, 1904-04-28
SPECIAL
EFFORTS BEING MADE TO HAVE
SCHOOLS OF STATE PREPARE
EXHIBIT FOR CONVENTION.
Specifications Outlining What viii Be
Required To Be Done to Compete
for the One Hundred Dollar Prize
TO Be Awarded at the Industrial
Convention.

All graded schools in h state OF
hibits for the Industrial convention tc
be held in Casper September Goth tc
23d, 1904.
In view of the fac that a cash prize
of 500 is to be offered to the school
furnishing the best exhibit. 1t Is neces'
sary to establish certain rules govern
ing the exhibit. The violation OF any
one of these rules by a school will bar
it from the competition.
Only those exhibits will be admitted
for competition which may be classed
under the following heads:
Kindergarten Or primary work done
by pupils who have been in school two
years or less. Belonging to this class
are: /. Stitching 90; 2. Sticklay,
ing 90; 3. Weaving 81 4. Paper cut
ting and pasting 60; 5. Drawing (hll-
ing outlines permitted) t5).
Freehand drawing in all grades from
to 6 inclusive: /. Water colors C);
2. Crayon or pencil work 10); 3. Ink
washes 90: A map drawing (5).
Reproduction of a story Of 100 to
| $50 words which shall be read to the
pupils of grades 4 to s. inclusive. by
the teacher but once and shall then be
written from memory. 1t must be a
story which the pupils have never
heard before and it must be written
only once. Only the first draft may be
| entered This reproduction will be
/ graded as follows: l.. Neatness and
arrangement 10): 2. Spelling C1O;
3. Language QO) 4. Penmanship QO;
5. Punctuation and capitals 00).
The maximum credit for each class
of entries from any given school is
indicated in parenthesis. A total credit
OF 100 points would indicate the high
| est possible degree of excellence in
| each of the IA items. No school will
| De required t o enter in all of these
classes but the school having the larg-
est number of points out of the pos
sible 100 will be awarded the prize.
All work entered must be classified
by grades and by subjects and must
be bound into booklets, each of which
will contain the work of a number OF
iifferent pupils equal to at least ten
per cent of the entire enrolment of
that grade for the present school year.
The largest number Of booklets which
could come from any given town would
be one from the first and II from the
second grade on each of the first five
items. making ten booklets under (a);
one from each of the eight grades In
Ter each of the four items under (b),
making %thirty-two booklets, and one
reproduction story (c) from each OF
the five grades from 4 to s. This would
make a total of forty-seven booklets.
No pupil shall furnish more than n
paper in each subject.
On the outside of each booklet must
appear statements filled out. signed by
the teacher and countersigned by the
superintendent. showing that the work
was done by grade pupils. giving time
they were engaged in doing work OF
that kind, that the work was not re
touched or altered by any other person,
the average time used in preparing the
work, etc.
Pupils written work should be upon
paper not larger than 9x12 inches in
size. The paper shouiu be of a good
grade and at the left Of each sheet a
marrying of 11a inches. Pupils may
write on one or both sides of sheet. at
option of pupil. At top of first sheet
of each pupils work should be written
the name and age of pupil.
Drawing-Good paper should be used
and of such a thickness to prevent
tracing. The pupils name and age
should be written on bottom right
hand
The award shall be made by a COM
mittee of three competent and disin-
terested judges chosen by the governor
Of wyoming, state LIBRARIAN and state
superintendent of pubic instruction.