The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-20
PARENTS VIEW
HANDlWORK
SUMMER PUPILS
Exhibition of Work Seen at Clos.
ing Exercises That We're
Held Today.

When the summer vacation of the
schol children started at the end of
June hundreds were happy. Today,
however, hundreds of others are I'M
happy because 1t marks the closing of
the summer school term. This may
sound queer 70 many, but the children
really enjoyed their work during the
past six weeks. for besides being a
pleasure it was educating.
To say that the work accomplished
by the little ones was excellent would
be putting 1t mildly. A visit to the
schools today would verify this state
ment. The exhibitions of What the
children did during the summer school
term were witnessed by many of the
parents and others today. All of the
schools held Appropriate closing exer-
cisesetoday.
The children of the Burnet Street
School had an entertainment and fol-
lowed by rendering a treat to the teach
ers, and the best part of ii was hat
the good things on the menu was pre-
pared In the cooking school by the
children under direction of Miss An
mabel Marsae. 1t consisted of ice cream.
cake and candy.
Are Taught to Cook.
1t is believed the cooking depart
ment is the most interesting. Since the
term opened Miss Marsae instructed
three classes of fifteen girls each. daily
Each pupil has two drawers and a
small gas heater. In one drawer is
the dishes and knives and spoons. and
in the other the Gaps, ~cleansers and
dish rags and towel.
Daily each child Is called on to pol
ish her equipment and be responsible
for their keeping. They were in
structed in making candy, preserves,
bread, biscuit, mullins. pie, cake, jella-
tine, ice cream, water. Ices, egg ONE
lets, ~custards, buildings, salads, soups
and the boiling and roasting of meats.
A visit to the department would give
one an appetite.
At the school today the children were
given a treat and in the kindergarten
class under Miss Viola Sanford the
little ones enjoyed loly pops while they
sang.
The SeWing department is considered
che of the most important and the chill
dren accomplished much under the SUI
pervision of Miss Clara G. Herckner. A
line strung with Dutch collars all
handmade, which are similar to those
sold in the big department stores for
S1.50, was a sample of what the chill
dren made. Fancy linen aprons, dol
lies, and cooking aprons which the
pupils will wear in the cooking class in
the fall were also on exhibition. The
children are also taught to nal hats.
out of raffa n fancy baskets. dishes,
boxes, etc, are also in the xhibi
Boys as BOOk-Binders.
The kindergarten class have made al
most everything imaginable from fancy
paper. Miniature forms of boys in blue,
termed Little Boy Blue" and girls in
red, called Little Red Riding Hood"
are a feature.
The little ones have woven raffia into
whips, and numerous useful articles.
The boys, besides making fine card
cases, wallets, belts, etc., have made
magazine cases n the binding is equal
to hat of experienced book binders.
Out of wood they have carved auto
mobiles, dwellings,, factories, boats and
other articles. In the iron-work line
they made towel racks, soap boxes,
whisk broom holders and more than a
dozen other articles
Bertram Carter, a lad with a fond
ness for baseball, made "a perfect
catcher's mask. Little Joe Lardierieo
made a table and bed of iron and in
tends to complete the set when school
reopensJ He is not yet six years old.
The other teachers in charge are
Miss Angela Duffy, seventh and eighth
grades; Miss Liyina Judge, fifth grade;
Miss Helen Kenny, fourth grade; Miss
Ethel Decker, third grade; Miss Edna
Nichols, second grade. and Miss Hazel
Macpherson, first grade.
Some of the pupils who were
especially efficient in their work, besides
those mentioned. were Mabel Miele,
Helen n Maud Neu. Mabel Spear.
Freda Mueller, Elizabeth Eddowes,
Walter Green, Louis Osborne and Err
nest Mcconnell.
Miss Marion Camden was the prin-
cipal of the chool during the summer
and by her efforts the children enjoyed
outings to Eagle Rock and Olympic
Park and several of the baseball anne
at Wiedenmayer's Park.