The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1912-05-16

now fiourishes as manual training.
The foundation of hand.training is
laid in the rafia work and the mat
weaving of the kindergartner; the
finished structure is the Morris chair,
the dining table, the book case OF the
high school boy or girl; the hem
stitching, the button-holing, the COM
pleted garment, the toothsome dough-
nut, the fragrant coffee, the light
bread of the domestic science girl;
the contrasting, the cattle-judging,
the potato-growing of the boy in the
agricultural department.
The taking up of so much time in
teaching what used to be considered
entraneous things like manual train
ing, In showing farm boys and girls
how to do things on farm, in lead
ing girls to do in school things which
the grandmothers used to show them
how to do at home; has been and is
critised to considerable extent; but
the average visitor to the school ex-
hibit seemed to feel that much of
this modern instruction IS pretty
good thing, and that if some schools
are inclined to overdo it, yet on the
whole the change is fer the better
and that pupils in the modern publlo
shool like Sank Centres are get
ting something practical" that will
stand them in hand through life.
1t is absolutely impossible, in this
article, to more than even hint at
the many handsome, useful, artistic,
practical articles placed on exhibition.
They were all well made, age and en-
vironment of the pupil considered,
and reflected credit upon the Board of
| Education, the teacher, the parent,
/, the boy and the girl. The fine exhi-
i bit of the manual training depart
ment contained so many things that
half a day would be required to do
the exhibit justice. Among tt e
meritorious articles exhibited were a
dining room table by Miss Agnes
Grundman; library table by Thoeny
ustin and its duplicate by Walter
KeJls: davenport by Harold Bishop;
a Morris char by Harry Wicklund.
This department haa on exhibition
something like Eve hundred articles
illustrative \ of wood:w6fking: Fhe
display clearly demonstrated that the
man at the head, Joseph Heraly, is
an expert and a capable instructor,
who has developed his department to
a high degree.
The work displayed by the domes-
tic science department under it's head,
Miss Annette Maxwell, was very cred
liable. The many samples of sewing
proved that such w0fk can be done
and done well in the pabic schools.
Finished garments and other articles
showed that the girls had worked
and attained success.
The department of agriculture uhAf
Ter Instructor X. A. Norsen has
BEEN one of the most popular this
year. This department had display
Of testing apparatus for milk and
other farm products; also racks for
drying seed corn. There were draw
|ngs by pupils as well. Everything
shown was credftable to the DEPART
ment.
Miss Boyd, head Of the normal de-
partment, had an exhibit of wide
range, including bookletsa and outlines
lone by young ladies who plan on
taking up the work of teaching after
hey graduate. That the work of
his. department had been well done
vas very evident.
The work of the high school was
varied, showing examination papers
IT various topics, map outlines and
many things to illustrate the work.
Misses Cassidy, Quigley and Burgett
we're in charge.
The work of the grades, from kim
iergarten up, was exceedingly att
the .one idea being ap-7
parent through it all that training oil
he hand and the brain are equally
Important. AS the pupil advances