NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
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Vol. I. No. 32 
BEVERLY, MASS., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1904 
Three Cents 
“LE FOYER.” 
BY KATE RESTIEAUX. 
As the time of short days comes on 
and the early twilight is with us, how 
cheering and consoling is the open 
fire. Some there be who say we have 
fallen upon unromantic days, and cer- 
tainly there is little to inspire one in 
the various forms of heating appara- 
tus, with which the present generation 
is blessed. 
Who would think of writing a poem 
to “ The radiator in my room,”’ or to 
“The register in the front hall?” 
So it goes in about all walks of life, 
and those who do not miss the roman- 
tic flavor of the crackling wood fire 
are perhaps best off; at least they 
have less to mourn. Still, I would 
not be numbered among them. 
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SCHOOL EXHIBIT. 
Work of Manchester Pupils displayed in 
Town Hall, Tuesday. 
“ The things a little child can make, 
May crude and worthless be ; 
It is his impulse to create 
Should gladden thee.” 
These words on a card hanging from 
a chandelier in the Manchester town 
hall last Tuesday were most eloquent- 
ly emphasized in the display of work 
of the pupils of the Geo. A. Priest 
school, the first exhibit of the kind ever 
given in Manchester. 
The exhibition was a grand success. 
A success, not only in the display it- 
self, but in portraying to Manchester 
parents and the townspeople in general 
the work —the quality of work — be- 
ing done in the schools of the town 
today. 
It was not a display of the best 
A typical example of the powder 
houses built along the Massachusetts 
coast just before the War of 1812, 
when it was feared the British would 
swoop down on the unfortified coast. 
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Courtesy of W. C. Morgan. 
OLD POWDER HOUSE, PROSPECT HILL, BEVERLY. 
There is one such in Manchester, but 
for more than half a century it has not 
been used. It is shaped like and is 
built much after the style of the 
above. 
work of the schools. Far from it. 
The work of every pupil, good, bad or 
indifferent, was exhibited so that every- 
body could see it. 
The advance made in educational 
lines within the past quarter century 
was very visibly pictured to some of 
the fathers and mothers who saw the 
exhibit, Tuesday. In their day the 
three R’s were the principal things 
studied. Now the pupils are taught 
not only reading, writing and arithme- 
tic but they are drilled equally well in 
working with their hands. 
This was the most noticeable feature 
of the exhibit, that the pupils are 
trained not only in the development 
of their minds and brains, but also in 
how to use their hands. 
Few people realized a few years ago 
when Sloyd and sewing were intro- 
duced into the Manchester schools 
what such things meant to the chil- 
dren. Tuesday’s exhibit very plainly 
demonstrated what it has meant. The 
girls are taught how to sew, and the 
boys are taught how to use tools. 
What they have learned, the work they 
have done, was shown at the exhibi- 
tion. The work of the boys in Sloyd 
was a feature of the display. 
Well can the town feel pleased with 
the results obtained under the guid- 
ance of Principal Albert Mead who 
undertook from the start to instruct 
the classes in Sloyd. Mr. Mead has 
been taking instruction for five years 
from Gustav Larsson of the Industrial 
school, North Bennett street, Boston. 
The work exhibited was only that 
done during the fallterm. One thing 
noticed about the exhibit was the good 
order of the children who thronged 
the hall afternoon and evening. The 
hall was open in the afternoon from 3 
to 5 and in the evening from 7.30 to 
9 o'clock. 
George H. Martin, secretary of the 
State Board of Education, has recently 
sent out a general notice to school 
committees of towns and cities urging 
a precaution against fire, and suggest- 
ing the adoption of a fire drill in the 
schools. This notice was displayed in 
