Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-17
HIGH SCHOOL
EXHIBIT GIVEN

| SiOWdo iSCoO0 WIN ~ S'0Ss
Demonstration as Well as
Other Features of Courses.
| The work of the four special courses
high school eliminated for the year
| last night when the first annual exhl-
bition was given in these subjects. Inc
rain did not prevent the families anu
friends of the students from attenu-
ing. to see what has been accomplish, ,
ed in these lines during the year, anu
the guests were thoroughly recompen-
sed and greatly interested In every
phrase of the exhibition.
Physical training, drawing. cooking
and sewing are coming to the fore
as essential parts of modern eduea- :
| ton. The splendid work that can be
accomplished in these was manifest
last night and there Is no doubt but
what every visitor understood the
great need of developments in these
departments to the very best possible.
Miss Marion Burns presented pro-
gram of physical education which
came as a great surprise to all the Wis
itors because of the very advanced
work which had been accomplished
during the year. With and without
music, the girls made manifest their
thorough training and won thunders
of applause from the onlookers.
The marching and mimentic exercises
by the sophomores might have been
the envy of many an army detail and
the Swedish exercises by the seniors
and juniors brought out the training
the girls have received and the alert
ness of the ear and limb, in responding
to the commands.
sunbeam polka was executed by
lNrn
Nickenig whose grace and presenta-
ton called for the demand for rep
etition.
Black Nag by the seniors and the
squad work by the freshmen evil
denced the fact that the girls are equal
to any sort of gymnastics and the
work on the apparati and Gathering
Peascods" transformed them from
OF of hearty gymnasts into a group of
graceful young girls doing thorough
Justice to the beautiful old English
dance.
Betty Ramsay and Alice Eskeson, as
Dutch Riddles executed Dutch dance
as though they had been raised in Hoi-
land. Very quaint and perfectly man.
euvered, the girls were obliged to re-
spond to an encore and went through
the entire dance a second time.
The freshmen girls, as little gos-
sips" dressed In pinafores walked the
length OF the gymnasium in two's. and
while in perfect time to the music
halted, gossped, We're horrified and
continued on until they found some
thing else to gossip about.
The physical exhibit ended with a
shuttle relay own by the seniors from
the juniors; leap frog by the sopho-
mores from the freshmen and an OBJ
stacle race won by the Ulman squad.
Miss Burns believes. apparently in
the sentiments of Theodore Roosevelt
when he said that "Our national
health is physically our greatest asset.
To prevent possible deterioration of
the American stock should be nat
ional ambition" The activities of
Miss Burns girls came as a surprise
to all the visitors. No one has realized
the possibilities of physical training
in this high school and 1t is Miss
Burns idea to develop this department
to it's fullest extent.
Mrs. Mary S. Danenhower. at the
head of the drawing department, also
had a surprise in store for the hitherto
dlsinterested people. The work of the
seniors down to the freshmen, was of
a caltbre not often found in a high
school of this size, but in this case,
too, showed the possibilities of this
special course Probably the finest
work done this year were the mosaics.
OF original pattern and splendid work
manship they were work of much
higher institutions. The decorative
done by the seniors showed
great care and study while modern
poster advertising work and mono
gramming of a high calibre demon
that Mrs. Danenhower has
not shirked the difficult phases of this
work.
. Two battik scarfs laid out on table
were made by students themselves,
and when bought, are extremely ex-
pensive. The department here has got
past the stage of conVentionalizing
flowers and have now conventionalized
cucumbers, peppers, tomatoes, and
other vegetables and fruits into most
designs.
Not ordinarily found in such de-
partment vas a fine showing of me-
ohanical drawing work. Drawings
from which substantial pieces of fur
niture can be made have been done
by classes this year, swerving from
the customary routine of freehand
drawing only.
CONTINUED on page 81