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

and Regulations for the Guidance
al Teachers in Charge of School
TenmS.
Tic athletic fcats II the county
school fair arc expected to attract no
small amount Of attention A large
nnmber Of entries have already been
received and more arc expected daily
The high school contests will be very
similar to those held last year ana
Will il all probability be held on the
school grounds.
The Elementary Athletic meet will
be held in the morning, begin
ming promptly at 10 o'clock. Tho
meet this year will be unusually
interesting and will re very i'm
portant part Of the fair Everything
will be planned carefully beforehand
in order to avoid confusion and to
make the events interesting
AS the time allowed for the meet is
very limited there are certain points
in connection with the events that
those in charge of the various school
teams should carefully consider ana
remember.
The meet will begin promptly as
10 o'clock.
Since the time allowed for the va
rious contests is very short it will be
impossible to allow one pupil to enter
all of the events. The events will be
divided into three classes, Glass One,
Class Two, Glass Three. Any pupil
may enter all Of the events in Class
One or Glass Two or Glass Three but
a pupil cannot enter events in moro
than one class. Please note careful.
ly the divisions which are as follows:
CLASS ONE: 50-yard dash lO0-yard
dash, 220yard run, mile relay race,
24-inch hurdle race, for the boys and
50-yard dash, 1OO-yard DASH 24-:nch
hurdle for the girls.
CLASS TWO: potato race, shoe race,
threelegged race, for both boys and
girls.
CLASS THREE: running high jump,
standing high jump, for both boys and
girls; and pole vauling
Each school is requested to select
one teacher or one pupil who will be
the captain Of the whole team repre-
senting that school. The captain
should have complete list of every
pupil taking part in the events and
in which event or events each will
enter. His name should be sent in
ants.
The captains of the teams are re
quesicd to assemble near the entrance
Of the school building at $40 prompt
ly on the morning or the fair This
conference is to put the final touches
on the meet and Is a most important
one. 1t is essential that each cap.
tain be present.
contestant for each event, except IN
the relay race in which each school
will have four and in tho three-legged
race in which each scool will have
e"o' L'C ouit " ocICCt ditcIldtcS lOI
each event.
No one taking part in the literary
contest will be allowed to enter the
athletic contests. This ruling was
necessary in order to finish the two
events before the parade.
Children in any Of the first seven
grades in any school in the county
may take part in these secondary
events.
The names of all contestants and
the events in which they will enter.
must be in the hands of the chair.
man, Mr.. Arthur Lee, Laurcns, S. c.,
by Wednesday, April 18th. Unless
they are in by that time they will not
be allowed to enter the contests.
The order Of events cannot be def
nitcly settled until all names OF con-
testants have been handed in. 1t Wilt
be much better If contestant is en-
tered in as few events as possible.
This will allow several events to be-
pulled off at the same time.
FOR THE BOYS
50-ynrd dash. First three graGess.
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