Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-06-10
PUPILS GIVE fine
EXHIBITION IN HIGH
SCHOOL BUILDING
In Normal Training, Sewing and
Drawing - Display of Work
Done by Pupils Is Large and
of the Best Quality Yet Shown
by the School
n1ch1l, Sat,32t

Thursday and Friday in the Assembly
crate exhibit that the local schools have
ever combined to produce, representing
the work Of the past year in the va
rious departments of drawing, sewing,
painting, manual training, from all the
graded schools and the High school.
The big hall was filled with all sorts
and kinds of interesting and well-made
samples of the pupils skill in all these
courses, and many Of the rural schools
We're represented in a very creditable
manner, especially the HewinS school,
which is taught by Mrs. Evelyn Mason,
and had the most complete exhibit from
any school, fine work in manual train
ing. all kinds of fancy embroidery and
sewing. baSketWork, drawing and paint
ing. The school has an orchestra of
10 pieces, which had picture on dis
play at this exhibit. Mrs. Mason sent
a number Of the best samples of her
pupils work to the exhibit in Portland
and her own supervision has produced
remarkable results in the Hewins
school.
The city manual training department
under Austin Alden has a fine and very
practical exhibit, large desks, tables,
bookcases and Norris chairs, hat racks
and telephone stands, mostly in mission
stained oak, and all show that the young
man in charge of this branch is the one
for the position. large mission china
closet made by Stanley Kane of the
Smith school Sth grade is a feature of
u
upholstered Morris chair manufactured
by Clifford Taber A massive oak IL
brary table by Ralph Hunnewell occu-
pied one corner and attracted lot of
attention.
There We're dozens of other fine pieces
OF furniture, and the 9Th, 9Th and 18th
grade. were represented by a singl rack
| of fine models from each grade One
unusual piece of work was an excellent
tool chest made by Jennings Witham,
who has but one arm.
Mr.. Alden has succeeded in getting
the manual training course introduced
as regular High school course, which
VIII be started next year. and me-
chanical drawing will also be included.
The exhibits in sewing and stencil
ing, embroidery, crooheting, basketry
drawing, and dressmaking, which
were produced for the public inspec-
ton by the pupils under Miss Guss-
man and Miss Cunningham, are so nu-
merous that they can hardly all be
mentioned here, but those who saw
the exhibit are enthusiastic over the
fine and advanced work which these
two efficient young ladies have been
getting from their classes. Miss Cum
ningham's exhibit of kimonos, beauti-
fully made dresses, embroidery on col
lars, cuffs, doilies, her pupils work in
crocheting and knitting. and the artis-
tic tone that characterizes their work,
are silent but very strong tribute to
her capabilities as an instructor along
these lines of domestic science.
Miss Gussman had the background
Of the stage covered with the water
colors and pastel work of the High
school students who have been study
ing under her instruction, and some
of the work is excellent, particularly
that of Edward kinsella, Walter
Brennan and the Misses Barbara
Lewis, Frances Colgan and Beatrice
Quimby Stanley Grenier, and p. Nc
Courtney. A series of out of door
sketches made near the school grounds
was a center of admiring comment
during the exhibit. The North Parish
school, teacher Mrs. Flora Russell, al
so had a fine lot of exhibits, and in ALL
the big room was sight to be re-
membered. superintendent Of Schools
Stuart stated that the work is being
advanced year by year, and that he
considered this years exhibit the
finest ever.