Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1922-04-29
SCHOOL EXHIBITS
WORK OF YEAR TO
VISITING PUBLIC
Teachers Have Placed an In
teresting and Attractive
Showing of Pupils Work
on Display for Parents
and Friends.

display in the upper hall of the
school building. 1t will remain there
all day Thursday and Friday andfor
the evenings. All parents and friends
are urged to go and see the exhibit
ttons, they are we'll worth the time
1t will take to go through the vari-
GUS departments.
We begin with the primary de-
partment display In charge of Miss
Violet Stevens. The border Is OF
animals, cut from colored paper and
represents a Barnes circus parade.
There is the Gagged lion, the bears,
and all the other circus animals.
Along the side of the table are tiny
hammocks made of cord and we're
woven ON a loom by the little tots.
Little yarn mats, also woven on a
loom. Pretty paper canoes, little In
dian papoose in the little strai ght
jackets strapped to their mothers
back, all made from art paper and
colored. In the center of the table
is Holland scene, showing a barn,
rustic bridge over a canal, milk
maids and cows, all made from
paper and done In colors. Also a
sample of the plasticine work made
into animals. 1t Is q soft medicated
formation that is easily nodded into
objects and does not harden. Along
the wall is display of colored art
work. The art work Is all under the
direction of Mrs Wetherell.
On one corner of the table is
miniture Japan, all made from the
art paper and colored, showing the
cherrie blossoms, and the attractive
tea garden with the Japanese motif
in the lake, pretty little maids in
their bright colored kimonas, and the
Jinrikisha, drawn by the Japanese.
There is crayon work pictures In
raffia frames, Washington and Lin
coin booklets, written work and ex-
cellent samples of penmanship.
In Miss Irene Smiths first and
second grade exhibits there is a doll
house complete, with two dolls, ta-
bile, chairs and bed all of paper, neat
written work. Pretty yellow butter
flies, colored crayon work, several
kinds of flowers also cut from the
paper and colored. A pretty Hol-
land scene, showing the little dutch
girls in the native dress, the canals
and windmilis. The spelling chart
with the stars for each week OF per-
feet spelling, The girls excel.
Second grade In charge of Miss
Wenz. On the wall is May pole
dance by the Easter rabbits, made of
paper and pasted on the dark con-
struction art peper. All sorts of
pretty crayon work, flowers, jack
olanterns and fruit. An attrac-
tion at this exhibition is the Christ
mas scene done In white crayon work
on black construction paper, show
Ing the snow, the three wise men,
and camels cut out OF white paper,
and the star. 1t Is very effective.
There are note books with attrac-
tive covers, with arithmetic and
spelling inside. Winter scenes also
in the crayon work. 1t is really
amazing what the youngsters are
capable of doing at that age. On the
wall near the work is the health
crusade roll of knighthood, and the
Junior Red Cross roll Of honor OF
which all grade children are men,
bers. There are plants in brown
pots, and they look so real
Third grade in charge of Miss
Link. Attractive looking note books
OF spelling, language and arithme-
tic. The covers are works of art, wa
ter colors and crayons. Camels and
elephants and rabbits cut from pa
per- Also rabbits and colored eggs.
One pretty little picture is the six
wise looking little white owls on a
fence all made from the art paper.
Fourth grade, taught by Miss
Houser. Biographies of Washing
ton and Lincoln In attractive book
lets with picture of the statesman
on the cover. Spelling, arithmetic
and language In pretty booklets
having for their cover design, Pill
grims, flowers and conventional de-
signs. Effective color work Of bas-
kets of pansies, Japanese Sampams
on a blue sea, winter scene of two
tall trees and snow on the ground.
all done In water colors. Art con-
struction of letters cut from white