The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-04-22
KERSHAW SCHOOL
WINS MOST PRIZES
Heath Springs Takes Second Place
. Corrected List OF Athletic Win
ners-Lancaster Leads i'm Recita-
ton and Defamation.

: ners-Lancaster Leads i'm Recita-
ton and Defamation.
We were necessarily hurried in
getting the prize winners in the
athletic events of Field Day last
Friday and consequently there were
several errors made which we re-
gret. Particularly is this true in
the case of Kershaw which was not
given the place she deserved. The
Kershaw graded school was indeed
the banner school in both athletic
and literary contests, winning IL
out of q possible 81 prizes. Heath
Springs took second place, with six
and New Bethel came next with
four. The Central school at Lam
caster won three prizes.
Among the athletic events, we
wish to make special mention of
Broadus Vaughn of Heath Springs,
who won four separate prizes, as
we'll as Archie Blackmon and Henry
Thomas of Kershaw, who won three
each. These young men are Won
derfully dextrous and their splen-
did feats excited the greatest admir-
alton from the assembled crowd
which witnessed them.
At 2:15 p. IN. the literary events
were begun in the school auditorium
under the direction of Prof. j. G..
Richards, but after short time 1T
was deemed necessary, both on ac-
count of the number of contestants
entered and because of the lateness
of the hour due to the fact that the
train from Lancaster was very late,
to divide the contests into groups
so that all contests could be hnlsh-
ed. The reading contests under the
direction of Mrs. Taylor of Lancas-
ter, the spelling contests under the
direction of Miss Eva Hough, Miss
Foster and Prof. w. E. Moore were
therefore held in class rooms on the
first floor of the school building at
the same time that the defamation
and recitation contests were being
held upstairs.
There were five declaimers deserv-
ing special mention, Jefferson
Mosier of Lancaster, Ray Faile of
Kershaw, George Faile of Taxahaw,
Gary Bailey of Heath Springs and
Ira Adams of the Lanctser Mill
school. There were Ii in all.
OF the 20 girls who entered the
recitation contest the following de-
serve special mention, Mary Heath
Jones and Laura Gilbert Williams
of Lancaster, Eileen Horton OF
Heath Springs, Ethel McMurry of
Jacksonham, Perny Sapp of New
ter, and Attic McCaskill and Jose
phine Nelson of Kershaw.
MT. Jefferson Mosier very ably
!, -cpresented the Lancaster high
school in the declaimer's contest and
his defamation, Americas I'm
crowned Queen" was gracefully and
eloquently delivered. Mr.. Ray
Faile Of Kershaw was close second.
His defamation was Clarence Poe's
The Average Man" Mr.. Faile also
showed much ability as speaker.
Misses Mary Heath Jones and
Laura Gilbert Williams tied for the
first prize for the best recitation.
Both of these spoke clearly, distinct
ly and with a great deal of express
sion. Although there were twenty
nine contestants, many being con-
siderably older than they, these
little friends displayed ease and
grace remarkable for their years.
Every entrant did his or her part
well and each contributed to the
success of the second annual Field
Day for Lancaster county.
After the contests were all over
Rev. H. II. Murchison of Lancaster
in a few well chosen words delivered
defamation and recitation contests.
In conclusion DIR. j. II. Boldridge of
Lancaster in behalf of the visiting
teachers and pupils expressed his
thanks to the principal OF the Ker-
shaw school, to the people OF Ker-
shaw and to the ladies of the Ker-
shaw Civic League for their hos
pitality. He said that he consider
ed the Field Day great intellec-
tual success.
An important announcement made
during the day was that, in refer
ence TO school improvement The
winners Of the prizes offered by the
county board of education TO the
rural school showing most improve
ment during the. year idst closing
were Rich 5tll first and Riverside
and Craigville whtcn tied for sec
ond prize.
At p. m. the baseball game be
tween the high school OF Heath
Springs ana KeSshaw was begun
and very interesting game follow
ed. being won by the Eershaw boys
by a score of 1'S 9 s.
An admissionP l. of 15 and 10
cents was to have"6een charged to
see the game to help defray the ex-
penses OF the Field Day exercises,
but a consultation was held Friday
by some OF the prominent men of
Kershaw and 1t was decided that to
make the day more OF success they
would raise the amount needed to
defray all expenses and let all per
sons see :he game free.
The batteries were as follows, for
Kershaw Thomas and Jordan, for
Heath Springs Vaughn, Caskey and
Horton. Umpires Mr.. Ed Crenshaw
of Heath Springs and Mr.. +. ID.
Blakeney OF Kershaw.