Rural School Leaflet 1021 



On December 5 we celebrated Com Day in our school; in the morning 

 we had our regular classes and we took the afternoon to celebrate and 

 play. We had a good time; we girls played out of doors while the boys 

 popped com. We chose sides and tried how many words we could make 

 out of " Com Day," and counting the words on both sides we had about 

 sixty words. 



We are very sorry that we must send such poor ears to the College, but 

 they were the very best in our exhibit, as there was no real good com here 

 this year. 



A boy lettered the label for one ear, and a girl lettered the other label. 



Hoping the new leaflets will soon reach us, I remain. 



Your friend, 



P. S. ' MARY E. CONR,\Y 



Mr. Tuttle came not our way — 

 So we must write what we would say 

 To tell him of our work and play, 

 And how we spent our Com Day. 

 We called them all out in the play — 

 Dan, Nora, Dora, and little Ray; 

 Let others say just what they may — 

 There's lots of fun in "Com Day." 



By the Seneca Sharp Eyes 



District 10, Town of Springwater, Livingston County 



Springwater, May 19, 19 14 

 Dear Mr. Tuttle: 



I live one mile from our schoolhouse. It makes a fine walk spring days 

 when the birds are singing and the flowers arc in bloom. 



Our schoolhouse is near the road and we certainly have a fine view of the 

 surrounding country. A brook runs near our playground, and so, of 

 course, we have a great deal of enjoyment out of it. 



My greatest point in writing this letter is to acknowledge the prize 

 that our school won this year. We were awarded first prize for Livingston 

 County for our com at Farmers' Week. Imagine our delight when the 

 ear came back with a nice blue ribbon around it and a very nice letter to 

 us all. We all thank you ver}- much for it. 



Another thing I want to speak about is our walk to the woods Arbor Day. 

 Miss Brown, our teacher, and the rest of the pupils, went to some woods 

 quite a long way from our school. But at last we reached them, and lo! 

 the woods were just covered with white and red lilies. What a pretty 

 sight ! We gathered some very large bouquets of flowers, studied nature, 

 and had a delightful time. 



