The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-09-23
THE STEARNS COUNTY SCHOOLS
MAKE SPLENDID EXHIBIT
AT THIS WEEKS FAIR
DISTRICT 1879 AGAIN LEADS
COMPLETE LIST OF PRIZES is
AWARDED TO CHILDREN OF
VARIOUS SCHOOLS
Continued from first page

crocheting and embroidering fill ev-
cry inch not occupied by the other
school work. Raffia and reed work is
in evidence in large quantities-th the
work of busy little hands-while bird
houses, hammer handles, spliced
ropes, nail boxes and bread boards
show that manual training among the
boys has not been neglected.
Exhibits are shown in 40 different
classes, with liberal entries in all. In
addition to the classified awards Ia
special prizes were given to pupils for
work not called for in the plan, but
which was so creditable that the Fair
management felt the efforts should be
compensated by special prizes. There
is only one lot in which there were no
entries, and that is the general pen
manship exhibit. While there is a
large penmanship display no single
school exhibited work of all the eight
grades, thus leaving the penmanship
entry a grand "free-for-all."
General Exhibits (Semi- Graded)
Twenty-Five general prizes were
awarded, the winners being schools in
stead of individual pupils. The first
five cover the entire exhibits from as
many semi-graded schools, while an
other series-equal in number and
amount applies to complete displays
from rural institutions. The general
average of each exhibit as a whole,
together with the number of individual
prizes won, determined these general
awards. In addition there were five
prizes for collective exhibits in draw
ing, five for primary work and five for
fancy work. Since the exhibit from
each school had to be separated into
the various classes and has been dis
tributed all about the building, the
awards in these five lots are shown
by cards against the wall at one end
of the building. These cards show the
prize, the amount, the name of the
school Cor number of the district) and
the class in which these awards were
made.
Among the semi-graded schools the
one at Gutenberg (about nine miles
southwest of st. Cloud ranks first.
Of the 143 individual prizes offered
26 were won by pupils from this
school, and this fact, coupled with the
quantity and quality of the work
shown, determined the judges to
award the first prize for general ex-
hibits from semi-graded schools to the
Nuremberg institution. Their exhibit
is certainly an extensive one. 1t en-
braces entries in every class and sub
division, besides several special lines.
The primary work display alone COW
ers 48 square feet, while the industrial
exhibit is the most extensive shown
Sister Olga o. S. B. is the principal
and her assistant is Sister Edith O. S.
b. They have been accorded every
possible encouragement by the school
officers, who are Nick w. Witte, Nick
Bec>er and John S. Held.
The st. Augusta school comes a
close second, eighteen Individual priz-
es having been captured by its pupils.
The work from this school also COW
ers all the various entries, and its ex-
hibit CT fancy work stands first in
that large and meritorious class.
The village school at St. Joseph, of
which B. A. Herzog is principal and
Miss Victoria Glatzmaier of Saint
Paul, assistant, captured third prize,
being next in line in the number of
Individual awards. This school has
been in operation only one year, new
ertheless the teachers have proven
their ability in their exhibit, the first
of its kind from that village. The of
fcers are Martin Schroeder, Ben As
chenbrenner, and Michael Loso.
Miss Mary Burns, who, for the past
year was principal of the Holdingford
school, and her assistants, the Misses
Inatl.ilda Hit, Caroline Hartz and
Mary Lynch, have succeeded in put
ting the Eolelingford school one place
forward Last year the school was
awarded fifth prize in general ex-
hi0sts, while this year it stands fourth
an line. This school has offered some
very fine exhibits from the very be-
ginning, and some of its work, two
years ago twhen w. ]. Keepers was
principally helped the Stearns county
exhibit win second place at the state
fair. The school officers are Otto j.
Stein, w. E. Murphy and Valentine
Herman.
The Waite Parke schol, which for
the past three years has held first
place, and which again captured the
same honor this year, stands fifth
among the semi-graded schools of the
county of which there are II in num-
Der. For the past three years Miss
lragdalen Burns was principal and
her assistants were the Misses Sadie
Arnsit and Agnes Erickson. The of
ficers are w c. ScheiI, L. L. Bowers,
and S. F. Stelzig.
General Exhibit (Rural SchooIs)
Among the rural districts the