The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-19
FIELD DAY A BIG SUCCESS.
MORE THAN A THOUSAND chill
DREN AND TEACHERS PRES
ENT AT CONTESTS.
Decided That Field Day Meet VIII
Bo Held Next Year.. 1. Parrott
Offers Annua! Prize for Oratory-
Speeches Made.

Everybody was there and everybody
said II was big success. so 1t must
have been. Everything passed off
nicely. and with more than 1000
children and teachers present to
Join In the work and play of the
day and to show their enthusiasm I'm
school work the occasion was all that
Il was hoped that II might be.
The day opened cloudy but this
prevented only few OF those who
expected to come from doing so and
as the rain held up until almst every
body had finished dianer Ii did no
harm as II did not even cause a de-
lay In the athletic contests which
came of In the afternoon. There
was enough dinner on hand to feed
everybody a1d no one was turned
away hungry. All day long the chill
dren and their fathers and mothers.
and their teachers and trustees, walk
ed up and down the court house and
went everywhere that they could go.
Everybody was I'm a good humor with
everybody else and did everything that
they could to make everybody else
have n good time. so II was impos-
sibie that the occasion should be any
thing else than the success that 1t
was
In the morning at 1880 o'clock
the program was started auspiciously
when DIR. j. III. Haynsworth. county
superintendent of education. made
an address OF welcome to the assem-
bled audience OF teachers and chill
dren. Col. J. ]. Dargaa was unable
To come out, owing to sickness. and
his response to this address was
missed. The contests were then
commenced and the rooms OF the
court house were used, as school
rooms "a which to hold the examina-
tions that decided the fortunate wi L.
ners of the prizes. Mr.. w. NJ. Scott
announced ire place and time of
each contest as IL was I'm order for
4 and as there were a number OF
;he city high school boys I'd all of
the city school teachers and all OF
the other teachers on hand helping u
run thirSs along smoothly. there
was little confusion ard 'erything
was kept moving. There was no
haste but ths was no waste of
time as the program was long one
and everything had To he done
promptly so that something else
could take It's place as soon as 1t
was done.
During the morling State superin-
tendent OF education Sweariugton and
Prof. ". X. TIte made short address
es while the contests were going on.
They spoke along general educational
Ines. congratulating the teachers OF
the county on the Field Day I'D en-
couraging them In the work that
they had done In the county schools.
Mis- Marie Cromer. OF tomato fame.
was not present. as she missed her
train In Columbia. and the crowd
missed hearing her. In the afternoon
Miss Carrie Hyde. director of the
model school at Winthrop college,
spoke along domestic lines. She did
not speak until after all OF the con-
nj h.
given out so there was not a large
crowd to hear her interesting talk.
Shortly before p. m. dinner was
spread out on the tables prepared
TO the rear OF the court house and
all OF the children and teachers were
hungry enough To enjoy the big
picnic dinner there for them to
eljoy. However. just as the last Of
the diners were going To the table
TO eat a big rain came up that
washed and cleared off almost all of
the dinner that was left out on the
tables. For more than half an hour
the rain poured In torrents. hut Zen
the sun came out. the grass dried of
and everybody got ready for the
athletic contests that were to come
OF out on the court house grounds.
II was during the morning that all
~ the I'ow stocks. hoe handles. AZ
haldl's and cotton baskets that had
been hrought In by the .oys and The
butter and sowing and hropms aud
other things that were brought by IN,
girls were put on exhibition aud ,,-
cryrody had tho chance of s,.iuu
what Tn" boys aud glrls u th, rwa
schools IL thc county can DO.
Thy defamation Wcry excellent