Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-04-24
PUBLIC SCHOOL ACTIVITIES
Second Annual Athletic Meet and
the Academic Contests IN Spell
ing and English TO Occur
I'm May



The second county school annual
athletic meet, under the auspices Of
the Cape May County School Athletic
League, will occur on the new county
fair grounds, at Court House, on Sat-
urday, May 8, 1914, and will be a
much more interesting affair than was
the first meet which occurred last year.
Each of the contestants will wear a
number which can be plainly seen
from the grand stand aud programs
have been prepared so that each con-
test may be thoroughly clear to specta-
tors and the winners and losers easily
identified. The running track is very
much broader and better than that in
the old ground and In some OF the
contests there will be fourteen runners
abreast. A large space, directly In
front of the grand stand has been
fenced off t prevent the intrusion of
spectators and the jumping, pole
vaulting, shot putting, ETC., will occur
here and be perfectly visible.
Programs will be sold on the ground
at two cents each, to pay the Expense
of producing them.
A new feature this year Will be the
folk dances by groups of girls from
each Of the high schools of the county,
each to delineate a different figure or
series. These will occur on the raised
platform neal the judges stand. The
admission fee for pupils of the schools
will be 10 cents and for others 25 cents.
Only these latter will be for sale In the
grounds. Pupils must obtain their
tickets Of the principal or teachers of
their school. The pupils tickets cam
not be used by anybody but pupils.
The county school colors are purple
and gold and should be worn In ONE
shape. Each high school has its
colors and these will be very much In
evidence. The new county school PEN
nant will be fioated for the first time
from the flag staff on the grounds, be-
meath Old Glory. Two thousand peo-
pie or more are sure to be present on
this occasion and every section of the
county represented.
Medals are to be awarded to individ-
ual contestants, and banners for the
relay running races and the folk dam
ces. A silveg cup, which is now held
by Middle Township high school, will
go to the school gaining the greatest
number of points. In addition to this
the Princeton Association, of Phila-
delphia, has agreed to entertain dur
ing the intercollegiate track meets to
be given at Princeton, May is, paying
the entire expense, the THREE boys OBJ
tanning the greatest totals In the Cape
May county meets.
No boys or girls in high schools or
In the grammar grades are permitted
to enter any of the contests or dances
unless their class rank is such as to In
dictate strict attention to their studies.
The beneficial effects upon the
schools of these annual contests are
recognized by every teacher or school
officer who is observant and they are
entitled to the earnest support of every
pu~blic-spirited citizen. Cape May
county was the first county to gattempt
an enterprise Of this kind.
SPELLING AND ENGLISH CONTESTS
The Cape May county school spell
ing contest, which was SO successful
last year, will be held or May I'd, and
the number of entries is large. Two
contestants are allowed to each school.
On the same day there Is to be a high
school contest in English, for each
high school class, Freshman, Sophie
more, Junior and Senior. The SUBJ
jects have been supplied by A. B.
Meredith, Assistant Commissioner of
Education, assigned to secondary
schools, and medals will be awarded
to best in each class. Each high
school is authorized to enter one stu
dent for each class. All of these con-
tests will open at 1915 o'clock. These
are not to be opened to the public nor
to anybody excepting the contestants,
the committees, ushers, judges, etc.
The county superintendent will pre-
side over the spelling contestant Miss
Lucy e. Corson, over the English con-
feet Tha snaIIfuu oonfoot mill ooo,.r
in the Auditorium of the high school
building, at Court House, and the
English contest in the eighth grade
room Of the grade building. The
words for the spelling contest are sup
piled by George Mirick, assistantIcom-
missioner Of education, assigned to
elementary schools, and both these
and the English subjects are kept un-
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