The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-05-14
SCHOOL EXHIBIT WAS
EXCEPTIONALLY FINE.

ested in the schools visited the build
ings all day Friday in spite Of the
rain and all felt we'll repaid for their
trouble as the exhibits were splendid
in every grade. Perhaps they did not
make quite as big a show as last year,
as each room had a separate exhibit,
but this gave them more room and
more was put on display
Let us first visit the First Ward
School building of which every grade
there represented deserves special
mention as theirexhibits showed a
great deal of work and brought out
the ideas of mind that little hands
can make. The kindergarten classes,
those of Mrs. Burke, Mrs. Winlberly,
Misses Hattie Taylor and Lillian Dor
miney, had display of many dressed
dolls, paper and straw chains, stories
pictured in booklets such as those OF
the Three Bears and the Pilgrims,
the latter history clear through the
eating of their FIRST Thanksgiving din
ner. Free hand cuttings and pictures
all show the work of many busy little
hands and minds.
The grade taught by Miss Helen
Matthews, besides many papers ana
pictures, had Japanese town on a
sand table, the little houses and PEG
lep making it look quite real. The sa-
cred mountain of these people formed
the background scene for this pretty
view.
Miss Tyler's classes presided over
in her absence by Miss Echols had a
splendid display of their years work
ia lesson papers, pictures, etc.
In the room taught by Miss Julia
Prentiss was miniature home which
every child in the room either helped
paint or make some article to furnish
it. This showed great deal of taste
and original thought of the children.
1t might furnish new model for a
builder, or it might have been the
ideal of the instructor of this class.
Miss Hattie Clark's classes also
had pretty show Of many baskets
paintings and booklets made by the
children.
Miss Hartnetts classes among
other thigs decided to attract the fem
inine eye by arranging an up-to-date
millinery department though the hats
were indeed too small for anything
bat 6ve-cent doll, their prices were
beyond the visitors greatest expect
ations.
Miss Reynolds and Miss Averitt's
classes, which both occupy the same
room made special feature Of the
industries, those of the indoor arts
and Of gardening Miss Averitt's class
showed many splendid things Of
needle work, crochet and basket
work, besides many pictures and stud
les of their class work.
Great originality was shown on a
large card hung in the room of Miss
Reynolds. At the top Of this was
(taken from the Leader Enterprise
Nail Flag to Your Plow and Work
Tor Your Country as You'd Fight for
it On each upper corner was a
farmer with his pillow and each plow
was proudly waving u S. flag. In
the middle of the card was a complete
map of the Southern states, each state
being little booklet in which was
written something of the history and
he products of that state.
A sand table on which was built an
Indian camp was an attraction in the
room of Mrs. Alice Dickerson. A
pond with real live fish was amusing
to the children.
Miss Merritt's class of 9th grade
had splendid booklets of poems stud.
led during the year and raised maps
showed great deal of work.
Perhaps the prettiest and most rea
look maps were those of South Amer.
lea foacd in the room of Miss Der.
nice Rohrer. They were papier mach,
and were colored in the colors of mo
ther Garth
The classes of Miss Crawford hae
beautiful displays of birds books or
birds and free-hand drawings and col
orings done by the class, all of which
showed that an Audubon" Societ,
had been organized here. An inter
csting program telling what tn,
children had learned about this stud,
was given by them. 1t was opened
by singing The Star Spangled Ban
ner and giving the flag salute.
The 3rd grade of Miss Doroth,
Jones had on exhibit free hand GU
out work pictures and booklets OF
poems, and on sand table was :
May pole dance and the GROWING OF
the Nav Queen