The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-06-13
Five Dollars In Gold.

Five dollars is not large sum OF
money, but it works grand results some
times. One of the instances in which
that sum has wrought-we might say
wonders-has just come to close by
the above amount being awarded to Miss
Maggie Detwiler as having prepared the
best herbarium OF her class. This prize
was competed for by the whole class,
which was large one. The impetus
resulted in the production of near
thirty grand herbariums, consisting of
fifty different varieties ofplants native to-
this region The management and the
pupils both have reflected much credit
to themselves in the work done, and
was carefully looked over, and the prize
awarded by Mr.. o. N. Sans, who is
we'll versed in botany. The award, as
considered by Mr.. Sans, was on the
perfection OF the plants selected, the
handiwork of each contestant, the pen.
manship and the thoroughness of anal.
ysis.
The class consisted OF the following
members: Maggie and Irene Detwiler,
Fred Gamble, Julius Feibel, Ella Buck,
Hattie Mahan, Feekin Walker, Elva
Foreman, Florence Harsha, Kate Lemon,
Lorie Hughey, Gertrude Miller, Nellie
Perrin, Lena Ellifritz, Edith johnson,
Paul Fullerton, Florence Rickman,
Arthur Carson, Bessie Utman, Bessie
Grove, Ella Muntz, Mary Barrere, Anna
Lemon, Ida McCoppin, Mary Stabler,
Eliza Doorley, Randolph Harris, James
McMullen, John Parker and Harry
Miller.
The work OF each pupil was presented
to Mr.. Sans by number, and his finding
by numbers resulted in finding that No.
2, which was Maggie Detwiler's, was Of
the highest merit. That Nos. and Is
were OF equal merit. Also Nos. Q and 20
tied. Nos. 3, 5, 10 and IA were equal
in merit. We do not know the names
Of the pupils which the above numbers
represent. We had the privilege Of OK.
amining some OF the work, and it Ger.
tainly was very fine. Mr.. o. N. Sans
was seen and says: "The herbariums
Of the class evinced the most care and
painstaking in preserving and mounting
the specimens, and exhibited as much
thoroughness of analysis as any have
ever seen. The plants they collected
and analysed during the term represent
above thirty orders, and in a fair man.
ner acquaint them with the spring fora
of this region. The flowers were very
tastefully and neatly arranged-enouph
80 to satisfy the most aesthetic. The
analysis was complete, accurate and
exhaustive. A remarkable uniformity
characterized the most OF their work,
showing common effort to excel. In
fact it was only after diligent aud care
full analysis and grading Of all the speci.
mems that my conclusion was arrived at,
and the result, while an undoubted
compliment to Miss Detwiler, proved
also that there were others in the con-
test not far behind her in merit. The
work OF this botany class shows degree
OF thoroughness which, believe, the
citizens OF our town and even the par.
ents of the botany pupils, many of them
do not appreciate or even know to exist
in our public schools. Certainly the
standing of the class reflects great credit
on the present management OF our
schools, and especially is Mr.. Smith ex.
cusable for feeling Just pride in class
whose exertions in this their maiden
effort as practical botanists nc has
directed so successfully"