The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-05-22
Normal Host to high
Schools on Saturday
WILL ENTERTAIN ORATORS AND
ATHLETES HERE nv ANNUAL
STATE CONTESTS.

/ ATHLETES HERE ~ ANNUAL
STATE CONTESTS.
Saturday will be state high school
day at the Normal school when stu
dents from many parts of the state
will assemble here to take part in tie
annual athletic and declamatory con-
tests. With several entries yet to be
received and the. MinQt, Jamestow1i.
Casselton, LaMoure, Valley City, HoI::
and. Larimore high schools entered, it
lis expected that there. Twill be at least.
ia dozen schools represented here Oh
Saturday.
The state declamatory contest VIII
take place in the auditorium under the
auspices if the department of English
at 10 o'clock before the assembled st;l-
dents Of the Normal school. A gold,
a silver and bronze medal will be
| awarded to the winners of first, .secor
and third places respectively. There
will be no admission charged to this
contest and the school extends cor
dial invitation to everyone to be pres
ent. Following the contest, the Nor
| NAL school will dismiss for the 1e
mainder OF the day to act the part Of
host to the visiting students. Contest
ants in both the declamatory and attn
letic contests will be entertained at tie
hotels and dormitories.
Classification Of High Schools.
In order to insure keen competitor.
schools will be classified according 10
the known athletic ability and the pep
ulation of the town in which the school
is situated. Class "A" will constitute
high schools from towns having a
population of 1000 or more, and stu.
dents of the first and second wears.
Glass "B' will constitute high schools
from towns having population of less
! than 1000. This classification ha,
been deemed necessary in order that
the smaller schools may not have 10
compete with schools which are orr
of their class in athletic ability.
List of Athletic Events.
Class a. high schools will partici-
Fate III the following events: 100
yard dash, 22o yard dash, 40 yara
dash, $50 yard run, mile run, 22O yard
low hurdles, 120 yard high hurdles.
pole vault, running high jump, run
+, ming broad jump, II pound shot p,11.
discus throw and the half mile relay
race. :
Class "B' high schools will contest
IN the 100 yard DASH. 44O yard dash.
SSO yard run, mile run, pole vault.
running high jump, running broad
jump, y pound shot put and the half
mile relay race. Each school will he
allowed to enter four contestants for.
each event, and the preliminary con-
tests will take ylace at 1890 on Sat
urday morning.
'' VIII tame place on the
tracks of the Barnes County Fair AS.
sociatlon, the condition of which oueht
TO insure some close contests. and tho
maj contests will begin at 80, The
eitslolilty rules of the High Schoo,
League of North Dakota will be in
force, and the medals will be awarded
at the close of the meet.
Object Of the High School Day.
The increasing interest OF succeed,
ing years has given assurance that tho
annual high school day at the Norma,
school has become permanent even.
Its object is to foster friendly rivalry
and healthful contests in both intel
iectual and physical activities in the
lives OF students at time when ont
sue interests tend strongly toward
causing them to drop from school and
70 take up life on lower intel,ectu.,
and moral plane of citizenship than
tney would if they had remained in
school until the period of INSTABILITY
had been passed. Also, to secure IN
our future citizens the unquestioned
oeneilts of properly conducted physi-
cal and intellectual contests,
Miss 3. D. Sanity, POS sunnyside
Ave. entertained on Tuesday evening
In honor of Miss Marjory Mcdonald
who is the guest of her sister Miss
Mabel L. Mcdonald, of the domestic
present We're: The Misses Cool
Marjory and Mabel Mcdonald Ami
don, Winsted, Wyman and Sanity and
Prof. and Mrs. Acher, Prof. E. p
Grain and Prof. A. P. Hollis. Miss
Wyman favored with an excellent
reading.
J. II. McMonagle ~ and Arthur
Penn IL. who are holding princinal-
ships in the Leal and Rogers schools
respectively. were among the alumni;