Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-05-04

The work IN G2ANH.R tC4O.l
1t is Especially Attractive AS Is Also
the Display Made by the High
School studcnts-The Department
of Business Takes Rank Among the
Very First.

Yesterday afternoon the doors or
the County High School were thrown
open to the public for the purpose
OF giving them an opportunity or
witnessing the splendid exhibit pre-
pared by the schools of the county
The academic work was supplement-
ed by the manual training In t.ie
primary grades, and the special de.
partments of the High School in
Guiding the art, department OF busl-
ness, and the work in science de-
partment.
The Work In Grammar Grades.
The work in the grades was es-
pccially attractive, tho plan adopted
was TO give each teacher one lear
In the cabinet, to be arranged ac-
cording to her own ideas and then tho
best work of the three scholastic
Phoebus Graded School, Smes-
Eaton and West End Academies,
was submitted to committee to be
arranged.
The academic work was displayed
to advantage from the first grade to
the High school and was the source
OF much favorable comment OH the
part OF the patrons. The Washing
ton and Lee chart attracted consia-
erablc attention.
The local industries, including the
: fish and crab, We're treated by the
pupils of all the grades and the es.
says on st. Johns church and His
toric Hampton were ably handled by
the students of the three schools.
The High School Exhibit.
The exhibit IN this department was
far beyond the hopes of the most
saguine. One cabinet consisting of
thirty-thrce charts was reserved for
the special work In the High school.
each teacher had charge of the work
In is department and the students
contributed their every effort to the
success of the local as well as the
national exhibit.
The Department Of Business.
Among the special exhibits of the
High School, the department of busl.
ness took rank with the first. This
work was opened in September ana
all the work embraced is of strictly
business use.
After bookkeeping and shorthand,
special emphasis has been placed on
penmanship and rapid calculations.
The penmanship exhibit showed some
excellent specimens of muscular
movement, first the drills and then
plain, easily written penmanship: leg
Utility and speed being APPARENTLY the
first consideration. For first wear
work these specimens showed excel
lent student work. The rap'i calcu-
iation work was particularly interest.
ing and useful. The sheets showed
timed examples in interest. invoicing
multiplication and addition, some of
these consisting of tcn-itcm sheets in
interest and invoicing correctly done
In one minute and seconds: others
show 300 figures added in three min.
utes, thirty-five seconds-all Il 4, first
year work. Commercial arithmetic
was represented by some prlcticaI
everyday problems, partial note set.
Elements, equation of accounts shin
settlements, etc. The touch Nmcthu1
is employed in the type-writing de-
partment and the specimens shown
were particularly fine, including from
first chart lessons to the most diff.
cult tabulating, all done entirely by
touch
Some very neat notes were contrib.
uted by the shorthand classes-amap.
uensis, letter and reporting notes. ac.
companied by transcripts. Business
correspondence was represented nv
students letters and envelope nd.