[Plate 17] will show a few drawings which have been used to advantage.
A. Near Washington’s Birthplace.
B. Mt. Vernon.
C. An old Stage Coach.
In these sketches the strokes used are evident.
Again, Patriots’ Day and Memorial Day present many ideas in regard to blackboard drawing and decoration. Some of these illustrations are deplorable. I well remember one schoolroom which I visited and the drawings which were upon the boards. On one side was a sketch of a pyramid of cannon balls, next, several guns stacked, then two swords crossed at right angles. On another side was a cannon, a wreath of some sort around the stenciled portrait of a dead hero, a tombstone with an inscription, and so on about the room, everything suggesting war, misery, bloodshed, and death.
Can we not find something other than such illustrations, and bring to the thought of the children love of home and country, and a reverence for those who gave their lives for their protection?
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I have seen [Plate 18] used in a schoolroom and feel sure it performed its mission.