Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-03-31
THE ART EXHIBIT A SUCCESS
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The Art exhibit which was held at
the high school from Wednesday to.
Saturday of last week has been social
~ and financially great success. The
purpose of the exhibit was primarily
to bring copies Of great paintings and
statutes to the children Of our schools.
And that purpose 16alixeds its, fuhllll
ment in the interest and enjoyment
which the. children showed. The chief
favorites Of the younger children were
Baby Stuart, In Fear and Trembling,
Hear a Voice and Feeding Her Birds
while most Of the older students liked
best The Appeal to the Great Spirit,
st. Gauden's Lincoln and The Angelus.
The benefit Of good pictures upon the
child cannot be overestimated. It is
curious and at the same time wonder.
full to note how impressionable chill
dren are, especially to that which is
concrete. The teacher took up the
study Of the greatest pictures with
their different classes and the chill!
dren listened with eagerness to the
stories connected with the paintings
and statues.
The sale Of tickets was given over
to all the school children. The school
selling the largest number of tickets
is to receive a beautiful copy of St.
Gauden's Lincoln. The second in the
contest will oreceive the copy Of The
Lake by Corot. The people who came
to the exhibition afternoons and eve
nings testified to the fact that school
children make fine statesmen. The
money is to be spent for express and
for pictures which will be distributed
among the different buildings.
Every evening Of the exhibit an in
formal program was given consisting
Of musical numbers and talks on pic
lures and art. Mr.. Gregory, in speak
ing Of the influence of pictures said
that he wished every boy might have
in his room copy of St. Gauden's
Lincoln and that every girl might have
in her room copy Of the Alice Free
man Palmer Memorial. DR.. Meyer in
his talk on foreign art, made us feel
how much we in America lack the ar
| tistic atmosphere and how valuable
social asset it will be to us when we
have developed in art and have attain
ed the place won by France, Italy. and
Germany. Mrs. Marshall, in talking
on Art in America, said that music
and drawing should be given as prom
inent a place in our schools as arith-
metic, reading or writing. She also
said that we as citizens of Little Falls
should be glad to pay high taxes in
order to give our children or our neigh
bor's children the refinement which we
want them to have Mrs. Belts speech
on The Victory Of Samothrace and
Mrs. Cochrane's speech on Joan Of
Arc made us feel much keener sense
of appreciation for the pictures they
discussed. Miss Elaine Ruth, Miss Ell
lvira Ruth, Miss smalley, The Ladies
Quartette, The High School Glee club,
Miss Laura Brannen, Miss Myrman,
Herbert Nelson, Ernest Carlson and
the High School orchestra furnished
delightful musical numbers.
Little Falls is to be congratulated
on the interest shown by its people
in this exhibit.
Complete returns have not yet been
received but it believed that the high
school and the Central led in the con
test for the sale of tickets. The win
ner Of the first prize gets the picture
Of est. Gauden's Lincoln" and the
second one gets Corot' IS ftThe Lake.