Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1912-05-30

the year was placed above the last
days work. Everyone that saw the
work remarked on the excellent adj
vancement the children had made.
An illustrated story of Jack and
Jill" was the feature of the work of
Miss Blanch Leisering's B-Second pu-
pills. This work was done with cray
olas. An advanced step made by the
children was shown in their number
and language work. The freehand
drawings were also of more holder
and difficult subjects.
Sugar camps, done by the B and A
second pupils of Miss Pauline Chick,
attracted a good deal of attention.
The trees and buckets were cut out
and pasted upon back ground. The
back ground was painted with water
colors. On the desks were the oc-
cupants' writing books. On the cover
were neat hand-painted flower de-
signs. Another feature of the child
ren's work was the lady with rake
and sunbonnet at work in the garden.
The exhibits of the B and A Third
and B Fourth grades, who are taught
by the Misses Annette McLaren and
Buelah Martin, showed the beginning
of the manual teaching The pupils
of the lower grade had made many
mats while hammocks were the prod
ucts of the older children. Some
had even made hand bags. The ma
terial used is fibre, known as raffia.
The regular daily work in arithmetic,
language, spelling and such, was
shown, the examination of which
readily convinced one that for all
the students had such elegant displays
in manual training work, still, the
more fundamental things of school
work had not been neglected.
Much interest was manifested in
grade room of Miss Frances Stitt and
Miss Winifred Trap. In this room
there was an exhibit of flower paint
ings and little essay written about
them, giving the children's own
thoughts about the flowers. Hubert
Elias, in his essay, related the diff
culties and troubles of gathering
flowers where he had picked his
flowers. 1t seems that Master Elias
in climbing over fence met with an
accident and returned home with his
clothes little worse for the ex-
perience
The sewing exhibits Of the sixth,
,nIt
markable. The Misses Soule,
McLaren, VIM and Dunlap have
charge of the rooms Of these grades.
The work of the girls in their manual
training work was such that the other
exhibits in these rooms scarcely re-
ceived any attention. The girls are
first taught TO do patching and darn
ing. After that come the making of
simple wearing apparel. A number
of beautiful dresses were displayed
that had been made by the pupils dur
ing the year. There were also num-
Der of pillows that were of consider
able merit In these rooms as in the
others the daily work was shown and
it was not without much show of
pleasure that the parents examined
the work of their children.
The drawing, painting and musical
work for this year is under the di-
rection Of Miss Harriet McGraham.
The fine work Of the children in these
lines speaks of the remarkable Sue
cess with which Miss Nc Graham has
taught this year. The school exhibit
was success throughout The beau
tiful exhibits, the comparisons of the
beginning and that of recent date, the
great advancements of the children,
all these things are evidence Of an ex-
ceptional school system and a most
competent corps of instructors. The
teachers are to be congratulated on
their efforts of this year. and Alma is
to be congratulated on the high
standard her public schools have at
tanned.