The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-05-21
THE ANNUAL EXHIBITS.

the High School gymnasium on Fri
day of last week. In each Depart
ment the work of very high merit and
those who awaited themselves of the
opportunity to visit the exhibit were
amazed at the standard of work and
the type that the local schools were
accomplishing. In Domestic Science
the work displayed was without
question the equal of the work that
may be seen in any high school OF the
state. In the afternoon at $40 two
original plays were produced in the
High School Assembly by the girls
Of the Freshman and Sophomore
classes and in these plays dresses
were worn which were the product of
the girls work. The credit which is
1ue Miss Hoen is unusual for in
very few few schools could the exhib-
it of dresses and other spring appar-
ell be placed on display than was
placed on display in the local High
School on Friday last. Not only was
the evidence of excellent judgment
on the part of the teacher in the
type of clothing they had made but
the fancy work which was shown in
dicated decided high development by
unusual instruction. 1t has been gen.
orally known that in the work of
cooking, of serving banquets, of
economical production of meals that
The local girls have done, which is
exceptional. The University has rec
ugnized the work done by the Edger-
ION High School and has used the De-
partment of the local schools as a
model, setting standard of other
schools in the state. Those who wit
messed the sewing work done in evil
dence last Friday will realize that
the Department is as deserving of
credit as is the work in cooking.
In Manual Training the usual dis
play of articles, of porch swings,
tables, chairs, cedar chests, lamps,
fineries, pedestals and so forth were
shown. The type of work done was
commendable and it in itself ex-
plains why this particular branch of
school work is so popular with the
boys of the school. The small projects
of the seventh and eighth grade
boys such as hat and coat hangers,
waste baskets, and so forth gave a
clear indication of the fact that boys
Of this age are going to 3e attract
ed and encouraged to remain long
er in their school course because this
type of work may be secured. Mr..
Wakeman has had charge of the
Manual Training Department since
Mr.. Lamoreaux resigned and has
kept the work to it's usual high
standard.
In Penmanship Miss Kruse as Sup
arvisor has on display the work of
the children from the third grade
through the eighth in which there
we're comparisons made of the legi-
bility and speed of the penmanship
IF each individual between the first
of the year and the present. The
Palmer system is used in the Edger-
ton schools and the decided effec-
tiveness of supervising in this par
ticular school activity was shown by
the extraordinary improvement made
in practically every individual case.
Even the penmanship of the first and
second grade children gave evidence
IF what an early start properly di-
rected means in the development of
a legible hand.
In the Art work the display was
probably the best which the school
mas shown to the public. 1t consist
ed of the work of all of the grades
and of the high school class in arts
and crafts. This display gave evil
dence of how much this type of work
IAN mean to school children. Ideas
IF perspective of proper proportion,
Of harmony of colors, of distinction
between the crude and the beautiful
cannot but be developed when such
work is the result as that shown by
the samples on display. The work in
Arts and Crafts conducted by Miss
Wiedenbeck with group of High
School students is a move in the
right direction and should be extend
ed even farther than it has been. 1t
is hoped that the time will come when
the art work need not be suspended
at the end of the eighth year but
that all High school pupils who are
CO ;rcI;nad NAV he allowed the OppOr-