The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-05-24

SPECIMENS OF WORK IN DoS1Es-
TIC SCIENCE AND ART DE-
PARN6ENTS SEEN.

PARIMENTE SEEN.
Large Number OF Visitoey at Harm
ton School Building on Friday AZ.
ternoon to See Work or studeuts.
There was q large attendance Of
parents, relatives and friends OF the
school children at the Hampton
school building on Friday afternoon.
the occasion being the annual ex-
hibition In the art, manual trainins
and domestic science departments.
The exhibit this year was confinsd 70
the high school practically ana wss
not nearly 90 large as usual. but
he was a high standard OF qudl-
to all of the objects and articles
ICED on exhibition and there. were
y any comments from the VISITORS a.. !
!, prable to the work Of the students.
Miss Obenschain il in charge OF the
domestic science department. ana :
while she did not have q largerex-
hibit,, she had a very representative
one OF the work which the pupils IN
her department are doing. ,'shs /.
First there was an EXHIBIT OF s.ss-
rous kinds OF breads, biscuits, light
bread. rolls. etc, which the siris had
made. These looked good to the sye, /,
but the palates OF the visitors were.
not given an opportunity to pass y ON
them. Then there was quantity of 5
preserves. jellies and such work Which
the young ladies had made. These
looked even more inviting than tl,s
breads. and they showed to some ex~
tent the lessons given by Miss 0hsn-s
schain in her department. ng. -,
But there were also the products OF !.
domestic art and the young la-
dies were taught the mysteries of
other phases Of the house wifes daily i,
task. There were piles OF beautifully
embroidered garments which ladies'
wear--name unknown to the writer---~.
all decorated with pretty ribbon ana
friiis and seemingly of great interest
to the ladies'. for all of them stopp(s I
at this table, examined the 'artic1a6:
closely and made favorable commsIkk .
Then there were handktrchisf has.Ss
cuffs and collars little kprons frSm l
-. .siels u eopk m ara sas q "A
In the kffchen-in the : u &
science class--and a who'd lot ~ (2r
er things. All Of these were vet1 ikts
teresting and pretty, and arr&ngsd IL I
a neat manner for inspection By tn !,
visitors ~
The art and manual training a., i.
partment produced q diversity a.
work under the supervision Of MitIl.
Elizabeth White. Little waste paper
baskets and boxes made Of ..paste- 4
board and neatly tied with rib-f
bons or raffia were an attrac.
tive feature. These were embsl.
lished with various figures drawn on /
the sides. SO as to make them, ornnA
mental. as well as useful. The rama
work was chiefly shown in the output
Of trays and work baskets. although
there were other things also to which
the students had turned their handi.
work. Many of these articles were
woven with various colored straw
and were most artistic and engenious
in design and workmanship. The
usual number Of pretty pictures Ia
water colors by the students wers
very attractive and received no lit
tie attention from the visitors. Th6
work was in many instances original
both in design and execution and Of
an excellent quality. considering the
producers.
A new feature Of the exhibit was
the prints made by the pupils for
stamping cloth. These wood block
prints were designed and made by the
students in the art department and
used most successfully in transferring
the students designs to table covers
and other similar articles. -
The usual display of pennanship
was missing this year from the ek.
hibiton. as was the display Of work
from the smaller grades Of the schoolc.
This does not mean that this work
has been discontinued, but a change
from the usual exhibit was desired
for this year.
During the evening punch was
served by the young ladies of the
class, while othera.r met
the visitors at the door and ushered