The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-06-22


 CTS at the annual public teaching day exercises. Representatives of the Board Of Education. associate teach CTS. High School students and rela- | tives Of the participants were present and enjoyed the program provided for their attention.
 | The corridor exhibit embracing work performed during the year by the pu- | pills of various grades. proved an at | tractive feature and won the commen- dation of all who paused to inspect 1t. ] The papers were illustrative of the topics considered in arithmetic, lan- gnage, spelling, history and geography. Drawing and penmanshtp were also prominently displayed.
 MT. Post, supervisor of penmanshtp, I bad a special exhibit of the work of Mary Marahl. a sixth grade pupil. who was recently adjudged the best writer i in the Bridgeport schools. her status having been established in competi- tive contest Supplementary to this honor, Mary is reported by the prin- cfpa1 of the school as possessing an envfable record in scholarship. deport- ment and vocal and instrumental mu- sic.
 Charts in the Normal room. design cd absolutely from the utilitarian standpoint, impressed the beholder with their artistic finish. originality of conception and attention to detail The charts are correlative of the regula- ton work in teaching and have been presented to the school to be used by future classes. Geography, nature study, history, physiology and draw ing are exemplifed in the collection. This artistic array was prepared un- der the instruction of Miss Mary Jack son, supervisor of art in the public schools, and is adequate testimonial Of l,.~ ok sw> Nfr,O Conspicuous among the drawings are those of Miss Sadie Rosentha1, the vice president of the class. who possesses great talent in this line. Not less worthy of mention is the work of the young ladies less talented by nature, who, by their own diligence. and prof. iting by Miss Jackson's capable assist aHoe, have produced admirable effects.
 A departure from the custom of pre- vious years was the presentation of regular daily work in the rooms in- stead of the unit system of history or throughout the schools. Miss Dorsey and Miss Decker. in Room l. gave al- lied lessons with Birds" for their topic.
 In Room 2. Miss Newell and Miss Ffnlan combined instructive and enter taining exercises on Bees and Clover"
 Miss Hegeman and Miss Toohey, Room 3, based their work upon 'The Flowers"
 demonstrated in Room by Miss Far nam and Miss OConnell.
 Room gave pretty exercises sug- gestivee of the spring. the dandelion being the blossom receiving their at tention- Miss Caldwell and Miss Oels- ner were in charge of this room. Indian life, accompanied by selec- tions from "Hiawatha", was depicted in Room 6, Miss McNamara and Miss Thomas directing
 ''The Pioneer Period. with correlat- ed work, received the attention of Buchanan and Miss Macdonald.
 A variety of lessons on afternoon subjects was heard in Boom S. the optional work of Thursdays program having been prepared by Miss Boards ley and Miss Collins.
 Miss Goodwin and Miss McGarry, in Room g, gave an interesting series of lessons exemplifying morning work of the curriculum.
 Miss Corcoran and Miss Rosenthal, Room 10. based their lessons upon the life and works of John Greenleaf Whit tier. The blackboard illustrations ac- companying the work were very at- tractive.
 Regulation primary work was pre- scented by Miss Judge and Miss Reid in the portable building
 In all of these rooms the blackboard display was in conformity with the subjects treated. The young ladies are deserving of much commendation for their skill in this line and their indefatigable efforts in the decoration of the rooms.
 The vocal music of the entire school was pleasing, especially in the grades where two-part and trio work is con- ducted.
 Supplementary to the practice de- partment, Rooms II, 12, 13 and 14, Miss Sadler, Miss Foley and Miss Clarke. were visited by scores of in terested persons during the afternoon. In Room il Government" was the topic under consideration. National airs completed the program of this room.
 In Room F. geography. composition, writing and music were taught by Miss Sadler. An attractive assort- ment of maps, executed by the pupils, testified st, It, to their ability in drawing
 The time in Room 13 was devoted to history. with special reference to territorial growth. Landscape draw ing and composition work followed.
 It was interesting to note the throngs of visitors who DatroniZed Room 14, an eighth grade room taught by Miss Clarke. The feature of the instruc- tive work was lesson on the Pilgrim Fathers. In correlation to the topic of the day, the pupils of this room. concordant with the annual custom of the grade, presented to the room a plaster cast in bas relief, 30 by 5 inches. designated as ''The Landing of the Pilgrims" Next years class will realize that their predecessors. by their valuable beQuests, have left little space in Boom IA for further decoration The bestowal of the eighth grade me morial was made by Walter Stokes, a future orator
 The most popular portion of the building during the entire afternoon was the refreshment booth. charming ly arranged in the end of the upper corridor. Screened into a1cove form, bunting. augmented by ferns. blossoms ard foliage. the bower received a lib- era1 patronage. fruitade being dis pensed constantly by Miss Hunt and Miss Blood of the Junior class.
 At the close of the days demonstra- ton. the Seniors filed into the Normal room where the president of the class, Miss Farnam. presented to Miss Howes, for the school, the gift of 1910. This was a panel in bas relief from the famous Cambria frieZe of Della Robbia- It forms a companion piece to the Singing Boys'' presented by last years class.
 The gift having been accepted, the young ladies. in double file. preceded by the class banner and bearing their colors, Nile green and white marched from the building to the corner of the yard reserved foE4heir ceremonial and