Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1924-05-01
Wonderful Exhibit
At vi. & M. School


ried out by the local high school pu-
pills, was the high school exhibition
Monday afternoon and evening. This
was given as part of the commence
ment exercises. While it was under
the supervision of the senior class,
the displays, ETC., were the work of
the high school. Each and every de-
partment was represented in some
fitting manner, and to fully describe
them would be practically im posi-
BILE, since each department contained
many exhibits.
Entering the building, IN tho main
hall was the journalism display
showing the printing of the high
school weekly Unonian. Across the
hall in the rest room was the Red
Cross and health exhibit, showing
health work, sanitation, food value,
posters made by the class in physiol-
at the left the first displays We're in
the music department, Bible study
and French, with their note books,
drawings and posters. The athletics
had a small display showing minia
ture basketball court and football
gridiron. The geography depart
ment was featured with various
drawings and posters. The vocation
department was represented by some
timely posters showing the adyan-
tages of having some vocation
here were featured home economies
home making, nursing, engineering,
etc The mathematics had a. large
exhibit of drawings, cubes, squares,
globes, etc part of the chemistry
experiments was shown, as was also
the physics.
Passing on was the manual train
ing with its already finished and in
process of being finished wood work,
all the work of the class. A hand
some table which had been made,
was being given varnish finishing
right in sight of the audience Many
fine pieces of wood work were shown,
including a large clock. This was
very popular display.
The agriculture display occupied
space clear across the east end of
the auditorium. With the agricul-
ture was included the farm shop ex-
hibit, which closely resembles the
manual training, since here We're
displayed various articles used on
the farm. such as wheel barrow ,wag
on bed, step ladders, and many other
necessary farm articles. all made by
the class
Mrs. Buttons recitation room
contained the Latin and U. S. history
displays. Ordinarily Latin exhibit
would be considered perhaps some
thing uninteresting. But here it was
made very practical and interesting
In the Latin display were original
and cleverly made posters showing
the number of English words derived
from single Latin root, in some in
stances several hundred. The his
tory display included principally
maps of the Civil war. This was the
period the class is now studying, and
the maps were a part of the lessons.
aIcn tho aityioc dan t.t ont
featured by note books containing
matters pertaining to our local gov
ernment of the county-the various
officers, matters not found in the
regular text books. On the second
floor was the biology and general
science exhibit, and it was most COM
plete, and the best and most attrac-
tive of all the displays. Here were
shown hundreds of mounted speci-
mems of various insects; and three
aquariums, all of which were made
by the boys of the class. Also there
were displayed hundreds of speci
mems of weeds, and various plants.
In addition were beautiful growing
plants, and stuffed animals and BIRDS,
all done by the class. Relics, sam
pies of woods, etc, were among the
display, and besides these We're, as in
all exhibits, the note books. This
display was so complete that it
would have done any college justice
While perhaps not attracting as
much attention as some others, one
of the very best and most practical
displays shown, was the home eco
nomics. The display was excellent
Here We're a dozen or more finished
dresses, both fancy and plain, be-
sides many other garments, also hats,
all made by the yo&ng ladies of the
class. A beautiful miniature bed
was on display, showing the proper
manner in which a bed should be
made. Here was also displayed the
proper sort Of medicine chest. This
department put on style show of
about 20 different dresses, showing
the proper sort of dresses and hats
to be worn by different types of
women, school girls, and SO on.
The English department staged
a part of Shakespeare's julius Gaze
sar; the Latin department a drama
-ization of Cicero's third oration, and