Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-04-21
PATRONS DAY AND
SCHOOL EXHIBIT
Was Big Success in the Rooms
Where Various Activities
We're Shown.
NORTH WARD SCHOOL
SHOWS WORK TODAY
Children, Through Their Exhibi-
ton, Show a Wonderful
Grasp of Subjects.

Over 100 people attended the an.
nual exhibit and patrons day of the
public schools, which was held yester-
day afternoon in the Will school, from
. o'clock to ). Much enthusiasm was
shown by the patrons as they viewed
the work of the children from the
kindergarten through the fifth grade.
The exhibits were artistically ar
ranged on the walls and on tables for
the inspection of the visitors. The
exhibit included only work done in
the regular school hours and in all
the rooms the work showed real mer.
it.
a feature which was very notice
able was the systematic way in which
the work of the year was studied and
the many practical phases of the
work as exhibited.
kindergarten Display.
The kindergarten display was in
charge of Miss StonehOuSe and Miss
Haugen. This display was featured
by uoster designs. block work and
construction. work. Easter flowers,
and butterflies were made by free
hand cutting an. tinted. They were
arranged TO form an Easter display.
4 special feature in this department
was the construction of an apple tree
with blossoms. Many little baskets
also were displayed and was the work
of the children who range in ages
from four years to six.
First Grade.
G,c, do chouad u-nrl- 6oro
in weaving, paper construction. action
pose. free hand cutting and landscape
work The free-hand cutting was a
special feature in the first grade dis
plays and the subjects constructed
We're of exceptional merit Most OF
the subjects displayed were drawings
pertaining 10 action.
Second Grade.
The second grade displays covered
the costume design drawing. A group
of dolls representing sailors and over
all boys was an interesting feature of
this display. Simple conventional
designs and nature work We're also
shown.
Third Grade.
Work of the third grade covered
the historic studies. feature of
this display was a poster Of the Pill
srims, showing many scenes of the
early pilgrim days. Costume design
ing, showing dolls to represent the
Highland laddie, the Japanese and
the Dutch characters, was another
special feature of the work of grade
three. Birds and flowers in color, as
well as original Easter cards, were
also shown.
l Fourth Grade.
The work of grade four showed the
skillful handling of the scissors in the
free-hand cutting, and careful work
in landscape. The work of this grade
reviews the work of the first three
grades and adds design and simple
problems in construction. One of the
special features of this display was
the construction of the product maps
and the maps drawn in ink.
Landscape in Fifth Grade.
The exhibit in grade five covered
the landscape work and was eXcep-
tiOnally fine. The lettering problem
was special feature in this grade
and one OF the points to this work
was the neatness and accuracy.
In all the exhibits the penmanship
was noticeable feature: The Palm
er method is the one used and was
only introduced last year. Many
copies were remarkably done for chill
dren, and the work of the fourth
grade, which is the first year in which
the pen is used, was very commend
able
An interesting musical program un.
der the direction of Miss Alice Smith
was very entertaining and was great
ly enjoyed by the visitors. Miss Nc
Leod is the teacher of drawing and
writing, and supervised the arranging
OF the exhibits.
North Ward Exhibit.
The second exhibit will be held at
the North Ward building this after
noon, from 2 o'clock to S. Anyone
wishing to view the work at the Will
school can do so this afternoon. The
teachers in charge of the north ward
district are Miss Digby, Miss Mallory,
Miss Boyle, Miss Anderson of the
junior high school, and Miss Peterson
of grade four; Miss Maurer, grade
three Miss Irvine, grade two, and
Miss Towle, grade one.
WILL PROSECUTE
UNLESS PREMISES