The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1914-04-08

Friday, April nth, will be the event
full day Of the spring. thousands of
school children, thousands Of patrons
and hundreds of teachers and trustees
VIII be here to attend the annual
county school fair. Last year fully
five thousand people were in attend
Rnce fair day and this year even more
are expected.
The Four Departments.
There will be four different depart
melts to interest visitors. These are
tho exhibition Of arts and crafts in
tho court house, the literary contests
in the graded school building, the ath-
letic contests on the school campus
and the parade through the principal
streets. In addition to these will be
the high school oratorical contest at
night which is in reality part of the
literary department.
The Parade.
The great School Parade consisting
! OF over 200 school trustees and 4 1000
school children and teachers, will be
one of the most important features of
the County School Fair. The success
of the School Fair will be judged very
largely by the parade. The trustees
and teachers are therefore, earnestly
requested to cooperate in every pos
sible way to make the parade success,
The trustees will assemble on the
graded school grounds in front Of the
building near the entrance. The
grand marshall of the day, Col. J. d.
w. Watts will have general supervi-
Sion Of the entire parade. He and his
lieutenants will form the trustees in
line OF march, four abreast, and ready
to march at 1880. The trustees will
march by townships following the or
der of the list of schools below.
The schools will assemble on the
school grounds by townships. There
will be designated place on the
grounds for each township and about
this will be grouped the various
schools of that township. The schools
Will march In the parade by town
ships, following the order in which
tho schools are listed below. The
teachers should study this list careful
ly and know exactly where they be-
long in the line of march.
The principal Of the school that
leads each township in the parade will
act as captain for that township and
aid in getting all the schools Of that
township in proper line Of formation
TO march.
The teachers will call the roll OF pu-
pills before marching, and on large
sheet Of paper give the name Of school
and principal, number Of pupils en-
rolled, and number OF pupils In line
OF march. This paper will be handed
to committee stationed at tho front
entrance to the school ground by the
principal OF the school as the line
marches out into the street.
The teachers will march their pu-
pills four abreast. They are all urged
to keep their lines compact and to
keep In close touch with the school in
front and thus avoid gaps or breaks
in the line of march. The girls are re-
quested to wear white MILDLY blouses
or white sailor suits and to go without
hats.
The captain Of each township will
see that some one at the head of his
line carries banner bearing the name
Of the township.
The schools are all urged to bear
appropriate banners for their schools
and display their school co!ors as we'll.
The trustees will lead the line of
march proceeded by the brass band.
The schools will follow in the order
In which they are listed.
The line OF march will be from the
school grounds to the public square.
After marching around the square once
the trustees will drop out. The Schools
will continue tho march following each
other In the regular order about the
square several times. They will march
back to the school grounds still in
the same order, be grouped ON the
gronPds IN body and all sing Caro-