The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-11-01
PUPtLs o. PRIMARY AND GRAN
MAR GRADES HAVE FINE Ak.
slsITs OF ART AND CRAFTS
woRk-cREpiT REFLECTED ON
TEACHERS AND PUPILS


thing happens 90 wake us % the real
ization. The exhibit % the public
school children az the Interstate Fair
Is one o. these things. Don't fail 20
visit Il and n~e what your SRI or
your boy n doing 20 develop the ma
tural gifts.
The exhibit IL AZ the rear o. the
agricultural buiiding. and Miss Emma
Chandler. who f. IN charge Of the art
department 81 the public schools win
take pleasure IN showing you the ex-
hibiL Bot Miss Chandler does not
take al The credit 70 herself. BY any
means. she r. eager % givs praise
70 the other taachers. VINO have done
80 much IN the primary departments.
and IN ths eighth grades. which are
net under Miss Chandlers supervis-
ion.
WORK o. the tiny little tots IN the
primary grades IL remarkable. There
are al manner - subjects chosen for
illustration. from funny little Dutch
boys IN rabota and patched hreeches.
and girls n funny bonnets. % an a.
Illustrated story 81 Christmas. showins
the Three wise Men on the way 20
Bethlehen. the shepherds watching
their sheep and the children hanging
90 the chriEtuas stockings There
are flowers and leaves and butter
nies and unimaia
And the children are learning utility.
too--thers are TIE prettiest little has
keta and nats. made a pine straw.
And there are pieces 81 furniture fash
TONED ~ their own little busy fingers.
There Ia a tar chest % drawers made
and painted b. enc small child IN one
Of the lower grades that Il . splendid
piece % work
The clay modelling. too. IN these
grades a. well worth study. and the
putty maps. modelled By the children.
arr imterestinE a. vel as the maps
done IN crAyon. some Of which are
exceilenG
one thing that wln tend 70 devssSp
fhs oriwinamty ~ the child - the CUT
cut work which r. shown. some o.
this work ia really wonderful Tor such
little people. The principals e the
primary schools represented are Mr.
wilson. Ne z. Mrw. suter, No. %, Miss
Ollie Andrews. no. 81. Mrs.. Frank
Tracey. No. "a. Mrs. McReynods. Ne
"a Mrs. Eahra Collins. No. "a. and
Nnns Kats L.onin. 10. 81. TIE princi-
nal. and the teachers ~ these grades
certainly deserve much credit far the
ane work ~ the children under their
Instruction.
In the grammar schools display the
children. rom grade i've 20 eight have
a nna ezhlhlL There are many thinEs
81 Interest but perhaps nothing more
40 than ths mechanical toys" they
"a - -
that feed while you walt and REQ
Riding Hood getting cut Of the OLD
volts way. and the steamer Poe" on
na way 20 the navy yard Ana they
move and every little movement has
. meaning all It's own"
There are almost hats enouEh 20
start q don millinery store. and they
are not out -of date hats. BY any
means but lovely Frenchy lookins
chapeaua. that would be the delight
~ any don lady that ever lived In
the affections o. a little SRI
The rana work bAEn. too. are esau-
tlsui They are In many colors and
variety Of design.
There h enough doii furniture %
an a doll hardware store % overflow
Ia beautifully made furniture u IL.
tea And there are some pieces even
more arnhftioua one 81 these Il a
rnawnrlns rack Another an ironing
board ana stand. tiny but wonderfully
constructed
Some rather novel wors l. the spe-
81 season work. There IL a Thanks
.s,-i,,r shest a vaisatine sheet one
s.,-ofaa 90 Easter aad others 90
fssri.fTras ara other seasons. A Gun
rf,r ittls hamnock is woven q col
- u8rinr and the free hand. mem
- aua POSI- drawings show evi-
f.,~aa 81 much talent TIE memory
arawinru are scenes which ere visited
~ me children and drawn afterwards
from memory. IT. the posed drawing
ne chudr,n have = model but 81 an
the baekrrounds - suit themselves.
In xrade eight. Miss MARBLE has an
exhibit That a. extremity interesting.
ard reflects much credit on the pu-
ptin. who % course. are older than the
pupils In the other grades exhibitinE.
The Sand maps have commanded
wneriai attention ard there are some
very nns specimens % many kinds %
work. Sore % ths studies here are
r.aiiv sxcellsnt. and show how talent
- hen developed IN the school
there IL but one out-of-town school
r~rreHanted. and that e. from Cen
turv. TIE exhibit is = map modeicd
rom clay. tn colars. ard IL nne|
piece q work
In an article ~ this character Il 10
cut 81 place 20 make any Individual
distinctions. where an - - sod. And
Il would be almost impossible e DO.
mere than merely touch on the work
that has been done
hut II you are q wise fathsr and an
interested unothss. yea wiu not fan
O. visit ths art exhibit IN the rear
~ the agricultural hufi8inx. and see
for yourself what the chudrsa are DO
ing In AZ WORK n ne puzzle schools
- ne city