The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-05-06
Principal Black and Assistants Keep open
House" to Patrons and Many Visitors
Attend Classes, Viewing Work
Of Children
PROGRESS OF PUPILS
SHOWN BY EXHIBITS
Maps, Drawings. Specimens Of Weaving
and Other Branches are Displayed
ins ProlasiOn; No Corporal
Punishment During Year

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sistants, held open house at the North
school yesterday afternoon. During
the entire afternoon the class rooms
were thrown open to the patrons and
friends of the school and every one
of the many visitors was accorded
warm welcome by both the instructors
and the children.
No program was rendered during
the afternoon. but the time was de-
voted, in part. to the regular class
work This was done in order that
the patrons OF the school might be af-
forded the opportunity of seeing and
hearing their children in their classes
in order that they could judge. first
hand. the progress they We're making.
all OF them. from the tots in the pri-
mary departments to the more ad-
vanced boys and girls in the higher
grades.
Following the recitations OF the sew
eral classes In the different rooms,
the pupils were dismissed and given
the freedom OF the building and the
grounds. while the patrons and their
friends were escorted from one room
to another on a trip OF inspection OF
the work of the North school pupils,
on exhibition in each room. Th.,-e
exhibits we're most interesting and
showed conelusively tat the teachers
OF the North school. like the teachers
OF the other schools in Chickasha
and Grady county. are experts In the
art OF developing the minds OF the
boys and girls Of today and fitting
them to become the men and women
OF tomorrow
The exhibits in the main consisted
of free-hand drawings; maps. done in
relief; maps Of the different countries
OF the world executed in free hand;
maps, numberless almost, of oklaho-
ma. done in both free-hand and relief
work; silhouettes, drawings of differ
ent species OF birds and drawings of
different animals, all colored true to
life; exercises in arithmetic, in com
position, in grammar and compost
ton. in geography; samples Of woven
and basket work; OF mat weaving; ar
ticles on different themes OF compo-
siton. each theme calculated to show
the students attention to literary de-
tail and rhetorical finish.
The graphophonola, purchased by
the pupils with the proceeds in part
OF the sale OF the products of their
skin. furnished beautiful music to the
visitors and was greatly enjoyed by
all present-visitors and pupils.
Space will not admit of the detailed
description of the afternoon, given
over by Principal Black to the patrons
of the North school. 1t is safe TO
state. however, that all who attended
the "open house" yesterday were well
pleased with the progress shown to
have been made by the pupils.
Tardies, according to the reports,
have been few and far between in all
departments of the school. In the
seventh grade. taught by Principal
Black. there was not single tardy.
The teachers in the North school
follow: Seventh grade, e. S. Blacl.
principal; sixth grade, "a" and sew
enth grade, 3D." Miss Levia Meyers
fifth grade, "a" and sixth grade
3D." Mrs. Julia Walters; fifth grade
3D." Miss Margaret Rossington;
fourth grade. "a" Miss Nell Brazen
dine; fourth grade, "B," Miss Jessie
Kelsey; third ssade, "a" Miss d. Al
lie Ray; third grade, 3D." Mrs. G. e
pyle; second grade, Miss Kate Lack
ey; primary, Mrs. ]. II. White
Average attendance, entire school
for year, approximately 500. Gases
corporal punishment, entire school
for year, none.