The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-05-23
Mathews School FAIR,
Mr.. EDITOR:

MR. EDITOR
If YOU will allow me the space,
want to tell the public something about
the coming School Fair to be held at
Mathews G. II. High School building
October S1st, Nov. 1st, ard 2nJ. Our
plans for this fair are somewhat diff
ierent from the others we have held
We hope, in fact I can safely say that
this will be the greatest fair we have
ever held. There will be great many
more prizes offered, more subjects for
contests, and some entirely new fea-
lures, such as school parade, in which
we hope to have every public school
child in line; a field sports day. which
will be lots of fun, etc.
The fair catalogues have been given
out TO the children, and to day over
1, 100 Mathews children are brsily en-
gagged in writing compositions, letters,
etc; which must be completed by the
end of this present session and placed
in the hands of the superintendent.
This will complete the literary depart
ment of the fair and the children can
go TO work on the other subjects in va
cation. The literary feature Of the
fair is not optional with the children;
it is school work, and every child is
required TO take up some of the sub
jects in school under the supervision of
the teacher, and at the end of the ses-
sion the teacher selects the papers
they are willing 10 20 out from their
school and delivers them TO the super
intendent. Each school is required
to provide a banner for the parade.
These banners are to be made by the
pupils of the school, and must be com
pleted by the end of this session. No
bought banners will be allowed. The
school having the best and most appro-
pirate banner will be awarded prize
l hope the parents will cooperate with
us and get all the 1929 children now
on roll out on Saturday, so they CAM
in the parade which will be the largest
thing Mathews people ever saw. All
the schools are preparing school songs
and yells 10 be sung during the par
ade at the school building.
Thursday, the first day, will be de-
voted to a Teachers destitute, and the
children will bring in the exhibits, and
also on Friday up to u: so p IN. Fri
day will be Field Sports Day under
the cOntrol of a committee of three gen
tlemen-sports of your County-Messrs.
X. X. Hoskius, Elijah Baker and PHI.
Muir.
Saturday will be Chiljren's Day,
when we will lave the parade. Thee
spelling contests-lst. 4th and 5th.
grades, 2nd. 9th and 9TH grades, and
high sCnook grades. and if there are
twenty men who think they can spell,
and will dare to stand uD against the
high school pupils, if they will send me
their names by the first of October so
that 1 can publish their names, they
can come and spell, but not win a prize
unless they put up the prize themselves
or some OF their friends. School teach
ers and preachers will be barred from
thi" contest; lawyers will be privileged
TO enter. Prlze-wInning compositions,
lettersl ETC., will be read, orations de-
livered and prizes awarded.
As a last word. want the public to
know that in order that some of the
prize money shall come from all Sec
tiOns of the county, all of the school
rooms leach teacher) have agreed to
raise as much as SIS. This they expect
to raise this session by having a school
entertainment. Will the public I
large see that the teachers are encour-
/ aged with full hoIse, by which they
may raise the necessary amount, be
cause in arranging the prize list all
these amounts were counted in.
K. c. PERCIFULL, Div. Supt
Nesting, Va, May Is, 1912.