FIFTEENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART I 25 



REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOL EXHIBITS DEPART- 

 MENT. 



I am pleased to submit herewith report of the Educational department 

 of the Iowa State Fair and Exposition for the year 1913. 



1. Full report as to premiums offered and premiums awarded and paid 

 appears in the record books of this department on file in the office of 

 the secretary. 



2. In the arrangement of the premium list for 1913 there were omitted 

 some of the divisions of school work for which premiums had previously 

 been offered, wherever it appeared that the work called for was not such 

 as had met a response in the way of exhibits. Also in order to arrange 

 to include some lines of work which are up-to-date and in which there 

 is considerable interest we omitted certain classes of school work, believ- 

 ing that premiums offered in newer work would bring better results than 

 in some of the collective exhibits previously called for. 



I am much pleased with the results, and would like to see the premium 

 list as offered last year extended for the year 1914. There are one or 

 two lines of work which I would like to see encouraged if it can be 

 done. One is for individual exhibits of manual training work, another 

 is for individual exhibits of corn, potato, poultry, sewing and cooking 

 clubs as carried out by the Boys' and Girls' clubs throughout the state. 

 This could be included to any amount up to a hundred dollars in a 

 way which I believe would create an interest among a great number of 

 young people and school teachers especially, and would result in some 

 exhibits which would be of value to the fair and to the state. If any 

 extension could be made in this line, I shall be pleased to suggest definite 

 arrangement of same so that it will fit into the cooperative government, 

 state and county club work to advantage. 



3. The picture gallery brought out a very much greater exhibit of 

 photographs of good school grounds, buildings, equipment, etc., than we 

 ever had before. I should like to see that department continue to next 

 year. I am sure the awakening given last year will result in an extended 

 exhibit without further change in the premium list. 



4. Canning work. The demonstrations in the "cold pack", "hot water 

 bath", and "steam pressure" methods of canning fruits and vegetablesi, 

 methods used by the Iowa .Girls' Canning Clubs, were very successful 

 from the standpoint of interest created and as an attraction to state fair 

 visitors. I believe that can be included next year to advantage on one 

 of the porches of the Women's Rest Cottage if the same is turned over 

 to us for school exhibits. The background of the house would protect 

 the stoves used in canning from wind and would offer a frontage for 

 visitors which I believe would enable those doing the work to handle 

 it to better advantage. This would obviate the necessity of a tent. The 

 matter can be easily adjusted when you decide as to just what space 

 will be assigned for the educational exhibit. 



5. There are some detail matters in connection with the preparation 

 of the premium list for the state fair that I shall be glad to take up 

 with the secretary at his convenience. I believe that we should arrange 

 as last year to get out an educational department premium list as early as 

 possible in order that the superintendents and teachers may have direc- 



