The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-05-29
A DRAWING EXHIBIT.
BY the Public School Children Friday
and Saturday Afternoons.

The exhibit Of public school drawing
will De open Ia visitors from 70 q
o'clock. both Friday. and Saturday af-
ternoons Of this week in the two basc-
incnt rooms of the alathcWson school
building on the Elm street side. Last
years exhibit WIS 10 we'll attended and
50 highly appreciated that the teachers
We're encouraged to present this year n
smaller amount III better work. Consc-
qnently fewer children are represented
bat the work comes nearer To the stan
dard af what should be done tile third
wear after its introduction.
II should be borne ii mind that n
public school drawing course oi only
one and one half hours per week cannot
turn ont artists or skilled draftsmen;
it can only introduce children 70 their
opportunities. Its real purpose as a
part Of school training issto bring chill.
dren into closer relationship With their
by training their olsserya-
ton, developing their taste and their
power 70 Judge relations, az well as
the skill 70 express these.
Eo this end the drawing is carried
along three distinct lines representa-
tion, construction and decoration. In all
grades about ono third of the time III
spent III training pupils to sec things
correctly as they appear IN different
positions ana different lights. They
come into closer communion with nature
when they study The life and growth
Of flowers and fruits and the beauty Of
the landscape. Their study If animal
life and action and tlle proportions of
the human figure aims 20 give them
greater respect for the body and lis Won
.derful mechanism. Every scar they.
have practice in cylindrir aud rectangut
Ial perspective by drawing common OBJ
ieets based upon these types
They take their fist steps in me-
chanical construction ii the simple fold,
ing and cutting exercises of the primary
departments. This ii continued through
the making of patterns for objects based
upon different type forms, working draw
ings telling all the necessary facts of
an object, machine drawings, the plan
aud elevations of the school room and
Il house drawn TO different scales. This
is accompanied with the planning and
lettering of titles and texts. Simple
manual training exercises are given out,
StHR OI 8stuDut w lnuNe ietSHlnG ~ GIVEN
standard along certain lines Of construc-
tion and decoration In this way the
children are introduced to the various
ways ID which they may apply what they
have learned and they acquire a degree
81 patience and persistence in finishing
what they have begun, that il not so
well accomplished in the limited school
period.
Decoration is taught from the simplest
elements and colors in the primary bor-
ders aud rosettes up through the orna-
ment derived from nature and historic
ornament enlarged or reduced given
number of times, to pure design with
abstract spots for elements. In con-
neetipn with decoration, pupils are
tanght it, application to such common
objects as boxes, flower pots, booklets.
lanterns, scrap baskets and cushion cor
ners.
Ii takes many years to develop an APP
probation Of color harmony aud pencil
technique, 50 while the work OF the
upper grades is much better in these
lines this year than last. they are still
farther below the standard than any
other phase Of the drawing course.
With this explanation IN mind, IL
Is hoped that all interested in the work
viii visit the exhibit Friday and sat
uriay afternoons. Saturday forenoon
is reserved for the sehaol children.