The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-03-31

especially attractive, but of all the
individual exhibits none equals that
of Doris Hanna, who certainly shows
the budding genius of an artist Her
delicacy of touch, perfection of de
sign, care in shading, etc, are nat
ural rather than acquired.
The seventh grade has some eX-
cellent portfolios filed with samples
of writing, maps, etc. The fourth
grade has done essay work. on the
subject of LoDgfellow, illustrated
with cuttings. Ralph Hughes and
Morris Hotaling are deserving of
special mention in connection with
their exhibits.
An interesting feature is maps of
the United States, with the products
of different parts pasted on where
they belong, such as cotton in the
south, peanuts further north, cattle
in the central plains. etc. The pen
ell and crayon work is very fine.
The pencil shading is this springs
work from objects Of still life, such
as pottery, shoes, fiat irons, caps,
coal hods, bushel baskets, etc. The
colorcd work is beautifully mounted.
Display at Union School.
The Union school has a very fine
exhibit, gathered in the first grade
room and hall. One of the features
Of the color work is the reflection
objects i'm the water These pictures
are copied from others and enlarged
and cOlored. Some of the sunset
tints are especially attractive. Miss
| Mary Alworth is deserving of es-
pecial mention for her excellent col
or work, for which she seems to
! have q decided talent.
There are stories pictured about
| birds and animals, done by the
! younger pupils, and a very interest
! ing from their suggestiveness of wild
! life. Stories have been written III
booklets, illustrated by cuttings.
! The tulip border work was done
! this spring, and also reproductions
made from tulips, roses, asters, etc.
secured at the green houses this
spring. Rose reproduction is quite
difficult, but most of the samples
show fidelity to nature.
In the kindergarten cutting exhibits
/ arc red valentine cupids, shooting
hearts, Christmas trees, etc One of the
most interesting exhibits of cuttings
is one showing poses made by Clay
It's Krost with gun. A hunter is
shown among forest trees, aiming al
various big game, such as elephants
and giralfes and birds. Snow men
are also shown in the cuttings
These samples are from the free
hand cuttings of the pupils from
pose and from imagination. The
children play games and then draw
poses from the games. The first
grade has some pretty Japanese Ian
terms in miniature. On one black
board are the pictures from still
life.
Neat Thing in Seventh Grade.
! A neat thing is q seventh grade
exhibit of drawings of lady walk,
ing out on windy day in March
The seventh grade also has some
fine carnation reproduction work. All
of the grades have done neat illumi
mated text work. The fifth grade is de
serving of especial merit for its re
production of roses in colors, and
the third grade for its fruit repro
ductiOn, leaves, etc, all showing an
artistic group of work.
In this building there is shown
some of the work of the seventh
grade class in manual training, con
sisting of flower pot stands, glove
boxes, coat hangers, etc, all very
creditable.
At the Franklin school, pages DO
lite]y opened the doors for the ar
irving guests, and the registration
was larger than i'm any of the other
buildings. IL should be mentioned
4 here that in each of the buildings q
register is kept, and all visitors arc
asked to register. The teachers
here, as at the other buildings, cor
daily welcomed ALL
The Franklin exhibit is entirely in
the Railways, on the walls, screens
and tables. The landscape work is
in the lower hall, and is especially
creditablc, as well rs the reproduc
ton work. 1t appears that the chill
/ dren Of this school give great dea
of attention to the detail of theil
work, and they certainly make a
splendid showing. They show in
gcnuity and artistic skill.
Out of Door Landscape.
The same kind of work is grouped
by itself. The out of door land
scape scenes were taken from near
the airdOme last fall, and the au
tumn coloring is shown in the foil
age. In fact, the out of door draw
ing and cOloriDg of all of the schools
was done last fall. The Franklin
seems to have done more nature
study than ordinary, and the pupils
have been complimented particu
larly upon this by visitors
who have been at all Of the build
ings. or course, the landscape work
in the schools does not all constitute
nature work. for many drawings Of
famous artists are used as studies
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