The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-04-02
City School Exhibit.

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work is not done for exhibition purpos-
es purely. From the opening of school
teachers have been instructed to collect
work from the pupils which would illus
trate method and quality. This work
is dated and bears the name of pupil
and teacher.
If in any instance the work exhibited
is not the pupils own, it is due to the
fact that some parent or pupil prefer
ring form to substance has outwitted
the teacher.
ART DISPLAY.
The Art work hangs in the upper and
lower corridors arranged so that one
may see progress in execution as we'll
as in scope of work. We have found
that the color work has not only created
a sense of harmony but has furnished
the inspiration for success in all other
studies.
The work includes designs, posters,
book covers, nature work, sketching,
still life and cast drawing. We invite
you particularly to notice the cast draw
ings in the upper corridors. The mod
els from which they were drawn hang
close by,
The Manual Art is shown in the stem
cling, hammered copper, tooIed leather
of the High School and the Venetian
Iron of the Upper Grammar Hall.
READING.
In the Primary Hall one notices the
beginnings. Here are the representa-
tions of the phonetic sounds of the let
ters taken from the actual life of the
child who readily masters the sound be-
cause of the play elements, reading from
his book before he knows single letter,
GRAMMAR.
Closely allied with the reading is the
grammar work. In reading, the child
has picked out the topic sentence of
every paragraph and the subordinate
thoughts. This has led him to see para
graph structure, so that from the fourth
and fifth grades the pupils can take SEN
tences and expand them into paragraphs
and then reduce the paragraphs to sem
tences.
To furnish grandeur and beauty of
thought, memory gems are required in
each grade and the more beautiful
thoughts of these gems the pupil weayes
into his written productions.
In the Upper Grammar Hall may be
seen formal and informal social letters
and invitations. In the Commercial
Department may be seen some excel
lent business letters.
GEOGRAPHY.
Note the sand table work in the Pri-
mary Hall where the beginners of geog-
raphy are small. The excellent maps
seen in every room show the work that
some pupils have done.
ARITHMETIC.
s This subject is taught from its practi-
cal side Any example is all wrong
whose answer is not correct 1t is thus
in business.
Note the methods employed to teach
simple fractions in the Primary Hall,
then note the progress into intricacies
as you advance and the many methods
used to simplify, establish and make
practical the principles.
WRITING.
This is required throughout the en-
tire school and is done by the free-arm
We use this movement be-
cause it is most rapid and is used by
and successful business men.
SPELLING.
This shows a decided advance over
last year. Pupils not only must know
how to spell the word but must be able
to give the definition and use it in sem
tences correctly.
BIOLOGY.
Your attention is called to the Biology
work of the eighth grade.
COMMERCIAL WORK.
You must visit the Commercial De-
partment and see the work done there.
Look over the books, examine the stem
ographic dictations, inspect the various
offices.
HIGH SCHOOL.
The work of the High School is large
ly in note book form.
GYMNASIUM.
Our new gymnasium is open at all
times, with classes every half hour from
to p. m.