The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1909-04-25
FIVE THOUSAND PEOPLE
WITNESS FIELD DAY
SPECIAL TRAIN or SIXTEEN COACHES BRINGS TWO THOUSAND
VISITORS TO COLUMBUS. ATTRACTIVE PROGRAM.

The second annual meeting of
the School Masters Association of
Northeastern Mississippi which
was held Friday at the Indus
trial Institute and College was
q pronounced success. Early Fri
day morning pupils Of the differ
ent schools and many Of the citi-
zens of this city assembled at
both the college and depots,
eager to give the visitors a cor
dial welcome.
The special train, containing
sixteen coaches which started
from Corinth and gathered pas
sengers from the various towns
belonging to the association,
and which was to arrive in Co
lumbus at ten o'clock did not
reach here until 11:3O. Immedi-
ately upon their arrival the Wis
it1rs were escorted to the college
by the TupelO brass band, which
Is one of the finest in the South.
When the crowds had assem-
bIed on the campus, there were
between five and six thousand
people, all enthusiastic with the
true spirit of Field Day.
The exercises opened by an
address by President Henry l..
Whitfield Of the l. |. & c., after
which president of the School
Masters Club, d. A. Hill, Of
Tupelo, took charge Of the
program.
The contests then began.
The first being the declamations
of the following young men:
Thomas Mayo, Of Columbus:
Spurgeon Hood, of West Point;
Billy Maynard, of Aberdeen;
Joseph Gibson. of Bonneville;
and Fred Farrow, of Tupelo.
These young men were at per-
feet ease in their work and each
did credit to the school he repre-
sented. The subjects of their
speeches were most interesting,
being on topics that always ap-
peal to southern people. Mr..
Thomas Mayo, a young man
whom Columbus is proud of be-
cause of his numerous talents,
was awarded a beautiful gold
medal for the rendition Of his
number His subject was THE
New South. "
The young girls next contest
ed for the elocution medal. 1t
was too bad there was not a
medal for each one of these little
rosebud-so lovely were each of
them. The medal was given to
Jaunita Newbert, of Okolona.
She was charming, graceful and
natural in her number and won
much applause by the large au-
dience. Those who took part in
this contest were, Misses Willie
Clark of West Point, Linda Sad
Ter Of Boonville, Mamie Liss Saw
age of Columbus, Gladys Bur-
dine of Verona, Jimmie Mae
Holland of Amory, Jaunita New
bert of Okolona, Mary Sue Lang
ston of Tupelo, Earnestin Waits
of Corinth, Eva Bryan of Nettle-
ton, Harriet Stark of Aberdeen.
In the afternoon the little mu-
sicians gathered in the chapel to
contest for the gold medal which
each one had faithfully str:ved
for. Miss Erin Ballard of Tu-
pelo was fortunate in having the
medal awarded her. She played
McDowell's witches dance beau
tifully and proved that she had
spent many hours of serious
work in preparation for this
event. All played well and re-
fected honor on their instructors.
The following girls were on the
program: Misses Dorothy Har-
ris, New Albany; Gladys Hub
bard, Corinth; Lucy May Trot-
ter, West Point; Evelyn Allen,
Boonville; Nina Bell. Columbus;
Grace Smith. Amory; Lorena
McCool, Okolona; Erin Ballard,
Tupelo; Teresa Bradley, Aber-
deem; Marjorie Hicks, Nettleton.
After the contests were con-