The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1900-05-17
EDUCATION A FEATURE
It Will BE Given Prominence
at the Interstate Fair.
AN INTERESTING E1nI2IT

Arrangements Have Been Perfected
For Contests In Oratory and Com
position Between Boys and Girls.
Prizes Offered BY the Educational
Department.
The Educational Department of the
Southern Inter State Fair, to be held at
Atlanta this fall, will be one of the most
interesting features of the fair.
1t mas always been difficult to arrange
basis OF competition for school exhibits
that would be practicable, and at the
same time prove interesting to visitors
and the public at large But this diff.
Guilty was happily adjusted by the ar
rangement under which the Educational
Department was operated at the State
Fair held in Atlanta last year. This
plan, with few notifications suggested
by experience, will be adopted by the
Fair Management this year, and it go )
without saying that the success of last
year will cause a doubled interest In the
work now under way for the fair this
fall.
Under the plan adopted colleges,
schools and school systems, both county
and city, may make practical and inter
estmg exhibits and compete on an equit-
able basis. The plan is an interesting
one and school commissioners, superin-
tendents and teachers should apply i'm
mediately to the secretary of the fair
for copy of the rules and regulations
i'll order that they may be carefully
studied before the present school term
expires. 1t is not saying too much to
state that the educational department of
last years fair was one of the most, if
not the most, interesting department. of
the fair.
Possibly the most interesting features
OF the plan presented for the coming
fair are the premiums offered for decla-
nation and composition, the former to
be contested for by the boys and the lat.
ter by girls. Under the arrangement
students are placed on an equal footing.
That is, boys studying in the grammar
grades OF county system compete
against boys studying In the same
grades Boys studying in the higher
branches Of either county or city sys-
TENS must compete with students of
like character. The same rule applies
to the girls who compete for the compo.
sltlon; all Will compete Oil a fair and
equitable basis. But to thorougly uu-
derstand the conditions governing the
various contests the published rules
should be carefully read, ANA Interested
parties should apply at on 70 20 Secretary
/. II. Martin. 2lS Prudential Building,
Atlanta, for copy Of the official pre-
MUM list.
Here are some of the prizes offered for
oratorlcal and composition contests:
Best defamation by boy, studying only
school system. $780, best defamation
by boy, studying higher branches, city or
county, $500; best defamation by
boy, from any city or local system, opan
to grammar grades only, $500.
Best composition by girl studying only
IN grammar grades, from any county
school system, papers limited to 200
words and written within one hours
time, $500: best composition by girl,
studying higher branches, papers linn.
tied to 300 words and written within
one hours time, open to city and county,
$4,000; best composition by girl, from
any local or city school system, papers
limited to 800 words and written within
one hours time, $780,
To the boys who have mechanical
turn the fair management offers some
especially handsome premiums as fol-
lows:
Best exhibit of woodwork, made by
boy between the ages of 10 and 30 years,
$50. 90; best exhibit Of forged work, made
by boy between the ages Of 10 and 20
years, 5000.
These premiums and the character of
the contest should interest every boy
and girl in the state, and Judging by
she success OF the plan lase year, it Ia
safe 70 cay that there viii be q number
q spirited contests % the fair this fall.