The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-09-21

and the entire selection strung on
wire. John Frings of District Numbe
15,, better known as the Bavarial
Settlement school north of Cold Sprin,
Mr.. Henry j. Adrian, teacher, made
collection of fifty-six varieties, but a
n.ong these are some berries, shrub
and flowers, not true woods. He wa
awarded second prize.
Geography Exhibit
Under this head, prizes were offeret
for relief, drawn and product maps
There are ITO relief and 113 draw
maps; and these, together with tn,
large and carefully executed produc
maps make the geography exhibit a!
fine one as is shown in the entire
rural school building. The relief worl
is nearly all executed in salt and ii
starch, and much of it is very nearly
perfect. Miss Leonora Anderson OF
District Number 118, three miles north
ct Holdingford, who, two years ago
won first prize at the state fair for g
relief map of North America, wins
first prize on a relief map of Austria.
liza; while Verena Lair of District
Number 2 in township of st. Cloud
took first honOrs on a relief map OF
Europe.
The Fair Haven school entered the
contest for the first time this year
but nevertheless it proved itself able
to compete with those of longer exper-
fence in the work, for one of its pu-
pills, Miss Freida Quale, won the first
prize on drawn map of the Japan sea.
This is very difficult map, but the
Fair Haven girl mastered the prob
lem down to every detail, even to al
most exact boundaries of the political
divisions. Another difficult map was
that of the eastern coast of the Uni
ted States, with its highly irregular
coast line. The best one was drawn by
Minna Feierabend of District Number
2O4, near Grey Eagle. The best pro-
duct map of Stearns county was pre-
pared by the pupils of the fifth grade
in District Number 13-the Bromen-
schenkel school in the township Of LIE
Sank. With the exception of two MIS-
takes in giving the township Of Grow
Lake credit for raising nothing but
horses and onions, and the town of
Grove only berries and fruits, this map
is as nearly correct as any made by
pupils in the grades can be. 1t shows
a great amount Of study and careful
execution.
Language Work
The exhibits under this head COM
prise booklets AMI compositions. In
preparing the former, the children
were permitted to collect material
from any available source, and to
make verbatim copies. Most of the
material was found in bulletins issued
by the Department of Agriculture,
Washington, D. c., and by the ex1en-
sion Division of the Universit,J of Min
nesota. Technically it may be incor-
rect to class these booklets among
language work, for the purpose is not
10 develop the creative power of the
child's mind, but to teach it where to
look for the best sources of material
and how to arrange the most impor
tant items to the best advantage, The
composition, however, must represent
the original efforts of the pupils. A
large number of booklets aA corn, hay.
silos and horses are displayed, though
compositions on sour School District"
and"A Good Farm" are not suite so
numerous.
An interesting fact develops from
the list awarded those who prepared
the booklets. Although the subjects
selected are of kind to appeal more
strongly to the boys, the girls took
three of the four first prizes, two OF
the second, two of the third and one of
the fourth. In booklets on corn and on
silos, girls won first and second honors
the winners being Martha Hodel of
District 33 near Freeport, and Maude
l. Delbridge of District Number 29,
Maine Prairie, on corn; and Fern
Swanson of District Number 2, town.
ship of St. Cloud and Lila Gray of
District Number 1856, township of
Ashley on silos. In booklets on hay
Myrtle Bowder of the st. Augusta
school won first prize. But there was
one topic on which the girls did not
get the first honors, and that was
on the boys own pride and PETITE
Horse. 1t was in this line that they
put forth their best efforts, with the
result that two boys-R. Lee Pratt of
Sank Centre and Clemens Kehorst of
Albany-won the high hOnors.
In composition work the girls were
even more successful. On the topic
"Our School District" all of the prizes
were awarded to the girls. Eleanor
Atzerdorfer of District Number 12C
winning first while on GA Good Farm y
the girls again captured three of the
four awards, the first going to Rose
E. Nichols of District Number 1877, in
the township of Lake George.
Penmanship and Drawing
Although the penmanship exhibit is
better than the one shown year ago
it is not quite up to that of 1914 and
1913 which won the first prize at the