Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-04-16
County superintendent Miller Pub
fishes Important Information.
SCHOOL MATTERS
INTELLIGENTLY EXPLAINED
Free Trips to Iowa State Fair, Teach
ers' Reading Circle Books. Min
imum Wage Scale, Etc. -
Free Trip to State Fair.


The Boys Encampment at the Iowa
State Fair, held for the first time in
1912, proved such a success in every
way that the Iowa State Board of Ag-
riculture has decided to provide the
camp again this year.
The fair this year is from August
goth to the 2sth. The opportunity
will be given for 100 farm boys inter-
ested in agriculture to attend the fair
without expense. A prize essay con-
test is to be conducted in every coun-
ty in the state and those winning in
the contest will be given free trips
to the fair and return and all expen-
ses paid while in attendance.
The essays will be judged by a
committee consisting, where practic-
able, of the county superintendent of
schools, the secretary of the farmers
institute and the secretary of the
county fair. The county superintend-
ent of schools will in each case serve
as chairman of the committee In case
of vacancies in these positions the re-
naming members of the committee
will make appointments to fill the va
cancies. The contestant whose essay
wins the first prize will be selected as
delegate from his county and will be
entitled to q free trip to the Iowa
fa air hn
in stated. The winner of the second
prize will be designated as alternate
for his county and will be entitled to
free trip to the fair in case the one
selected as delegate is unable to go.
The boys whose applications are
accepted will be required to write es-
says of not less than 500 words and
not to exceed 700 words on Farming
in Iowa as an Occupation; it's possi-
Tbilities as compared with other vOca-
tions." These essays must be filed
with the chairman for their respect
i've counties not later than June 30th,
1913. Competition will be limited to:
1. Boys of good character between
1 5 and 10 years of age.
2. Candidates to be living on farms
and actually engaged in farm work.
8. Candidates must be willing to
cooperate with other boys and repre-
sentatives of the state fair manage
ment to make this visit to the state
fair of greatest value to all concern
ed and to that end they must put
themselves absolutely under the su-
pervision and direction of the camp
management.
Lectures upon the important feat
ures of the fair exhibits will be CIV
en- from 10 to IL a. m. each day, be-
ginning Saturday, August %, and the
boys will be expected to take notes
in note books which will be given
them for this purpose. Speakers will
include the officials of the fair, prom
inent teachers of agriculture, state
officials, the governor, and others.
The study of exhibits on the fair
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the fair management will cover most
of the afternoons and evenings.
! The boys will be allowed to leave
for home on Thursday. August 2Sth.
at 400 p. m. 1t is not expected that
any boy will withdraw before the
time specified, unless for good and
urgent reasons, satisfactory to the
fair management. If it should happen
that any one should find himself un-
able to comply with the purposes and
spirit Of the party, he may be dismis-
sed at any time and the state fair
management will not be liable for the
expense of the trip.
Each member of the party will re-
ceive badge or certificate which may
be retained. After returning to their
homes the boys will be given the op-
portunity to write essays, not exceed
ing 900 words on, What Saw and
Learned at the State Fair" The es-
says are to be forwarded unsigned,
but with a letter accompanying each
essay, to the state fair secretary, on
or before October 1st. They will then
be judged by a competent, impartial
and disinterested committee.
The winner in this contest of the
first prize will have his expenses paid
to the annual meeting of the state
board of agriculture to be held in Des
Moines on the second Wednesday in
December, at which time he will be
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