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Show First Prize Goes to I Benson School I i Tho Benson school won first prlzo B tn the clean school contest that ban B been waged by the city schools thti HJ year Whlttlep was a close second, BJ being onlj one point below the Deri- BJ son In the finnl average. Woodruff HJ won tho thiitl prlzo The prizes were. HJ fifty dollars to tho school making H most progress since thu former scor- fj lug last fall. Tho other schools won HJ because they weie second and third In innk or attainment The) get thirty HJ dolnrs and twent) dollais i espcctlv.- BJ 17. All tho schools showed commend- B able enthusiasm and nil madu great HJ progress. Thej were scored on tho ,Wt condition of the fcIiooI houso, tho iwi cleanliness of the pluy grounds, tho 'fflR school equipment and apparatus nnd IkS toilet facllltleB." The'chlldren or tho ! nchools hao vied with each other In 2Bp cleaning buildings and grounds, In UBi erasing pencil marks and removing EH defacements and tn cleaning nnd te- Bf&Z pairing their books. In these lines Bftf they have accomplished wonders. Tho Nf buildings are much more sanitary BnU and wholosme. But the great bene- BJBj fit of thu contest is found in better Awl nttitude of tho children townid tho floB school propei ty nnd tho Ideals nnd K&j habits of clenullnesa 'that they havo WSm developed. Thoso who have watched HJI tho contest and seen tho results - -IBfll elm.- It to be "no or the best thlnps flHf in over introduced into tho schools. Xfl |