The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-11-13

Specimens of agricultural products
and farm illustrations emphasized fur
ther the Importance attached to agrl-
cultural training in Newberry, the OBJ
iect in view being development to tie
point where Clemson and the govern
ment will send a man to superlntend
this work in tne county in cooperation
with the county superintendent of ed
ucation.
Manual training was represented IN
t-is exhibit by examples of modelling,
cut work, coloring, basketry, wood
work and metal work; sll1ouettes IN
black were also shown. The cut and
color work and silhouettes represent
ed the principle that every impress
sion requires an expression.
Though only three or four schools
in tie county are equipped for teach
ing domestic science, these in con-
junction with various thomekeepers
clubs had contributed fine exhibit OF
cooking, including beautifully iced
fruit cake made in a country school,
candy, preserves, pickles, jelly, and
bread. The school girls OF the home
keepers clubs were also represented
by a particularly large display of gar
ments, embroidery, and other needle
work.
=, This booth also exhibited a fine
model of community school, with all
it's surroundings, demonstration farm,
background, tennis court, basketball
court all complete. This Little Noun
tain school last year raised $500 by
private subscription to clear off debt
and ranks deservedly among the fore
most community schools OF South Car
olina.
But possibly the feature that dis
tinguished this exhibit most of all
was the array of useful articles OF
wood and metal made by individual
pupils under tie stimulus of the
SCHOOL. These included beautiful
model of a frame swing, taborets, a
rustic chair, a rustic bench, a model
Of a plough, prize picture fran"
; checker board, table, complete and
we'll made .ireless cooker, grain
cradle, an electric dynamo and motor,
finally nothing less t-an complete
, telephone instrument. The dynamo
and motor were running during sew
eral days of the fair, and the bell OF
the telephone was kept ringing at fire.
uuent intervals by visitors testing the
instrument. Since the Whltmlre school
is t. e only Newberry school equipped
for manual training work. t2ese ar
ticles are a remarkable demonstra-
ton or the possibilities of unequlpped
country schools along the manual tram
ing lines. And probably t1e dlstnc-
tive lesson O. the fine Newberry eH-
hihit is the lesson of the field open to
the country school along industrial
lines and the readiness with which the
individual pupils respond to the IN
dustrial stimulus, the lesson of tie
fruitall possibilities Of industrialism
in SCI ool work
Four Lessons Taught by the Exhibit.
Four predominant lessons stand out
above al, the lessons these beautiful
exhibits had to teach the South Caro-
lima public. The first is that, though
the power that moves tie lever which
raises the school community from
each lower to each higher plane is the
exnert county supervision of teachers
and schools, the fulcrum is the ma
tiTe boy and girl enthusiasm for do
ing t-ings, and the lever itself is tie
aroused INTEREST OF the children IN the
work of the scnoo!, interests awaken
ed BY tie board and intelligent ap-
peal of these experts, either through
the capable teacher or, failing the
teacher, directly to this native en-
thusiasm. In each booth the trained
supervisor Tad the same story to tell
of the beginnings OF school improve
ment: AROUSE the children thorough
", and the community is bound to
awaken" And each exhibit spoke
eloquently of how and to what extent
children have been aroused and OF
how, through these communities, have
been lifted and may be lifted to
just appreciation of the blessing