The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-09-21
School EXHIBIT
BEST EVERSHOWN
NINETY DISTRICTS COMPETE
WITH MORE THAN 5000 INDI-
VIDUAL ENTRIES,
COUNTY MAKES GOOD Showing
INDUSTRIAL WORK ESPECIALLY
GOOD WITH LARGE VARIETY
OF DISPLAYS
By County Supt. w. E. Boerger

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With 80 districts competing and
over 5000 Individual entries on dis
play the fifth annual semi-graded
school exhibit was thrown open to the
public at the Stearns County fair in
Sank Centre today. The exhibit is
bigger and better than in any prev
ious year, and a most encouraging
fact is that the rural one-room
schools competed successfully with
the village schools in which two or
more teachers are employed and the
work is divided. In all LAG regular
prizes were awarded, besides several
specials, and of this number 103 regu-
lar and most of the special prizes
were awarded pupils of rural one
room schools.
The Industrial exhibit is fully as
large, if not larger, and offers as
great a variety as the academic work.
The fancy. work alone, all done by
school children, has been estimated
by impartial and disinterested judges
to be worth fully SITS, while the
other fancy and plain sewing will
bring the value well above 5000.
Grand Awards, Village Schools.
For the past three years there has
been an intense but friendly rivalry
between the semi-graded schools at
St. Augusta and Luxembourg for the
first place on, grand awards. In 1914
St. Augusta captured the first prize,
the second going to Luxembourg. In
1915 the Luxembourg children stole a
march on their former victors and
/ carried off first honors, while st. Aug
usta had to be content with second
money. This year st. Augusta again
forged ahead with just two points to
their advantage, leading their rivals
by bare-hand 's-breedth.
But there is another climber COM
inp I'D the hill--the Holdihgford
school. Three years ago it stood at
the bottom of the list Of prize win
ners. Last year it advanced to fourth
place, and this year the. work from
this school was awarded third prize.
It will be interesting to note what
Holdingford will do next year. Can IL
force it's steady way forward and
drive a wedge between those two old
rivals, Luxembourg and St. Augusta
If it does it will be because OF the
splendid support the Holdingford peo-
pie are giving in this direction. 1t Will
he remembered that in 1915 the peo-
ple of Holdingford closed their
school for one day and took the chill
dren to the county fair in this city, IN
autos, which were cheerfully donated
for this purpose by the owners. The
report is current today that ~
same will be done this year. No doubt
the interest thus awakened will go far
toward bringing the above results.
Grand Awards, Rural Schools
Among the rural schools, District
No. 46, better known as the Homm
school. eight miles west of Sank Gen.
n tire, holds the first place. This is the
D second time the first prize went to
this school, it having received first
y honors a year ago. Miss Alice Par
ker. who taught this school for the
past three years, and her pupils have
won many high awards for their work.
Three wears ago the school won Sc
= cond prize, and for the two years last
" past it received first money. Fair Wis
% itors and the teachers of the county
IN will regret to learn that Mis- Parker
IS has decided to quit teaching.
N The school children living in the VI
y cinity of Sank Centre must be keen
al observers, for they have studied the
work exhibited so closely that the Sc.
,e cond prize, also, was awarded scnoo
" near there. In fact, ever since there
le have been rural school exhibits the
rs first and second prizes in Grand A
wards have gone to schools in the VI
ir cinity of Sank Centre. This year
" District Number 26, known as tne
n Borgmann school about t wo miles
? south of Sank Centre gets the secone
Us prize. The three remaining Grand "A
in wards, however, fell to schools con
ID siderable distance from Sank Centre
the third going to District Numoel
1O5. five miles east of Eden Vaiie!
y the fourth to District Number 2Oo De
wv tween Albany and Holdingford' ans
- the fifth to District Number 30. X ow,
~ &C the Broker school, one milo OF
~ ~ Collegeville station. Miss Mary Nav
% hurry of st. Cloud taught t sHhoo
winning second honors end lf'ss 70
Il Brown of Sank Centre was a'.e9s
in District Number los. MIS- si-f