood
cutting. blacksmithing. the making Of
machinery and other trades. In the
wocdcutting department the machinery
is shown and many specimens. useful
and ornamental are turned out The
pupils are encouraged TO design and
work out their own ideas.
IN the department of blacksuithing
many forges are ablaze and the boys
bend and weld the hot metals. The tools
that have been made by the classes
seem TO be in every way equal to those
turned out by the manufacturers. Be
yond this are the engine rooms. the
oynamos and machinery for working
iron The blaeksmiths graduate into this
department and finally are taught the
technique of these machines and their
making. The dynamo that has gener-
ated the electricity that has lighted the
building for the past three years was
made by. the boys in this department.
ne laboratories of Ghysics. chemistry
ana Tree kand drawing and moIding
prlncipauy taken up by the girl pupils
are open 70 inspection. as is the work
work. 80 OS-"
The work in the Mckinley manual
training school and its denonstration
is very similar 10 that of the Armstrono
manual training and of the NJ street
sSn9oi. where the colored students at,
teEd- and the same things are being
Shown in these schools.
AZ the new Business High School the
e;xhlbItIon is more general and gives
Basketball Game.
In the gymnasium yesterday afternoon
the girls basketball team of the West
ern School met that of the TeebnicaI
School in a spirited contest. The final
score was TO 6 in favor of Western
This afternoon the teani5 % the Central
and Eastern. schools will meet.
The cooking school is the center OF
attraction on the, third floor. Here a
ciass OF girl pupils in uniform are en-
Eaged IN the actual making of biscuits.
not cakes and other gastronomtc de-
lights.
The goods are served TO the pupils hv
these IN the Mattresses class In the
s.lIne department is shown the laundry
work ana practical nursin@.
Garden Exhibit.
Among the many classes at work 70
night at the centennial celebration q,
the public schools, some of the most in
teresting VIII be found in the school
garden exhibit. AT O'Clock. Miss Nav
belle Clements will give the first grade
class, Franklin School, a lesson on bulb
planting and at S O'Clock the second
grade will have a lesson on raising
plants from cuttings given by Miss Dor
ofhy KaIb.
most interesting features OF the exhibit
Ihls work is made possible by the De-
partment of Agriculture and this DEPART
ment has taken an active in.ereef ia ~
work - W
Experiments in termination. seed
pIantng ana SCH have been set up with
sPSSial reference TO assisting teachers.
The exhibit from the sixth grade
Bradley School. shows the manner of
eorreiating the garden with geography.
craving, arithmetic and English compo-
slton. Plants raised by the Normal
stuGents In the practice school fern
boxes, pots of blooming hyacinthe tinv
plants raised from cuttings since fha
middle OF October make this new featur,.
OF our educational system one of the
most attractive at the Business High
The exhibitions are open from 10 a. IN
70 10 =. m, at the new Business High
school. ana ar the same hours at the
manual training school At those
schools, however, the classes doing IN.
special demonstration work will be seen
from 10 u. from 2 TO :. and from 7 10
10 o'clock The demonstration Will end
Friday night.