The champion. (Arcadia, Fla.) 1895-1911, 1908-02-27

Among the School Exhibits at the State Fair.

We are all more or less interested in school work
and therefore the educational exhibit has received
great deal of attention at the State Fair. fernando
County took the first premium on the largest and best
educational exhibit, 500 prize
Sxtv.fve feet of space is occupied by the exhibit
made Rev. A. NJ. c. Russell, who for eighteen
years has had charge of fernando schools as county
superintendept Thirteen schools here represent
ed under twelve green and white decorated arches.
The green means rural and the white prohibition
Under its own arch in the front of the booth and its
corresponding one on the back wall is grouped the
best work Of the pupils each one OF whom has three
volumes of written work that represent his or her
daily work. These books contain the weekly exam
nations the daily written work, drawing and in the
grades below the seventh, penmanship,
fernando County took the first prize Of $500 for
the county making the largest and best educational
exhibit also for the best system OF rural schools, a
500 prize. Then fernando took the prize for the
Ausburg System of drawing, which is taught III all
grades of Hernandez schools. The General Glchrist
prize of 500 for best display of county system of
schools also goes to fernando.
Prsco school exhibit reflects great credit OH Prof,
P. W. Corr, Of Dade City, who has recently been
elected principal of the Dade City High School for
the coming five years. Pasco county made no APP
preparation, and the exhibit is made at the expense of
Prof Corr. The school board having recently made
$4,000 addition to the High School for the use of
the Normal the Professor did not feel like asking for
help in making his exhibit. But he has secured
premiums enough to make the expense Posco capt
ured the 500 prize for the best exhibit for city
schools also the SIS prize for the largest and best
individual school exhibit Pasco second prize of
$50 for the best county schools Pasco also took off
the highest prize for latin the prizes on bugs and
woods $40 each, and Prof Corr took $40 prize for
the best essay on Normal training.
Prof Corr is proud of the fact that the pupils from
his schools and especially his Normal always lead in
mathematics and the sciences. In teachers eXamna-
tons the grading is done by mathematics and the
teachers Prof Corr turns out always proficient in
that study. The normal course runs in the Dade
City schools until the June examinations, and there
is need for young teachers to go farther than
Dade City to get ready for the examinations. Prof
Corr is we'll known in DeSoto and stands high both
as Christian gentleman and instructor. The Pasco
school exhibit is mainly the work of the Dade City
schools, but one country school, that at Richland
being on exhibit.
Hurrah for DeSoto! Even if she didn't get the
first county prize she stood close third in line and
carried many first prizes. Great is DeSoto.
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And the Tampa Fair lasted whole week longer
than originally intended. Guess that this is
positively the last of the Florida State Fair for 1908
THE CHAMPIONS Job Department has been l-
usually busy this week, There is reason too 1t is
because work is its strongest and best adver-
tiscment.
THE CHAMPION would like to have live cores
pendent in every DeSoto county community. If
yours isn't regularly represented in columns please
stir yourself and that it is. good weekly letter
from your town will help you and it will help to make
THE CHAMPION an interesting, readable paper
The campaign has been formally opened in DeSoto
county On the last page of this issue will he found
the first five political announcements OF the season.
Particular attention is called to the fact that of these
five only comes from man who can really claim
Arcadia as his home, r. B. Campbell This in spite
of the fact that certain OF contemporaries have
been crying Look ont for the Arcadia crop of call
didates!' OF course Arcadia will have several more
candidates before the campaign is over yet we feel
sure not more than her share when YOU consider
DoDulation etc