The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-08
SPLENDID SHOWING
BY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
IT'S EXHIBIT SURPRISES THAT OF
ANY PREVIOUS
q, YEAR
COVERS 500 F { E I
SPACE OCCUPIED BY BOOTH TWICE
THAT FORMERLY NEEDED-ALL
EXHIBITS WORKS OF
THE PUPILS
COVERS 500 FE EFT

The city school exhibit at the State
fair this year far surpasses that OF
any previous year. The space oc-
cupied is twice that used last year and
the variety OF work shown is greater
than ever before.
The booth was added to until now II
covers about 500 square feet. The
booth Is stained a soft brown, and Is
covered inside with brown and green
burlap, with a very pleasing panel
effect, where drawings and mounted
work Is hung.
Among the new features this year
Is a sand table, showing a japanese
scene, the lanterns and houses OF
which were made by children in the
two b grade. A doll house with paper
furniture made by children In the
ing, baskets and cardboard work of
the fourth grade give an Idea of the
work done in these grades.
Free Hand Drawing.
The free hand drawing shown in
one part of the booth is entirely the
work of the children in the elemen-
tary schools, while that shown In an
other part is the work of the high
school pupils. The sewing shown is
from the grammar grades and from
the high schools. One case Is de-
voted entirely to the work Of the
Armstrong colored high school.
In the domestic science department
work Is shown from the pupils of the
seven A and one b grades and from
The John Marshall high school. The
classes at the high school prepare
each day the exhibit OF cooking shown
in one of the cases From the gram
mar grades one may see canned and
preserved vegetables and fruits put
up by the children and in some cases
the vegetables were raised by those
children in the school gardens
From the High School.
From the high school are pieces Of
furniture, desks. tables, chairs, and SO
forth. made in the wood working de-
partment, and lathe tools, chlsels.
forgings, etc. made and tempered in
the forge shops. Parts OF small
gasolfee engine and other pieces of
work constitute the product of the
machine shop, which was equipped
last February.
In mechanical and architectural
drawing are to be seen blue prints
tracings and workin gdrawings OF all
manner of work. Drawings of bum
gaIow and model of the bungalow
built one-twelfth size show the work
OF ten boys in the architectural class.
This model was constructed almost en-
tirely outside of school hours and Is
the conception of the boys Of the way
IL should look from the floor plans
they made. The framing on one end
of the model is left exposed so that
one may see the manner of its con-
struction.
Beautiful pieces of leather and cop
per work. stenciled curtains, etc.
show the work done at the John Mar
shall high school in applied arts. Some
charts showing the excellent work
done in the last two years in medical
inspection, together with the forms
and reports used in that department
are to be seen.
From the physical education depart
ment are shown pictures Of work
done. Four large pictures Of new
schools. Madison. Bellevue, Spring
field and Buchanan. give one an idea
of the modern school buildings being
erected In Richmond now.
With the exception of the picture If
the new buildings, which are archi-
tects' drawings. every piece of work
shown Is the work of the pupils of
the Richmond public schools, whether
it be drawing, handwork. woodwork
metalwork or anything else The ex-
hibit is entirely OF work done by
pupils and the public is invited to stop
in this booth and spend as much time
as possible examining the work at
close range. Teachers will be on
duty all week to explain the exhibit
to visitors