Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 126, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 May 1915 — Exhibit of Sewing and Manual Training Departments. [ARTICLE]

Exhibit of Sewing and Manual Training Departments.

On Friday of this week, the public is cordially invited to attend an exhibit of the sewing and manual training departments of the public schools to be held on the second floor of the old high school building. The work to be displayed includes a sample of all the work done during the' year. The sewing work will be in the regular sewing room, and the manual training work in the commercial room. ~ A feature of the sewing exhibit will be the graduating dresses made by the senior girls. As started, last year, the D. A. R. ladies again offered prizes for the best made dress and the best designed dress. The judging of the dresses will take place some time Monday or Tuesday, but the public will have a chance to see them Friday. The maximum cost that any girl was allowed to spend was $7, but the average cost will be less than $5 a dress. Besides offering prizes for the dresses, the D. A. R. ladies also agreed to offer $5 in prizes to 'the manual training department. The public will have a chance to see some good work in this department and ' especially the work entered for the prizes. We are quite sure that these exhibits are of such a nature that every patron and friend of the school should see and it is to be hoped that many will come out Friday any time after 2 p. m. The preparation of such an exhibit represents much work on the part of teachers and pupils and is deserving of a large attendance.