The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-25
WELLS EXHIBIT,
INTERESTING ONE
Pupils Of This School Have Display
of Work Done During the year
Of Which They May
Be Proud.
TO KEEP OPEN TONIGHT
Orchestra Music VIII Feature Open
House to be Kept This Evening
For Patrons of the
District.
TO KEEP OPEN TONIGHT
Orchestra Music VIII Feature open
House to be Kept This Evening

Work of the pupils of the Weils
school was exhibited today IN Jug
Wells building 1t was an exhlpll o.
considerable merit, and many OF Inc
features were different from those "
the other schools. The exh1Dll
which opened at 800 o'clock, will be
open this evening until $500 O'CLOCK.
An orchestra will furnish music anu
the public is invited to attend.
The exhibit is all on one floor
and work of all departments was
shown.
The kindergarten with Miss DICK
erson, teacher, and Miss Lulu Arnold,
assistant. had a unique display OF
work. Some Of the pieces were made
by little tots not more than tnree
years old. The work included Tree
hand cut out work Of several var
ieties. The central feature OF the
kindergarten display was immature
house, all constructed and furnsheo
by the undergraduates. A lamp
shade of pretty design. was another
Bit of work done in this department,
and there were cut outs OF smail
chickens and chicken coo2s, apples
and butterflies, and other designs.
In the work Of room one, MISS
Carrie B. Gilmore, teacher, free hand
cutting, line. cutting, free hand draw
ing and coloring of designs were dis
played. One very pretty display was
that Of cut out work showing vases
filled with flowers, cut from natural
colored paper, or colored in the nat
ural flower colors and mounted. rms
was unusually well done, as were also
the posters made from line cutting
and colored. A number of small DOCK
lets with decorated covers were maze
by the pupils in this room. TINS Is
the first school in which booklet
making was attempted in the tlrst
grade.
Uncle Sam and Garden.
"a miniature garden, exempllfylng
the demand of the nation that food
stuffs be raised wherever possible,
was a feature Of the second room
work. Miss Bessie Rempe is teacher
in this room In the garden was
large figure of Uncle Sam expressing
his approval of the work. About MN
stood other figures cut out OF paper
showing the gardeners at work. Beans
were growing in the garden, and part
of the plot was just being planted.
Another interesting feature was the
May-pole with it's paper flgures
clustered about the pole. Other
features exhibited were free hama
cutting work, booklets, baskets OF
flowers cut from paper and coiored
and the writing and arithmetic pa
pers Of the pupils of this room.
Some exceptionally good water col
ors were features Of the display OF
room three. Mrs. N M. Conlee, teach
er. Pencil. sketches and free hand
cutting work were exhibited as work
done by pupils in this room, and
were booklets and clay work all
worthy of mention.
In room four, Miss Jack, teacher,
original stories and fables and pic
tire study booklets proved interest
ing features. The geography work
was exemplified by some exception
ally well made maps. and a number
of splendid water colors were on eX-
hibition. Penmanship, spelling pa
pers, and clay work completed the ex'
hibit.
Free hand paintings Of birds oc-
cupied a prominent place In the fifth
room exhibit. A free hand drawing
of the map of the world, was another
bit Of work displayed by
pupils in this room, and there were
Japanese paintings, also free hand.
Stories from pictures We're part OF
the exhibit and showed some clever
and original ideas. Mrs. Wood Is
teacher of this room.
Penmanship Certificates.
Eleven certificates Of excellence
the highest award for penmanship
granted by the Keokuk public schools,
We're featured in the exhibit of room
six. Miss Dimond, teacher. These
certificates and samples of the writ
ing which gained these awards were
quite interesting to the visitors. \
display of hand work, including
baskets and variety of articles made
of raffia, such as mats, coat hangers
and the like were displayed, along
with manual training school products,
such as bird houses, book racks and
the like. Product maps, relief maps
and outline maps illustrated the
work Of the pupils.
Drawings from still life in crayon,
;n1, and water colors formed part of
the sixth rooms exhibit, and showed
excellent work. Another feature OF
this rooms display was number OF
cartoons and sketches by Charles
PAXTON. A whole corner was devoted
to his work. Pen and ink work, and
water colors by this young artist,
together with a number of timely car
toons and war posters, comprised his
part of the exhibit.
The teachers of the school and Miss
Eva J. Stevens, principal, have rea-
son to be proud of the work which
was displayed, and the patrons of