St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1914-03-28

The park pavilion pre-. ented a pret
ty appearance. with its decorat on
and various exhibits of school work
The teachers of the different schools
assisted by the members of tn,
school League and by Mr.. John L
Haller, who Is always willing to CIV.
the benefit OF his experience on sucr
occasions, worked hard Tuesday and
Wednesday, and still had little lef,
to do Thursday. The exhibits of the
competitive booth, where the exhibit.
ors will compete for the awards ot
honor. offered the greater attraction,
because of the absolute guarantee oi
teachers, parents and pupils that the
work therein was accomplished solely
by the exhibitor, without assistance.
from any one. Aside from this fact.
the exhibits themselves showed re-
markable proficiency and special tai
ent in the particular work presented,
The culinary department might we'll
| make some OF the older housewives
feel that they had yet something to
learn. Button holes and darned
stockinSs and embroidered work
pointed to preparation for usefulness
in domestic life. while household fur
niture, implements, miniature housas
boats, corn cribs and numeroua other
articles demonstrated the ability Of
the man Of the future TO be fndepend-
ent and masterful in any situation
that might arse on the farm or IN
the home. A clay map OF North
America In bass relief was IN ingen-
ius an obstructive lesson in the topo-
graphy and resources Of the country,
and that it was entirely the work Of
the little pupil himself was salts
factorily demonstrated when It was
accidently broken and he had to re-
pair it. TIE exhibits were too num-
erods to go over separately, but a
work Of special interest was the dis
play and classification Of the leaves
OF our native trees and our wild flow
ers. The hand painted articles and
the embroidered work was very beau
tiful. Slidell shows up to special ad-
vantage in art work. The eject OF
teaching and experience her scholars
have had is visible in the work on ex-
hibition. But the genius Of natural
born talent pushes its way into view.
by environment or oppor-
tunity, as is shown by the painting
by an unnamed 9-year-old pupil Of
the Ramsay school. This picture was
not in the competitive department.
but II the work was solely that Of
the pupil it Is deserving Of special
The Covington exhibit W4s 1uli ef |
excellent work of the pupils Of all |
grades and showed that the teachers
have been gettfA& good results from |
their methods Of instruction. Mrs. |
v. 4. Young, Of the fourth grade, had
on exhibit an interesting record of I
The weather, kept daily in her school
.OOm.
The Abita Springs booth contained
some very beautiful embroidery work.
specially was in written
exercises of the schools. Houlton.
fi:'e showed the thrift OF ner people
~ work ng up the homlier materials
nto useful articles, and the exhibits
If the Garden District, German Set
,iement, Oak Grive and Simmons
'reek schools all showed that excel. Il
he pupils. The weaving Of baskets
rom pine needles and raffia was a
special feature OF the Folsom school
exhibit. The work was excellent.
had some excellen. COM
position work and various schools
throughout the rural precincts show
ID wonderful proficiency in Industrial
md domestic work, as we'll as in the
'egular work Of the school exercises.
The downpour of rain all Wednes-
lay evening played havoc with the
'arrying out Of the original program
md frightened Of some OF the pupils
Who were to have attended the rally.
The grQunds at the new school were
muddy and the laying Of the corner
tone was deferred and State Super
ntendent Harris made his address
It the park pavilion out in the open,
ls.ng wagon as a platform. The
'utdoor speaking became necessary
'ecause the immense crowd, the
argest that has ever gas.hered to-
,ether on the grounds, c:uld not be i
accommodated in the pa lion.
Rev. E. A. Rennie of tn Episcopal
,hurch offered up praye.. After
for blessing. he asked
he direction and aid of the Almighty
n the furtherance of ed", ton, and
ave thanks for the spir.., hat made
uch demonstration p ible. He
sked that the Lords pre- nee In in
titutions Of learning l. sht bless
heir future progress. Il
In introducing State g.: Derintend-
mt Harris Supt. Lyon sta ed that an
was hardly necessary
OF one so prominently known In edu-
circles and to the people !,
the State. That Mr.. Har-
Is' great interest in the advance II
lent Of the cause had established :
bond q sympathy betMeen him aud /