The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1907-03-20
A SPLENDID EXHIBIT.
Many Visitors Inspect the School Work
Prepared for to- jamestown
fKp0sitiou

ON last Saturday about fiv,
hundred p cop G visited tn,
school building 20 see the ex.
hibit of work done bv the chill
dren Of the county. From nine
M the morning until after fix,
IN the afternoon a stream ot
visitors passed through Q n q
three front rooms Of the school
building and examined the
products of the schools Of the
county. There was scarcely "a
time during the whole dav.
barring the dinner hour. when
the T O o m were not over
crowded. The streets and school
grounds and school corridors
had the appearance of a gaia
day Men. women. and chill
dren. old and young were i'm
the throng
The teachers We're ON hand
20 show and explain The work
20 the visitors and give them "A
hearty welcome. Each teacher
staid near the work of his
school and assisted the visitors
in finding whatever they dr
sired 60 sec.
Among those present to hcip
make the cNhibita success were.
Messrs. j III Ashworth aud
Hawthorn from Wise. and
Misses Richmond and Brice of
the same school. Mr.. n. NJ
Dougherty and Mrs. Grim and
Missses Hale and REYNOLDS of
Appalachia; Mr.. G.. y. Chan
man aud Misses Huh and Cronk
from Norton, FROM Stonora.
Mr.. X. l.. Wiley. from East
Stone Gap. Mr.. Dodge and
Misses Moore. Sloan and Jones.
and from Big Stone Gan. Nr
oheppe, Mrs. Simmons and Mrs
Sheppe, and Misses Read. Edna
Cox, Beverly Cox. Houpt. Shu
Ter. Vaughn. and McGavock h
Miss Burgess being detained
away. a number of teachers
who had no exhibits were also
present.
There We're exhibits from ST .
Pauls, Mrs. Jett. teacher. West
Norton, G. + Mullins. teacher.
Tacoma, w W Bond. teacher. 4
Coeburn, j y. Dunivin. prin
cipal, and Glamorgan. h. n I
Horton, principal Wise. Nor
ton, Stonega. Appalachia. East
Stone Gap, and Big Stone Gan.
The exhibits IN order of size
were about as follows. Biz
Stone Gap. first, Appalachia.
Wise. Norton. East Stone Gan. I
Coeburn, Stonega, Tacoma
West Norton. st. Pauls. ella (
morgan.
The exhibit was tastefully /
arranged on the walls and on
tables around the walls of the I
rooms. Ia the first year room.
the largest and best lighted
school room in the building. the
work from all the schools excepr
that of Big Stone Gap. was
shown, and In the principals
office and teaching room the
work of the Big Stone Gan
schools was exhibited
In the center of the room de
voted 60 the out of town ex- ,
ll5it, We're placed the Stonega.
81 Pauls, Tacoma aud West
Norton exhibits. These were 4,
rood and showed care aud pa.
fence on the part Of the teach :
rs Of these schools. The dis
'lay consisted of written work I
u all kinds, some rafiia work :
md some articles made from =
oke, one a little bureau trim !
ned with pieces of shining i
oke. Pictures of classes and
ooms fro m the Glamorcan
chool were shown in a window <
ear this exhibit. =
ca the western side Of the c
Dom was a neat little exhibit n
rom East Stone Gap. Besides &
Iritten work. this exhibit dis.
layed a number Of neat picture N
rames, and some neat card )
GARD work. Some fossils aud N
amples of iron ore made a part II
the exhibit.
just behind the glass door d,