The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-07-05
Outline of Plan for Exposition School
for Prize Winners.

Outline of Plan for Exposition School
for Prize Winners. !.
AS you have already been advised,
the fifth national corn exposition will
be held In Columbia, South Carolina.
January 27 to February 3, 1873, and
after carefully Investigating the 3oys'
Corn Club work Of tie Southern States
as conducted by the farm demonst1a-
ton department, we have decided to
establish an exposition schoos tor
prize winners in the county; contests.
The two boys in each county winning
first and second place will be the only
ones eligible for scholarships, and it
will Tbe a great honor for any boy to be
the representative of his county, for
his record will be the only basis on
which he can get in. We want the
school to be an incentive for better
work among the boys during the con-
ing year.
The school, which will open on Mon
day, the opening day of the exposition,
will continue one week. The faculty
will consist of agricultural experts
from all parts of the country who will
be at the exposition in charge of the
exhibits. The exposition is more than
a mere corn show, and the exhibits,
which are prepared under the auspices
OF the leading State agricultural col
leges and experiment stations, and the
federal department of agriculture,
graphically emphatic and illustrate
nearly every phase of agricultural ad-
vancement. These exhibits furnish
the background for great national
agricultural university, which is real
ly what the national corn exposition
has grown to be.
We have arranged for an immense
building located near the main. ex-
position buildings for the headquar-
ters of the boys while they are in Co
lumbia, and they will be put in charge
Iof representatives of the boys de-
partment of the farm demonstration
work. We are prepared to take care
iof 1000 boys, and it now looks as
though there would be fully that many
In attendance. 1t is hoped that the
county workers will see to the raising
OF funds to send the two boys, not only
for the boys sakes, but for what it
will mean to the county and State to
have these boys, future citizens, given
the inspiration which will surely come
to them from the visit to the exposi-
ton. The expense will probably be
little more than the actual. railroad
fare, plus $1.00 per day for living ex-
penses while at the exposition and en-
route. The boys headquarters will be
provided with cots and a good dining
room will be located on the grounds
and wholesome meals served at
minimum cost.
The boys will be organized into a
semi-military organization, and while
the superior officers will be selected
from the men Of the demonstration
department, it is possible that the boys
themselves will hold minor offices. and
be given considerable responsibility.
In the early morning the boys will be
divided into squads and will see a GER
tain number of the exposition fea-
lures each day through the eyes of ex-
perts. The afternoon will be given
over to parades, and special courses of
Instruction. such as corn judging,
stock judging, and classes will be or
ganized to help the boys prepare re-
ports on the various features they
have seen, and the best of these will
be sent to the home papers for the
benefit of the. boys who did not come
in for the trip to Columbia.
Saturday, the last day of the school.
will be known as Boys Day" and in |
their honor the city of Columbia will |
give a. great hannnet-1 AnA To / ann