The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-09-23

No. LA, that every piece of the two
exhibits was inspected four times by
as many judges, land it was only after
a vote was taken upon all the points
that it was decided. The exhibit
consists of doylies, center pieces, fam
cy pillow slips and towels. Miss Eli
nor Theisen, the teacher, has been
very successful in her work in this
school, and her course had the undi-
vided support of the school officers,
Messrs Joseph Lichy, William Becker
and Henry Young.
The school at st. Nicholas comes in
for another prize in this lot. The
fourth award on fancy work was cap
tured by this school, the display con-
sisting of well executed floral designs
on center pieces and stand covers.
The Schoenborn school in the Town
ship of Spring Hill District No. 21)
was awarded fifth prize on general
fancy work exhibits, while the Lux
emberg semi-graded institution came
| in for honorable mention in this class.
Sets of Dolls Clothes.
AS already, stated no school entered
complete exhibit of penmanship
throughout the eight grades, SO that
the prizes offered for this lot remained
open. A number of exhibits, not cal
led for in the outline, were sent in by
some of the teachers, and it was final
| ly agreed upon by the judges to award
the prizes in this class to sets of dolls
clothes, of which there are number
of entries. A set consists of kimono,
night dress, petticoat, waist-petti-
coat and drawers. The best set wa;
made by Johanna Peters, a pupil Of
the Cold Spring Village school. A
happy choice of material, as well as
careful fitting and stitching (the reg
ulations called for hand work. COM
bined in earning this prize for shis
pupil.
Angela Held of the Nuremberg
school won the second prize, and her
success is the beginning of long line
of prizes for that institution. The
third prize was won by Clara Mess
man and Alma Hurrle of the st. Aug
usta school, who worked jointly on a
set. The fourth and fifth prizes were
awarded respectively to Bertha Held
and Marcella Becker of the Luxem-
berg.
Geographical Exhibit.
A very interesting display. and one
which required much study and work,
is the geographical exhibit. This con-
sists of relief maps of the United
States, relief maps of Africa, maps of
the British Isles, maps of the Baltic
sea and bordering countries, maps Of
Mexico and maps of Europe.
The relief maps, particularly those
winning the first prizes, are almost
perfect. The material used in their
construction varies. Some of the pu-
pills used modelling clay (which is not
so satisfactory because of the plastic
materially others used paper pulp,
while the majority employed a COM
position of salt, starch and flour which
gives the best results. The maps have
all been colored, which heightens the
effect and accentuates the difference
in altitude.
A double purpose was followed in
calling for maps of the Baltic sea, and
the countries bordering it. 1t was not
the intention to secure merely an out
line of the body of water, but of the
surrounding countries as well, and in
this many otherwise excellent maps
failed of winning prizes. Many
showed only part of Russia, Ger
many, Norway and Sweden, and these
could not be considered, though the
outline of the body of water called for
was, in number of instances, very
good. Some pupils made similar mis-
take in the maps of Mexico, in that
they included Central America.
The product maps are very good
and show a great deal of study and
work. These presented, perhaps, the
severest test of all, for the products
were to be supplied from memory. In
consequence the product maps show
a variety of mistakes, but this proves
that they were made without the aid
of books.
The geographical exhibit is not with
out some humor One of the pupils
who purposely withheld his name, of
fered horrible distortion and labeled
it Great Britain after Germany
gets through with it," but this bit of
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