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of greatness.to her children. Ii they are not given as good educa- tion as the children of other States, they are largely deprived of this opportunity, We dare not thus deprive them; we dare not fail to do all in our power to give them a fair chance in life. INTER- -CoUNTy RURAL SCHOOL
 CONTEST
 With view to stimulating special effort for a general lm- provement of the conditions in all the rural schools of those counties in the state that have County Superintendents at work, the following Inter-County Rural School Contest has been arrang- ed to be conducted during the next few weeks in those counties.
 To interest in this way: all the schools in those counties for an improvement and betterment of the conditions, thus insuring more efficient work in these schools.
 The contest begins July 1, or with the opening of the summer term and closes December 1st. The schools are to be scored or rated any time between these dates.
 CONDITION OF CONTEST
 Such County Superintendent as soon as it is possible for him to do so after the school terms begin shall notify all rural schools of his county of this contest and shall announce or explain to each school by circular letter, or in person, the conditions of the con- test. For the purpose of this contest, all schools in the county that are outside of incorporated towns or cities, shall be consid- cred and claSSed as rural schools.
 After having announced the plan and conditions of the contest to all the rural schools of his county, each county superintend- ent shall, while on his rounds of visitation and at any time be- tween the dates of this contest, carefully grade or score each rural school in his county, using the rural school score cards pre- barred and furnished by the State Department of Education.
 The County Superintendent will be expected to make out two copies of the score card for each school in his county: one to be kept by the superintendent Tn his office; the other to be sent at the close of the contest to the Supervisor of Rural Schools for tabulation.
 At the close of the contest when all of the schools have been rated according to the score card and the final reports and score cards sent in by all the superin- tendents, there will be awarded to the banner county in the con- test: the county showing the highest percentage of it's rural schools rated as class A schools, according to the score cards, a beautiful silver loving cup to be known as the Banner Rural School Trophy" This loving cup will be given by the State Superintendent of Public lnstruc- tion and will become a perpetual trophy to be awarded from year to year to the county showing the highest percentage of it's rural schools as clas5 A schools. The cup will be appropriately en- graved and shall De kept in the custody of the County Superin- tendent and in his office.
 At the close of the contest all the schools that have been scored or rated as class A schools will be awarded Diplomas of Honor by the State Department of Education. The diplomas will be beautifully Autographed and suitable for framing and hanging on the walls of the school room. The diploma will show on its