Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-05-31


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SCHOOL EXHIBIT.
The public schools of Missouri
Valley have placed on display in
the gymnasium room of the new
high school the finest and larg-
est exhibit ever undertaken in
this county, and one which will
cause friends as we'll as parents
Ito open their eyes in wonder at
the remarkable outcome of the
.childrens work finished this year.
Those attending, so, far, have inn
'mediately asked two questions.
First. Why have you not given an
exhibit before, and has all this
work been done in one school
year or more?
Heretofore no suitable place
for an exhibit was obtainahle, and
to the second question, the work
on display has been completed
this year. Each and every room
from the kindergarten up to and
including the high school, have
taken great interest in the out
come of the exhibit and some
very wonderful things are the re-
suit Of many hours spent in de-
signing, searching; for correct
material. etc. Many pretty pic
lures i'm the art department show
much originality. The subjects
drawn free hand and colored are
from daily lessons, giving each
Ichild's mental picture of the les
son. reproduced on paper. The
tcut out pictures are immense,
Iand from distance look like
paintings. These were each
made by several pupils. Among
these We're pictures entitled Co
Ilumbus,'' "A Dessert Scene .
Santa Claus, 'The Snow Man, -
THE Wise Men, 'Hiawatha, !"
Charlie Chaplin, and many
Others. In the art department.
were advertising posters made
from the students applied knowl-
ledge gained by the whole years
work. under the direction of Miss
Anna Kirley. The requirements
lof these pictures were to use
each Students ability i'm design
ling these, several working on one
IpOsler.
| In fact there were altogether
too many splendid things to try
To put into mere words, as there
were samples Of penmanship,
completed products, from the
manual training department of
Sixth, Seventh, Eighth grades
and two years in high school,
under the direction of Prof. Col
lycr. There were beautiful Ii
brary tables, desks, pedestals,
writing desks, chairs, of oak,
even flytraps, etc. The speci-
mems from the sewing depart
ment, in charge of Miss lima
Pitts, teacher Of the sewing and
domestic science department,
We're many remarkable pieces OF
needle work, including kimonas,
skirts, coats, underclothes, and
also crochet work, spoon cases,
,shoe bags, etc. This work was
done by. pupils from Twelfth
grade down to the Sixth.
All of the departmental work
was under direction of Miss Ada
Beagle, Miss Susie Bird and Mrs.
Royce. Reading, language, his
tory, geography and arithmetic
lessons We're from daily work.
zone large map was made by the
Sixth grade showing products
raised and found in the United
States. The bird books were
novelties, each containing let
Tier or poem, supposed to be
written by one bird to another.
On this table were also found
several clever recipe books. The
Kindergarten Of the Third ward
have one unique table, called the
I"community work, consisting Of
homes, churches and stores in
Missouri Valley.
Other kindergarten work was
Iequally as good. The Third
lgrade's description taken from
the Card board construction