Morris tribune., 1913-05-09
BOYS TO GET TRIP.
State Fair Gives Free Trip to
1O4 Farm Boys.

So successful was the Farm Boys
Camp at the Minnesota State Fair and
Exposition of 1912, that the manage
ment has determined to make it an
annual feature. The purpose of this
camp is to extend the educational adj
vantages of the State Fair to the
farms of the state. and to stimulate a
greater interest in the fair by spread
ing throughout the eightysix counties
it's real worth, through the boys who
annually are members of the State
Fair Camp.
Not only will the management bring
to the fair one boy from each county,
but they have determined to select
two boys from each of the nine con-
gresslohal districts of the state, who
were members of the 1912 Camp, in
addition thereto. these boys to act as
guides and assist Supt Higbie in
looking after the welfare of the new
boys. This selection will be made
from among the boys who submitted
essays following the last fair. as re-
quested. Thus the Camp this year
will be composed of 104 of the
brightest and most intelligent farm
boys in the state.
The selection of the boys. will be
made by local committee consisting
of the County Superintendent of
Schools, the chairman of board of
county commissioners. and one other
selected by these two. This commit
tee will mark all essays submitted.
The applicants must be of good
moral character; willing to cooper
ate in making the encampment a
success; be between the ages of six
teen and nineteen years, and be actual
residents and workers upon a farm.
No boy who was member of the
Farm Boys Camp at the 1912 State
Fair. or who has ever been regularly
enrolled in any special school or col.
lege of agriculture, in this or any
other state. will be eligible to COM
pete. (This does not exclude boys
who have attended agricultural de-
partments in high schools).
Each boy making application. will
be required to- write ar. essay Of not
! less than 400 or more than TOO words
upon one OF. the following subjects,
to-wit: Corn, Cattle, Hogs. Glover,
Alfalfa, and their relation to farming
in Minnesota.
All essays must be in the hands Of
the local committee before the frs
! (1st) day of June. The committet
will read and mark them at once anC
notify the secretary of the State Fail
on or before June tenth (10th) o.
the name and address of the boz
standing highest, which boy will b,
the one entitled to the free trip to thC
State Fair, as member of the Farm
Boys Ercampment from his county
Upon leaving home each boy mus
purchase round-trip railway ticket
and get receipt from the ticke
agent. This receipt to be handed t
the superintendent of the Encamp
ment, when the boy arrives at th
grounds. who in turn will turn it owe
to the secretary: upon receipt of sam
the secretary will issue voucher t
refund the amount of the railwa
transportation.
Comfortable quarters will be pro
vided for the boys at or near the larg
Live Stock Pavilion. Cots, matresse
and pillows will be furnished. Fac
boy will be required to pay $2.O
toward the expense of his meals fo
the week he is in camp. This is t
cover cost of his meals. beginnin
with supper, Saturday evening. Aug
30, up to and including dinner. Satul
day noon, Sept. 6.
The boys and camp will be unde
the immediate supervision of Mr..
c. Hibgie, of the School of AgricU
ture, at Morris, MINI. Strict dis
cipline will be enforced and the cor
duct of the boys carefully locke
after. and those not wishing to cor
form to the discipline and rules of til
encampment. will be asked to retu1
at once to their honnas
For further information writ
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