Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-06
GRAMMAR SCHOOL PUTS ON THIRD
ANNUAL EXHIBIT OF Pupil s. WORK

grammar school will open this morn
ing at 9 o'clock and close tomorrow
afternoon at o'clock at the gram
mar school building, Twelfth street
and A avenue. The exhibit has
been prepared under supervision OF
George A. Bergfield, grammar school
principal, and the various instruC.,
tors.
Hours for the exhibit to be open
are from a. III to p. m today
and tomorrow All classes and stud
;eS are represented in the display.
The greater portion of the ex.
hibit has been arranged about the
patio in the center of the school
building, and this arrangement adds
greatly to its attractiveness. Most
OF the exhibits from the domestic
science and manual arts classes are
in room by themselves.
The exhibit includes work of vari-
Gus kinds from all classes in the
school from the sixth to eighth
grades, inclusive. The PirtleviIle
school sent a few pieces for the
manual arus display. A few pieces
also came from the high school. The
grammar school pupils made most
of the pieces.
Much of the work at Douglas
grammar schools exhibit this yea.
is Of high quality. A trip about tl1e
patio at once brings homo the real
ization that the Douglas pupils di0
much patient and efficient work TO
turn out the imposing exhibit.
In the classroom exhibit are speci.
@lpa1NN
lettering, reviews of books read by
the pupils, business and personal let
ters, drawings in water colors, ink,
pencil, charcoal and OIL The aritll-.
metic classes sent geometric draw
ingS of various designs. English
classes show original verse, essays
on scores of subjects, specimens OF
spelling
There are drawings of houses OF
many designs human figures, skulls,
dancing girls and Indian chiefs.
Much of the drawing was done with
Crayola. Principal Bergfield explain
ed. Many of the drawinos are bril-
liantly colored and Wen executed.
The Mexican and Spanish pupils
especial, have much good art worS
ON display.
Relief maps i'll brilliant colors ot
all the continents are on display
Many original posters adorn the
walls. Copies of magazine covers
from popular publications are num-
erous and clever.
The physiology classes contributed
some remarkable colored drawings
showing the workings of the vital
organs, the blood streams and the
muscular actions. Other drawings
and charts from this class show
teet and their root formations. Some
are of skulls and skeletons
There are history cartoons OF
many events i'll world history during
the past few ears. Some of the
later ones are of China. Some Oh
the cartoons are original, but most
of them are copies from newspapers
Snd magazines. The English classes
sent some original outlines for de-
bates held at the school,
Eight large Tennessee cedar trunks
attract much attention in the man
ual arts display, There are also
many small cedar trunks and boxes
A lew of the other manual arts ex-
hlbjtS are nut bowls, table lamps
candle sticks, foot stools, rocking
chairs. In the patio the manual
arts boys have many folding break
last tables, book racks, a medicine
cabinet, and various other sorts OF
tables. D. K. Ingman, high school
instructor, also teaches the grade
rapilS the manual arts work
Much of the woodwork is made
OF SOLID OAK and mahogany. All OF
it is absolutely first class. There
are tables and chairs in the display
that would tempt any young house
wife. Oak, mahogany, pine, SPANISH
and Tennessee cedar, walnut and
maple are the woods used in the
furniture. A radio cabinet is one OF
The features of the woodwork dis
play.
The domestic science display corr
siSts of various finished garments, al,
perfectly CIT and completed. There
are gowns, house dresses, aprons anu
heaps Of garments on which the
grammar school girls must have
done much painstaking and con-
scientious work. The garments are
cut from approved modern patterns
and this display is expected to at
tract much attention from Douglas
ladies today and tomorrow. Miss
Minnie Morgan has charge OF the
domestic science classes.
Each piece OF work in the entire
display for all classes and grades
bears the name of the pupil COM
pleting it.
A feature OF the exhibit is the
display aWarCed prizes at the coGnty
tair last year. Those given prizes
fer this display at that time were:
Emilio Oventile, Isabel Bautiste
Frances White, Ramona Castillo
Ninfa Espinosa. Jamesy Hopkins
Theln,a Sandquist Ethelmae Rogers,
Helen Olson, Harry Lusk, Mazda
iockett, Thelma Larned, Alfonso
Martinez, Edna Welcome, Ernest
Oventile, Irene Vavallo. John Canc.
Ter, Dedrlck Wilson, frankie Lott
Gonzalo Gallego, Hico Melendez
ia Bond, Jesus Valdez, Roy Ross
and Elizabeth Stephenson.