The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-02-17
SUGAR BELT LEAGUE.
anaai Msetiag Of School Athletic
and Literary Association to be
Held in This City Saturday, April
zo-Ruies and Regulations Gov
eraing Contests.

3 soclation met in Thibodaux Satu
3 Day, Feb. 3, with the following men
d oers present: A. J. Cormier. n 7
/ Lafargue, H. B. Messick. "A
f Broussard, L. L. Broussard. A.
6 Phillips, and Fl. w. Miller.
q PRESIDENT J. Fl. Dupuy helm
! absent, the secretary-treasurer a.
Y pointed Supt. ]. NJ Foote chairula,
pro TEN.
r On motion, duly seconded, A. E
Phsli1ps was elected president of til
association, H. W. Miller vice presj
dent, and H. B. Messick secretary
treasurer.
Inc secretary-treasu report wa
read and accepted.
H. BonaIdsonville was selected as tht
next meeting place, and April q
Ilxed as the date of the meeting.
1t was resolved that no student
who has won honors in any contest
VIII be eligible to contest for the
same! honors the following year The
/ age limit of Is years and s months
snail be limited to only those con.
testing for athletic honors.
In order to save time at the regu-
lar meeting in playing SO many bas.
4 Aetball games, the association d.
] Vided itself into two divisions as fol-
lows: District No. j, composed of the
0ak Grove, DutchtoWn, Belle Rose,
DonaldsonVille and Reserve schools:
district No. 2, Thibodaux, Lockport.
| LaDadleYllle, Houma and Bourg. Mr.
Bfoussard, of Thibodaux, was an
pointed manager of district No. 2,
and Mr.. Messick, OF Donaldsonville.
manager of district No, /. Prelinni.
nary games will be played previous
70 the regular meeting and only
teams winning honors over another
team will be eligible to enter the
final contest.
The preliminaries for the high
Jump, shot put, pole, vault, broad
Jump and 1-mile race were fixed for
1850 O'Clock a. m. April 20.
General Rules.
(a) Contestants must be regular
day students of the school they rep
resent, and they must have been in
school for two months preceding the
date of the contest.
I'D No student more than IS years
and six months of age can enter any
athletic event.
tc) Each contestant must have
made IN his studies the pass-mark, |
as required by the school he repre- |
SCENTS, for two months preceding the
Time Tor entries to be sent in.
td) Each principal shall send to /
the Observation-Disclosures, ten DAYS
previous to the meet, the following
information regarding each contest
ant: Name, age, feature of contest
entered, percentage made in each
subject, and general average for the
months Of February and March, all
II which is to be properly certified
9y each principal Es1ttrys blanks will
5e furnished By the Secretary.
Athletic Features.
Track and field meet with the fol-
owing events: #
I, l00-yard dash; 2, high jump; 8,
'20-yard dash; 4, shot-put; 5, A-mile
ace; S, poie-yault; Z, emile race;
), broad-jump; 8, relay race, four
ontestants; 10, basketball match
,ames.
Each contestant limited to three
ntries, scoring to be 5, 8, and /
'oints for first, second and third .
laces, respectively.
Judges of merits shall appear on :
ntry blank.
Literary Features. /
I. Girls Glee Club. Limited to a
fteen members, to sing without en- {
ores. Song to be strictly a chorus [
reduction without operate or scenic I
fiacts. Chorus must be one contin-
Gus song.
2 Defamation. Each school to $
ave one contestant of each sex. .
contest will be held at
O'Clock a. M of the day of the
Get for the purpose of selecting
e best two girl oratorical de- a
alIners and the two boy oratorical :
chalmers, all OF whom will appear
the public contest at night. Girls 2
Ill declaim against girls and boys =
sainst boys. he
3. ImDromptu composition. Each nc
hool shall have two representative
9atest to be held at II o'clock a. :
:, contestants to select one OF three
5jects furnished by the judges, fo
ID given forty minutes in which to BY
Ute their compositions. Judges to ~ ~
lect the best composition. which vii
al be read at public exercises at NJ
ght.
Spelling. Limited to pupils up =
the eighth grade. Contest to be 4
Id at II o'clock a. N. Fifty words sn
Il be given, selected from Century He
eller, part II. All OF the words h t,sa
2 to be written. Each school to Pu
allowed two entries. o.
). Drawing. Contest to be held at S Ve
O'Clock a. M, and to be pencil -
ateh of group of objects. Time 81
1ited to fifty minutes. Two contest I
IS from each school to be eligible. I
). Science. One notebook from I
III school in chemistry, physics, \
ology, botany, and physiology, to
sent ten days previous to the
ct to Supt. L. M. Fayrot, state
h school visitor, who is to be spe- Y
lily invited to Judge this contest. 4
igment to be on the best individ- I
notebook and the best group.
Judges. c
! committee of three to be :