The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-04-04
Prizes to Be Awarded at the Eighth
Grade Graduation and Public
School Rally Next June.

School Rally Next June.
At the May eighth grade examination,
essays from eighth grade candidates
from the rural schools of the county,
will be collected on any one of the fol
lowing SUBJECTS
| ~ A report of some farmers club
meeting you have attended since last
September.
(2) Imagine you have taken trip up
the st. Lawrence river and on the
Great Lakes to Chicago, and have
stopped at important points on the way.
Write letter to some friend giving u
full account of the trip.
(0 Write long letter to some friend
in London. England, and give him a
full account of how country schools are
conducted in Michigan.
RULES
~ These essays must contain not less
than six hundred words nor more than
eight hundred words
(2) They must be written on legal
| cap paper and on only one side of the
paper.
lO The writing must be with black
ink.
az The work is to be the individual
work of the pupil unaided by the teach
or.
(5) The teacher shall not make any
corrections in grammar, spelling, nor
rhetorical arrangement of the essay
co. The teacher shall not give the
pupil any lines of thought to be follow
ed.
~ The teacher may have the pupil
rewrite the essay as many times as posi-
BILE, stating that there are errors to be
corrected, but the pupil must discover
the errors and improvements for him
self
PRIZES.
Two prizes will be given. The first
prize will be a set of five volumes of
Louisa M. Alcott's works, and the
the second prize will be volume of
Whittier's poems
REQUIREMENTS.
The two pupils who receive the
prizes are to prepare their essays to be
read at the graduating exercises to be
held in McCurdy Park, Corunna.
RESTRICTIONS.
Q) Only pupils from rural schools
shall enter this contest.
(2 Prizes will be given to only those
who pass the eighth grade examination
this year.
90 The essays are 20 be received by
the presiding examiners at the May ex
animation and sent to the commission
or with the pupils examination papers.
~ Teachers are to attach to each
pupils essay a statement certifying that
as far as the teacher knows, the work
offered is the pupils own work. This
statement must be signed by the teach
sr.
(d> No candidate is compelled to en-
tor this contest. only those ambitious to
excel are to take part.
A committee Of three principals and
superintendents Of the county will be
chosen to examine these essays and de
eide who are the winners,
ATHLETIC SPORTS.-LIST.
Running-1OO yard dash, and one
fourth mile run.
Jumping broad jump; run
ming hop, step and jump standing hop,
step and jump; standing broad jump;
and running high jump.
Bicycle-onefour mile.
Three legged race.
Entries may be made for these sports
at any time by the teachers sending the
following statement to the commissioner
of schools:
! am teacher in District No. .......
been an enrolled pupil of this school
from. ...... to. of this school
year. He is. Years of age, and has
been classified this year in the grade.
..................T Teacher.
REGULATIONS.
All country, village, and city pupils
below the tenth grade are eligible
Those pupils entering these sports vii
be divided into two classes according to
age, and each class will have the same
list of sports, but neither class will be
allowed to participate in the sports with
the other class The age upon which
the division into classes will be made
will not be announced until the sports
are to take place.
Suitable and desirable first prizes, and
possibly second prizes, will be provided
for both classes.
Teachers should preserve this copy of
THE JOURNAL and bear these things in
mind, as no special notices will be issued
regarding these contests.
Mary had little lamb, it followed her
to church, and then it stood around the
door like an owl upon the perch. Why