Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-11-19
TEACHERS MEET SATURDAY.
Question of County Commencement to
be Gone Into Thoroughly.

NC UVhC AACO AAOA
The Henderson County Teachers as
sociation will meet in regular session
Saturday of this week.
The program follows:
Drill in phonics; grade 1, Miss
Ferebee.
Drill in grammar; grade 2. Miss
Edwards.
Round table discussion on county
commencement.
In the afternoon al examination
will be given on Growing A Life"
and all teachers subject to examina-
ton are advised to go prepared and
take pencils and paper.
A number of teachers from Hender-
son county are planning to attend
the meeting of the teachers of North
Carolina at Charlotte on November
1928.
The Democrat has carried the names
of the committeeman appointed to
carry out certain phases of the coun-r
t. commencement work, a portion. OF
that mapped out being in last weeks
raper. There has been no committees
\ appointed toward arranging a tenta-,
/ tive program whereby all teacher
might direct their efforts.
CASTOR COunty's Plan.
The following information with re-
ference to the county commencement
held in Gatson county last year VIII
j doubtless be of interest TO hose In
terested in the Henderson county
commencement:
The program to be participated Id
by all the public STOOLS III L.
ty is briefly as follows: First, street
parade by school boards, teachers and
pupils ESTIMATED to number 5,OOO TO
900 from $3.50 to IL a. m; second
seven literary contests to be held
simultaneously in separate halls from
IL a., m. to 1 p. m, each followed Dy
q short address by some North caro-
linian prominent in educational or
Professional circles; third, recess Tor
dinner from 1 to 2 p. M; fourth. ath-
letics contests from 2 to 4 p. m.
There are seven literary contests
namely: Debate, open only to boys:
defamation, open only to boys; reel
tation open only to girls storytelling
omen to both sexes; story writ
ing, open to both sexes and spelllng'
open to both sexes below the seventh
grade. :,
In each of these contests a gold
medal is awarded to the winner.
The contestants in each Of the
above mentioned trials will be chosen
in the following manne First, each
school district will hold a preliminary
contest in each of the above mention
ed lines the successful contestant IN
each to participate in a township pre-
Uminary contest. In the latter will
he chosen the contestants to partici-
nate in the events to be held here on
county commencement day, each
township being entitled to one repre-
sentative in each event, There arr
six townships. The township contes
will be held under the supervision O
the Township Teachers assoclatlon
each township having an organization
Of this kind. In the spelling I
members of the first seven grades VII
participate.
In the afternoon will be held tn
athletic contests, consisting OF a trac
meet, basket ball games baseoal
Prizes will be awarded in each G
these contests. The track meet wi
include all of the events USUAL
classed under the head, such as lOI
ward dash, 22O-yard run, 44O-yard rul
relay race, standing broad jump, ru1
ming high jump, pole vaultlng' pa
throwing etc.
The custom established in connet
ton with the county contests hel
heretofore, namely, debaters, recitel
and declaimers, of having judge
from outside the county who n
none OF the contestants, will be TO
lowed in the county commencemel
this year.