The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-05-30

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- . ALI the graduating exer-
ciscs held and to be held
In Albuquerque abou this
time. none b. more Inter
cstiuR than that of the
sixty or seventy boys and
girls who viii receive diplomas from
the eighth grade school in Eiks the
alter LtXt Thursday night emitting
them 10 enter the hieh school next
year The 1891 year has been one ol
unusually successful work In the
eighth grade school Usually the
Grade has given q play a. rs CLOSING
exercise This year, however, he
n.al entertainment h. 20 be- Il musical
and ltcf1rs progran following close
ly the lines OF practical work done
during the feur ~ will include mu-
ste and two addresses ON good roads.
u hy George Do1littie and the other
by Albert NcNCome..
The most int. ,sting feature OF This
graduating exercise Will be- ln the
gowns worn by the girls. Every SRI
viii wear a pretty white dress, made
ny hCrFelf as part OF her school WORK.
The dresses viii be alike in pattern
and of the same material IL IS "a
feature of the eighth grade graduat-
ing ,Ncrclae that is important aud une
which probably Will become pcrmau-
ont D. the first place 1t indicates that
extremely practical n useful work
Be- being done in the domestic science
depart ucnt of the cats IS gradc schools.
/" the second place IL eliminates All
tho h-cartburniug that has been felt IA
the past hs the glrl whose graduating
gown was not as hnc tud as fussy rs
that ui some OF her classmates. l b.
wurk than means much to both pupils
and parents.
Less than two months ago Miss
King. principal OF the eighth grade
s.nool. obtained permission io place
30 sewing machine ia the school room,
especial FOR his work. Miss Lydia
Slutu WHs put Ia thargg Of the cNlns
class. and under her guidance each
Rirl graduate was taught 60 cut u
make 20 slip o. be worn under The
g"raduatlnE gown. some OF these uu-
dcrgarmcntk have been beautifully
nm iroidcrcd by the students and IN
every case llNcls interest hus been
taken ia the work Next came the
drcssts. an cat In the same style anu
made from the same piece Of goods.
They are pretty dresses. Every seam
ts tailored and one must look close
SO tell which IL the right side an.
which u the wrong. At nrst thcre
trouble with The sewing machine
Some Of the glrls had not even been
ANHANNAN W. N'HANA 90 .N tAH NAHAH ~"
az home. Some of them mover had
seen q sevllg machine In operation
iiu the mechanical difficulties were
overcome quickly, and une beginner
u girl of ~, not only has her graft
uuting costume completed. but nas
made Two dresses for "a baby sister,
as part ot the class WORK. Another
girl told ne how very proud she WIS
goo her Nor6 because her mother didu g
know H hin aauu sewing Nestcr-
da s mother of n Of the clehth
grade graduates told mr her daugn-
tcrs graduating dress was made
great dcal better than he, the mother
ever could have made 3D. Aud the
best part Of DO al is that there are no
poor Girls ur rich girls iu this era1-
uHtinE class aud There viii be- 40
hearthurnlEgs about dresses. u as
mighty good training ana mighty good
tentp
The eighth grade boys nave been
iurt as bus, ln the mammal training
department and AN exhibit OF their
wUtk viii Doe made az the school
building "Wednesday afternoon TO
whirh The public h. cordially invited
The slghth grade has not neglected
its Studies for tho domestic scicncc
and manual training either. u Miss
KING points with pride to- eight
prizes Won ns the grade this year ia
essay and other competitions.