The Democratic advocate., 1915-05-14

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pie ever seen in Westminster, assem-
bled in the town last Friday to attend
the School Rally and Public Exhibit
N Day. Although the weather wa very
threatening during the early morning
hours, the children, parents and
teachers were gathered in large num-
bers at the High School waiting for
the parade to begin. To the diSmay
or everyone, rain began to fall about
900 o'clock and it was not until 1880
that the weather cleared up suffi-
GENTLY for the line to form. About
that time the clouds began To break
away and the schools were lined up
according to districts and the parade
proceeded eastward On Green street
to Washington Road, thence to Main
street and over the line or march aS
outlined i'm last weeks ISSUE Tic fl
estimated that, including teachers,
children, school officials and members
OF the Jr. %. U. A- M., at least three
thousand people were in line or
parade, the entire line extending
more than mile in length. At the
head OF each school there was ban
ner bearing the name or initials OF the
school, and the pupils were decorated
with arm bands and sashes, present
i'm "a very Jay and festive appear
ance. AS prize had been offered
for the school making the best ap-
pearance i'm the parade, there was "a
great deal of rivalry in the matter OF
decoration and each school naturally
strOve to make the best appearance
possible.
The magnitude of thu parade was "a
revelation to the people of the town
and presented splendid object les
son to those who have never given
much consideration to the yastness
of the problems of educating and
training the boys and girls of the
-i county. all along the line the child
! rem were literally applauded and our
citizens were enthusiastic iii their e
pressions of approval Of The enter
J prise of our school officials in ar-
ranging this practical demonstration
III tn magnitude and Importance Of
| the work OF the public schools.
Owing to the fact that the parade
! was late i'm starting one very inter
esting feature or the program, the
demonstration work in Agriculture
by Prof. y. Keller Smith, OF the NIT.
Airy High School, had To b. omitted
from the days program
The exhibits from the various
schools of The county were arranged
in the rooms on the first floor Of thu
High School Building, which during
The morning hours, were thronged with
eager groups OF interested visitors.
The exhibits included drawing, com
position work, botanical collections,
needle work, agricultural exhibits,
Maps-in short, specimens or almost
every line of school activity. The
splendid exhibit OF work from the
Manual Training and Domestic
Science Departments or the West
minister High School attracted much
attention.
Promptly at l45 the educational
mass meeting at Alumni Hall, West
ern Maryland College began. The
spacious Auditorium was crowded At
OF the School Board and the Board Or
County Commissioners, and other
prominent citizens occupied places on
the stage The meeting was opened
with brief, but forcible address by
addresses setting forth the problems
or the public school system and g
planning it, needs were delivered by
structiOn, nv. Bates Stephens, and Dr.
a. H- Lewis, President OF Western
Maryland College, and member of the
, State Board Of Education In both
! Of these addresses the importance of
improved legislation in behalf Of the
public schools and OF better financial
J support On the part OF the t. pay
! ers were strongly emphasized, and
! both addresses were enthusiastically
received and generously applauded.
While the meeting was in progress
at Alumni Hall preparations were
being made for the Athletic Events
o. the College Athletic Field which
began Immediately after the adjourn
ment Of thu meeting More than two
hundred boys, All pupils of the public
schools Of our county, were entered
in the various events. Under the able
and skilful management of Dr. Will
lam R- Burdick, director OF the Public
Athletic League OF Baltimore, and his
corps of assistants the meet was "a
tremendous success In view OF the
fact that the regular athletic sports
constitute an entirely new feature in
most of the public schools OF
our county the interest and
enthusiasm displayed in this part
of the days program was truly re-
markable- Fully four thousand peo-
ple were present on the field at the
beginning of the contest at 800
O'Clock and most of them remained
until the llst race was run at 5.30.
The prizes offered by the business
men of Westminster were awarded as
follows: For the best exhibit of
school work, $1,000, divided between
the Westminster High School and
\ Pleasant Valley School; for school
making Bet appearance in line of
parade, $1,000, awarded to New Wind
or School; for best percentage of
total enrolment present in line of
parade $1,000, awarded to Cranberry
School.
The names of thu successful win
ners or medals in the track and field
champion are a. follows:
60-POund Glass.
N 50-Yards Dash-1 Earl Barnes,
\ Gambler; p Benjamin Rosnick, Mt.
Airy; 81 Walter Shawk, Hampstead;
N AN Willard StDner, Westminster.
Time, Ks s. &C.
Standing Broad Jump Willard
Stoner, Westminster; 2. Benjamin
| Rosnick, Mt. Airy; 3. Edward Bank
ert, Westminster; 4. H. Phillips,