Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1922-05-10
SECOND ANNUAL VISITORS. DAY IN
CITY SCHOOLS NEXT WEDNESDAY
People Of Wlillmar Urged to sUisit Schools Of
City on Wednesday afternoon and &,ening.
Exhibits This Year Unexcelled

1ear Ll,excell ed.
The second annual Visitors Day in
the public schools OF the city will be
held next Wednesday afternoon and
evening, May 17th. The. Visitors Day
held last year during the month OF
May was a tremendous; success, the
schools being. visited by crowds of
friends and parents thruouts the day
and evening Visitors are welcomed to
attend the classes thruout the day and
also to view the unusually attractive
exhibits which have been prepared for
the day. Every department has its
work on display and the exhibits are
without doubt the best which have
been presented to the public in this
way. The teachers ard classes are ex-
pecting parents to- visit the rooms so
the faculty desires that visitors feel
free to enter all c!assrooms and in
spect the work being done.
Manual Training =.
The manual training department is
working especially hard to make a
good showing. Many people are un-
der the impression that the exhibits
! held here each year are of the same
kind. This lis incorrect. The ar
tic,es en- exhibit this year are of
nature never before shown in Willmar
The manual training exhibit will be
found on the stage in the gymnasium.
Beautiful electric lamps Of all kinds.
different varieties OF tables, chairs,
rockers, nut bowls, candle sticks,
stools, and many smaller articles will
be exhibited. The department auth
critics are very anxious that everyone
in the city should visit them. Other
departments in the school will also be
we'll represented. Regular classes will
be in progress thruout the school sys-
tenn and patrons are invited to visit
wherever they choose,
Art Exhibits
For the past two, years, our public
school art course has existed, not for
the purpose Of -train.pK children to
make pictures; sbecauss ptEture-mak-
ing belongs IS the specialized. profes.
J sions or,yo cations, which are {ollowed
! by painters, illustrators and sculptors.
These sare Legitimate. and honorable
lines, but are open only to the com
/ paratively few, especially gifted by ma
ture for such work. The average per-
son needs to know how to furnish his
! or her house, how to choose clothing.
how to arrange business advertise
ments, etc. Thru these choices per-
son constantly cultivates taste, and de-
ve!ops general appreciation OF the
most suitable, the most useful and
therefore the most beautiful. With this
in mind our public school art course
has been SO arranged as to comprise
| the arrangements of cOlors and shap-
/ es; representation of objects; self-ex-
preston in drawing; designing of pa
per costumes for dolls; arrangement
/ of various rooms in the home com
mercial design; constructive design:
object drawing; nature drawing: and
stick printing work. Thru the first. six
| grades this course has been diligently
applied, and there are some remark
able results to exhibit. The teachers
are very proud to present for inepec-
ton the work Of the children from the
Willmar Public Schools.
Home Economics
Those who are interested in the
work of the Home Economics Dept
vii, have. an opportunity at the Ex-
hibit, May 18th, to see what is being
! done by the girls taking these courses.
Sewing is compulsory for all girls in
the seventh and eighth grades. and
during these two years they are taught
to sew by hand and to use the machine
/ They learn to make the common seams
and when to sse them, the simple en-
broidery stitches which they apply
to some usable article Besides the
above they are taught to make button
holes, sew on buttons and to patch
: and darn. Three years OF work is
offered to pupils above the eighth
grade, but this is elective The first
years work consists of.one semester
of Foods and Cookery and one OF
Clothing" In the former the girls
I learn the principles underlying the
. cooking fthe different kinds OF food
something OF the composition OF foods
): together with the use and care OF kit
chen equipment. In the sewing class a
review is given of the principles tau
ght in the seventh and eighth grades
and. in addition, more complicated
stitches and processes such as plack
cts. bound button holes and the use Of
bias tape, ending with the constitu
ton OF the. simpe dress.
Foods and c6eksry
The next year, the hrst hslf is de
voted to Foods and Cookery. and tht
I remainder to Homs Management
Here there is given . reyieH OF the
first years work With tho .emphasis OF
the planning and serying q meals