Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1916-06-14
annual EXHIBIT
TEASTPORT SCHOOL
Shows Clever Work Done by
Pupils During Past Year.
A SCHOOL FULL OF INTEREST
Manual Training and Domestic Science
Work Of High Order---Credit to
Teachers and Students Of
Village Across the Spa.

The annual exhibit of the students OF
the Eastport school was held this af-
ternon from ? to 4 o'clock. The pur-
pose of the exhibit is to display the
work done by the pupils during the
past year and to show what has been
accomplished by them.
A visit to the school is filled with in
terest from the little tots work in the
beginners grade TO the graduates of
the Seventh Grade. Such exhibitions
are a great benefit to the pupils. as
there is a certain amount of competi-
ton. each one wishing his or her work
to appear as well or better than the
others. II keeps them striving for this
end throughout the year, and it is a
pleasure to see the delight of those
whose work is especially admired
The exhibit includes all of the work
showing arithmetic papers, compost
tions, penmanship, drawing, manual
training and domestic work. All of
the manual training and domestic
work is in charge of the various teach
ers with the exception of nine boys
and ten girls of the Seventh Grade,who
were allowed to attend the classes in
these subjects at the Annapolis High
School once a week.
The exhibits of the Seventh Grade in
manual training include tie racks.
waste baskets, stools bread boards,
etc. while those of the domestic sci
ence include fancy work and plain
sewing Special attention in all of the
grades is given to penmanship, the
Palmer method being used. The rapid
advance in this work in the beginners
grade is really remarkable.
The other work of the beginners
grade include cutting paper and paper
weaving, construction work, making
doll houses, ETC., sewing and coloring
with crayons and making out-cuts for
holidays and other events. The adj
vanced first take up the same work and
develops it further. Sewing on cards
to illustrate stories read to the class
and making illustrations from leaves
of flowers, ETC., for short stories.
The Second Grade continues the
same line of work and have made many
pretty and useful things, including
sanitary drinking cups which embod-
les a hygiene lesson. Very clever
where hammocks have been woven on
cardboards with starting-and they are
just large enough for each little girls
doll. This class has also made some
very nice relief maps of South America
with salt and flour mixture on boards
showing the mountain ranges and the
course of the rivers. Designing of oil
cloth and linolium has been taken up
and some good work done.
The Fourth Grade exhibit includes
some fine specimens of penmanshir
and some very good work in fancy and
and spelling are neat and we'll done
They also have made relief maps and
colored drawings. In the Fifth Grade
the exhibit shows drawings of different
parts of the body illustrating lessons il
hygiene, basket weaving and display
of pen and ink drawings.
The display in the Sixth Grade il
given over principally to some very
fine drawings in color and pen and inl
sketches, many of which show talent
The display of sewing is also yer!
good The Seventh and graduating
class has a display of much variety
including the finishedwork of th'
school and all of the branches taught
The display here was arranged in con
junction with Flag Day, and beside
the decorations of flags around th
room, the blackboards have severa
| pictures in colored chalk of the Stat
Seal. the Maryland Flag and cartoon
on the American-M Mexican situation
Some very good typographical map
have been drawn ty the pupils. as wei
as illustrations made by the variou
movements embodied in the Paine
method of penmanship. All in all tn
| exhibits are a credit to the teacher
i of the various grades.
| There will be no special graduatio
/ exercises at the school, principally TO
lack of room. However, each clas
will have their own exercises and reci
tations on Friday, and the graduatn
class viii, receive their certificates.