The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-05-07

| Hub rendered L~o YfOlln SelectfOnS.
MELODY" by Moszkowski. and Bar
carolle" by Offenbach. being accom-
panied upon the piano by Miss John
son. and the beautiful selections being
very pleasing. The exhibits In each
room showed diligence and study on
the part OF pupils. and careful and ef-
| ficient guidance on the part of the
teachers. In the kindergarten room
the work of the little folks attracted
much favorable comment. and the
| table OF model work i'm plasticine
| showed the ingenuity of the young
minds, and was very interesting. All
sorts OF things had been modelled from
| the material. from a man in a SAN
boat to a wonderful COW eating her
| dinner from tub. A model farm oc-
cupied one corner OF the Kindergarten
room. Real grass grew ont or the
earth, and real flowers bpautified the
lawn. The grounds were nicely laid
out. and were occupied by house.
and barn Although the entire farm
comprises only few feet Of space,
nothing in it's equipment seemed to
have been forgotten, as even the live
stock and the people were at home.
! The first grade room contained the
first written work by the children in
| the shape OF their "A, y. G." books.
! Cut out work was also displayed, in
cluding baskets of fruit, and an iiiu-
stration OF the legend. There Was an
! Old Woman Who Lived i'm Shoe"
| The second grade children exhibited
their first written work In ink. land
scapes in water color and crayon. and
pretty spring booklets.
In the third grade room the test ma =
pers showed steady advance In stud
les. and the walls were bright with
the display of Crayon and water color
drawings, among the latter being COL
ored studies OF geraniums in pots. An
imitation china display, painted in a
Dutch design of old blue occupied a
| shelf in one corner Of the room. First
papers on geography were one OF the
| features OF the exhibit I'm Me fourth
grade room. and the test work for
| the month was all displayed. The art
work here included some nice spring
landscapes. In the fifth grade room
1 the study work exhibits included some
fine poster landscape work. and pretty
cut out May baskets. samples of mot
10 work In which the printing was very
good. and test papers. In the sixth
Grade room a neat display of language
and geography papers attracted the
eye, being cleyerly illustrated with
| articles about which the cnmpOsitlons
we're written, and with cutout mans
for the different countries written
about. Drawing showed considerable
advance In the seventh grade ROOM
including still life drawings, perspec-
tive work. spring flowers I'm black and
white, and other work. Nicely illus
trated composition papers. and test
papers OF the studies taken up during
the past year showed the advanced
work of the pupils. Pretty water col
or books. and some very good work
I'm water color drawings also adorned
the walls. Everything about the
Franklin school showed the pride
taken in il by pupils and teachers, and
II is one OF the neatest school build
ings In the city. The faculty ascribes
the tidiness of the place I'm general to
the conscientious work of the janitor.
Mr.. Charles vogei The racnlty mem
bers who were hostesses \yesterday
| afternoon were. In the order OF their
rooms. Miss Minnie Bangerter. sew
enth grade. and principal. Misses Hell
en- Meyer Mary lIOwatt. Isabel Ches-
ser. Eleanor Johnson. Julia Hub. Min
| ME Parker. Helen Hail.
Pleasant Grove school was visited
by many parents and friends of pup
lis. and the class work and exhibits
proved very interesting. Following
the classes ice cream and waters
were served. The faculty members
acting as hostesses were Miss Una
Hodson. principal. Misses Xenia Nell
gren, Matte X. Nelson. Grace Holmer.
Barbara Mansfield. Ida Lewis. Helme-
M Olson, Laura Thomas. and Mrs.
Isabelle Williams
west Mankato school Is always n
pleasant place 10 visit and the classes
and exhibits on display were viewed
by many parents and friends yester-
day afternoon, and nice refreshments
were served to the guests. Faculty
members acting as hostesses were
Miss Rose Staley. principal. Misses
Hattie Mayer Jessie p. Irving,
Madge b. Clark. Libby williams. and
Mrs. Hanna Fairweather.
Union school did itself full Justice
with nice exhibits, and an entertain
ment program. and entertained its
fuil share OF guests. The faculty
hostesses were Miss Eta Brown,
principal, Misses Elizabeth Deuser.
Gladys Benton. Minnie Perrin. Gene
We've Heglund, Elvira Roust. Helen
Weed. and Blodwyn Richards.
Ideal weather made the day very
pheasant for the event. and II is es-
timated that about six hundred peo-
pie of the city visited the different
schools during the afternoon.
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