The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-14
PRIZES FOR SCHOOL
INDUSTRIAL WORK

zone cake, loaf Of bread, fancy pill
low, fancy apron, hemstitched hand
keFchief, three ears yellow corn, three
ears popcorn, quart of new wheat,
largest and best head of cabbage"
This signifies neither church sale
nor a county fair but a school exhibit
in a county where industrial work is
recognized by regular training in the
public schools and rewarded by pr1z-
es at the end of the year. The work
is done at home under the direction Of
parents as well as teachers, accord
ing to information received at the
United States Bureau of Education.
The county Industrial education
exhibit recently held at Goshen, Ind,
where products such as these are
shown, represents a school and home
movement that is going on vigorously
in many parts of the United States.
It typif1es the awakened interest in
Industrial training that has come TO
supplement, not supp1ant, the tradi-
ttona1 work of the public schools. 1t
fore between school and life.
The business men of this Indiana
county showed their interest in the
school industrial exhibit by furnish
ing prizes for the best products IN
each class. The first prize for the
best loaf of bread baked by q school
girl was a gold ring, and the second
an Administer rug. The girl who
served the most delicious luncheon OF
four dishes was rewarded with a 'isa-
worry roaster.'' Boys from the high
school who showed the most business
like commercial paper-checks. notes,
ete.-and wrote the best composition
on What a high-schoo1 graduate
should know and be able to do were
presented with subscriptions to local
newspapers. The winners or the
.orn club exhibit were given the priv.
ilege of two-day5 trip to Purdue
University; and there were many 9TH
er premiums awarded for products
actually made or grown by the schooi
children of the county during the
year.
Plans for giving credit In some way
for work produced as a result of the
educative process but not actually
done in school are reported from many
localities. The Massachusetts home
project work in agriculture b one OF
the most successful attempts to cor
relate school and home BY this
plan the pupil Is required to do home
farm work as part of the school pro-
gram, and a portion OF this work IL
done during school hours. The Ore
gon plan OF school credit for home
duties where the idea Is extended to
include the widest possible range OF
home activities. has been tried with
success in many schools.
An interesting plan is reported from
Oconto County WISCONSIN. The SUI
perintendent in that county offers 20
per cent. credit In geography on the
eighth-grade examinations for a scale
map showing the location of factor
les, churches, schools. and fa1Tns5 10
per cent in hygiene for keeping the
teeth clean; 80 per cent. in agrfcul-
ture for selecting, drying, and testing
the seed corn for the farm. and for
keeping Babcock test record of at
least four COWS for one month; and
some credit in language for letters
written at home. Sac County, iowa,
allows credit for regular home duties
such as feeding the chickens, sweep
ing the floor, splitting kindIings, etc.
Three Missouri counties show their
faith in human nature by asking the
parent to mark on the official report
card the cht1d's standing In man
ual or Industrial work done at home;
sweeping, busting, d2shwashtng, bak7
ing, setting the hreaess cooker, feed
ing stock, milking. dragging the
road" etc. The whole purpose IL to
vitalize the interest OF both parent and
child by showing the intimate con-
nect3on between education and the
daily life OF the individual