The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-02
PRIZE WINNING PUPILS
Two Pupils Who Won a Scholarship and
Gold Medal

| Roy S. Whitelaw Of School District
l09 is the prize winner of the Eighth
grade scholars of Sedgwick county.
Some time ago Chancellor Morrison
OF Paramount university offered a schol-
arship TO the best Eighth grade pupil
in the county outside of the city.
County Superintendent Mackey pre-
Isented the proposition to the various
school districts and the following pu-
pills contested for it. The townships
and schol district are also given.
Lincoln township, Maggie Tear, Dis
trict No. 163.
Grant township, Ernest Phillips, Dis
trict No. 46.
Valley Center township. Willie Albee,
District No. IS.
Greeley township. P. G. DeVaughn,
District No. "A.
Sherman township, Loren Kiser, Dis
trict No. 105.
Union township. Cecil Bemis, District
| No. AZ.
Kechi township, Katie Arnett, Dis
trict, No. III.
Wichita township, John Skinner, Dis
| trict No. g.
erick, District No. 124.
Attica township, Dora PlumIee. Dis
trict No. 142
Garden Plain township, James C.
Camp, District No. 1O2
Grand River township, Nellie Glass
cock, DiscHict No. 1876.
Morton township, Pearl Rankin, Dis
tTict No. al.
Alton township, Roy S. Whitehead.
District No. 109.
Waco township, Maggie Driscoil, Dis
trict No. 1876
Gypsum township, Arthur Hamilton,
District No 6.
Rockford township. Mabel Minnich,
District No. 6.
Salem township, Stella Bradshaw, Dis
trict No. SO.
Ohio township, Willie Webb, District
No. Ga
Ninnescah township. Ewing Coilett,
District No. g.
Viola township, Jewell Corn, District
No. 113
The contestants are all between the
ages of Is and Is years and the work
they did to win the prize was simply
remarkable
Superintendent Mackey also offered
gold medal for the best review of
school work among the eighth grade
pupils of the county and it was won by
Miss Myrtle Bigbee of Clearwater.
Fifty pupils entered the contest and
they struggled for the prize as hard
and earnestly as the presidential can
didates will this year.
The review cOmprehended subjects
taught in the eighth grade and some of
them were wonderful. In selecting
the best he took each paper and enum-
Grated the errors made. He also took
in to consideration the general style and
literary taste of the papers and al
lowed for them in determining the re-
suits.
The subjects covered history, politics,
political economy, grammar. geography,
and such other subjects
as are taught in the eighth grade of the
country schools. In addition to answer
ing questions in geography he required
them TO make maps and In this line
some extraordinary artistic taste is
Mr.. Mackey adopted this
plan in order to allow the pupil to as
sert his individuality. He asked them,
for instance, TO outline the political
principles of a certain party or of all
the parties in the history Of the country
and gave them full latitude 10 COM
ment on them as their impressions of
the said party principles would die
tate. Many OF the pupils handled this
N a mastery and unique manner and
injected into their papers some opinions
that show thought and study along po-
itical lines. He has filed all the pe-
pers and is very proud Of them.