Middletown transcript., 1911-12-23
HOLIDAY AT THE ACADEMY
GsyIy Trimmed Rooms Crayon.
Drawinrs I.etters 10 Sanla

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at the Academy ia honor Of the glad
Christmas and New Year time. All the
various rooms have been handsomely de-
corated, walls and ceilings festooned and
hung with eyergreens. holly boughs
with red berries spruce and cedar, and
bestru0g streamers Of variously colored
twiBed crepe paper-red and blue and
green, white red Xmas bells bigand little
everywhere abound and green wreaths as
well.
The black ckboards and walls in all the
rooms are covered with colorsd crayon
sketches, in black and white, and on
paper in water colors and ink, some by
the teachers but most Of them by the
scholars. Some OF the black board colored
crayon work is quite well done, and not
afew of the paper sketches also. The
themes are ali related to the happy Christ
mastide, bells, reindeer teams drawing
Santa Claus loaded to overfoWing with
gifts, toys, dolls and all sorts of pretty
things for good little boys and girls''-
all the boys are good" about this time Of
conrsei Then Santa also shows up
quite abreast of the times, spinning along
in bis auto piled up clean above his head
With presents, or skimming like lark
through the air in the very latest thing in
locomotion-an seroplane also loaded
with nice things.
Some OF the blackboard drawings in
colored crayon and others in water colors
ou paper, were very fine for young
amateurs. Large christmas bells, and an
old mill, birds ETC., By Miriam Berkman,
and in another room bnnch of big bells
with holly ornaments; winter scene also
with holly borders, by Anna Wilson and
Charles Myers; calendar and winter
scene by Laura Connollee; in Miss
Howell's room is a large piece in black
and white, in several scenes representing
the comic adventures of Snow Santa,
colored lad and an old black man who
figures in the smash up of the SNOWFALL
that scatters Xmas presents all around to
the delight OF the children. This fine bit
of fsketching was done by MirianB Berkman,
Laura ConnoIIee and Tim Hukill. Rose
Evans had house showing lights
within, fences etc.
In Glass c., Mics Lawson's room Mics
Sarah Hates has large Xmas bells sur
rounded with holly-MissOra Spry hand
some poinsetia flowers, the South Amcri-
can plant as fiery red as the cardinal
hoWer-a water scene With castle and
mountains by Theodore Whitloek in col.
ored crayons; Bruce Whitlock in Miss
McFaul's room pictures red Santa with
big bag on his shoulders with bunnies
on either side of him, the North Pole in
distance; Frances Beasten little school
girls all in red, with brown muffs and
prettiIy done legend "Merry Xmas
above them we'll drawn in tour colors in
crayon-F Finley Taylor also has several
nice nres-an old Dutch Wind Mill
with two figures in the foreground and
a clever scene Of the "Xmas Boat; Ma
bel Lock wood and Jessie Kohl did some
fine scenes in colored crayons; also others |
by Harry segelton Dorothy Taylor, Elmer
Kirk, Ruth Gillespie, Santa in an auto
loaded with toys.
Prettily trimmed Christmas trees are |
shown in Mrs. McCrone's in Miss Nc |
Faul's and in Miss Prudence Lewis rooms
The rooms of Mrs. McCrone, Miss Ada |
Scott and Miss Prudence Lewis are also |
handsomely decorated in holiday attire of
coiored buntings, holly boughs, bells etc.
In Mrs. McCrone's room is also some |
excellent junior work in crayon and draw.
ing, large Xmas bells by Eta Dektor,
reindeer teaus, Santa and his packed
sleigh, by Edith Eliason-a real fine
thing,an old mill aud fence done in big /
horse, shoe and night scene by Miriam
Berkman.
Miss Scott's room has some clever little
scenes in crayon outlines with bits Of pic
lures stuck on them, and real talented
piece of,work by little year old June
johnson, Santa doing the chimney feat,
and other clever things by and 10 year
olds, Shelley Myers, Naomi Keith, Martha
Pearson and others, and big Santa by
Clyde Taylor, 8 years old.
In Miss Elsie Jones, room was a real
pretty snow scene by Claude Fouracre
and a very clever colored crayon bird
drawn within circle with green-hued
holly boughs near it, red house with
trees by Howard Dickson, water scene
in colored crayOn with mountains, bridge
and boat by William Myers and other
good work By other pupils.
Miss Lewis gave the reporter a sample
of really good reading of both print and
script by two tiny year old students Of
hers. Caroline Fouracre and Gladys Colds
borough.
In both the Primary grades were shown
large numbers of the ueual Christmas
letters to Santa Claus written, some of
them as plainly as print, by 6 and year
ods, by Harriet Black, ]. Price Kelley
aud othere.
Similar creditable writing was also ex-
bibited by the pupils in Miss Scott's room.
Take it altogether the whole school ex-
hibit creditabte for such youthful artists,
and also proves the care and pains be-
slowed by the skilful and industrious
corps of teachers in charge of them.
Middletown is not without abundant
reason proud Of It's Academy so ably con-
Quoted by Miss Howell, Principal and
Miss Lawson her assistant and their able
supporters Miss McFaul, Mrs. McCrone,
Miss Elsie Jones, Miss Ada Scott and Miss
Prudence Lewis. Ard il their courses of
study were not abeurdly buFdened with
too many subjects (prescfibed by others)
they would do even finer work among the
youth of Midd etoWn.