Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-05-29
ANNUAL SCHOOL EXHIBIT.

ferent city schools was shown in tn,
high school last Friday, the whole max
ing an exhibit that should have beer
seen by every parent in the city. l
would have interested them more il
school work and the education of theil
children. In each and every room OF
the first floor were hung samples O
drawing, painting and crayon anc
water color work lby students of the
various grades. Some of course were
crude, but very good when the age o.
the artist is considered. Others dis
played the skill of the artist to a re
markable extent and many of them, il
framed, would be considered works oi
art fit to adorn any home. And the
variety 1t seemed as if every art gal
lery, book and magazine in the country
had been ransacked for copies to draw
from. The collection also showed q
wide range of models, extending from
clusters of grapes, dear to every child
to landscape scenes pleasing TO Older
people. We saw some pen and ink
scratch drawings nearly equaling the
work of Chas. Dana Gibson, and q
crayon portrait of Abraham Lincoln
was very good imitation of the Older
prints OF the martyr president.
There were many models of raffia
work including lamp mats, work
baskets, etc. Miniature hammockS
caps and other woven articles were in
evidence.
To anyone who takes interest in his
child's first schooling, the Kindergarten
department was perhaps the most inter
esting of any. There were some draw
ings displayed which equaled some OF
the work of the grades. An exhibit OF
models moulded in clay was one of the
features of this department. Models
formed from pieces of paper showed
ingenuity, and one child, evidently
having mind of originality, had made
covered ice wagon and penciled these
words on its side: 'P o. Means, Wis.
consin River Ice." After going through
this department one unused: Chow
different are conditions today in a
child's early school life, from those pre-.
vailing when | went to school,
The domestic science rooms were very
attractive, especially so to the ladies
One room was fitted up with an exhibit
of pastry cooking, the work of Miss
Rankin's students. These were graded
first year work, second year work, and
so on, showing the advancement made,
but all looked so tempting as TO make
any hotel boarder long to sample them
and brought to his mind thoughts of the
''kind that mother used to make" In
one room was displayed samples of the
dressmaker's art but as the writer hap.
pens to be of that sex which wears
suspenders, and poor judge OF
women's clothing, the exhibit had nc
alluring features for him and so we will
pass it up with the simple statement
that the practical things in life are be.
ing taught the students of the domestic
science departments of our city schools.
In the basement were samples OF
carpentry by students of the high, the
Lincoln and the Washington schools.
These included many articles of hand
some and useful nature. Some of the
furniture shown were as handsome and
more substantially built than the aver
age product of furniture factory. The
tall mission clock, which is to be placed
in the Wausau public library, attracted
much attention, as did also number of
This exhibit, like the others, was very
neatly arranged.
Notwithstanding the disagreeable
weather, the school was visited during
the afternoon and evening by hundreds
of people and the ones of a more studious
mind went home in a reminiscent mood,
recalling their own school days and
drawing comparisons with the schools
of today. They could not help making
| the declaration in their own minds that
the student who passes through the
courses of study prescribed by schools
like our high school, is, or at least ought
to be, more capable of engaging in the
battle of life than were those who
passed through the "deestrict skule.'
During the time the visitors were
viewing the exhibit, the high school
orchestra rendered selections of music,
and ladies were served with punch.
Upon invitation of the board of edu-
cation the members of the county board
visited the school and were shown
through the building. They were much
impressed with the work being done
and spoke in complimentary terms of
the school and its arrangement. At the
meeting of the board Saturday morning
Supervisor E. j. Benson, of the town of
Elderon, offered the following resolu-
ton which was unanimously adopted
RESOLVED, by the county board OF
Marathon county that the members OF
this board do hereby thank the board of
education of the city of Wausau for the
very kind special invitation to visit the
exhibition of the work of the schools OF
the city at the high school building Fri
day afternoon and evening, and to the
teachers and others in attendance for
the many courtesies extended at such
visit. The exhibition spoke eloquently
of the good work that is being done, OF
the efficiency of the teachers and super.
intending officers and of the value OF
modern school methods, and it is de-
sired to express the appreciation of the
members of this board for the oppor-
tunity afforded for inspecting the ex-
hibit.