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

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ed, but it looks for all the world like
the real article.
Although the school building in Dis
trict No. 81 in the township of Spring
Hill is an old one and scarcely af-
fords the ordinary Accommodations, the
teacher-Miss Pauline Weber and
the pupils were interested in the
school exhibit to such an extent that
they offered work which won for the
school the third prize for primary
work. The exhibit consists of raffia
work and paper folding, carefully
mounted on card board sheets.
Miss Mary Lynch, who had charge
of the primary room at Holdingford,
exhibited the work done by her pupils
during the past year, and will have
the satisfaction to know that her eff
forts have won the third prize. The
exhibit consists of paper folding and
language work, very creditably exc
cuted.
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awarded the school at Waite Park,
! which was awarded the same honor
in the semi-graded general exhibit)
section. The work was done under
the direction of Miss Agnes Erickson,
and, like all the work submitted by
the Waite Park School, is very cred
liable.
Drawing Exhibit
Ever since educational work has
been shown at the county fair the
Waite Park school has held first place
in drawing, and, despite the strenuous
efforts of other schools none succeed
ed in taking the prize from Waite
Park. The drawing exhibit from this
school is the largest and covers the
greatest variety of subjects. There
are water color sketches, stained
glass designs, silhouettes and nature
studies, all executed with painstaking
care and precision.
The second prize was awarded to
the Wensmann school (also called the
Lyttle schooD in district Number "a,
five miles south of New Munich in the
township of st. Martin. The exhibit
is not a very large one, but the work
presented is exceptionally good. Miss
Rose Sandbrink has been teaching the
school for the past two years, and
will again have charge duriAg the COM
ing year. The school officers are Ben
Revermann, John M. Thielen and
Math Mayors.
The Holdingford school, like that of
Waite Park, also won three of the
general prizes, the third award in
drawing being captured by this insti-
tuition. The exhibit is quite extensive
and covers large variety of subjects.
Three miles west of Richmond, on
the Roscoe road, stands little con-
crete school house in which Miss Sus-
an Lair, of st. Cloud, has been teach
ing for the past three years. A year
ago a penmanship prize was awarded
a pupil from this school, and this in
terested the others to such an extent
that this year they captured the
fourth prize in the general drawing
exhibit. This school is sometimes cal
led the Rothstein school, and the Of
icers of the district are Michael Weis,
Peter Ley and Peter Becker.
One year ago the pupils of District
Number 100, the school in the village
of st. Nicholas, prepared large
drawing exhibit. However, fire de-
stroyed the church and parish house,
and, since the school stood only
short distance away, the work for the
county fair exhibit was removed from
the building, together with the other
furnishings. 1t was deposited hur-
riedly, as there was not much time
to select a safe place. The school was
saved, but before the furniture and
the material for the display could be
returned to it a strong wind arose and
swept all the drawings, maps, pen
manship and booklets into a nearby
lake. In spite of the encouragement,
however, the pupils prepared another
exhibit during the past year. 1t is
not very large exhibit, but it meets
| all the requirements and it was
awarded the fifth prize. During the
past year Miss Sophia Kranz was the
teacher. The school officers are John
Stommes, Nicholas Hommerding and
Henry Faber.
Fancy Work Exhibit
Perhaps the real surprise in the en-
tire school display is offered by the
fancy work. Taking the age of the
contestants into consideration, it is
safe to say that there is not a better
exhibit anywhere on the entire ground
Here one can see work ranging
through the full extent of embroider-
ing and crocheting, and number of
the pieces on exhibit would compare
lfavorably with some shown in the
Domestic Arts building, in which peo-
pie of maturer years and experience
exhibited. Two series of prizes were
offered in this section, one for general
display and another for individual
/ (single) pieces.