Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-03-17
MANY NEW ENTRIES
FOR SCHOOL CONTEST
VARIOUS FEATURES ADDED IN
PLANS FOR 1910 AGRICULTURE
AL-INDUSTRIAL EXHIBIT.

Posters announcing the details of
the annual agricultural and indus
trial contest Of the schools of the city
and county, to be held in connection
with the Second Annual County Fair.
september II to 16. are being sent
% each teacher in the county by 6u-
peYitnendent o. c. Goss. to be posted
in each room as q constant reminder
Of the contest to the pupils. Hitherto
this information has been published
in a booklet. but Superintendent
Goss believes that in the new form,
featuring also the value Of the prizes
to be awarded each entry. the pupils
will receive still greater encourage
ment in preparing for teh contest.
Details Of the contest were decided
upon at a meeting of the special COM
mittee Friday night. Superintendent
Goss is chairman, the other members
being Principals e. H. Evans Of the
Garfield school, w. L. Miller of Bu-
coda, d. w. Gibson Of South Bay. and
w. e. Mcclure of Tumwater. They
revised the entire list of entries, pro-
viding various new features, and also
authorized the superintendent to
divide the county into several dis
tricts in which preliminary exhibits
are to be held, the winners of which
will enter the county contest. The
present plan is to hold these COM
munity exhibits at Tumwater. Tenino.
Yelm, Little Rock, Gate. Rochester
and Olympia, though one or two
other places may later be selected.
Special Vegetable Exhibit
Particular effort is to be directed
this year to encourage entries for the
largest prize in the contest, q special
prize Of IS for the best individual
exhibit Of vegetables containing at
least eight different kinds of prod
ucts, with q second prize Of 81. This
special prize was offered last year but
there were no entries.
In the home economics department.
the following new entries were
authorized: Best plate of dough-
nuts, best loaf Of graham bread. best
plain apron and best centerpiece. In
the agricultural department. because
there were several fne exhibits Of
Aeld corn last year for which no
prizes were offered this years prize
list provides for entries for the best
six ears Of white field corn and the
best six years of yellow. and also for
the best exhibit of parsnips. The
first prizes in this department will be
worth $3.50 and the second 81, being
higher than those offered in the state
contest at Yakima or the Southwest
Washington Fair at Chehalis.
Prizes for Best Maps.
In the manual training department,
in place Of mechanical drawing,
which is not taught in the schools
outside Olympia, the list provides
prizes for the best ink map of Thurs
ton county showing the principal
towns and rivers. for the best nodded
physical (relief) map of the state,
and for the best water color speci-
men, while there are also special
prizes for basketry exhibited by
pupils of grades below the seventh.
Another feature of this years con-
test will be. prizes for the youngest
pupils of the schools, who have been
left out heretofore. For their ben
eft prizes will be offered pupils In
the second, third and fourth grades
for the best examples Of weaving such