White School, Verona, topped the schools of western Dane County with its model community that showed conservation applied in everyday life, and Frank Allis school, Monona village, took the eastern Dane County for the development of its theme: “The Soil Is Our Trust.”
Prizes Total $100
Checks totaling $100 were distributed to the schools as prize money in the contest.
At the recognition program in the Park hotel, the pupils of White school, who have Doyle Alexander as the teacher, told the story of their model community and how they gained the principles of conservation from their project.
“It was so much fun” remarked Dorothy Keller, Route 2, Cross Plains, “that we didn’t realize all we were learning when we set up the project.”
Although conservation was the main theme, the pupils in the sixth, seventh, and eighth grades used arithmetic in constructing their scale model buildings, got art training in laying out the display, got exercises in language and spelling as they wrote up their reports.
“And we learned to work together,” Dorothy commented.
The pupils of German Valley school, Mt. Horeb, were recognized for turning in some of the finest art work in the contest. They were Robert Hiltbrand and
Lamont Paulson, both of Route 3, Mt. Horeb.
In the western Dane County ratings German Valley school received first prize for its frieze, Mazomanie was second: Daleyville, third: and Elm school, Lodi, fourth.
McPherson school, Verona, was first in the scrap book division of the western section: Kerl school, Cross Plains, second; Malone school, Mt. Horeb, third; and Meadow View, Blanchardville, fourth.
Best Corner
The top conservation corner was that of the White school, Verona, and Springdale Center, Verona, was second.
Eastern Dane County’s Vincent school, DeForest, was first in the friezes; Box Elder, Bristol, second; Albion, third, and Smithback at Cambridge, fourth.
Waubesa school, McFarland, topped the eastern entries of relief friezes, and Rockdale school was second.
The best conservation corner was that of the Hope school, Cottage Grove, and Lakeside school, Stoughton, was second.
More than 50 persons, including the winning school pupils, were guests of the Lions club at the dinner program.
