The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-09-22
WINNERS IN
/ DEPART. OF
EDUCATION
Judges Announce Awards On Ex-
hibits Made by Rural, Village
and City Schools Of
County at Fair
MUCH WORK OF
mLkH UlSPLhIED
Is Difficult to Render Decisions;
Chickasha Shows Up Strongly;
Marked Ingenuity Mani
tested by Students

After an arduous two hours work
the committee on awards, in the de-
partment of education, made the
choice of prize winners Tuesday after
noon. The judges were Miss Wilson.
teacher of fine arts at the Oklahoma
College for Women; G. F. Newell,
former county superintendent, assist
ed by Mrs. M. II. Shepard.
The winners of the first, second and
third prizes were:
Rural schools-Freeman, Shepard
loving cup, first; Pleasant View, pen
nant. second; Waldron. ribbon, third
Village schools-Minco, Amber,
Union Hill, Verden, contestants. Prizes
were awarded to Amber. Shepard low
ing cup, first; Minco, pennant, second;
Union Hill, ribbon, third.
City Schools Of chckasha.
West building school, loving cup,
first; South building, pennant, second;
North building, ribbon, third.
High school-Manual training and
bench work, first prize, $2 cash; sec
ond prize 81 cash; third prize, rib
bon.
Grade Schools.
Best exhibit hand work. first, to first
grade in West building; second, to
first grade in North building; third to
first grade in South building.
Best set free hand drawings-West
school, first; North school, second:
South school. third.
Second grade-Freehand work. First
prize, North school. second prize.
West school,
Third grade-Best hand work, South
school, first; West school, second;
North school, tIird. Best freehand
drawing, North School, first; West
school, second; South school, third.
Fourth grade-Best handwork, South
school. first; West school, second;
North school. third. Best set maps
Oklahoma, West school, first; North
school, second; South school, third.
Fifth grade-Best freehand drawing
North school, first; South school, Sec
ond: West school, third.
Best maps of Oklahoma, South
school, first; North school, second;
West school, third.
Best map of Oklahoma, South school,
first; North school, second; West
school, third.
Seventh grade-Seventh in high
school, first; North school, second;
West school, third.
Best map of United States, West
school, first; North school, second;
South school, third.
Eighth grade-Eighth at high school.
first, second and third prizes.
The judges in making the awards
stated they had close work in render
ing their decision, as all work was so
meritorious it was most difficult to
draw the line of demarcation between
the good. better. best"
The exhibits placed by the city
schools reflect the greatest credit up
on both pupil and teacher. Nothing
could better illustrate the careful. the
painstakiRg and the systematic man
ner in which the grade teachers, the
high school teachers have worked il
hearty according and conjunction with
Prof. w. r. Ramey, superintendent o
city schools,
| From the work exhibited by pupili
of the high school and of the higher
grades, on down to the handiwork o
the little tots in the lower grades, thu
same evidences of careful and wei
thought training is in evidence. Tn
careful adherence to detail which ma,
be found in the work of the more ad
vanced pupils, especially the maps o
Oklahoma and of the United States
when placed side by side with tn
more or less eccentric work of the lii
tie fellows whose minds are just bt
ginning to bud, all to go show tina
the little fellows are today receivin
the same careful initiatory trainin
which the hieh school nnnfls of IN