Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-06-07
a good showing on August 2o,
80, 81.
Yours respectfully,
Edith McCourt.
District No, 26,

(This report was sent US on re.
ceipt of our first request for re-
ports from teachers. Since re.
ceiving it Mr.. Miller has retired
from the school, but we desir> to
publish this report as it shows
what is being done in this dist.
rict. Since receiving it we have
asked the present teacher, Miss
Mattley, to send US a later report
which has been received. This
later report will be published
with the next list of reports to be
printed. }
Mr.. Sup't:
In response to your invitation
to send you a report of what the
school at this time was doing in
the preparation for the coming
Benton county school fair, l
send you the following:
1 believe you will find your
efforts in this matter highly ap-
preciated by this school and pa
irons. The children are pleased
with the prospect of a pleasant
and profitable time with the
other schools and the opportunity
for comparing the hard work they
are doing with the work of other
schools. I think it is an added
impetus to the pupils, and the
teacher as we'll, for thoroughness
in their work. I note new and
better interest On the part of the
pupils in their work of the school
room. Although the spring has
been backward and the work in
gardening greatly retarded, the
seeds distributed to the pupils,
with many others. have been
safely put away in boxes of
loan prepared by the children in
their homes, and the knowledge
of conditions necessary to pro-
duce the best results are eagerly
sought.
1 have noticed the rainy day
play time seems to be pleasantly
employed by the girls in the var
ious kinds of sewing, and as for
baking bread, every method
known to woman is being inves-
tigated and tried.
The enthusiasm in the fair is
not and should not be confined
merely to the school and to the
teacher. These are only factors
in the good work and results to
be obtained. But every father,
every mother, every man and
every woman should do their
part to demonstrate this fact. to
the many visitors who will be at
the big fair, that Benton county
was not merely seen from the
car window. The fair will even
be an eve-opener to our own cit
izens. Many there are who have
lived in Benton comfy for the
past IS years who do not even
have conception of the fertility,
the advantages, the resources OF
our own county. This Is the
only opportunity ever given our
people to demonstrate Benton's
resources. 1t is an opportunity
never enjoyed before by the ru-
raj neighborhcods to show the
public the special advantages OF
their respective neighborhoods -
in the way of good schools, in-
dustrious children and produc-
tive soils. The fair should be
highly educational. Our social
, and financial resources also shar-
ing in the benefits to be derived
therefrom.
R. R, Miller.
District No. 3.
The pupils from this district
expect to be heard from as well
as seen at the coming fair.
Gardening is IN progress, and ii
work and interest has anything
to do with it, we will get our
share of the various prizes. We
also expect to take part in the
writing, drawing. spelling,
ciphering, aud all other con-
tests. We have our shoulder
to the wheel and we're going tc
live to make the fair a success
Look out for us for we are goins
to be there.
Walter Winpiford, teacher
Mrs. H. W. Kaupisch has beel