Connecticut western news., 1917-03-08
SCHOOL EXHIBITION.

The State Board of Education through its 36 supervising agents who represent 96 of the Connecticut towns has ar- ranged school exhibition which may be seen on the first floor of the state capitol during the next six weeks.
 The purposes 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 samples of reading material used in the lower grades and charts for drill purpose in arithmetic, language, geography and history.
 There are also on exhibition various bulletins issued by the State Board of Education including directions for teaching some of the common school subjects, accomplishment tests, reading selections, expressions drills and the "Plans for Progress" The latter pamphlet outlines the minimum re- quirements for schools under state supervision.
 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 pupil but to show the variety and character of the work which is being done in tn rural towns of the state.
 There are arithmetic papers showing the work of each standard from the first to the eighth.
 There are seven charts containing 1a, n~hfhsNs,. phases of the work in this subject dictation papers, work in copying, written reproduction, results in imita. tive composition, business forms, let. ter writing, exercises in paragraphing and written expression.
 The exhibition m penmanship in cludes some papers which have been marked by the Houston Handwriting Scale. The Houston scale is shown in this exhibit.
 The towns of Lebanon and Mans field 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 compositions written by school children describing their home projects. The club work idea is presented and there are interesting photographs of school gatherings, a school agricultural fair and field work. MT. A. J. Brund- age and MT. R. A. Storrs, supervisors of agriculture, arranged this part of the exhibition.
 Several of the towns have sent draw. ings to illustrate applications of princi- pies of drawing taught in the schools. These principles are outlined and ex- plained in the Dunn leaflets which are in universal use in the school under state supervision.
 Schools in the towns of Berlin, Bethlehem, North Branford, Saybrook, Somers, Sprague, Sterling and Vest brook have exhibited work in sewing. Some of the sewing work exhibited by the Berlin schools is designed from patterns drawn and cut by the pupil. 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 model of a one-room country school house which embodles ideas of good construction such a one- side lighting, high windows, improved ventilating and heating arrangement. The model on exhibition was made at the South Manchester Trade School.
 Mir. II. O. Clough, who planned and assembled the exhibition, has arranged to have some Un one duty between the hours of ten a. m. and five D. m., to answer questions and explain the char actor of the work exhibited.