Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-01
STATE BOARD ARRANcES
 BIG SCHOOL EXHIBITION
Purpose to Show Character sf Work
 Carried en In smaH Tswns-

The state beard oe educaticn through it's 3s superviAine agents who repFe- sent 96 of the Ccnn<cticut towns hos arranged school sxhihition which state capitol during the next six weeks.
 The purpose of the exhibition Is to show in a measure the character of school work now being carried on in the smaller towns of the state.
 The exhibition shows sa1nples of reading material used in the lower grades and charts fer drill purposes in arithmetic, language, geography and history.
 There are also on exhibition vari- ous bulletins issued by the state board of education, including directions for teaching some of the common school ing selections. expression drills and the "Plans for Progress" The latter pamphlet outlines the minimum re- quirements for schools under state su- pervision.
 Each supervisor has exhibited work by pupils in schools under his super vision. The idea is not to display the work of any particular school or pu- pil but 10 show the variety and char acter of the work which is being done in the rural towns of the state.
 There are arithmetic papers show ing the work of each standard from the first to the eighth.
 There are seven charts containing language papers exhibiting different phases of the work in this subject dictation papers, work in copying, written reproduction, results in imi- tative composition. business forms, let ter writing, exercises in paragraphinS and written expression,
 The exhibition in penmanship in cludes some papers which have been marked by the Houston Handwriting Scale. The Houston scale is shown in this exhibit.
 Tn towns of Lebanon and Mansfield have furnished two interesting charts about agricultural interests These charts give some idea of the scope of the work in agriculture now carried on in some of the schools. As part of this exhibit there are to be found com positions written by school children describing their home projects The club work idea is presented and there are interesting photographs of school gatherings. school agricultural fair and field work. Mir. A. J. Brundage and MT. R. A. Storrs, supervisors of agriculture, arranged this part of the exhibition.
 Several of the towns have sent draw mgs to illustrate applications of prin- ciples of drawing taught in the schools. These principles are outlined ard ox- pIained in the Dunn leaflets which are in universal use. in the schools under state supervision.
 Schools tin the towns of Berlin, Bethlehem. North Branford, Saybrook, Somers, Sprague. Sterling and West brook have exhibits in sewing. Some of the sewing work exhibited by the Berlin schools is designed from pat terms draw nand cut by the pupils. The steps are shown in the exhibit.
 There is one chart showing pictures of school houses bringing out the changes which have been made by re- modelling.
 One of the interesting features of the exhibition is a model of a one room country school house which em- bodies ideas O. good construction such as one-side lighting. high windows, improved ventillating and heating ar rangements. The model on exhibition was made at the South Manchester Trade School.
 MT. H. Cloush, who planned and as- sembled the exhibition, has arranged to have someone on duty between the hours of ten A. H. and five F. H. to answer questions and explain the char acter of the work exhibited.