The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-06-02
SPLENDID EXHIBITION
I'M SCHOOLS DRAWING
Pupils Of Barre Public Shoots Are Show,
ing Their Work in the Mathew
son Building.

II the people Of Barre would appre.
eiate the wonderful work which the pus
pills Of the Barre public schools are doing
in the art department under the most
efficient instruction given them BIZ Miss
Badger, the art teacher, they should
visit the exhibit of work from the
various schools of The city at the Math-
cwson building, this afternoon. The ex.
hibition has been IN progress since yes.
to-day afternoon and already many peo-
pie have taken advantage Of the opp0r.
tnnity TO see the work Of tile different
students.
similar exhibition was held last
year but the work OF this year shows d
.great deal Of improvement ever what
was thought III That time "a be excellent.
The work of the students III the eight
and ninth grades and the hfah school
show the greatest Improvement. foa
they came under Miss Badgar's teaching
ut just the time when they would learn
tile most. and each additional wear
brings better results.
Most Of the work is that done IN the
regular class periods but there il also
much work done by students who have
attended Miss Badgers special classes,
the members OF these classes being the
ones who have shown the greatest apti-
tude for the work. There is work done
by pupils 80 young as 10 be in tlIe
fourth and fifth grades, which ii re-
inarknbly good, Willie some of that done
BY students In The upper grades aud
high school is truly wonderful.
The work covers the walls Of THE main
ball on tile first lIoor the room at the
Farther left hard corner and Tie two
rooms in the basement. In the basement
room on tie left ~ one enters is the work
oi the primary grades. consisting of ele.
melaary work tn manual training, ma
ture study, and landscape. The work OF
the primary grades II done III connec.
ton With the study Oh some particular
day o. season ard Is appropriate 10 that
time. IN the fifth grade The pupils de-
Selop d love for color and harmony
through the illumination III texts which
are given By Prof, q. D. MHthewson aH
rewards for good work in drawing. IN
the siStll grade there Is work III acqliii.
ing the art of harmony Uf coiors and of
using water eolors nicely HE work oi
the pupils uf the seventh aud eighth
grades ~ tliat line bcing wonderful, es-
pecially their nature studies and the
original paintings of the interiors Of
rooms, done In exquisite coloring. Here
too il some work in manual training
which excites the admiration Of visitors.
Some Of the subjects are lessons ii
working Venetian iron and another les.
son If note Ii the work III tooIed leather
on pocket books which the students
made entirely themselves.
The work Of tile ninth grade and high
school which IS to he found upstairs il
Of course much further advanced. Here
are shown original designs by the stu
dents and these designs are put 70 prac.
tieal use Ia the making If scrap baskets,
pillow cushions and the like There il
also nice work IN light and shade from
still and real life aud from casts Of
antique sculpturipg The work with i
charcoal pencil dune hy several students
i especially noteworthy. IN fact tho
entire exhibit Il 50 deeply interesting
that everyone III the city and especially
the Parents ~ school children. should
make ari especial effort to ser II this
afternoon il they have not already done