FARMERS' INSTITUTES. 



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women, Miss Margaret B. Preston, of the Grass Lake school, rei-eives first prize. 

 These young people are therefore entitled to room rent for one year in the Agricul- 

 tural College, and may take advantage of the prize at any time during the next 

 three years. 



The superintendents of the various schools in making reports, in reply to ques- 

 tions asked, are almost unanimous in their view that the plan is a good one for 

 arousing interest, among high school pupils, in agricultural education, and they also 

 nearly unanimously recommend that the plan be continued. Many more schools 

 competed than a year ago, and we hope that if the plan is continued a still laiger 

 number of schools will compete another winter. We publish both prize essays in 

 full. 



Name of school. 



Alma 



Bear Lake .. 



Cass City 



Capac 



Centerville. . 



Clio 



Elmira 



Grass Lake.. 



Kalkaska 



Marshall 



Middleville.. 

 Ontonagon.. 



Portland 



Quincy 



Rockford 



Shelby 



Stephenson. 

 Williamston. 



Total. 



Attendance 

 at mstituie. 



Boys. Girls, 



40 



20 



220 205 



425 



Number 

 competing. 



Boys. Girls, 



Names of suf»cessfi:i 

 writers in miititute. 



Raymond H. Bangs. 



Geo H;irn«. 

 Nel ip Holliriav. 

 Morris VV Knight. 

 Kale Z nnecker. 

 G-^o Cnurchill. 

 Helen Rnimm. 

 Albert Tim. 

 Ruth I'Yankish. 

 John Tashln. 

 Bessie Itanlells. 

 Wm E. Laycock. 



Wesley H DuBois. 

 Ma garet B Preston. 

 I>\man H. Boyd. 

 Pearl Bi)rn<iid 

 Searle- R lesley. 

 EthHl Freed. 

 Oliiire Wiii-nn. 

 Netti South wick. 

 Han V ("organ. 

 Klla flitlter. 

 Cass Lo<!U wood. 

 Eva Stevens. 

 Inis Herrlek. 



B«rt Haniill. 

 L'nria ^andhurg. 

 Albert Temple. 

 Floreni-e Loth. 

 Hoekwell Dielz. 

 Nellie Wilson. 



PRIZE REPORT OF GRASS LAKE INSTITUTE, WOMEN'S SECTION. 



BY MARGARET B. PRESTON. 



The women's section of the State Farmers' Institute was held in the M. E. church 

 Thursday afternoon. February l(i. Tliere was an attendance of about To ladies 

 from the fai-m. 50 from the village and 17 scliool giils. The session was opened by 

 singing America, after wliich Mrs. Remington offered prayer. 



Miss Lucy Smith then read a paper on "Art Decorations in our Homes," which 

 was full of good suggestions. Slie spoke first of tlie choice and lianging of the 

 pictures. Two impoi-tant points in clioosing are quality and meaning. Cojiies of 

 the most famous pictures can be bought in brown tints which do not cost mucli 



