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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907. Excerpt: ... Srate/ul acknowledgment Of assistance in the preparation of this pamphlet is made to Mr. Alexander Mueller. Director Milwaukee Art Students' League, Milwaukee, Wis.; Mr. John Cotton Dana, Public Library, Newark, N. J.; Mr. C. J. Jorgenson, Milzvaukee, Wis.; Prof. E. P. Sandstcn, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis.; Prof. L. H. Clark, Normal School, River Falls, Wis.; Prof. I. N. Mitchell, Normal School, Milwaukee, Wis.; Prin. W. L. Smithyman, Milwaukee, Wis.; and Supt. Julia Rockafellow, Waukesha, Wis. The design for the cover of this book zius made by Miss L. Zimmerman, Milwaukee, Wis. SCHOOLROOM DECORATION In an article written by E. C. Brooks for the September World's Work is given "the story of a little group of college students who formed an organization of thousands of women who have revolutionized the school buildings and school grounds of a whole state." The state is North Carolina and the women who inspired the movement were students in the Normal and Industrial College of Greensboro. The organization was formed in 1902 and now has a membership of several thousand. It has done or has caused to be done a vast amount of work in the betterment of schoolhouses and schoolgrounds. County associations were formed later on, to be members of which all white women of each county were invited. To give some idea of what the county associations have accomplished, I quote the report made by a committee appointed to decide a contest for a prize of $100 offered by the Wayne County Association to the district of the county that would make the greatest improvement. "This district, No. 1, New Hope township, Wayne county, Miss Bertha Casey, teacher, contains only sixteen families with children of school age. There are only forty children on the census. The averag...
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