The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-05-22
EXHIBIT OF VARIOUS
DEPARTMENTS MOST
.CREOTABlE TO ALL
BOTH TEACHERS AND PUPILS
HIGHLY COMMENDED FOR
WORK AT ATHENAEUM.
LARGE CROWDS SAW THE4DISPLAY
Manual Arts, Domestic Science, Agri-
cultural and Commercial Depart
ments Of City Schools Give Public
Exhibition Of HandiWork.


The display of the manual arts, do
nestle science and agricultural de-
partments on exhibition at the Ath-
enaeum Wednesday afternoon and
this morning was revelation, an in
spiration to the hundreds from the
city who saw it.
But few of those who we're present
had ever witnessed any of the work
that was being done by the pupils.
Everywhere and by all were heard
expressions Of commentator both
for them and the teachers who had
instructed them. Through four rooms
their work was spread, and in each
there was a crowd almost to the point
of suffocation for an hour or more to
see it. And the articles were almost
as numerous as the people. In the
rooms, upon the walls, lying on ia
bles, in every nook and corner there
was some dainty and delicately
wrought article testifying to the skill
and artistic workmanship Of the max
OF.
In the first room vas displayed the
work of the domestic science depart
ment, under the supervision of Miss
Scott, the teacher of this phase of the
public school work. There were
dresses, the work of dainty hands,
finely drawn handkerchiefs, waists, in
fact, almost every article Of femin-
inc wear. 1t was all neatly and nice
ly made, with the name of the max
|er upon it.
In the large room adjoining, Prof.
L. S. Duke and Miss Carrie Smith
showed the crowd the handiwork OF
the pupils in the manual arts depart
ment. Probably this attracted the
most general attention, for there was
On display the work of both the boys
eauu tuO 6dlo. IFCiy SiduO iiohA thO
little tots of the first grade clear on
through the high school hada on exit:
bition some article that each had
made. There were tabaretts made
with all the skill and exactness of
the most skilled workman. There
were finely wrought boxes and bench
es, automatically correct in every
detail. Much of the work in this
room would have done credit to an
artist in the employment Of the Roy
croft shop in East Aurora, N. Y The
display was SO varied that lack of
space forbids mention of so many OBJ
jects that were worthy of notice.
In the back room Prof. Galloway,
head Of the agricultural department,
demonstrated to large crowds the
testing of milk. He made several
demonstrations, showing exactly how
it was possible to tell how much but
ter fat there was in the milk Of any
COW. This exhibit proved very inter-
esting to many.
In still another room the pupils of
Prof. Harris, of the commercial de-
partment, had on exhibition speci-
mems of typewritng, copying, and
letters that had been written by the
pupils. This proved a very attrac-
tive and interesting feature to many.
As the crowd passed through the
different rooms inspecting the work,
the young ladies Of the domestic
science department served them
with delicious sherbet and sandwich
es which they had made in the school.
All in all, the exhibit was a most
creditable one to both teachers and
pupils. 1t is but token Of the work
that will be done when the new
school is completed and they are able
to get into ampler and more commo-
dious quarters.