Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-06-04
Late Augusta Locals
ANNUAL EXHIBITION
MANUAL TRAINING,
DRAWING and SEWING
BY Pupils of City Schools Opens
Thursday Afternoon at Cony
High Building-To Continue
This Afternoon and Evening

The annual exhibition Of manual
training, free-hand drawing and sew-
ing by the pupils Of the city schools
was opened Thursday afternoon at AS
sembly hall of the Cony High school
and during the afternoon and evening
a goodly number Of people were pres
ent to see the work done during the
past year The exhibition as a while
is larger than that Of last year and
is Of decided merit, including some fine
examples of the work of each Of the
grades. This afternoon the Assembly
hall will be open from 2 to and this
evening from to 9 at which time the
exhibition will be continued.
The work done in the rural schools
shows up very well in the exhibit and
compares favorably with the city
school work, although the special SUI
pervisors in manual training, free
hand drowning and sewing were not able
to devote so much of their time to the
rural school work
The exhibit of drawing and painting
is exceptionally good this year. Miss
Mary II. Gussman, drawing supervis-
or OF the city schools. has given her
pupils in Grade s special work in ma
ture study and stenciling. The pupils
nrst studied flowers from nature and
were then given lessons in cutting out
a stencil from their ideas of a flower.
instruction in printing and cutting
Out OF portfolios was then given to
tne pupils after which they applied
thelr stencil designs to portfolios and
plctters. In Grade 9 the stencil work
was applied to cloth goods. The result
OF TINS study brought forth some espe-
claliy good articles for the exhibition.
among them being a tulip design on a
pillow by George A. Mckinney of
Grade 3. rose design on a table run
ner by Miss Marion Hatch of Grade 8.
ana flower design on a bag by Miss
Agatha NJ. Hatch of Grade 9.
included in the drawing and paint.
ing exhibits of the smaller pupils
were several pasteboard bungalows
which were well designed and were
furnished finely throughout.
The exhibition of sewing was larger
than that of last year and the eXhih-
It's reflected great credit upon Miss
Catherine G. Cunningham. supervisor
OF sewing. Mss Cunningham has
given her pupils work in the study of
materials. accompanying her classes
to the mills. where they could see the
cloth in the process of manufacture.
In the sewing exhibition were a num-
her of we'll made dresses and kimonas.
Amosg the articles deserving praise
in this part of the exhibition are a
dress. kimona and cap made By
Miss Estella Webber of Grade s. a
dress made by Miss Ruth Carleton III
Grade s. and campfire dresses ma le
ret Nelson of Grade s.
The manual training exhibition is
of much interest. Miss V. Gertrude
Fletcher. supervisor of manual train
ing. has carefully instructed her pu-
pills during the past year in the differ
ent branches of manual training. tho
pupils of Grades and receiving in
struction in whiting and the pupils
of Grade I. 8 and 9 being given shop
work. The following articles are
among the fine manual training ex
hibits: Screen made by George Nc
Kenney of Grade 9: a whitewood table
made by Walker Noble of Grade 9: an
oak writing table made by Irving n.
Fowler of Grade 9, hat tree made by
Victor McCourtney of Grade 8 and {.
small screen made by Charles Stack
pole of Grade I, New Grammar
school