The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-04-22
FIELD DAY AND oRAToRicAL
CONTEST OF RANKIN TEACH.
ERs ASSOCIATION.

! Contest BEEN so successfully held
or so largely attended as that of Pela
hatchie om the sixteenth and seven
teenth.s
DIR. w. II. Lowrey, that distinguish
ed gentleman from Clinton, who
needs no introduction to Mississippi
ans, was the speaker of the evening.
The opening number was a sex
tette of young ladies, who rendered
in a splendid manner the old farm
ballad S'Wanee River.
Prof. Rumble, President of the AS
sociation, introduced to a packed
house, Prof. Hurst, of Oxford, for
merly identified with the Pelahatchie
school, who, he said, would introduce
the speaker Of the evening. Prof.
Hurst's talk was very flatteriLg to
the town of Pelahatchie. Pelahatchie
ans were to be congratulated, he said
cn rising from an excuse OF school
building" he had known to "the
splendid building, with it's splendid
equipments in which you are now sea
ted''-and urged them to let the same
enthusiasm and progress mark their
| future
He them introduced the speaker.
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Lowrey said the speech he had pre-
pared would take three days to de
liver, but the gentleman who intro
duced> him had called him gentle
man and he would prove himself one
by not speaking over three hours.
| Dr. Lowrey held the attention OF
his audience from the first. He spoke
of the growing interest and e1thu-
Siasm Mississippians were manifest
ing in the education of their boys
and girls. This, he said, was the
ushering in of Mississippi's future
greatness and it would depend on
her schools.
He declared his speech to be in
three parts-first-Wh should be
educated? to which question his ans
wer was Everybody How
should they be educated? and he gave
taxation as am solution of this prob
lem, speaking ably and at length Dl
the subject of school taxation. show
| ing to his audience that money ex-
pended ON scohols was money saved,
and Mass4he citizens as we'll as the
States economy. 3d-Why should
they be educated?He pointed out that
Mississippis boys and girls were her
acres of diamonds"-her jewels
that they should and must be educat-
ed in order to develop intelligence,
control and strength of mind That
| in this way was Mississippi's only
chance to become the peer of States.
| Dr. Lowrey closed his speech
amidst the sincere regrets of his audi
ence.
| Saturday dawned clear and bright.
At an early hour the town began to
fill rapidly 1t was estimated that
the attendance was in the neighbor-
hood of 1900 people.
| At 10 O'Clock the exercises. began.
The hall was crowded to its utmost
capacity, yet more than a third of
the people were unable to get in al
ALL
| There was an opening chorus by
the high school girls, followed by the
elocuticnary and oratorical contests.
In the girls contest Miss Edna Buch-
anan, of Brandon, was the winner OF
first prize Miss Annie Rigby, OfPe-
lahatchie, the winner of the second
prize In the boys oratorical contest
| Walter Dear, of Florence, won the
first prize, and J. d. Heslip, of Pc
| lahatchie, the second. The judges
being DIR. w. T. Lowrey, Miss Daisy
Lines, of Newton, Commissioner
Blakslee, of Jackson.
Before the oratorical contest, com
mittees had been appointed to con-
duct the spelling contest down stairs
also to decide ON winners I'M cake
and bread contests.
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| test, Hon. Calhoun Robinson annOunc
Red the following prizes in High
| School departments:
Fer general improvement, v Otis
Robertson, flag won by Pelahatchise
High School; building prize, Florence
High School; School garden prize
Pelahatchie High School; Library
prize, Pelahatchie High School; Man
ual training, Pelahatchie High School
drawing and written exhibit prizes
Brandon High School. In spelling
contest Miss Annie Rigby, of Pela
hatchie, won the medal spelling 10(
words cut of the 100 given, and Miss
Irene Atkins, of Brandon, won the
second prize-a dictionary. A trip t6
| Na5chez will. be given Miss Rigby liz
addition to- the medal.
Prof. Covington then announced the
prize winners in cake and bread con
test.
Miss Edna Robinson. of Pelahatchie
won first prize in bread making. Miss
Judson Massengale, of Pehhatchie
won in cake contest.
Dinner was them announced, and
the ladies of Pelahahchie served the
crowd with. all the good things tx
be thought of. of which there was 9
most bountifu1 supply.
After dinner the athletic contests
began with results as follows
100 yards dash Walter Dear of
Florence, winner. Egg race Miss
Florence Ellis, of Pelahatchie; Stand
ing broad jump-WalteT Dear, of Flo,
ence. Sack race-William Myers. o
Pelahatchie. Running high jump-W
N. Mangum, of Pelahatchie Potats
race-1st prize, Albert ThorntOm, o
Brandon, End prize, Geo. Fox, Bran
dom Barrel race-Lucius Stingily q
IPelahatchie. Running broad jump
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