Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-09

- My a few more days are LETT
before the close of school Now
is the time when the average
boy and girl sits down and
looks back over the year and
makes a resume Of the work he she
has accomplished. That is the thing
which counts now; the question. What
have 1 done?" and could l have done
better" are forever present, like a
haunting spirit.
Examinations are coming-in fact, are
here-and with a vengeance. Many of
the usual outside activities are begin
ming to draw to close, and some have
already closed. Among those which are
vet to come are the celebration of Flag
graduation exercises.
Trophies won in the recent indoor rifie
tournament of the lnterscholasuc Kline
Association of the District. will be pre-
sented to the winning teams and in
dividuals, at Eastern High School tomor-
row morning. Cups, medals and other
prizes will go to representatives OF East
ern and Business High and Mckinley
Manual Training School.
The practical work of the drawing
classes of Central High School as Well
as the theoretical work, was shown at an
exhibit held during the last week. The
exhibit, which covered a large range of art
work, attracted the attention of a large
number of persons and was highly COM
plfmented by many who saw 1t.
| One of the best features of the exhibit,
perhaps from the viewpoint OF the spec
tator, was the logical manner in which
| it was arranged. The nrst portion OF 1t
showed samples of the work OF eacn
years class. Then in greater detail the
| work of the classes was shown, from the
simple pencil drawings to the water color
| work, stencil designing, metal work and
clay modelling of the advanced classes.
Placards announced the class from which
| each piece was taken, and the NUMBER
| of hours per week devoted to art work
| by the respective classes. Thus one might
know whether a piece was by mere be-
! ginner, with only one period week, or
whether 1t was by an older pupil. work
| ing several hours n week
| Art work is taught from both the prac-
teal and theoretical points That the
work has practical value is shown by
| the large number of useful articles, while
| the pictures are of such a character that
| they would be of considerable decorative
value. The teachers OF drawing at Cen
trail are Misses Page Taylor, Helen Coo
| lidge, Jessie Baker and Ethel Foster.
Considerable interest is being shown
in the preparations for the first an
nual exhibition of the normal kinder
garten students, which will be held at
the Thompson School. 18th and l.
streets northwest, from June IL to
June II, inclusive. The exhibition is
being prepared in great part by Miss
Mary Farrar. Her kindergarteners
are versatile in the extreme, If the
advance reports are prophetic, and the
exhibit will show a wide variety of
freehand drawing. The subjects indi-
cate that the Normal School kinder
garten students have roamed abroad
throughout the District from the Zoo
to the Capitol. Still-life subjects will
vie with sketches of animals behind
the bars in Rock Creek Park, and the
clay modelling ambitions of the class
will result, it is promised, in some par
ticularly fine pottery" How to use
simple Illustrations in connection with
the important kindergarten work of
storytelling will be a portion of the
exhibit, and another feature will be the
work of the junior class in interior
decoration, wherein the study of per-
spective is combined with the study of
color harmony.
The exhibit is to be open to the
public.
Rules of health" were outlined to