The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-03-31
DRAWINGS, PENCIL AND CRAYON
SKETCHES, ETC.
Everything Shows Greatest Skill;
Many People Look Upon Articles
and Comment Eavorably.
From Saturdays Daily.

and Comment FavorabIy.
From Saturdays Daily.
| The exhibit OF drawing and writ
ten work, etc, done in the grade
schools of the city the past year
was opened to the public yesterday
afternoon and again today, and have
attracted a great deal of attention
on the part of parents and others
interested in the progress of the
schools The exhibit is this year
of a better quality than ever before,
in the estimation Of most Of the
visitors, and great surprise has been
! expressed that the lower grades have
been able to do such excellent work
as they have.
! A Free Press reporter visited the
different buildings yesterday after
noon and inspected the various OK
/ hibits. These consist of drawings
in colors, pencil and crayon sketches,
etc, written work, sewing, cutting,
work in modelling clay, etc. The
best of what the children have done
the past year has been kept for this
exhibition, and nearly every child
in the schools is represented. None
of the work was done especially for
this exhibition this being sample
of ordinary class work in these lines.
Work of Smaller Pupils.
! The West Mankato building was
first visited, and the teachers on
duty took pleasure in showing the
work of the pupils. The smaller
pupils have specimens of printing
work paper construction work, etc
The ones further advanced have
action stories depicted on paper,
showing the sports in which they
engage, and other things taken from
nature. On the desks or tables were
displayed the work in writing, show
ing what the children can do in the
way of penmanship, in which they
are generally quite proficient, show
ing that this important educational
feature is being well looked after.
Exhibits of Color Painting.
The older pupils have exhibits of
painting in colors of objects out Of
doors. They were taken out and
ture, which gives the child chance
to get in perspective as well as the
proper forms and COlOrng Other
exhibits are reproductions of land
scape scenes and of flowers, weeds,
fruit, vegetables, apples, squash, to
matoes, vines, etc, placed before the
child. The reproductions are mostly
remarkably true to nature, both i'll
the form and in the coloring. The
copy work is intended to give the
pupil a sense of value and the stroke
of professional artists.
In the sewing exhibit were found
aprons, work bags, samples of darn
ing of various kinds, spools of darn
ing cotton, and other products of
the needlewOrk of the pupils, in
which they take great delight
In the splendid kindergarten room
i'm this building were the clay and
paper construction Of the little West
Mankato tots, including things as
hard as stoves, ranges, etc. There
was also cutting work and mat work.
Colored autumn leaves, Jacko'lan-
terms pictures, etc, were the work
of the older ones.
Preparations for the Exhibit.
At the Pleasant Grove building
a hearty welcome was extended. I'm
usual preparations for the exhibit
hnr
hall was decorated with flags and
plants. n. Nielsen very kindly do
mated the use of quantity of car
nations, palms and ferns.
One of the features of this build
ing is fourteen pictures which were
sale of quantity of old papers and
magazines some months ago. One
, beautiful picture was secured for
each room and several for the halls.
These are now all on exhibition in
, the third grade room
Another picture in which the
school takes particular pride is one
called "The Challenge to the Deep,
which was won by Wynn Warwick
by having prize story in last
Sundays Minneapolis Journal Junior.
This picture was won for the school
and will remain there, and came
nicely framed.
In the primary room is gathered
all of the work OF the lower iioor
rooms Among the many fine land
scapcs are two considered SO worthy
, that they have been framed. One is
the work Of Harmon Warwick, and
the other the work of Maggie Aldo,
1 bright little Syrian girl. These
are third grade pupils. and their
work is wonderfully good.
The Nature Reproduction.
!, A strong feature of the exhibit
!. is the nature reproduction, but the
b second grade has done some splen
} did drawing from toys. The little
ones have made word or spelling
+ books, and have applied designs to
booklet covers.
The kindergarten department has
: some neat furniture for doll
2 house, made by the children, also