The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-06-19
The Horton Bird
Contests Are Awarded
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lets for their excellent work. Other
first grade pupils to receive honor
able mention for naming Is or IA
birds out of the Original ID were
Marion Bonett, Ruby Hutchins
and Lois Page, each IA, and Lillian
Mooney, Ethel West, Ida Moore
J Arthur Dahlberg, Theodore Ling
Virginia Writers and Margaret
circuit each 10.
In Grade 2 there were 70 con-
testants who were shown % birds
Of this number five little people
Theodore Chase, Francis Donahue
Elizabeth Ruiter, Henry Sherry
and Ronald Wilkie named "a cor
rectly. On a second trial Henry
Sherry named II additional birds
correctly and won the Horton
prize of one silver dollar. Eliza
beth Ruiter and Theodore Chase
were tied for second place each
naming nine additional birds. They
each received a set OF five Audu-
bon Leaflets, the Museum prize in
this grade Others entitled to hon
orable mention for naming % out
of % birds shown were, Mildred
Conley, Phyllis Finley, Adelaide
Horton, Georgina Edwards, John
Irwin, and Hepsibeth Miltimore.
In Grade 3 there were SO con-
testants. In this grade SO birds
were shown. When the contest was
over it was found that nine child
rem had named correctly % each.
These were Robert Vernon, Earl
Lockwood, Dorothy Lyna, Nelma
Hall, Edith St. John, Ernest Gross,
Claire Horton, Irene High and
Mary Chase. This group were
shown 81 additional birds before
prize winners could be found, so
excellent was their work. Finally
the Horton prize of $1.00 in silver
went to Ernest Cross who named
all of the 81 and the Museum
prize, a book entitled "Our Bird
/ Comrades" was awarded to Nelma
Hall who named 27 of the addi-
/ tional birds. All members of this
group are exceptionally fine bird
students and deserve not only
honorable mention in the final con-
test but great credit for then
faithful study ali the season, and
their real knowledge of birds and
their habits.
In Grade 4 there were 56 con-
testants, Forty birds were shown
and Anna Frances Burke and Ell
len Barrett named SO of them on
sight. They were shown II add
tional ones before and more errors
were made. Anna Frances Burke
named them all and won the Hor-
ton prize of $3.50 in silver. Ellen
Barrett only missed two and was
given a copy of "Our Bird Com
radeS' as a Museum prize Three
others, Velma Human, George
Mcnamara, and Charlotte Bushey
named 81 of the first 40 and were
given honorable mention, for so
doing. Anna Frances Burke is an
unusually careful bid student and
has led her division in the contest
for three consecutive years.
In Grade there were 46 con-
teStants. As birds were shown and
Phyllis Cross named az correctly
and won the Horton prize of $1.50
in silver. Marion Dubuc named Al
and was given the Museum prize
of a copy of "Our Bird Comrades"
Dorothy Conlev and Clara Nc
kinStly each named 40 birds and
deserve honorable mention.
In Grade 6 there were 80 CON
testants. In this grade the work
required was an essay of not less
than 100 words. 1t was to be based
on the pupils observation and
study study and had to be abso-
lutely true. Of all the stories sub
mitted Marshall Miltimore's story
of some robins that he has been
watching was the best and he was
awarded the Horton prize of $500
in silver Laura Stone won the
Museum prize with a clever story
of the nesting of a pair of House
Wrens. These two young people
expressed themselves in excellent
English, spelled carefully, and
showed good knowledge of the
species of birds that they chose 20
write about. Those deserving hon
able mention in this grade were
Leslie Want, Edmund Steele and
Beulah Fletcher, Summer ST., Ply
His Oliver and Emma Loveitt.
Portland ST., Vern Lewis and
Evangeline Chaffee st. Johnsbury
Center.
a special contest for Grades 7
and 8 of the Rural schools was
conducted. Only eleven contestants
appeared. Fifty birds shown and
the winner was supposed to name
at least, A. of them correctly. No
one measured up to this standard
but Walter Pierce and Elmer May
heW did the best work and shared
the Horton prize of $500 in sill
yer, equally
Notes on the Contests
Mr.. Horton very thoughtlully
provided the new "Peace" dollars
for the prizes
The book given by the Museum
this year is new and standard
book on bird life suitable for the
use of young people.
About 30 field trips were taken
with the children Of the SCHOOLS
during the month of May, besides
many special lessons and drills
given to different groups at the
Museum by members of the Staff.
1t is a lamentable fact that the
students Of the rural schools who
live out nearer the birds than any
of the others do, always do less
thorough work when preparing for
the bird contests, than do their wills
lagc friends.