El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-06
BAILEY PUPILS
Do CLEVER WORK
Exhibition of Handiwork of
Children Is Given for
Parents Friday.

( Several hundred relatives of the
/ pupils of the Bailey school visited the
/ school Friday for the annual exhibit
! ton day Of the school children's work.
/ In each school room the work of the
+ pupils was arranged about the walls,
making an effective decoration. and
at the same time enabling the parents
| to compare the work OF their own
| children with the others of their
! classes. Every child was represented
by a booklet of written work in ali the
! regular subjects and there also were
! exhibition rooms of the painting and
free hand drawing work of the stu
dents.
ManunI Training Work shown.
The manual training classes of the
school had an interesting exhibit OF
articles in the school library room and
upstairs the sewing classes were at
work in the sewing room in the tower,
where there was, in addition. an eXhi-
bition of the completed garments,
showing a neatness of needlewOrk that
was most cOmmendable. The children
are taught sewing on practical gar
ments that they may themselves use.
The printing shop on the upper floor
Of the tower attracted a large amount
Of favorable attention and samples Of
the work of the printing classes were
exhibited upon the walls. In the va
rious class rooms demonstrations Of
the regular class work were given
through the afternoon. so that the par
ents had an opportunity Of witnessing
the methods employed in their chill
dren's instruction.
Out of doors, during the afternoon.
examples of the play ground work were
given. The pupils of the seventh grade
danced a May pole dance about a pref
lilly decorated small May pole. The pu-
pills Of the first, second and fifth grades
danced folk dances.
Indoors the girls of the third grade
gave folk dances and singing games
and the boys of the various grades gave
exhibition drills in calisthenics and
wrestling and other physical training
work.
Kindergarten Display CreditabIe.
The kindergarten chidren's display
was especially noteworthy. Each year
the children study in the kindergarten
some special feature of their own city.
about which their play and games and
work are built, and at the end of school
all members of the class unite in build
ing some expression of this study. This
year the pupils have built miniature
union station. with its train yards. all
constructed of building blocks. In the
tram yards are an outgoing passenger
train, and sidetracked is a cattle train
awaiting its load. In another corner
OF the room was a fenced in bird ward,
with the elevated bird house and feed
ing box on poles
The children Of the high second and
low third grades had an interesting lit
tie doll house that they had construct
ed The furniture in this was especially
clever. It is all made of cardboard
and includes a little piano. desk, baby
highchair, tables and various other ar
ucles OF furniture The children had
woven little rugs of yarn for the floors
of the playhouse and the walls were
nicely papered. In the domestic science
kitchens down stairs the girls of the
cooking classes served the visitors with
tea and waters
Work Tables for High SCHOOL,
The boys of the high school manual
training classes are completing the me
chanical drawing work tables for the
equipment Of the new high school and
these, which are of a very good grade
or workmanship, were on exhibition in
the down stairs manual training shop
rooms.