Evening star., 1915-05-29
PUPILS FR0[|C AT
ANNUAL FIELD DAY
Five Thousand Take Part in Exer.
cises Of City's Schools for
Colored Children.
Maypole Dances, Games and Drills
Make Up Program of Events.
Proceeds for Fairgrounds.

Five thousand children Of the color
ed public schools took part in their an
nual field day at American League ball
park yesterday afternoon, under the
auspices of the physical training de-
partment Of the schools. And as the
youngsters danced, played and went
through various exercises they showed
that training can be coupled with play,
and fun with discipline.
Fully 5000 persons-twice as many
as last year-were in the audience,
which applauded the children as they
went through various drills and games
which they have learned this year, and
which are intended to strengthen
young bodies. Included In the audi
ence were Commissioner Brownlow,
members of the board of education,
Blair; Judge Mullowny of the Police
Court, Ernest L. Thurston. superintend-
ent of schools; Roscoe c. Bruce, assist
ant superintendent in charge OF colored
schools: DR.. Rebecca Stoneroad. direc-
tor Of physical culture. and her corps
Of teachers from the white schools;
supervising principals of the colored
school divisions, as well as building
principals.
For more than two hours the children
danced and ran about on the green field.
The first grade kiddies started the pro-
gram with singing games which in
cluded "I See YOU" "See Saw. Mar
jory Daw" and LOBBY Loo" They were
followed by children from the second
grade. who went through a number OF
exercises with small bean bags.
Maypole Dances Feature.
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tier, probably, than the winding of the
May poles. Many poles. each with its
own combination Of colored ribbons
were placed on the field. At given
signal third grade children came on
the field and while the band played ap-
propriate music went through various
dances. When the youngsters first1
caught up the ends of the ribbons the
field suddenly appeared to, blossom
forth in dainty tents. which. as the
children interwove the ribbons, ap-
peared to become smaller and smaller
leaving in their place prettily decorat-
ed poles.
Children from the sixth grade proved
their grac Elm the free hand exercises
Folk dances given by the fourth grades
were another interesting feature. They
included Dance of Greeting" Danish
How Do You Do?" Auerican school
dance. and Ribbon Dance" English.
Mass effects were obtained best in
the more formal exercises. These
drills, which gave proof Of the training g
received, included club swinging by the
young women from the Miner Normal
School-the only participants not from
the grades; wand exercises by the sew
enth grades, and dumb bell drills by
the eighth grade pupils.
Recess games by the fifth grade
youngsters were lively and at times
more or less exciting, particularly to
the youngsters. Included in the games
they played were potato racing, dodge
bali and cat and mouse.
Miss A. J. Turner, assistant director
Of physical culture. was in charge, be-
ing assisted by teachers on her staff:
Misses Harriet Edmonds. Enola Nc
Daniels. Eta Williamson and Julia Da-
Wis. ]. Moria Saunders. principal OF
the o Street Vocational School. was
business manager.
Proceeds from the affair are to be
used for the school Fairgrounds this
summer.
Children from every school in the col
ored divisions took part in the fete
The divisions were represented by the
following colors: Tenth, green: elev-
enth. purple: twelfth, blue. and thir-
teenth. garnet.