The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-09-22
BOYS AND GIRLS EXPOSITION
Held at Burlington This Year, October
1C to 13.


Burlington, Sept. 2l.-The official
handbook of the third annual Vermont
boys and girls agricultural and in
dustrial exposition, to be held at the
armonry October 1913, calls for IS
different classes and 81 varieties or
lots of exhibits. 1t is to be under the
joint direction of the Burlington pub
lie schools. Merchants association,
Greater Vermont association, State
board OF education, commissioner of
agriculture, State Teachers associa-
ton, extension service of the State
Agricultural College, the State com
missioner of education and the State
Y. NJ. C.. A. committee. Wednesday,
October II, public school pupils will
be admitted free. Entries of exhibits
close October 7. Persons wishing en-
Try blanks may obtain them of Archi-
bald c. Hurd of White River Junction.
The object of the exposition is to
rouse greater public interest in voca.
tional education and industrial train
ing. Therefore, those in charge want
schools interested in any of the handi-
crafts or teaching household arts, ag-
Iiculture, etc. to exhibit as fully as
possible. As stated in the handbook:
THE plan is for such schools to use
school room equipment, photographs,
charts and signs to illustrate their
work, but more especially to give, with
groups of pupils. actual class room
demonstrations OF such projects as
cooking, garmentmaking, baking, can.
ming, basketry blacksmithing, butter
making, mechanical arts, printing, car.
pentry work, electrical work. metal
work, cement construction, etc, on
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday;
and even though the entire lower
floor of the armory is being reserved
for this class of exhibits, reservations
for space should be made early with
the director"
These are the prizes for school dem
onstration exhibits:
Best exhibit of any one or more of
the above projects by rural school,
as defined by the state law: First
prize SIS, second $40, third $3.50
fourth So, fifth $3.50 and honorary
mention.
Best exhibit and demonstrations OF
any one or more OF the above projects
by graded school. as defined by the
State law: First prize 800, second SO
third $3.50 fourth So, fifth $3.50 and
honorary mention.
Best exhibit and demonstrations OF
any one or more of the above projects
by high school: First prize S25
second Sl5, third so, fourth $3.50
iiith S. and honorary mention.
Best exhibit and demonstrations OF
any one or more of the above projects
by an institution such as the Kurn
Hattin Homes, state Industrial school
State Schools of Agricultural and Nor
nal schools: First prize S25, second
SIS, third $40 fourth $3.50 fifth S. and
honorary mention.
The premium list for individual con
petition consists of prizes of from
| $500 the highest, to 80 cents.
The executive committee is com
posed of Prof +. h. jerks, professor
of agricultural education, University
of Vermont; Robert +. Mech. vice
chairman Windsor county Y. NJ. c. \
committee. White River Junction;
Edward Hanbridge recording secre
tary Burlington Merchants associa
tion; A. G. Mason, former secrotar!
Rutland Business Mems Association
+. C. Lyon, representing Burlington
Merchants association; n. l.. lngals
State agent boys and girls club work
president Vermont State Teachers
association Burlington; Archibald G
Hurd, county aud rural work secre,ar!
Windsor County Young Mems Chris
tian associations director OF exposition
White River Junction; +. =. Campbell
treasurer Windsor county Y. NJ. c. \
committee, treasurer of exposition
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