The Oskaloosa herald., 1903-01-15
MANY PRIZE WINNERS.
Farmers Institute Contestants
Carry off Honors.

ance, and never before has so great an
interest been shown in the meeting.
The first thing on the program was
the declamatory contest held at the
Masonic opera house. A small fee of
admission was charged for d~efraying
expense of the contest, but this did
not prevent the house being crowded
to its capacity. Standing room was
not to be had. 1t is estimated that
fully twelve hundred people crowded
into the house to see and hear the lit
tie folks in their efforts.
The program of the afternoon was
as follows:
Music, Penn College Glee Club.
Invocation.
Music.
Helen Hanna, Visiting Grandma"
Adams Township.
Joe Sloan, "The Runaway Boy"
Black Oak Township.
Marie Dusenberry, "Ethel's Advice"
Garfield Township.
Vida Anderson, "Daisy's Faith" Har-
rison Township.
Cornie Dykstra, when Grandpa Led
the Calf" Lincoln Township.
Rena DeLong, THE Lord Will Pro-
vide" Scott Township.
Helen Cassidy, "The Speckled Hen"
Spring Creek Township.
Ralph Parlet, Going Back to Grand
pas" White Oak Township.
Music.
A Glass.
Alice GRANDPA, How Tom Sawyer
Got His Fence Whitewashed," Black
Oak Township.
Ida c. Harris, Mrs. Ruggles
Coaches Her Children for a Dinner
Party" Garfield Township.
Matt Picken, Jim Wolf and the
Cats" Harrison Township.
Mabel Lyman, "The Farmers Wife
in Court" Jefferson township.
James Lyle, The Squire's Rooster,
Lincoln Township.
Bessie Franklin, "4he Movement
Cure for Rheumatism" Madison Town,
ship.
Clara Hill, "Hepsie at the State
Convention" Prairie Township.
Marguerite Clough, "Retribution,"
Spring Creek Township.
Ray Parlet, MIR. Brown Has His
Hair Cut" White Oak Township.
Music.
Decision of Judges.
The decision of the judges gave the
prizes to the following:
For Glass B-First, Marie Dusen.
bury; Second, Cornie Dykstra; Third,
Vida Anderson; Fourth, Helen Cas-
ady; Fifth, Helen Hanna.
In Glass A-First, Matt Picken; Sec
ond, Clara Hill; Third, Mabel Lyman;
Fourth, Ray Parlet; Fifth, James
Lytle.
Following the regular program and
awaiting the decision of the judges
the audience was entertained by a
number of extra numbers. These, how.
ever, had no consideration in the con,
test markings.
been specially good IN the home con
test, was invited to give Farmer
Stebbins Sees Foot Ball" The piece
was we'll received. .
Miss Opal Pettitt, who won first
place on last years program in Class
B, and was hence disqualified from fur
Their competition in that class, was al
so heard and roundly %applauded.
Al Martin, of Adams township, gave
Darius Green and His Flying Ma.
chine" in a way that caught the great
audience and the young man was
forced to respond to an C
The judges were Mrs. w. r. Ster
Walker.
The management of the contest and
the preliminary contests that are con.
Quoted in the home schools, had been
in the hands of County Superintend'
ent Dodds, and in this he has been
ably assisted by Miss Floy McCready
who has had charge of a part Of the
work. The results of their efforts are
shown in the program. The amount
of labor necessary to successfully ar
range the preliminary contests and
the final program is not generally ap
preciated by the public or those who
have an interest in one or perhaps a
few of the contestants. The prepare
tory work is one that must be carried
on the greater part of the year and
the most careful attention must be
given to the details of the work by
the officers in charge.
The Farm Exhibits.
The exhibits of the Institute arrived
during the entire day tuesday and
were arranged in the very linn
tied space to be had in the bar space
of the court room. The management
is almost swamped by the number
and the size of the exhibits. There
were Al exhibitors last year and this
season there are about 112. Secretary
Williams was very busy the entire day
making entries.
The list of those making exhibits
is as follows:
Mrs. B. E. Naylor, Harry Without,
Glen without, H. H. Morrison, Mrs. /.
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