The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-04-21
ADDRESS BY Or. JOINER
Scholastic and Athletic Con-
tests of Various Kinds
Speech by Supt. Joyner and
ParadeS of School Children
and Civic Associations Dur
ing the Day.
special to rne Ne~s ana 90,

t>ftV7al to the News ana pess~s.r
Greensboro. Aprl 1S.-Someth!nr
Like $500 school children attended
the first Guilford county commence
nent held on the grounds Of the Gem
trail Carolina Fair Association mere o.
day Under smiling April skies they
marched about the race track IA Inc
morning, heard the contests IN rec,-
tation and defamation and the ad-
dress Of State Superintendent J. Y.
Joyner, partook of a sumptuous PIC
me dinner, Witnessed the athletic con-
tests III the afternoon and gave .
Splendld hnale To the days exercises
by marching from The fair grounds
oVer the principal lhorouehfares II
the city.
1t vas a red letter day in the lives
OF the young people, ranging N ages
from SIX 10 twenty Years, and for
then parents some of whom haS-
reached the allotted three-score years
and ten. Early in the morning The
automobiles, carriages, buggies and
ever some wagons began arriving III
the city, and soon the people began to
con@rtgate upon the fair grounds
Children of the suburban schools
went TO the meeting place on special
trolley cars, decorated for them. Their
songs and cheers attracted the atten-
ton Of people all along the line.
;, The Parade.
The first event of the daV was he
), parade around the race track Of the
fair grounds, covering half 4 mile.
with the lineup as follows: Seventh
=, grade graduates, pupils above the sew
, enth grade, boys corn club, girls TO
; mato club, school townships in order.
Scholastic Contests.
The second event OF The DAY was
! the contest in recitation and decla-
: nation at the grand stand. The speak
ers and their subjects We're: Berta
Small, MIR. Brown Has Had His Hair
Cut Eta Lednun, Hill Smith .
> Myrtle Ward, How Ruby PLAYED
> John Quincy Frazier. The Hero o.
the HILL" Roland Fruit. "Amerlcan
- Citizenship" Raymond Johnson. the
= New South"
Graduating Exercises.
Superintendent Foust then pre-
sented the certificates to The seventh
grade graduates. He was followed
S by superintendent Joyner. who de
e livered a most eloquent and attract
G i've message to the members Of IN.
e graduating class. This was a large
j. there were so many attested ths
l. splendid work of The county schools
SHpt. Joyncr Speaks.
At the conclusion Of Mr.. JOyner'!
address there was a recess Of al
hour for dinner. The people ana
y children bled by townships anr
had a picnic dinner for each town
II ship.
At the conclusion Of the Dime
e hour the crowd reassembled in n
grand stand for the athletic pro
'e gram. These were as follows: Fo.
e boys-100 yard dash, 200 yard dash
le relay race, running high jump an
running broad jump. For girls-re
lay race and potato race.
In the main building Of the fai
association the exhibits Of the count
schools in domestic science. handl
~ work and other lines Of endeavo
were shown.
County Civic Parade.
e About the middle Of the after
70 began. Many people of the city wer
le in this parade Hundreds Of schoo
children filed out Of the fair ground
20 and marched for two miles over IN
re streets OF the city, by the State Nor
IF NAL College, the Greensboro Coileg
20 for Women and on down the prime
g pal streets Of the city. 1t was a ma
nifcent spectacle. Cheers went u
j. from the people who lined IN
in streets.
s. 1t was announced tonight that tn
ee county commencement had bee
90 made an annual event for GullfcT
and next year. event viii be plar
a. ned on an even larger scale.
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