The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1918-07-06
School Exhibit at Zion College Building
Zion Educational Institutions
CONTINUED from last weekly
&C. B. W.

Continued from last week)
While the study of Art in Zion Schools is super
vised through all the eight grades of the Junior
Department and the four years Of the Preparatory
course by Miss Susanna Bagley her active per-
sonal instruction begins with the Fifth Grade.
In the First, Second, Third and Fourth Grades,
she merely outlines the art work each month to
the various teachers, and in this way it is carried
on Systematically through the entire year, every
part of the school working together harmoniously
as unit.
Work in the Fifth and Sixth Grades is entirely
class work. In the Seventh and Eighth Grades,
there is considerable class work, but some in
dividual work. In the Preparatory Department,
individual work enters largely into the course,
although there u.s. necessarily, some class work all
the way through.
The Art course in the grades consists of pencil
work, charcoal and pastel, with some water color.
In the Fifth and Sixth Grades, under the personal
direction of Miss Bag1ey, students begin to make
sketches from objects. For instance, one noticed
in the Exhibit some very clever pose sketches by
the pupils of classmates, which were easily recog
nizable by persons acquainted with the subjects.
One could readily conceive how interesting and
fascinating work of this kind would become. OBJ
ject drawing also includes vases, books, fruit,
flowers, etc.
There were on display interior views of model
living rooms sketches of landscapes, camping
scenes ETC., showing an endless variety of sub
| jects.
Beginning with the Fifth Grade, the pupils are
taught to work out original designs for wall
paper booklet covers lettering, scriptural notices
with flowers, or anything for decoration-the de-
sign first being cut, free-hand, from paper.
The work in the Sixth Grade is very similar to
that in the Fifth, the same materials being used
but it shows more finish and detail, and the sub
Jects are more complicated and difficult. One
splendid piece of work on exhibit in this grade
was motto with flowers, done entirely in free
hand cutting, the pupil not even spacing her let
| ter1ng-thus showing true, mechanical eye as
we'll as artistic ability
! The Exhibit showed original designs for book
lets of poems, and other beautiful creations also
booklets for all kinds of practical every day pur-
poses, such cookbooks, scrapbooks, order books
and laundry lists.
! In the Seventh Grade, individual work becomes
much more pronounced, and in the Eighth Grade
the work is nearly all of this character. The
work on exhibit in these grades was of a very
high order.
1t seemed wonderful what results have been
obtained simply through the use of art paper and
pastel crayons. The walls were decorated with
such profusion of beautiful pictures that we
would make no attempt to say which was the best
In fact, the most experienced judges might differ
| IN their decisions; certain beauties which would
escape the eye of one would appeal to another
One rustic scene, especially, caught the atten-
t1on-that of a homestead surrounded by trees
flowers, vines and shrubbery, with sheet of
water in the distance. What could be more rest
fu to the tired nerves than picture of this kind
especially to one born and reared among the quiet
scenes of the hill country where the hand of
nature has been lavish; to one who loves every
rock and ri every wooded hillside every peace
full hidden nook, with an intensity known only
to those who have spent their childhood amid such
surroundings?
| Another beautiful view was of scene in the
Scottish highlands, with mountains in the dis
lance, sheet of water in the foreground and a
road winding about the foot of hillside. In an
other rustic scene, the chief beauty consisted of
an excellent water reflection.
Nor did the work all consist of landscape
scenes. There were some very clever character
! sketches, adding spice and variety. One espe-
c1ally attractive picture of tiny pinkcheeked
tot, in becoming Dutch cap and quaint, blue
bootees, who carried an enormous knitting bag
and industriousy piled her needles as she walked
Her ball of yarn had fallen at her feet and
mischievious puppy had become entangled in the
threads. The picture was excellent in detail.
Passing into the large Art Room proper, con-
tanning the work of the Preparatory Department,
we found such wealth of splendid drawings that
we were filled with amazement at their variety
and excellence.