The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1914-04-24
The Field Day Exercises
Held Last Friday by the
Schools of the County
Greatly Enjoyed by All
Participants-A Full Pro-
gram Kept the Hundreds
OF Visitors Interested
Throughout the Day.

FOR the first time in it's history
Cnion county celebrated Field Day;.
iast Friday. There must have beer
three or four thousand school chill
dren, teachers and patrons of the
schools throughout the county in at
tendance upon the meeting here Fri
DAY: The day was full to the brim
Oh interesting things. The day was
IDEAL and everybody was in the best
of spirits '''
The days exercises opened with an
ADDRESS by DR.. H. N. Snyder, presi-
oent OF Wofford college. DR.. Snyder.
He said in part: The age is critical
Our most sacred institutions are nm
der the fire of criticism-the school
the home, the church-even the inst.
sutlon OF marriage-were under fire.
magazine articles and writer's every
where were attempting to show that
the public schools were failures. IF
the public schools have not made
good, where lies the failure The fin
lshed product of the high school is
the test. If the public finds that the
product Is not up to the standard,
let the public consider the human
material that is turned over to the
teacher; A diamond, the more it is
polished, the more resplendent it be-
comes; the more pebble is polished
the more pebbly it becomes. Consid-
er the attitude of the home towards
the school, the home preparation. The
school is expected to take the place
of home and school. The teacher is
also expected to do too many things
to do any one thing WELL What is
needed is less criticism and more
praise from the public.
Dr. Snyder closed with an appeal
for / som0,, meo,m1pulSsory 1prGIS education, and said
South Carolina stood lowest in the
literary test among the five.
The address was listened to with
deep interest by the large gatherins
of people.
ness meeting of the county teachers
association, and was greatly enjoyed.
1t was picnic dinner, all bringing
well-filled baskets that made spread
to tempt king.
The athletic stunts pulled off in the
afternoon were witnessed by vast
throng of people. The exercises were
held on North Church street and in
the rear of the high school building.
James Bartles, the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. H. Bartles, proved himself the
best all-round boy athlete in the
whole number of contestants. Ben
nett, of Cross Keys school, won sec
ond place. Bartles won Is out of
25 possible points; Bennett came sec
ond with Ia points out of a possible
25. The total score gave Cross Keys
High School 20 points while Union
High School came second with 2S
points. Prof. II. c. Wilburn, princi-
Il Of ha -,
for hearty congratulations for the
splendid showing his school made At
the night session he was given the
chautauqua salute by the assembled
schools. Mr.. Wilburn has won :.
front place among the teachers of
the county by his thorough and ear
nest work.
The evening exercises were most
interesting. They were in the nature
of literary contest. Miss Isma
Gault, of the Jonesville High Scnoo
won tire medal for the best essay, her
subject being, "The Pupils Point Of
View" Miss Ruth Crawford, of the
Union High School won the medal
for the best recitation.
County Superintendent H. c. Little,
who was largely instrumental in Sc
curing funds to pay expenses, Prof.
A. c. Frola, who is the champion of
athletic sports, and Miss Mary Gist
Fleming, president of the Union
County Teachers Association were
the leading spirits in promoting the
Field Day exercises; but the great
success attained attested the hearty
cooperation of all the teachers of the
county. The day will go down in
history as great day in the advance
ment of the schools of this county.