The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-05-15
Barnes Co. OIympiCs
Begin Saturday at 9
ALL ARRANGEMENTS NOW CON-
PLETED FOR NEARLY 400
CONTESTANTS.

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Nearly 400 Barnes county school
, children will take part in the annual
playday events on next Saturday, &C
cording to reports now in the hands OF
Prof. T. w. Burckhalter. These
children will represent over thirt--
schools in all parts of the county,
from which not only the children but
the parents and teachers will in many
cases come.
According to the schedule, the ey-
ents will start promptly at 9 O'Clock
with a baseball game between the
Model and Fingal schools, on Tracy
hats. AT the same time the contest
ants for the afternoon events will he
weighed and classified in the Model
school gymnasium.
At 10 o'clock the children will form
IN ranks by schools in the parade and
patriotic exercises on the Normal cam
pus, led by the Normal Ladies' band
III the singing of the national songs.
Miss Fannie c. Amidon, of the depart-
ment OF public school music. and the
Girls Glee club, will assist the child
rem.
At II o'clock there will be an exhi-
oltion OF games given by the local kin
dersarten children, in charge of Miss
Lyford and the student teachers.
Following this there will be an ex-
hlbitlon of Indian dances given by the
children of the third and fourth grades
OF the Model school, after which the
announcements for the day will be
made, and children will separate into
groups for various games suited to all
ages and sizes. Out-of-town schools
VIII play match games of Volley bal,
AT noon the pupils will partake OF
their picnic lunches.
Rest Room and Nursery.
The Normal Young Women's Christ
ian Association will serve sandwiches
and ice cream on the grounds all DIR.
ing the day, and the association will
also turn over its quarters to serve as
rest room on Saturday. Arrange
ments have also been made by the
young ladies for nursery, where Wis.
Nors may leave small children in the
care OF the members during the games.
Ihere will also be checking room.
where articles Of clothing, umbrella,
etc. may be left free of charge during
the day. Visitors are urged to make
use OF this In order to avoid losing
materials.
Al l:l5 the students will again as.
semble on the campus and at 1880 the
athletic events will begin with the girls
on the campus and the boys contests
on the athletic field on the hill. In
each case the events will be classified
according to the weights of the con-
testants.
At the close of the contest for girls
at o'clock, there will be match
game of Volley ball between the Ritch-
ie and Lincoln schools of this CITY
The boys athletic events will be fol-
lowed by baseball game with the
Darcy and Sanborn schools, the con-
testants.
All unclassitied high schools will con-
test In six events for medals to be
awarded to winners of first and Sec
ono places These events are: 100
yard dash; running high jump; run
ming broad jump; pole vault; and
twelve pound shot put. There will
also be quarter mile relay race be-
tween the schools.
The Awarding Of Prizes.
There will be four banners awarded
during the day. One to the school win
ming the relay race; one to the school
whose boys win the greatest number of
points; one to the school whose,
girls win the greatest number Of
points; and one to the school winning
the greatest number of points in COM
parlson with its enrolment. Winners
OF first, second or third places will
be presented with silk badges, be-
sides winning the five points, three
points, or one point as the case NAV
be, for their respective schools in
the final count for the championship
of Barnes county.
The last order Of the day will be the
awarding of banners, badges and