The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-12-09
MANY ENTRIES N
STUDENT CONTEST
BOYS AND GIRLS OF COUNTRY
SCHOOLS SHOW GREAT INTER.
EST IN ANNUAL EXHIBIT
BIC OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES PROGRAM
BIG C%R0WDHARsMSTRUCTvE PROGRAM
State College Faculty Members Deliver
Addresses Of interest to Pupils
List Of Winners Of Prizes

A goodly number of the rural schools
of Brookings county were represented
In the annual industrial contest of the
Boys and Girls Club held in the base
ment of the Grand opera house in this
city last Saturday, and the large list of
entries exhibited the excellent handi-
work OF the coming generation in this
county. Especially was the girls bak-
Ing exhibit out of the ordinary while
in the poultry exhibit ~sixtytwo birds
were entered.
Saturday morning was occupied with
classifying and judging the exhibits
and short talks were given by Prof. w.
M. MAR, organizer of the Boys and
Girls Club, and Prof. Marley Champ
lin. Throughout the entire day the
basement rooms of the opera house
were comfortably filled with an appre.
~ciative audience who viewed the ex-
hibits with interest and attended the
programs.
Program In Afternoon ~
A program Of music and addresses
was held in the afternoon. Music was
furnished by Prof. C~hristensen's or
chestra and an address especially for
the girls on Home Betterment and
Bread Making" by Miss Nola X. From
me followed. Prof. e. e. Stivers then
talked on, "The Advantages of a Prac-
tical Education" and he compared
the educational advantages of both
city and rural boys and girls In past
years and today.
Following Prof. Stivers' address
Miss Marian Carlisle favored the au-
dience with a vocal solo, her sister,
Miss Frances Carlisle, playing the ac-
compartment. Prof. Manley Champlin
then gave a talk OF the food values of
corn. wheat and other farm products
and urged the farm boys to make the
most of their opportunities. Prof. F. e.
spirits with two humorous readings
and Prof. w. M. MAR gave a heart to
heart talk to the boys and girls, APP
pealing to them to stay with the club
work and get all the good there is to
gotten out of it.
Contests Are Interesting
The interesting part of the program,
especially to the boys and girls, were
the apple pairing, potato pairing and
corn husking contests. In the apple
contest there were about twenty en-
tries, in the potato about ten and in
the corn husking over thirty. Club
members and their classmates partici-
pated and they displayed much en-
thusiasm and rivalry in their en-
deavors to win the prizes.
A free matinee of motion pictures
was enjoyed by the club members,
their teachers, parents and friends fol-
lowing the contest and at the conclu-
sion Of the four reels of pictures Prof.
c. L.. Dimmette Of Bushnell read a list
of the prize winners. County Superin-
tendent H. w. Blakely awarded the
prizes and checks totaling about
100000 were given the boys and girls
as prizes.
List Of Prize Winners
The prize winners in the various
classes follow:
Corn
Best bushel corn-1st, Lewis Eber-
len. Dist. z; End, Robert Slocum,
Brookings; Bird, Harold Slocum, Brook
ings.
Best 10 ears corn-1st, Lewis Eber-
lein, Dist. q; End. Samuel Reeves. Dist.
70; Bird. Peder Hanson. Dist. 70.
Best ear corn-1st. Lewis Eberlein,
Dist. Z: End. Harold Slocum, Brook
ings; Bird. Robert Slocum, Bookings
Poultry
Two chickens scoring highest-1st,