The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-11
SCRAP BOOK CONTEST
Prize of SIS Offered by Philip T. II.
Pierson.

To those persons competing fol
the Lincoln scrap book prize, l have
this word, partly in repetition OF
what / said before the school Sunday
H. The teachers in the Sunday
|. Any enrolled member of the
Second Congregational Sunday
school is eligible to compete for the
prize.
the Sunday next preceding Lincoln's
school shall constitute the commit
tee to judge of the work and deter
mine which scholar shall be awarded
the prize.
III. The prize is to be given on
February ], 1914.
Birthday 1914.
". All books must be placed be-
fore the committee not later than
Friday l, 1914.
V. The committee is to judge of
the following characteristics of the
work, with per centages as stated:
l. Neatness, so per cent.
2. General style and arrange
ment, 20 per cent
3. Continuity, 10 per cent.
4. Completeness, 10 per cent.
5. Volume, 10 per cent.
Lest there be some misunderstood
ing regarding these terms, l will ex-
plain what | mean so that all COM
petitors may have the same concep-
ton of the terms.
/. Neatness-The newspaper and
other clippings are to be trimmed
top, bottom and sides straight and
true. In pasting them in the scrap
book the top and bottom of the clip
pings are to be flush with the top
and bottom of the page. Procure a
scrap book large enough for either
two or three columns. If some clip,
pings are too wide for columns to
a page, paste one clipping in the cen
ter OF the page leaving an equal mar
gin on each side. With ordinary
width clippings. place flush with out
side edge of page, the next close to
it, leaving the only margin at inner
side of page. Use good quality of
paste, either the ready-made photo
paste. or the homemade kind, from
starch or -four. Be careful never to
use sour paste. If title page is writ
ten, same must be executed neatly
and with great pains. Place pieces
of newspaper between the freshly
pasted pages, close the book and
place a weight on same during the
period of rest, as this prevents the
leaves sticking together, or becoming
wrinkled or warped.
2. General arrangement-This part
aims to frontispiece preferably por-
trait of Lincoln) title page, pictures
interspersed throughout the books
and any other physical feature.
3. Continuity-First collect all
the Lincoln clippings you deem sui
ficient to fill your scrap-book; then
paste them in as far as possible in
the order which you would use in
writing Lincolns life. The anec-
dotes and Lincoln stories may be in
serted in chronological order as far
as practical.
4. Completeness-Work TO make
your scraps about Lincoln-no mat
ter how small or large your scrap
book-form a complete volumne of his
life. In order to do this, one must
practice careful discrimination and
be Oh the alert not to have very
much repetition.
5. Nolume-This pertains to only
one thing-amount of material col
lected and used.
These five points for the judges to
consider are mentioned that each
contestant may understand that, in
order to win the prize, the greatest
pains must be taken and large
amount of labor expended.
But, even though many who have
worked laboriously fail to win the
prize. they have still accomplished
something worth more than
many prizes; they have con.
in no small way to
the Lincoln literature, besides pos:
sessing in compact shape fund of
knowledge which even the best life
Of Lincoln does not contain the
whole Of.
Any further needed information
will be cheerfully given if asked for.
Philip T. n. Pierson