The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1910-05-26

DISPLAY OF school work.
The pupils Of the upper room of Sill
yer City school had very tastefuliy dec
GRATED the halls and stairway with ever
greens, Oregon grape, and their school
colors, white and gold
The display work consisted, in gem
eral, OF lessons on each subject taught,
written In very neat aud attractive
manner. Each school had some TEA
ture that was different from the rest
The higher grades of the DeI.an,ar
school had their work on the walls of
the ball outside the upper room. Their
excellent drawings and color work be-
trayed the skill of artists, while their
written work attestod to their own dill
gent care aud 10 the good instruction
of their teacher. Inside, the school
room presented gayer scene than il
had ever done before. To each school
Was assigned portion of the wall space
and above it's display was a penant
bearing the name of the district. Above
this was an arch of evergreen. Above
the door, outside, was suspended a flag
made by the primary pupils of Home
dale. The stripes we're made of red
and white paper folded into small
squares which were glued, in rows, to q
background of cloth Inside was the
rest of the work of this district. Their
free hand pencil drawings and maps
were OF SURPRISING excellence aud were
much admired. Woven mats and pa
per cuttings by the little ones were
also attractive features of their display.
Bruneau No 8 sent some good ply
Biological drawings from the upper
grades and some neat work in card
sewing from the lower grades.
Reynolds Greek sent map of the
U. 5. made of putty on a background Of
glass and another large map made of
cloth aud showing samples of the pro-
ducts of different sections. They had,
too, miniature log cabin, showing
that even ia rural schools something
can be done along the line of manual
training
Castle Greek sent some excellent
specimens of writing, maps and color
work.
The display of the primary depart
ment of DeLamar showed remarkable
skill on the part of the little ones and
careful direction on the part of their
teacher. Their attractive features we're
the little folders in the shape of birds
and having Oh the inside spelling les
sons. Other folders in the shape of
tents aud coats of-arms tastefully col
ored, contained language lessons
The display from Dewey, for thor
good taste aud completeness,
was MODEL for schools where all grades
are taught from the lowest to the eighth,
aud showed what can be done by be-
ginning teacher WHOSE heart is in her
work and who is Diet .rmined to succeed
The excellent graduating essays by the
members of the eighth grade we're fea
lures of this display that were very
much praised.
The distinctive feature of the work
from King Hill was the display of
pressed flowers and pencil sketch by
one of the pupils, of the schoolhouse
and grounds, showing beds of lettuce
aud other garden vegetables. Their
school this year is held in a small set
tiers cabin, which fact together with
the shortness of their term makes their
display one to command our admira-
ton for their pluck and perseverance.
The attractive feature from Murphy
was scroll saw production of deer.
Tnls suggests what can be done by
schools IN training the eye and hand in
connection with regular studies.
ln the display from Wilson were re-
lief maps, a collection of letters writ
ten by the pupils aud some excellent
of apple blossoms.
Some distinctive features from Ore
ana that showed that the teacher and
pupils we're not combining their atten-
ton only to their text books were il
lustrated stories. illustrated maps show
ing resources, some history maps aud
some copies of a little paper which they
published themselves called Colonial
The noticeable feature from Grand
View was the maps with samples of
products from the different sections of
the county.
The work of the Silver City school
was placed on the blackboards in front.
the intermediate department on the
left, the primary on the right and the
high school in the middle. The inter
mediate department had some excel
lent pencil drawings, artificial flowers
made from paper, miniai ure pair of
skis and coasting ''bobs"-distincti
Of Silver tity,-and a second
reader made by the pupils themselves.
The primary display presented gay
scene with its rows of different colored |
pin wheels made by the little ones, the
attractive collection of spelling lesson
folders made in the shape of BIRDS but
.ertiies, squirrels. frogs, brownies and
Japanese girls. The feature of greatest
perhaps, was the first reader
made by the little ones. The attractive
covers of this and the second reader of |
,he intermediate grades were made by
some of the high school girls The les |
IONS, though, were all written by the
little ones themselves and illustrated
~ drawings, paintings or appropriate |
clippings from papers. Supt. Meek, on !
examining this work exclaimed with /
generous appreciation of our work,
Why, came over here to teach you
people something about education but