The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-02-20

Clubs offers a prize OF $50 to be given
the County School Improvement Asso-
citation that reports the greatest i'm
provement in the rural schools of its
county between October Is. 1912, and
the corresponding date in 1913.
Pike county, under the able leader
ship of Miss Sarah Luther, won the
Federation prize Of 1911-12, st. Claire
county came second in the conpett-
ton.
VIII make an effort to secure this prize
which will be awarded on the following
conditions.
First. The term Improvement in
cludes:
A. Local Taxation.
B. Consolidation.
plans approved by the State Depart
ment of Education.
D. Deciding the school property in
fee simple, to the county board of edu-
cation for the benefit of the children of
the district in which the building is
located, if 1t is not already so decided
z. Libraries and the best use OF
them.
VI IlDIdIlGS-. S6CuIS1
through the state appropriation.
G. Interior decorations, especially
pictures and knowledge of TIE artist.
II. Beautifying yards.
I. Enlarging the grounds, If they
do not include at least one acre; they
should include three acres.
J. Furniture and better general
equipment.
K. Development Of social side in
Guiding: ID Most original and best
worked out local entertainments; (2)
Cooking clubs; (3) Sewing clubs; (4)
Canning clubs; (5) Corn clubs; CO.
Local and intra- county athletics; Cd
County Lyceum furnishing lecture and
entertainment courses to rural schools.
go Reading Circles for farmers wives
and for young people.
Second. improvements must be
made between October Is, 1919, and
October Is, 1913.
Third. The county association re-
ceiving the prize, must in turn award
at to the local association in that
county, that has submitted the best
report of work. Only rural schools can
compete for this prize. No town or
city with more than 500 population
shall be eligible for the contest.
Fourth. County associations wishing
to enter this contest, should secure
data prior to October Is, 1912, names
and descriptions Of schools through
out the county, before improvements
are made.
Fifth. The president of each county
association which enters the contest
must file applications for the prize
with the chairman OF this committee
not later than June 10. 1913.
Sixth. All reports, descriptions,
photographs and other evidences show
ing Improvement, must be sent TO the
chairman of the education committee
of the Alabama Federation of Women
Clubs before October Is, 1918.
Seventh. The Prize which is to be
used for further improvements in the
school receiving it, will be awarded in
check not later than November 25,
1913
We wish especially to call your at
tention to the state appropriation for
libraries, and urge that you make
every effort to secure the fourteen libra
ries available for each county, instead
Of ten as was the case the first yea-.
Last year only twenty-five counties
qualified for the full amount of their
appropriation. Twenty-one counties
forfeited their entire amount, and
twenty-one counties a part of their ap-
preparation, which is reapportioned
among all the counties the second year.
Should your county not take advantage
OF the fund available for any year, 1t
simply contributes that much of its
citizens taxes to other counties. How
many of these libraries did your county
receive last year? How many do you
hope to receive this year?
Respectfully,
ELIZABETH B. BASHTNSKY,
Chairman, A. F. W. c.. Educational
Committee.