Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-09
GO DOWN THE POTOMAC
EXCURSION OF THIRD DIVISION
SCHOOL CHILDREN.

The children OF the third division OF tho
public schools OF this city, with their moth
ers, brothers and sisters, INDUCED in an
excursion to River View yesterday, leaving
the men folks to follow on the evening
boat The children went to the resort to
have a good time and incidentally to aid
in raising funds for the Teachers Aid and
Annuity Society. In spite OF the drizzIing
rain that fell at 10 o'clock yesterday morn
ing several hundred OF the elders allowed
the children to take chances on the weather.
and they went to the resort on the morning
trip of the steamer ST. Johns. On the =
o'clock trip, when it looked If the clouds
We're about to roll away, a crowd that al
most filed the steamer started for River
View. and on the evening trip still another
large throng sailed down the Potomac. 1t
Is stated that during the day more than
800 persons visited the resort.
The bar room at River View burned last FRI
day night, but 1t was to have been locked
up tight while the children were at the re-
sort its burning did not worry them In the
least. The chute. the little river. the mer-
ry-go-round and the other amusement de-
vices were there, and the children proceeded
to have. good time in spite of the ground
being wet In the big dancing pavilion the
orchestra played and all day long the
dancing floor was filled with the children
enjoying themselves to their hearts con-
tent. To add to the pleasure the teachers
in charge of the outing had arranged an
interesting program of athletic sports that
started soon after the ST Johns reached the
resort. A base ball game between junior
teams from the northeast and southeast
sections was to have been the first event
on the program, but wet grounds prevented
the playing.
Athletic Events.
Following were the athletic events and the
winner in each: S0-yard dash, boys feet
) inches Howard NARROW. winner: so-yard
dash. boys ) feet, Paul Hunt; S0-yard dash.
boys under 5 feet. Arthur Taylor; throwing
the quoits and weights, Garry DuttOn; high
jumping. Edward Guford: broad jumping,
Lloyd Miller; hurdle jumping, Gilbert Hunt:
potato race, Raymond Maloney; and
three-egged race, In which no one seemed
to be certain which team was the winner.
The base ball game between the senior
teams from the northeast and southeast
sections was to have been played in the
afternoon but the grounds would not allow
it. In the girls games on the pavilion the
team representing the Walach School won
the dodgeball contest. and the team from
Brent School won the dumb-bell relay
race Several other events for the girls had
been arranged but the weather caused a
postponement until later day. The ath-
letic events were all holly contested and
were very interesting
A large throng of the younger children
and their elders came home on the boat
leaving River View at o'clock, but a
number remained until the last boat sailed.
at ~ y H., loT HOlie ne cltdTlHS weather
yesterday afternoon added much to the
comfort and pleasure of the excursionsts.
and all came back tired, but declaring that
they had had good time.
The divisions of the public schools have
given four outings at River View this
son for the benefit of the teachers fund
and it has rained each time. The seventh
division will have it's outing at the resort
June -. A large force of the teachers OF
the third division went on the excursion
yesterday and looked after the children to
see that they did not get into trouble OF
any kind.