LITTLE FOLK'S DEPARTMENT
This department has consisted of a series of 12 very varied competitions, the first of which appeared in the Witness of May 15. It has embraced puzzles of different sorts, short papers on several subjects, tho verifying of quotations, dolldressing for girls, paper-folding for boys, and an account of how to keep a garden in order. In nearly all the competitions considerable interest has been shown, the only two that proved disappointing being the paper-folding and the verifying of quotations. Below aro given in detail the subjects of the different competitions and the names of those who won the first three places in each: —
I. — Greatest number of words to be formed from the lottors contained in the title. "The Little Folk's Page." This competition received a larger number of entries than any other. The winner of the first place found the remarkable number of 785 words from combinations of the 18 given letters.
Ronald M'Kenzie
James Ramsay 2 Winnie Terrs' and Katharine Clarke ... 3
11. —Best dressed doll. For girls only. The dolls sent in for this competition are to be given to the children of the different Dunedin orphanages. A group photograph of the dolls sent in appeared in. the Witnessof September 25. Elsie Miller I Annie Williams 2 Charlotte M'Kenzie and Isla Duncan ... 5 111. — Best article or model made entirely from paper. For boys only. The boy whotakes first place sent in an excellent model of a wheelbarrow, made entirely fron> brown paper pasted together into different thicknesses. There were comparatively fewentries for this competition. W. G. Hitchcock 1 William Garden 2 Ronald M'Kenzie 3 IV. — Finding of buried names of 12 NewZealand politicians. This competition wasmoro successfully treated than any, since ten competitors found all 12 names, seven* found 11, and three found 10. Gertie Hassall, Katherine Clarke, Hilda Winsloe, Charlotte MacKenzie, James Ramsay, Sinclair Hamilton, Isla Duncan. Ronald M'Kenzie, Jeannie Dow, Enid Fleming £ May Coyle, Tui Anderson, W G. Hitchcock, H. Henderson, Charles Greenslade, M. M. Symons, W. I. Campbell 2 Annie Stewart, James Hislop, C. Macan 5 V.— Best drawing of a horse, a cow, a dog. or a eat. One or two really good drawings were sent in for this; the rest were only fair, and very few were from< nature. Marcus King 2 Daisy M'Neil 2; E. Marshall, Annie Stewart 3> VI. — Set of puzzles, embracing word 1 squares, a pyramid, jumbled names, hidden proverb, etc. The entries for thiscompetition were numerous; it evidentlysuited the general taste of young peoplebetter than an 3* since the first. Tui Anderson I Mary M'Manus, Isla Duncan . . . 2 Ada Moyle, Lottie Love . . 5 VII. — A description of the night the Witness arrives. The best of the papers sent in for this was published. Annie Stewart 1 Daisy M'Neil 2 Sinclair Hamilton 3 VIII. — Best anagram on the name of any well-known New Zealander. Several Little Folk declared this to be tho most brain-racking of all the competitions. The best anagram sent in was that formed 1 from tho name. " Colonel Alfred William Robin": "Noble in war; cool 'mid all rifle." Isla Duncan 1 Tui Anderson 2: Katharine Clarke 3 IX. — What is your favourite storybook, and why? The books chosen by the three winners were "The Swiss Family Robinson." " Robinson Crusoe," and " Goodl Wives." Ronald M'Kenzie 1 Sinclair Hamilton . ... 2" Charlotte M'Kenzie 3 X. — The most complete list of the nativebirds of New Zealand. Most gratifying interest was shown in this competition, especially by young people resident in the country. The first list gave the names of. 189 birds. Charlotte M'Kenzie ... 1 Millie JefFerio-, ... 2 D. Mathc^on ... 5 XI. — The vorif_\ inur of cert -i in fairly wellknown quotations from Shakespeare, Milton. Tenny«on etc. There wore surprisingly few entrioft for this competition, and of tho entries that wore sent in several contained sonic blanks Ada Moj le . 1 Isla Duncan . . 2 Katharine Clarke .. 3 XII. — Best net of instructions for keeping- | a garden in order tho year round. I Millie Jofferies. Sinclair Hamilton ... 1 Ronald M'Konzie ... . 2 Charlotte M'Kenzio 3 In the final placing the work of the competitors throughout the whole twelve competitions i\a>? taken into account, so that it is not necessarily those whose names appear oftenest in the above lists who in the JinaE reckoning occupy the first three places. Appended are the names of those competitors who have obtained the three prizes: — Ronald M'Kenzie (£1 10s) 1 Isla Duncan (£1) . ... 2 Sinclair Hamilton (10*) ... 3 Besides these, a special prize of 5s wasoffered by "Emmeline," of the Ladies' Page, for tho best dressed doll, and thesame by "Dot" for the best paper model. These go respectively to Elsie Miller and>( W. G. Hitchcock.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2805, 18 December 1907, Page 44 (Supplement)
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