Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-01
WINNERS Of HON0RS
|N.SW|MM|NG TESTS
Lively Competition in Which Boys
of Industrial Home School
Participate.
Judges Awards in the Severa
Classes-Girl Pupils Appear in
Folk Dances.

Although it was hit chilly for SWIM
ming, the big pool at the Industrial Home
School, 1925 Wisconsin avenue, resounded
with the splash of contestants yesterday
afternoon, when the annual swimming
contest of the school was held before a
large number of visitors, teachers and
pupils Following the swimming events
the girls of the institution presented a
series of graceful folk dances on the lawn
in front of the main building.
Supt. c. W. Skinner was in general
charge of the activities. Among the edu-
Gators who watched the boys and girls
in their sports and dances were: Bernard
T. Janney, president of the school board,
and w. F.. McReynolds and Mrs. Alexan-
der Steuart, members of the board Mrs.
Griffith of the National Training School
for Girls. and L. F. Zinkham. superintend-
ent of the Washington Asylum Hospital
and Jail.
There also was Billy. Supt. Zinkham's
lively Boston terrier. Billy was followed
all afternoon by an admiring gallery
of boys. who delighted to see him turn
1t must be confessed that for dead
dog" Billy won the prize for eating grass.
Pool Built by Boys.
The pool. 40 by so feet, claimed by the
school to be the largest in the District,
was built entirely by the boys Of the in
stitution. The cool breezes yesterday
afternoon rippled the water, but the sun
was shining, and the events were run
off, in great style Carl Kritsch and
James F. Ashby, jr.. were judges of the
several contests. The boys who did not
take part Sat around the edge of the pool
with the other spectators and melted out
praise and blame with great imparti-
ality.
Rotten. Rotten" would greet the
boy who failed to perform his dive as
gracefully as he should
That's the boy, Elmer an equally
loud exclamation when Elmer Burdette
won the 100-yard swim
In pleasing contrast to the swimming
events were the dances given by the girls,
dressed in simple white dresses The set
ting sun, shining upon the green lawn,
the white clad girls and their nodding
hair ribbons. lit up a pretty picture. The
girls were taught by Miss Laura King
Between the different folk dances the
schoo, band played lively numbers. This
year is the first season that folk dances
taught at the school. Supt Skinner. as
we'll as the other educators and spec
tators, were loud in their praise OF the
work of Miss King and her efficient
pupils.
Swimming Results.
The results of the swimming contests
were as follows:
Boys 25-yard swim-Won by Elmer
Burdette; George Brady, second; Ed
win Hunter third. Time. Oh.
Boys 50-yard swim-Won by George
Brady: Elmer Burdette. second; Sam
Weinberg. third. Time. 0.54 40.
Boys 100-yard swim--Won by Elmer
Eurdette: Frank Cavanaugh. second;
Carroll Alber. third. Time. LIZ 80.
Boys 220-yard swim-Won by Lloyd
Cross: Frank Cavanaugh. second: Sam
uel Weinberg, third. Time. 81 %.
Fancy Touches Given.
Boys fancy diving-Won by Eddie
Farrell: Ellis Riley. second: Carroll
AIber. third.
Plunge for distancc-Won by Robert
Pearson: Ed Hunter. second; Carroll
Alder, third. Distance. thirty-eight
feet.
Boys 50-yard back stroke swim
Won by Enroll Gaines: George Heine-
man. second: Carroll ALDER, third. Time,
A. 3-5 seconds.
Boys 25-yard midget swim-Won by
Fred Alber: Roy Davis, second; EN-
NETT Robinson, third. Time, "a seconds.
Boys 440-yard swim-Won by Lloyd
Cross. Albert Harvey. second: Charles
Gould. third. Time. minutes 81 sec
onds.