The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-04-12
EDUCATIONAL AND
ATHLETIC ASSN
OF CARTER COUNTY TO MEET
THIS EVENING AND TOMOHHOW
IN ARDMORE.

The Carter County Educational an'
Athletic Association will be sponsor
this evening and Saturday, April Il
-, at the meet, in this city OF the
students OF the Carter County school:
Practically every school in Garter
county will be represented. There viii
be five separate contests: Spelling
Athletic, Dental Expression and Ora
torical.
Something like Two Hundred
(s2OO.OO) Dollars will be spent on
prizes for the school children and fol
other necessary expenses. The Com
mercial Club of Ardmore has con
tributed $4,000 towards defraying
these expenses and the business and
professional men are subscribing the
remainder.
This evening at 7:3O o'clock an old
fashioned spelling match will be par
ticipated in by the pupils Of the var
ious schools. Bach school represent
ed will be entitled to three contest
ants in this spelling.
/ One from among pupils of First,
Second, Third and Fourth grades.
One from among the pupils of the
Fifth and Sixth grades.
! One from among the pupils of the
Seventh and Eighth grades.
( One from among the pupils OF High
School grades.
/ Pupils making first place in each
of the four above divisions shall be
awarded gold medals. The ones
making second place shall be award
ed silver medals and the ones making
third place shall be awarded bronze
medals.
There will be four separate events
of this contest, all pulled off stimuli
taneously, one in the county super
intendents office, one in the assem-
bly, room, one in the district and one
in the county court room.
Tomorrow morning at . o'clock the
athletic events will be pulled off on
the Hargrove college campus. At
this meet a number of games Of base
ball will be played
A number OF events will ha partici-
pated in by the high schools and acad-
emies. The Seventh and Eighth
grades will also compete together as
will the Third and Fourth grades.
The first and second grades will also
take part in the meet-a most inter
esting program has been arranged
for the day. Each school will be al
lowed two contestants in each event
in each division.
Two valuable silver cups will be
awarded as trophies to the schools
making the most points in the CON
test. One will 90 to the school
whose first twelve grades make the
most points and the other to the
school whose first eight grades make
the most points.
The boy who wins first place in any
event shall be awarded a blue ribbon:
to one who wins second place. a red
ribbon. and the one winning third
place. white ribbon.
The local secretary of the Y. NJ c.
A., Prof o. D. Briggs, will have
charge of the field events of the
day
Saturday afternoon at four O'Clock
the dental contest will take place.
There are three prizes to be awarded
in this contest. The committeee's
reason for offering this contest is OBJ
vious
Tomorrow night at O'Clock the
oratorical and expression contest will
be held in the district court room.
Several very entertaining numbers
have been arranged on the program
for this event.
The students making first place in
each division of the Expression and
Oratorical contests shall be awarded
col dmedals: those making secorNi
place shall be awarded silver medals:
and those winning third place shall
he awarded bronze medals.
Taken altogether the occasion pro-
misses to he one of especial interest
and one which will be long remember
ed by the students who will partici-
pate.