The Mena weekly star., 1920-01-15
|ULESFORCOUNTY
 SCHOOL CONTEST
eounty Superintendent and Commit tee Met January 10-Educational Event Will Be Held in Mena
 March 5 and (.

It6El J ne OOiJSSb OOlHiilltVcS lilSt III s{bunty Superintendent Harris office o1> Saturday afternoon, January 10, t1 formulate rules for the School Con- fest. Owing to the bad weather and Roads, only Prof. J. E. Berry, Supt. of Mena Schools, Mrs. 0. B. Bagshaw, Principal of Central School. Prof. J. M Tomlin, Principal of Wickes School, nd Miss Daisy D. Miles of the Acorn School were present.
 The following rules were drawn up f9r the Contest, which will be held on March and 6.
 Rules and Regulations.
 The Reading and Defamation Con- tests will consist of three divisions e6ch as follows Class A shall include fhe first, second, third and fourth orades. Class B shall include the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grades. Glass c shall include the high school.
 Each school may enter a boy and Elrl in each class. The contestant is Privileged to choose his or her own selection, but he or she will be limited fo fifteen minutes for the rendition of fhe selection. Contestants will be Udged on basis of 10e6 for neatness and simplicity of dress;. 109o for 4race and ease of movement in con- Wstant's entry on stage and exit from Mme; 10qs for the selection; and 709s 1or interpretation and delivery. In the matter of simplicity of dress, the Committee suggested that a middy House and plain skirt. would be very 4pitable attire for the girls.
 Compositions.
 The Composition Contest will be e<nen to students of all grades. The Hngth of the composition must not be less than 250 nor more than 300 words. The subject will be assigned by the judges the night of the contest and will be one of the following:
 Boys and Girls Club Work and the Benefits to be Derived from It." NJ NJ ilson' administration and its Principal Events"
 | ..The Advantages of Consolidating <he Rural Schools"
 # The compositions will be graded on subiect matter, neatness, for, legibil- ify, spelling and punctuation. One hour will be allowed for writing the Compositions.
 Map Drawing. ga The Map Drawing Contest will be open to all grades. Drawing must be Free hand, no rules or measures being 4llowed. Tthe judges will select Either North or South America to be dfawn, showing boundaries of coun- fries, rivers, mountains, and principal Elites. Thirty minutes will be allowed Id which to complete the drawing, Materials will be furnished by the <ommittee.
 Spelling.
 The Spelling Contest is open to all 6rades, one student from each school. One hundred words will be written by the contestant and will be chosen From the Standard Word Book, pages I29 to 229 inclusive.
 Music.
 The Music Contest will consist of t@e classes each, of vocal and piano The same rules apply to both.
 Class "A" will consist of grades one, two. three, four, five and six.
 Glass "B" shall consist of grades seven, eight and the high schools.
 The music contestant will be scored on the same basis as those in the Reading and Defamation.
 Rapid Calculation. # The Contest in Rapid Calculation will be divided into two classes:
 Class "A", which includes grades one to eight, both inclusive, and ga Class "Br. which will include all grades including high school.
 The contest in Class "A" will be mental. The problems involving the four fundamentals, will be written Somewhat like the following: # times plus 6 divided by 3 minus { times minus 6 divided by 2 times n equals 2.
 # The contestant will take all signs eonsecutively and after solving this mentally will be allowed to write the answer. Accuracy and speed will de- idle this contest.
 # The Class "B" contest will involve practical work found in the Silver =1 -;s ;;sii stie Glass witt be written work.
 Awards. q These contests are open to students zbf all the public schools of Polk coun- Hy. Gold medals will de awarded to sthose. who score highest. and silver zfnedals to those scoring next to high Est in the various contests. No person who has won first prize Shall be eligible to enter contest in *the same subject and same class in (which he or she won the first prize. ESecond prize winners are eligible in Ethe same subject and in the same zclass, but will not be entitled to am sother second prize in that subject or #class.
 Judges. Competent persons who are non- residents of Polk county have been |chosen to judge these contests.