School Day At The Fair

Wednesday was school day at the fair, and a very successfnl day it was, too. No pains had been spared to advertise the day far and wide. As a result, loads of scholars oame in during the morning - ome froru a long distance. The wagons in which the scholars came were beautifiilly decorated with evergreens, flowers, flags and mottoes. All were very neatly and tastily arranged, so that it is hard to mention any specially without doing an injustice to others. However arnong those that attracted special notice were the wagons f rom Mills' school and the stone school house on the motor line. The wagon froin district No. 3, Freedom, was beautifully decorated, as were nearly all the others, also. Some schools came from a great distance, and are deserving of the greatest praise for the zeal and interest they manifested. The school exhibit proper is on the right side of "Floral Hall" as one enters. A good exhibit of drawings of all kinds is to be found here. The district schools of the county made very creditable showings, while the Ypsilanti and Dexter schools had excellent exhibits on band. Of course the school exhibit, a new feature of the fair. and only the beginning of what is to be done in this line has been seen. But the succcess of the exhibit this year makes it certain that mauy more schools wil! compete in coming years. Miss Mallory and Miss Otis have been in oharge of this exhibit and have done their work well. The publiu exercises of school day were very interesting and successful. The program opened with siuging by two hnudred school chi Idren under the direction of Miss Lucy K. Cole. Superintendent Whituey, of Ypsilanti, w;is i'ie first speaker on the program. He dwelt earnestly upon the importauce of having good teachers and paying theru well. Hon.H R. Pattengill.srate superintendent of public instruction, followed with an excellent address. Hespoke especially of the work to be done in the country schools, and threw out many valnable suggestions. After another song by the school children uuder the directiou of Miss Cole.ex-Commissioner Cavanaugh made an address. He spoke chiefiy of the district schools, and of the impotauce of co-operation hetween teachers, school boards and parents. Commissioner Wedemeyer, who acted as president of the day, followod with a few remarks, after which the program closed with singing by the cihldren. Excellent attention was given to the speakers and the program was a most interesting and profitable on9. Besides the regular premiums many special premiums were offered for which there were mimerous entries.