Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-25
PUPILS OF PUBLIC SCHOOL
EXHIBIT THEIR WORK
LARGE CROWDS ATTEND ANNUAL
SHOW
Twenty-Elahth Street institution Is
Scene Of Happy Gathering OF Chill
dren and Parents-Mueh Talent
Shown by Youths

There were three kinds Of very proud
people yesterday in the vicinity Of the
Twenty-eighth street school on San
Pedro and Twenty-eighth streets, and
Just which were the proudest It would
be hard to tell.
There were the children, perhaps q
thousand of them; the parents of these
same specimens of young America, and
the teachers who are helping to make
them men and women worthy Of the
name.
The occasion was the annual exhibit
OF the work of the pupils. and such an
exhibit as 1t wasl If there Is any
mother left this morning who has not
due and proper respect for the knowl-
edge and talents of her small daughter
or son it is because that mother was
not one of the several hundred mothers
who visited the school yesterday.
The minute one went i'm sight Of the
building It was evident that 1t was nc
ordinary occasion, for everywhere were
signs of the work of the children
Flaming Japanese lanterns hung in
every windew and Old Glory in many
different sizes and stages was waving
in every available spot. In the halls
there were ferns, pictures and flags.
In the rooms of the two buildings
which are devoted to the grammar and
primary grades there were especially
pretty decorations. Great ropes of smi-
lax in some and of ivy in others. Guam
titles of yellow mustard formed back
ground for the exhibit of class work.
Many Pretty Exhibits
Every one had something to exhibit
from the little lisping tot in the kinder
garten with her sunbonnet baby which
she "dawd all by herself" to the girl
of the sixth and eighth grades, who
displayed with the greatest of house
wifely pride dainty bits of cookery
which looked tantalizingly inviting. In
the kindergarten rooms there were all
sorts of pretty attempts at decoration
by the little ones who are just learning
to draw and cut papers into queer little
shapes and do all the other things
known only in kindergarten land. In
the second, third and fourth grades
there were Indian basketry work and
card board sloyd models and numerous
maps and sketches of wild flowers done
in dainty water colors. Besides these
there were straight lines of spelling
papers, not a word missed and such
neat figures that many man would
think of his ledger in the office and
blush for shame. In the fifth grade
rooms, where sewing is taught
for the first time, there were
models showing stitches so neat that
they might have been made by a ma
chine, In the. sixth grade the girl be-
gins to learn how to put on patches
and to darn, and the models from this
class were surprise to all. The
seventh and eighth grades are the ones
in which cooking is taught, and In
these rooms there were tables laid In
the most approved fashion ready for
luncheon and laden with everything
SOCu
tiny lemon pies, salads, cakes, vegeta-
bles and even candy were all exhibited,
and the guests confessed great diff
ficulty in keeping their hands Off
The work of the sloyd classes was ex-
hibited in the hall and here the boys
presided in manner quite beftting
their Importance. They exhibited towel
racks ard match boxes as if they were
old hands at the business. The teachers
had busy day receiving the guests,
and congratulations came for them on
every hand.
The members of the Child Study cir
Gle also took great interest in the
event, and are planning celebration
of the success at social meeting to be
held next Wednesday afternoon.