The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-04-13

were making. She showed great In
lterest In their work and often made
Suggestions about II. =
Sliding boards and teeters were
other very attractive! places out
there.
The. physical training teacher
suggested that l go up stairs and look
around and then at eleven o'clock 80
with her class to. the swimming pool.
."In the room, atsthe, head OF the
stars was q class in mature study.
They were doing some studying in
order 70 TAX better care ofttheir
gardens which were at about d fen
minutes walk from there. The teach
erl suggested that they tell me what
they had already raised to take home.
And the number OF vegetables they
had grown was remarkable.
I'm the next room were children
seated around a. long table painting
nasturtinnssto be used as decora-
ition on IN basket which they had
constructed. As the work was COM
pleted they, took II to the teacher for
approval and upon receiving 1t they
passed out, to. go wherever they
pleased.
Across the hail were some bovs
busily constructing various articles
such as book racks, boats and so on.
The plans for. these things Ind heen
drawn and approved nv the manual
training teacher, In charge
IN another room were Older girls
making underearmen,s anrons ar
dresses. for the teacher said she aim.
ed to have th9folder5 Girls before the
summer was ioyer}to be ablc 10 make
| a plain outflfffor5 themselves WITH
some this was ALWAYS occomn,tshod
hut others only5madesa few articles
1.-THE girls were ktajkine and nav.
ling n good tine. some were seated
at the tables. otl,ersS9sat in tho win
dows or on the floop. SBut cyerv where
| was Impressed with their EARNEST
ness. and the pleasure infested IN
their work and tho symnotlotic I'm:
outstanding between ;ns,ruc,orI sn,
Children 80. IA 'a7fS'
az got down stairs inst in timo IN
see the girls racing N Tim swimm,n a.
pool. which wis 4 c,nntifnls iarge
] one. Soon teacher and cbildrcn wore
splashing about in the water Ihayc
never seen children have as m,,el,
I.fun as those did. Tho girls who could
swim were kind about hclpne 10
ltecah the others. When they beeame
tired they would swim TO the deem.
est mart Of the pooI above which vac
| a diving board. The bows director
always could dive well from the wall
| of the poolEbefore they. used the div.
ing board. a. Both directors were care
| ful to send any child out oe;the water
i,who seemed chilled. At,the end or
twenty minutes, they came out.
when we again ;. reached The
house. wcifound the tiny tots seated
in big circle ontthe floor and the
music supervisor was teaching them
some motion songs.
at this time 1.-THE large boys who
had been playing sbalis un der. a rail.
road tressef rushed bytto the swim.
ming pool. For, about every half
l'huor the. classes were changed. so
that thereawastlittic opportunity for
fatigue. Moreover, at any time a
child could leave his work for there
was no compulsion about It what
ever. tliotgh9 theyl were encouraged
10 keen alta ,thst jhinti, 4 wos com
pleted. S;% 49a ;t.,Gt4g
"ln the afternoon there was story.
telling by the teachers or librarians,
A group were formed according 10
the'ages OF the children. So that nil
had stories suitable for chem
These stories were often dramo,-
lied or retold by the children who
were slowly recurring tho hcan,ifui,
English of our famous story tcliers
and were making II n mart of their
own language.
There was also baskctrv ,yeor,nc
emitting md otr,r I;,,an :, 80