The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-05-12
THIRD WARD SCHOOL
HAD FINE EXHIBIT

Friday Was EXh.J!: Day fOr tie pit
PMS Ci Tie schools o: Fitzgerald and
parents and friends q the children
were calling ii day 10 see some OF
The special ti!a&5 th&t had been done
during the yea.
The guests WHO went to the Third
Ward School were met at the en-
trance by two girls who conducted
taen to 1 table in the hall where they
| registered in book made by the
sixth grade girls One Of the pupils
was III charge OF the register.
The halls were decorated in baskets
of roses The doors at the ends OF
The l.~.' we're latticcd and covered
with roses.
Since this was an exhibit OF Their
own work the teachers told the pu-
pills they must explain the exhibit
themselves 50 each room Lad pupils
WAC conducted the guests through,
seeing that nothing escaped notice,
enjoyment and appreciation
Mss kagan's room was full of Or
| lgIna!, pretty things, the First grade
had done. There were card board
boxes OF various designs the children
had made from boxes, original in de-
sign and purpose. On the sand ia
Die was farm scene A circus par
ade on the board, Butterflies were
Hy.ng all over the room and on the
curtains. In various attractive WAYS
! the work OF these little folks was
displayed and showed how splendidIy
The foundation of their education is
IS Be: ing laid and how full OF interest
for them.
The daintie5 thing in Miss Clark's
room was the May Pole Dance on the
| sand table. The spelling pads were
shaped like trees, bananas and tops
and on the walls were Overall Bows
and Sunbonnet babies, with small
books near by in which were writ.
ten stories about these interesting
people. There were boxes and bas-
kets which the pupils had made of
cardboard. Each child had made
Mothers Day Book On the desks
were booklets decorated with wind
mills containing poem about a wind
mil he room was decorated in
roses.
The Third grade is Miss Lillian
Dormlney's room. Bluebirds of hap
piness were futtering all over this
room. The pupils exhibited Dutch
sand table. representing the study
OF different countries and peoples
Geography charts of things grown in
Georgia Health Books, How to Keep
the Doctor Away, May Baskets and
May Calendars, Spelling Pads and
daily lessons, Illustrated Kite Stories,
Drawings, Writing, Language and
Arithmetic work was displayed on
each child's desk
Mrs. Yeatman is teacher of a Dor
ton of the second and third grades.
In this room child was dressed to
represent each country they had stud
led and these children displayed and
explained the features OF their worn
and room. One each desk was Fitc-
tgera!d Book, containing maps and in
tcreSting features and facts about the
city
Miss Thurnlon has the Fourth
grade and in this room Indian work
was chiefly featured. A black and
white border ornamented the boards.
Dolls were dressed as Indians. The
indian head dresses of feathers was
there and canoes, all made by the
pupils of the room and there were
! Indian Stories. Hiawatha had been
the poem studied and the influence of
the poem could be seen through all
their work. There was display Of
hand work. aprons, pillow covers
showing the work the girls do in their
sewing, club, spelling books and geo.
graphy posters representing the var
touS occupations were on the black
boards.
The fifth grade exhibit showed the
thoughtful hard work of older pupils
Miss Woods has laid a substantial
foundation. The History Notebooks
displayed on the blackboard were the
original work and design of the pu-
pills. There was a Pioneer Sand Ia
bic and desk work Hard work had
been done by the girls in their sewing
club. Dsfodils, by Wordsworth, has
been their memory poem. so daffodils
was the chief motif of decoration.
Three girls explained the work of
this grade.
Mrs. Hiliard teaches another divi-
sion OF the Fifth grade. The most
interesting feature in this room was
the paper pulp maps of South Amer
lea. There were Japanese stories, IL
Illustrations and decorations, History
books, Geography books, and mops,
all original design and hand work of
pupils. Lattice work and profusion of
roses decorated this room and there
was display of the girls hand work.
On the desks in all the rooms be-
ginning with the Second grade were
pads filled with the pupils work neatly
|, done on the inside and artisticahy
decorated on the outside.
If all the Exhibits measured up to
the Third Wards Exhibit the patrons
and friends of the school may feel
} well satisfied with the teachers efforts
and the chIdren's progress and devel-