Arizona republican., 1922-05-27
OPEN HOUSE IS
HELD FRIDAY BY
C|TY'S SCHOOLS
Exhibition Of Work Of The
1000 Pupils Of Grades
Made - Hundreds Call
At Monroe School Dur
ing The Day

Hundreds Of Phoenix people yes
terday We're given the opportunity
of seeing the fine results which have
been accomplished in the city gram
mar schools during the past year, at
a public exhibition of school work
held at the Monroe school. Work
from all departments of the gram
mar schools of Phoenix was on dis
play from 9 o'clock in the morning
until 9 o'clock pm. The exhibition
included work by every pupil of the
city schools. about 1000 in all.
The exhibition, which is the annual
event marking the close of the school
year, was this year larger than ever
before. Throngs of interested citizens
of Phoenix passed through the school
throughout the day and evening.
Most impressive of all, in the ex-
hibition We're the work of the girls
sewing classes and the boys manual
training classes 1t is natural that
these departments should have the
best displays due to the concrete re-
suits which are obtained by them. 1t
would take 8. different form of ex-
hibition to display the results at
tanned in the academic department.
In Furniture Store
The main hallway on the first
floor of the Monroe school appeared
to be a regular high class furniture
store. Bright and shiny pieces OF fur
niture of all sizes, kinds and shapes
extended the entire width of the
building. There was everything there
from whiskbroom holders to elaborate
dressing tables. Porch swings iron
ing boards, desks, chest, chairs and
tables We're there, polished to such a
degree of perfection in many cases
that shone like jewels.
A feature of the manual training
exhibit were piano lamps desk lamps
and an illuminated writing table.
Among the more ingenious pieces was
a combination medicine chest and
shaving mirror, illuminated by two
electric lights, made by Leslie Wor-
den of the Eighth A grade.
In the domestic art class room there
was a veritable dry goods store in
miniature. Work of the different
classes in sewing was stacked on ta-
bles, hung on the walls and arranged
in glass cases. Beginning with the
younger pupils, there were embroid-
cred laundry bags, patches and darns
and towels, finished with great skill.
Work of the more advanced students
included night gowns, bungalow
aprons. princess slips, boomers and
dresses.
The sewing work was judged by
the state superintendent of vocational
education, Miss Baer; Mrs Clyde
Downing of the opportunity school,
and Mrs. L. D. Dameron. Prizes were
awarded as follows:
Prize Winners
Laundry bags, 5B--Anna Cox, first;
Eva Arnold. second.
Patches, 5A-Anna Cox, first; Ger
trude Frehergs second.
Darns-Sabina Pike, first; Angelo
Ia Ruiz, second.
Towels-Pastora Romera, first; Lu-
cille Baswitz, second.
Holder, 6B-Stella Pazaro. first;
Evelyn Seaman, second.
Night gown-Grace Cox, first;
Cruz Valentia, second.
Bungalow apron-Marjory Olivery,
first; Emma Secklemeier, second
Boomers, 7B-Evelyn Seaman,
first; Lilly Alday, second.
Princess slip-Dorothy Hennig,
first; Genena Gransbury, second
Cooking apron, 7A-Elizabeth
Young, first; Lucille Owen. second.
Dress-M Mary Wilson, first; Lillian
Peart, second.
In the main hall of the second floor
were displayed the academic and art
department exhibits. On the walls
were the drawings. designs and paint
ings of the art classes, and on the ta-
bles down the middle of the hall were
arranged the papers from the acade-
mic department.
Work f the local kindergartens
were also displayed. including mod
eled animals. cuteuts, colored draw
ings and crafts
One of the features of the exhi-
bition was the display of vegetables
from the school gardens There We're
onions, carrots, beets and turnips
tastefully arranged on a big table.
The exhibition was concluded in
the evening by a fashion show, put
on by the girls of the sewing class,
who wore their own garments.