Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-10-21
SCHOOL ART EXHIBIT
MOVEMENT To BEAUTIFY ABER.
deem SCHOOL ROOMS.
To Cultivate Artistic Ideas in the
Minds of the Children, a Series of
Art Exhibitions Are Arranged For.
Interesting Pictures on Exhibition.
CitizeRS Should Attend.

An art exhibit will be held under the
auspices of the Aberdeen public schools
at the Methodist church next Wednes.
day. Thursday and Friday, October %,
"a and 25. The exhibit will be open
both afternoon and evening. 1t is held
for the purpose OF raising funds for the
purchase Of pictures for the walls OF the
public schools. The admission lee is 10
cents, and the school children will have
the tickets for sale this week.
Each evening there will be special EN-.
tertainment Of some sort in addition to
the exhibit. On Wednesday evening
the pupils Of the Franklin and Whitman
buildings will give school entertain.
ment. On Thursday evening the pupils
of the High school and Stevens building
will give an entertainment. On Friday
evening the entertainment will partake
more of the nature Of fair. Booths will
be erected in which articles of various
characters will be for sale. Besides this
a good musical program will be rendered.
This exhibition Of pictures is one Of
more than ordinary interest. It consists
of carbon photographs and engravings,
loaned BY A. w. Elson & Co., OF Boston,
Mass. The collection is large one and
contains only the best reproductions of
the masterpieces Of art Of different coun-
tries and periods. Nearly every gallery
and country in the world would have to
be visited to zee the original pictures
which are here brought together in one
collection.
The subjects in this collection were
selected by authorities, and all OF the
carbon photographs and photogravures
are from large negatives made directly
from the original. There are 200 pictures
in the collection. An excellent catalogue
has been prepared giving careful descrip-
tions Of the pictures relating to Egyptian
and Greek art and Italian painting. the
three periods in which the collection is
especially strong. There are exhibited
in addition over one hundred important
pictures Of other periods. Few collections
have ever been brought together which
go completely cover the history of art of
all times as this.
No city or town should be Indifferent
to the culture and refinement of it's peo.
pie. 1t is part of the school work to in.
culcate these qualities in the children
through whatever means it has at it's
disposal. The wholesome and refining
influence of pictures Of the right sort on
the school walls is now generally recog.
nized as one Of the most valuable means
Of securing this end. The funds for pur-
chasing such pictures. as we'll as the op-
portuuity to make a selection from a
very large number, is secured by means
OF the exhibition. The larger the at
tendance the greater the number of pic
lures that can be secured for the schools.
The school authorities trust that none
OF the citizens will fail to visit tn q exhi-
bit. 1t is believed that all will be fully
repaid for the slight trouble and expense
in the pleasure and profit they will gain
for themselves. besides helping on the
wark.