The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-20
FIRST PREMIUM
AT STATE FAIR
SPLENDID EDUCATIONAL ExHIe-
1T BY SUPERINTENDENT
BLAk ELY WINS
COUNTRY SCHOOLS GET HIGHEST RANK
Exceptional Exhibit Made Possible BY
Hearty Cooperation Of Teachers
And Pupils

Brookings county has again demon
strated to the whole state that the
country schools of the county are be
ing conducted at maximum efficiency.
Again the county has taken first
award at the state fair for the excel
lency of the entire exhibit and has
also taken first premium for the in
dividual rural school exhibit. To a
that County Superintendent Blakely
is proud would not be doing full JUS
tice to his state of mind. No II in
the county can take exception to this
condition of Mr.. Blakely as we all feel
with him in this mark of approval and
commentator for our county schools.
We will admit that he had one adj
vantage in having his school work all
assembled at the Bookings County
Fair. But the selecting Of the proper
exhibits TO take to Huron was a heavy
task. He was ably assisted in this by
several of the teachers of the county
and when he took the whole exhibit
to Huron, he was accompanied by his
sister, who rendered excellent aid in
the final arrangement. The task of
getting the selection made. packing
the boxes and getting them to Huron
by Saturday evening was carried out
and then the exhibit vas placed in
the Educational building at the state
fair in readiness for the judges to
take it in to consideration on Monday.
AS the county fair ended so close to
the close Of entries for the state fair,
Mr. Blakely had telephoned for space
and the superintendent of the depart
ment had reserved a generous place
for him. When he arrived in Huron
he was told to fill it, and he certainly
did. One of the judges has since
written congratulations on the splen-
did work that BrOokings county is
placing at the fair each year In the
school exhibits.
The rural exhibit of the school
taught by Miss Agnes Bodene was the
one that carried off the first award
for all rural exhibits shown. It was
the same one exhibited at the county
fair and is certainly a wonderful col
lection of the work that can be done
in one country school. Miss Bodene
has repeatedly taken a large number
of awards at the county fair for the
work shown by her pupils and this
recognition at the state fair Is moth
ing more than a just appreciation of
the excellent work she is doing as a
teacher.
The Register is very proud of the
exhibit made at the Huron fair, and
from the comments that were made
by visitors we know that this county
has received some of the most val
liable advertising that it would be pos
sible to receive. The Register ex-
tends congratulations to Mr.. Blakely
Miss Bodene and all the other teach
ers, as well as to all the pupils OF
BrOokings county schools for the ex-
cellent showing they are making in
their school work. We know that
with this acknowledgment of suprem-
acy as evidenced by the awards at the
state Fair will spur the pupils of the
schOols on to better and more exten-
sive work. The future is before you,
you have made a wonderful start and
with each year you can show to the
people of the state that the schools
Of Brookings county always improve
and never go backward.