The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-15
BEAUTY HONORS
AWARDED FOUR
OF Is SCHOOLS
MartinSviIIe, Saratoga, New
Salem and New Carlisle
State VictorS.
By Times speciGI

Bu IfHaes HDeCtut
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Feb. Is
Winners in the school beaut.fica-
ton contest conducted during the
past year by the Indiana university
extension division in cooperation
with the Indiana Parent Teacher
Association and Indiana Fedora
ton of Art Clubs as announced
here by Mrs. Edna Hatfield Ed
mondson, of the extension division
are as follows:
Town and city schools, North
school of MartinSville, rural consoll-
dated schools: First, Saratoga high
school; second, New Carlisle school,
and third place, New Salem school.
In addition TO the winners,
twenty-five schools in Indiana were
entered in the contest, conducted
TO stimulate interest and greater
activity in planning and planting
school grounds with trees, shrubs,
flowers and vines.
Basis of Judging
1.-THE plan for the contest involved
certain definite features" Mrs. Ed
nondson pointed out. First, the
interest of the whole community in
the plan, as expressed by three
groups; community organizations;
the teachers and children in the
schools and the school board and
officials; second, the actual projects;
the formulation of planting plans,
and the actual planting of the
grounds: and, third, the type Of
materials used in the completed
plan"
Mrs. EdmondSon announced a
contest will be held again this year.
The state committee in charge OF
the contest last year was as fol-
lows: Mrs. H. B. Burnett. Indian
apolis. for the Indiana Federation
of Art Clubs; DR.. viii Scott, head
of the zoology department of Indi-
ana university, for the Indiana
Parent-Teacher Association; Pro-
fessor w. S. Bittner, for the uni
versity extension division; Profess
sor Frank G. Bates, of the I. U.
political science department and
executive secretary of the Munich
pal League of Indiana, member-at-
large. and Miss Leila r. Gaddis,
Purdue university. member-at-large.
This committee has charge Of the
judging.
In the contest at Martinsville, the
following were active: Miss Gladys
Bray, Mrs. l. M KenWorthy, T. J.
Kennedy, Principal Selma Smith,
Opal Taylor, Georgia Gilpin, and
Evart Smith. At Saratoga, the fol-
lowing served on the committee:
Willard w. Green, Harry Arthur.
Edward Evans, the Rev. Mr.. Barker,
George F. Ostheimer, Paul Towel,
Fred Tourney, Ray Fraze, Robert
Hartman, Lester Girton. At New
Carlisle workers were: Webster Carr,
Mrs. Rue Green, Mrs. A. R. Brum-
mitt, Ora c. Bennett, Harold An
derson, Robert Pendl, Ray c.
Downey. and H. c. Davis. and at
New Salem, they were Letha Wilk.
Mrs. John F. Mckee, Virgil Root,
John F. Mckee. Mrs. Lulu Buck
ingham, George Hoffman, and
Robert Wills.
Contestants Listed
Indiana schools entered in the
contest were as follows:
West Heights, Evansville, Mrs. George
Prank, chairman: Fairview. Falmouth:
Fletcher Reed. futile; Charlottesville. Mrs.
Paul E. Dice; Bedford. NJ. j. Albeit;
Richland township, Earl Park, c. NJ
Sprinkle; Forest Junior-senior. A. r.
Street: Hortonville, Carl Kiser. chairman;
No. 9, Indianapolis, Mrs. Chris Hansing;
No. a, Indianapolis. E. W. Digs; Dyer
public school, D. A. Griner. chairmans
Emerson school. indianapolis. Maude
Moudy; Warren Township high school,
indianapolis. Elizabeth Askren.
Laketon, John W. Teter; Uca township,
Lafayette, Mrs. Cecil Ray; Jackson town.
ship school. Morgantown, Mrs. Earl Jones;
Beaver Township high school. Morocco,
tngham; Romney high school. L. A. Wood;
Plain1eld. R. w. Sheek; stewartsville
rural consolidated school. NJ. C. McFad-
den; westvine public school, Scott c.
Knoll: Tangier high school. Ransom
BramsIit: Monticello and Union township
school, J. C. Zimmerman; Elm Park
school. Sullivan Mrs. Charles Banther;
Samuel Coleridge Taylor school. of Indi-
annapolis. H. NJ. Kiley; North school, Mar
tinsville Gladys Bray; New Carlisle,
Willard W. Green.