Putnam patriot., 1910-06-03
voedstock Grammar Schools.

-+oSISG DAY tAhheichS ANo iN->iN'
 r.st spring the pupils from twelve
 .,hs Woodstock schools came with ,ss,, \ parents to Roseland park to par '--.,.,e in what we called the Closing
 Exercises and Picnic for all the
 Tsossteok grammar schools. The s,,,ging together of all the various
 .,s ef the town and the exercises xsre pronounced a success. The desire :. meet again this year is unanimous !, nearly every school
 on saturday, June Is, 1910, the .eheols will gather at Roseland park s.,a day similar to the one they enjoy .5 last year. All Woodstock people .,a invited to attend and 10 go into ...,n with the schools from their re- .aeefjve districts. Each district will sr,ne dinner or provisions sufficient upto itself.
 There are to be several features to .hs exercises of which the following gre some.
 Every school will send complete sets af Arithmetic and Language papers. Every pupil who can write is to be ,eeresenled. These papers will all be made on one ard the same day of the la,t week of school. No teacher is 10 know which day until Friday, June r.
 First. second, and third honors will be awarded and these honors will be pabiished in this paper. The school fhaf has the best set of arithmetic pa nefs will get first honors in arithmetic papers. The school that has the best set ef language papers will get first heners in language papers. In this way the honors will be awarded.
 The judges to decide on the arithme- lie paper honers are:
 Vernon T. Wetherell, E. Woodstock
 Frank Bassett, N. Woodstock
 Oliver Hiseoek, Woodstock Valley
 The judges for the language paper honors are:
 J. r. Chandler, E. Woodstock
 Rev. G. F. Waters, Woodstock
 George C. Phillips, W. Woodstock
 First, second, and third honors are to be awarded to the pupils who hand in the best maps of Connecticut drawn on the yellow drawing paper by them- selves. The judges for the Connecticut map honors are:
 Mrs J. NJ. Paine, E. Woodstock
 Mrs. C. H. Child, Woodstock
 Miss Jessy Mcclellan, Woodstock
 The names of the pupils will not ap- pear on the maps. Each map will be numbered and the teacher will know to whom each number belongs. Dis triet one will begin to number with leo, two with 200, three with 300, and other districts in a similar manner.
 Spelling matches by the various grades is a new feature of our enter- tainment. All contests except the first will be based on the Quincy Word list. The second grade contest will be open to those pupils who have com pleted the second year words of the Quincy Word list and have not com- pleted or nearly completed the third year words. The final contest will be on the entire book and is open to any pupil. All spelling is to be oral and the pupils must spell and pronounce each syllable. The first spelling con- test is based on the words in Bender primer and is open to all pupils who entered school not earlier than April 1903 All spelling contests will be given at the same time First, second, and third honors will be awarded in each contest. There will be two people to conduct each contest. arranged be- low as they will officiate:
 First contest-Misses Lucy J. Jacobs and Bertha T. Sjoberg.
 Second contest-Mrs. Eva R. Ham, mond, Miss NJ. Lucia Waite.
 Third contest-Misses Sarah A. Pot ter and Bernice Turner.
 Fourth contest-Misses Maude k. Healey and Bernice E. Bates
 Fifth contest-Albert J. Hammond, Miss Elsie A. Rocheleau.
 Sixth contest-Miss Anna Nelson, Mrs. Eva Spofford.
 Seventh contest-Misses Mary F. Potter and Barbara Morse.
 Eighth contest-George M. Sampson, Charles NJ. Perrin.
 Final contest-Dr. C. C. Gildersleeve, Mrs. Susan Gildersleeve.
 Two contests will be conducted by Miss Mary Aldrich. Each contest Is open 10 all pupils who entered school not earlier than April 1909. The num- Der contest will be based on the addi- ton combinations of twelve and the word contest will be based on the words in the Bender Primer, Brooks First reader, and Baldwin's First. A special contest may be arranged for those pupils who have finished the Render Primer. Each of these con- tests will be conducted with Perception cards.
 Each school is to know America, Star ipangled Banner, Marching Through Georgia, Anchored, Voices of the Woods, Lincoln's Gettysburg Ad- dress, Flag Salute and Memory Gems. The programme for the day will ap- pear later in this paper. A report of the honors will also appear.
 Ample time will be given for . pie nic idinner, baseball games and other athletics.
 It is to be . picnic day for all the people of Woodstock who are interest