The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-03
HOME AND SCHOOL
INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE
School Children Under Leadership of
Teachers Plan to Engage in Va
riety of Useful Pursuits.

The Brattleboro Home and School |
Industrial league has been formed by
the teachers of the public schools, and
active participation by such children
| of the grades in the schools from the
fourth to the ninth, inclusive, as care
to participate in any of the classes
will begin at once.
| Clubs will be formed with a teacher
| in charge of each and occasional meet
ings will be held with talks by ex
perts in the various lines A club to
be maintained must keep up an aver
age of at least six members and pupils
are advised not to enter more than
two or three clubs.
| The motive of the league is to
teach the children to do worthwhile
things and do them well. It's aims are
to increase interest in and knowledge
Of gardening, cooking, and other prac-
teal operations; to learn to make
profitable use of leisure time; to CO.
/ ordinate home and school work; to
love and appreciate nature through
: observation and study of birds, trees
and flowers and to aid in a realiza-
ton of the Importance Of profitable
employment.
The following are the rules:
All work must be done by the pupil
|
spading ground and applying heavy
fertilizer.
: /. Teachers, parents, or others may ad-
, wise, instruct, and direct work but in
5 preparing, or making the final product
for exhibition, detailed supervision
and assistance is not allowable
All exhibits must be entirely
grown or made between January
1916, and the date of the exhibit, ex-
, cept in the Poultry club.
al No pupil can make more than one
entry in any class except the Poultry
club.
No prizes or premiums will be
5 awarded unless in the opinion of the
: judges the exhibits are worthy and Z
t sufficient number enter the competi
q ton.
t All rules, recipes, and directions
;, etc, must conform to those of tn,
V Vermont Boys and Girls Agricultur
! al and Industrial exposition-these t.
n be explained at club meetings.
., Competition is open to all boys ant
a girls attending the Brattleboro publ
4 schools.
,. Each exhibitor must make the fol
il lowing declaration when the exhibi
is entered:
Al q declare that I have compile,
as Win tiL1 1u4ES VI tI6 IcdSucs IiIdI IL
az person has assisted me contrary t
d said rules; and that my exhibit is til
n work of my own hands. -
A. The following are the clubs and tn
20 leaders of each: Birds, Miss Georg
,s anna McKeon, Miss Gertrude Marstol
Miss Leona Wright; wild flowers an
# trees, Miss Minnie Rawson, Mis-
= Grace Nugent, Miss Pauline Morris
II vegetables, Miss Sadie Wincheste
ID Miss Nellie Prouty, Mrs. Alice Mors
Is Miss Pauline Morris; cultivate
al flowers, Miss Cola Martin, Miss Inc
r. Akley, Miss Mary Croker; potatoe
nj E. B. Smith; poultry, Miss Helen Ma
al tin; cooking, Miss Elizabeth Huntc
70 Miss Jessie Ransom, Miss Martin
ali Pike; canning, Miss Florence NJ We
m man; sewing, Miss Nellie Fem, Nj
,rt F. /. Swift, Miss Leona Wright, Mi
May Douglas; camera, Miss Eth
or. Eddy; earning, Miss Mabel Applin.
mel Different conditions pertain to di
20 ferent clubs and these are explaint
iii on circular which was given TO t
nd pupils yesterday. The general idea Ii
been discussed in the meetings of t
X several Parent-Teacher association
% so that the conditions are familiar
irs many of the parents of children
IRIS the public schools.
or An eNhiDlU VIII pc held 5dturus
i'm Sept Is, in the Main street buildi.
the IN the morning the afdcies eNhIol1
his VIII De put IN place anu Juaged q
var the premiums AWARDED. IN the art
aca aeon the exhibit will be opened to t
~ public upon payment of a small adm
fan sion fee, such fees to be used in
the fraying expenses. Articles exhibit
tho may be sold if so marked. Artic
oad may also be exhibited at The Vail
emit fair and the State Boys and Cir
ua Club exhibit
the
he WINDHAM.