The log cabin Democrat., 1916-07-14
BIG SCHOOL FAIR 10 BE HELD HERE ALL SCHOOLS1O COMPETE First Annual Event to be Staged at Conway on September
 15 and 16.

The first annual Faulkner County School Fair will be held at Conway September 15 and 16. Every school in the county is expected to compete Tn the various contests to be held. Gold medals will be given to the winners in the reading and declama- ton contests, while in all other con- tests and exhibits, blue ribbons will be given the winners of first place and red ribbons to winners of second place. The Conway school will be ineligible to enter the reading, dec- lamation and music contests.
 The fair will be held at the Con- way high school building, with the athletic events being staged at the fair ground.
 A feature of the fair will be the grand parade. It will be divided into three sections, schools with only one teacher, schools with only two teach CTS and schools with three or more teachers. Each school will carry a large banner. A prize will be given to the school making the highest grade, each school being graded on the number of pupils in the parade, enrolment of the school and the dis tance from Conway. The schools will be allowed floats in the line.
 The officers in charge of the fair are County Examiner J. M. c. Waugh ter, Miss Ethyl Julian, A. A. Parsons. Ii. L. Turner Mrs. Joseph Frauen- thai, Mrs. Fife Lincoln, B. A. Short. Miss Maggie Dennison, Miss Myrtle Smith and Lee Smith,
 The following rules and regulations will govern the fair:
 Every public school for whites in the county may take part in the school fair.
 All pupils who have taken part in the county contest are also eligible to enter the contests of the Fair As sociation
 Contestants in writing, composition and map drawing will furnish own materials.
 Exhibit blanks may be obtained from the secretary of the association. Two should be filled out by the teach CT and attached to the exhibit. One Will be removed by the judges and the other by the exhibitor when the article is removed, but winners will have to present their exhibit blank to the committee to obtain recognition as such
 All exhibits must be in by 1:3O D. m. Friday, September Is.
 Exhibits may be removed after 12 m. Saturday.
 Winners will be announced at the fair grounds Saturday afternoon.
 In all cases pupils exhibiting work Will be expected to have done the work themselves. The teacher shall aid only in the training or practice. No outsider is allowed to train par ticipants in any of the contests.
 The agricultural exhibits may be made by the boys and girls from products grown on the home farm.
 All exhibits of cooking must be prepared by the exhibitor.
 All needle work must be the pro- duct of the exhibitor.
 Participants must be regularly en- rolled Tn the schools or have attend- ed as much as 60 per cent of the ses- sion of 1915-16. The Conway school shall not enter the contests in reading, Reclamation or music.
 The contests to be held are as follows:
 Literary Department.
 Writing-Best written copy of the "Beatitudes"-fifth and sixth grades Best letter to a boy written by a boy-ffth and sixth grades. Best letter to girl written by a girl-fifth and sixth grades. Best business letter by boy or girl seventh grade.
 Best letter of application for the position of teacher in a country school by boy or girl-seventh grade Gall written in the presence of JuugeS.)
 Compositions-(Must be expressed in the pupils own language and not more than 800 words, all to be writ. ten in presence of the judges.)
 My Ideal Rural School" Illus trate with pictures and diagrams.
 Country Social Life in Faulkner County" Drawings or pictures will be considered.
 "A Plan for Celebrating the Fourth of July"
 "A Good Way to Observe Thanks giving"
 Story Telling-Oral stories of own selection by boy or girl of first ol (Continued Page Four.)