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The competition was open to the students in the art departments 
of all Brooklyn High Schools, but each school was limited to three 
designs—one from each of three contestants, to be chosen from 
those submitted. The regulations required that the drawing and 
design should be the exclusive work of the pupil submitting it, that 
it should measure 5.5 x 8.5 inches, that it should be done in pen 
and ink, should be typical of a child’s interest in plant life, should 
include the words “ Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Boys’ and Girls’ 
Club,” and should have a panel with the words “ Presented by,” 
and a space to contain a donor’s name. The Garden reserved the 
right to reject all designs if not deemed worthy of the prize. 
Altogether, 26 designs were submitted, showing marked origi- 
nality and beauty. The judges met on Friday afternoon, Novem- 
ber 16, and awards were made as follows: 
First prize, $15, Edna Snyder—Bay Ridge High School 
Second prize, $10, Charles Geier—Commercial High School 
Third prize, $5, Virginia Bowman—FErasmus Hall High School 
Third prize, $5, B. A. Baier ce ae cial High School 
Bay Ridge High School 
2d Honorable mention, M. L. peg ieee Hall High School 
All contestants were given a silver pin bearing the seal of the 
Brooklyn Botanic Garden. 
The judges were Mr. William H. Fox, Director of the Brooklyn 
Museum, Chairman; Mr. J. Thomson Willing, President of the 
American Institute of Graphic Arts and editor of the Gravure 
Service Corporation; and Miss Florence A. Newcomb, of the Art 
Department of the Washington Irving High School. 
The prizes were presented by Dr. C. S. Gager, director of the 
Garden, and tea was served by the Department of Elementary 
Instruction, Miss Newcomb pouring. Invited guests included the 
contestants and their teachers, and the members of the Woman’s 
Auxiliary of the Botanic Garden. 
