The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-29
SCHOOL BUILDINGS
OPEN FOR ART
EXHIBITION
To Show Creditable Work OF
Bennington Pupils
5 ALL INTERESTED INVITED
Collection Includes Cravings, Raffia
Work, Pulp Maps and General
School Work.


ward school will be open to the par
ents and friends of the pupils who
wish to see the exhibition of all kinds
of school work. This afternoon pa
triotic programs were given in all the
rooms and visitors were then able to
see the exhibition until o'clock.
The exhibition is comprised mostly
of art work and drawing. This course
is taught by Miss Estrella Smith, and
to her is due large amount of the
credit for the success of the exhibit
ton
Beginning at the Kindergarten, one
can see drawings and paintings by the
small people who entered school only
last September In grades one and
two, the work shown is mostly paint
ing, together with other ordinary
school work.
In grade three, which is composed
of rooms four and five, the work OF
drawing and painting was unusually
good. In this room, there are num-
Der of excellent drawings, depicting
Eskimo lige.
In room six, grade four, one of the
features of the exhibition is the raffia
work. The pupils have made tiny
hats, some of which are placed upon
the heads of dolls. Both boys and
girls have done this work, and the
hats of the boys are fully as good as
those of the girls. In this room, also
there are specimens of school work
writing, arithmetic, and other school
subjects
Room eight, of the fifth grade is by
far the best room of both schools
This room is taught by Miss Mary
Carney. On all four walls OF the room
there are pictures and paintings ar
ranged in neat color scheme. In one
corner of the room, there is a screen
on which is hung work in grammar
spelling. and arithmetic. Each desk
is covered with green tissue paper
which adds greatly TO the beauty OF
the room. The other room of grade
FIVE is also tastefully decorated. the
work being about the same as room
eight.
In grade six, there are pulp maps
by the pupils. This is the only room
where these maps are on exhibition
The remaining work in this room is
about the same as in other rooms
composed of art and school work.
The work of the seventh and eighth
grades in painting and drawing is ex.
cellent. In these rooms, lamp shades
have been made in imitation of stain
ed glass. Manual construction work
has been started in these grades, and
some of the work will be on exhibit
ton. There are also many fine ex-
amples of the Palmer method of
writing. The exhibition of school
work is made up of writing, arithme-
tic, spelling and colored maps Work
in physiology is also on exhibition,
consisting of drawings
At the seventh ward school, the
rooms and halls are tastefully deco
rated with the work of the pupils
Miss Smith is also teacher of draw
ing in this school. In all the four
rooms, the walls are covered with
drawings and paintings. One table in
the lower hall is covered with picture
stories, taken from a copy of some
famous picture. There are also small
booklets, in which are specimens of
the writing of each pupil in the diff
ferent rooms.
Room three, in which are grades
four and five, have also done raffia
work, which is remarkably well exc
cuted.
In both the graded school and the
seventh ward, the exhibition of free
hand paper cutting is praiseworthy.
The small boys and girls have cut out
cats. rabbits, and other animals out Of
black paper. In one room of the graded
school. there is a circus parade form
ed along the blackboard by these
animals.
The sewing and painting exhibition
in Miss McLeod's room at the high
school will also be open tomorrow al
ternin from 3 until 5. This will be
the last day Of the exhibition of this
work Work in basket weaving and
board-construction work will al
so be on exhibition. This work is by
the high school drawing class which
is composed of fourteen girls and
four boys.
In both schools each pupil has
printed a small invitation to his or
her parents. On some Of these invi-
tations. flowers are painted on the
card.
All Of this work will be on exhibit
ton tomorrow afternoon, together
with other ordinary school work. Ev-
everybody will find Il worth while to
visit these schools tomorrow