The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-15
RICHMOND IS NOT
BEHIND IN THE RACE
City School Exhibit a Leading
Educational Feature at
Jamestown.
SHOWS WORK OF THE PUPILS
Every Department Represented,
from kindergarten TO
High School.
SHOWS WORK OF THE PUPILS

,rhe visitor to the Richmond education
exhibit at the Jamestown E&poslllo,n /
cannot but be sratihed at inc VIZ VIZ.
exhibited by the pupils OF the CITY
Under the supervision of the teacheEss.
they have sent to the exposition spegi
mems of the scolastic courses. ralhs-
work; sewing. bent-iron and nshCn
work. which surprise and please every
one who stops to examine the exhibit
The work is so placed that 1t Is
easily examined from the kindefsar,leh
through to the High School. The siass
cases contain the industrial work OF
thc pupils. Village life. interiors OF
Colonial homes and the many methods
OF transportation, from the wheel
barrow to the automobile. are repre-.
scented by articles cut i from s san .,a
by the pupils OF the Third Craze.
Made by the Boys.
Inkseauds, waste paper baskets, caro-,
holders, pen racks. candelabra ana
many other articles made IN Venetlati
iron by the boys of the sixth Gr asI,
attract the eye of the passerby and can
forth many expressions of praise.
The Richmond schools are the only
exhibitors In the Educational building
that show any work of this KIND.
Another case contains the sewing ana
rafiia work of the girls of the Seventh
lGrade The centre of attraction isstne
dolls dressed by the pupils of Bellevue
lSchool, to show the changes In the
fashion OF feminine apparel from 20 J. ( g y 9
80
| fury of ours. There Is the Coloniai
dame the lady of the Cavalier period.
! the little miss of 1880, the granae
dame. much berHhed, representing ihe
and and. the girl of the present day. with
lher dainty lingerie waist and pretty
white tailored skirt. Every stitch In
these clothes was put In by hand. ana INC,
ishows that our youthful dressmak Sl.i,
have attained to high degree of skill.
4 STUFFED SpccfmenH.
| The stuffed specimens of birds. which
lare a part of our museum Tor nature
fstudy In our schools. is q delight to
1.-The farmer. This case attracts NUM-
hers of the country folk, who seem sur
prised to know that the children IN
our city schools make acquaintance
with the Wild things of the woods
They linger and discuss these friends
so far from home.
i On the walls are plate racks, knife
tracks. rnirrored cabinets. pen and towel
tracks and chessboards, some Of them then,
5Iinlaid which We're made by the Dogs
4 of the Seventh Grade.
THESE boys have also made very
handsome tables taborets andsa greatly
Z admired toolchest:
The walls OF the booth on one side
are filed with leas cabinets. contain
Ting specimens of the courses in ths
Kindergarten, grammar and higf
schools
4 The admlnlStratlYe EcaplI!el fcoltaius
g pictures of the School Board, the super
Iintendent and assistant superintendent
pictures of the old and new buildings
Showing the growth of our schools
pictures Of the weekly firedrills ans
1.-THE manual training centres. to which
! the boys of the Seventh Grade go eacf
week for ninety minutes, where. under
1.-THE supervision Of a trained instructor
3Ithey make the articles on exhibition.
l The pupfl-teacher system surprise
s i,,,op n rn q n
Besides the regular training course
(which graduates of the High Schoo
) smay take to fit themselves to /,
teachers, they are sent two to eacl
= supervision of the strongest teacher
& In our corps. they may continue thei
5 Training. These pupil-teachers, as the,
sjare named. are then, after a Year
from this list vacancies in the teach
1 ling body are filed as they occur. Their
lis a picture showing the young teach
Y Ter With her school working under tn
+ directione. of her SUPERVISOR. The ad
i fministrative cabinet also contain
charts. showing the number of schools
x teachers and pupils to each school,, sal
liaries, etc. t
In All Departments.
y Other cabinets show the work of tn
: schools in all departments from tn
o Kindergarten through to the Ffig
School, Only the best work OF TIL
e pupils Is In these leaf cabinets. IIspe
d Ecial mention should be made of tn
Illustrated arithmetic.scomp an
rItha pulpg and salt maps
II There orc many bound volumes, con
Itaining the grade work. and also vol
e |umea on particular subjects, whie
ofenable the visiting teacher to see til
/ work on given subjects,
e The model Of st. Tohn's Churel
q lwhere Patrick Henry made his famou
speech. was made by the boys of TIL
stseyenth6 Grade, and constantly attract
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5 THE exhihit is trnlv heautt ful--on
&iIlt As, tlegdptv. nf evn,N, nj, tron sofs q,
y lschools--i fac all Interested In nuhl
NJ ad,Ica tnA ston@ an q exam Inc It. M