Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-20
SCHOOL PUPILS TO COMPETE
ATHLETIC EVENTS SCHEDULED
FOR SATURDAY NEXT.
Garfield Park, Virginia Avenue
Grounds and Other Points the
Sites Designated.

Field day exercises are to be held next
Saturday at several of the Fairgrounds
of the District. The pupils of the Brent.
Dent. Bryan, Cranch. Lenox. Buchanan.
Towers. Wallach and Parochial Schools
will meet at the Garfield Park grounds.
I'd street and South Carolina avenue
southeast.
The games are under the direction or
Mrs. Walter S. Biniey. Miss Jean Craw-
ford and the officers of the Playground
Association. The first event will be
historic parade, from TO 2:30 O'Clock.
in which each boy and girl is invited to
represent some historical event or person.
age. A prize is to be given for the best
subject.
A baby parade will be given from go
to ) o'clock. for babies under three years
of age. A prize is to be awarded to the
best behaved baby: The athletic events
will start at 3 o'clock They inclu.e an
indoor base ball game, tether ball and
volley ball The track and field events
for boys and girls will be next In order.
A banner is to be awarded the school
making the greatest number of points.
Virginia Avenue Grounds.
On the Virginia avenue grounds, Nir-
ginia avenue and 1lth street southeast, the
events will be held under the direction OF
Miss Mabel T. Towner Miss David r.
Cover and the officers Of the Playground
Association. The schools represented will
be the Towers. Dent, Lenox. Brent.
Bryan. Buchanan, Cranch. Wallach and
Parochial
The athletic events will start at Q a. m.
The track and field events are to start
at p. IN. At 5:i5 O'Clock in the even
ing a special feature will be an English
and Swedish folk dance, followed by a
ornH hon ic to l,a CHI fl., h0n
scoring the largest number of points.
N. Y. Avenue and 1st Street.
At the New York avenue Fairgrounds.
1st street and New York avenue north
west the first event of the athletic games
will start at 8 o'clock. These games are
to be held under the direction of Miss
Olivia B. Baker, Mrs. Agnes Stewart and
Miss Caroline Stinemetz At > o'clock a
Dutch dance in costume. followed by
other folk dances, will be given. The
track and field events will be held from
3 to O'Clock. banner is to be given
the school scoring the largest number Of
points. The schools represented are Gales,
Seaton, Blake, Emory Langdon, Morse,
Henry. Abbot, Twning, st. Mary, Cons
zaga College and Notre Dame Academy.
Howard Grounds.
The pupils of the Mott. Garrison.
Bruce. Garnet, Patterson, Cook. Slater
and Colored Orphan Home Schools will
participate for the prize banner on the
Howard grounds, 5th and w streets
northwest. The games are to be held
under the direction of Thomas F. john
son, Miss Minnie Price and W. s. Duff
field. The contests are to be held from
II to o'clock.
Playground Work Exhibition.
An exhibit of playground industrial
work and photographs illustrating the
work is to be held at the Public Library
of the District Of Columbia Friday even
ing, from to 10 O'Clock, under the
auspices of the Washington Playground
Association. During the evening the Y.
NJ c. A. Orchestra, Prof. D. b. Macleod
director, will furnish music.