The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-04-15

The fourth annual School Day ex-
ercises will take place in Sumter Sat
urday, April 18th. beginning at 10
o'clock. The first feature of the day
will be parade of all the children
of the rural schools. The parade will
I be led by the Sumter band. if the
members can possibly get off from
business, the day being Saturday MAX
ing it difficult to get off. Right be-
hind the band will come the three
schools winning the flags last year,
Bethel, Dalzell and Winn, the three or
more teacher schools, the two-teacher
and the One-teacher schools re.
spectively. Three South Carolina flags
will be offered this year and it awaits
to be seen if these schools will again
be the winners. The flags are given to
the schools winning the greatest mum.
Der Of prizes in all contests.
In the parade the other schools vii,
come in alphabetically, according 10
name. The children, with their teach
ers in charge, will form at the Court
House square. The whole manage
ment Of the parade will be with Mr..
Merriman Of the Sumter Boys High
School. He will have the children
march down Main Street to Liberty
street. thence westward to the WASH
ington Street school building. where
those taking part in the scholarship
contest will be given work. The pa
rade will end there.
The following is q schedule of the
scholarship contests at the Washing
ton Street building:
1880 to IL O'clock-Geography
IL to 11.30-Hygienc and Sanitation
11.3O to 12-Writing and Algebra.
II to 12.30-Spelling.
1880 to 1-Reading.
1.30 to 2-Arithmetic.
to 2.3O-English Grammar.
The teachers of the city schools in
charge Of Prof. s. II. Edmunds and
Miss Elizabeth Mclean, will act as ex-
amining committees. While these
contests are being held at the Wash
ington street building the declaimers
contests will be held at the Court
House. Both boys and girls viii de-
claim this year. A gold medal is Of
fered to the boys by the Sumter Bar
Association and one to the girls by
the DuRant Hardware Co. There will
De dozen or more of these young
speakers on the program. A feature
or the days program that will give
pleasure to the audience will be ad-
dresses by Justice T. B. Fraser and
City Manager Robertson.
Shortly after 2.30 p. m. the children
will all be brought to the Court
House, when all the prizes will be an
nounced in the scholarship contests
by Prof. S. H. Edmunds.
to be introduced in the way OF an
old time spelling bee. Any school may
enter three pupils. The school, hav-
ing the last pupil to stand up in this
contest will win number 4 Victrola,
offered by Mr.. Irving A. RyttenberG,
the Victrola representative in Sumter.
This is q splendid prize, and there will
no doubt be great interest taken in
this contest.
Another school prize offered is that
of $50 by the City National Bank to
the school making the best average in
three fundamental branches. reading
spelling and arithmetic. This prize is
to 60 towards further school improve
ment.
In the court room will be the in
duStrial exhibit. consisting Of articles
of cooking. sewing and wood work.
Each school has been asked to fix
booth to display dustrial work,
map drawing and anything of interest
made ~ the children. A prize is Of
fered for the best booth to be given to
school 1t Will be seen that the prizes
are more and more being given to
the schools, SO that some day the in
dividual prizes will be done away with
In charge of the program at the
Court House will be Prof Mcbride,
principal OF the Boys High school of
Sumter.
AT $50 p. m. the athletic events
will come off. DR.. f.. T. Dui,ant will
be chairman OF the committee to
judge these events.
1t is hoped that the weather will be
good and if such is the case there will
surely be a tremendous crowd to wit
ness this popular event Of the rural
schools.