Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-04-16
Field Contest Results.

ABOUT half OF y white population OF
the county, we're in Macon Friday in at
tendance on the exercises Of county
field day. The visitors we're the guests
of the town and a barbecue and basket
dinner on the high school grounds furn-
ished dinner for 1000 The whole &C.
casion was a notable success, not only
by reason Of number and enthusiasm
Of the contestants, but also the marked
interest the people Of the county mani
tested.
The literary exercises began Thurs
dayssafternoon, consisting of contests
in spelling, mathematics, reading, dec
lamation and expression and English
composition. In these there were two
classes, high school grade and grammar
grade. The graduating class'of the Ma
con High school, assisted by other pu-
pills, gave an entertaining little comedy
Thursday evening as part Of the exer-
cises.
Friday morning and afternoon were
given over to athletics. The contes-
tants in both the literary and athletic
events were students of the Macon
High School, the County Agricultural
High School, the Salem Consolidated
School. the Brooksville High School and
the Shuqualak High School. Macon
won the trophy cup with a total score
in all events Of 1874. The Aggies
came next with 82E; Salem next with
50; Brooksville with 38 and Shuqualak
with a score Of IS.
There we're so contestants in the var
ious literary events, and the winners
we're as follows:
Glass A, High School Grade-Arith-
metic, J. S. Shelton, Jr., reading, Vir-
GINA Morgan; spelling. Rosetta Hol-
berg; expression, Marie Jordan.
Class B, Grammar Grade Arithme-
tic. Finis Carleton; reading, Corlnne
Patty; spelling, Lola Merriwether; ex-
preston, Ruth Allen. All of these
were from the Macon High School.
E. W. Davenport of the Agricultural
High School, carried off first prize in
composition; Lille Howe, of Salem,
won first prize in grammar grade read
ing; Jack Burgess, of Shuqualak, was
first in high school defamation; in the
written exhibits of class work, Macon
carried off first honors in first, second,
third, fourth and fifth grades, and the
Aggies in sixth and seventh. The
judges in the literary contests were
Profs. Kenner and Simmons. of the
Agricultural and Mechanical College,
and Misses Erwin, McBeath and McCor-
mick. of the senior class of the Indus
trial Institute of Columbus.
ATHELICS.
CLASS A.
100 yards dash, LIST, Lindley, Salem;
I'd, Knight. Agri. High School.
Mile race, LIST, Dinsmore, A. H. s..
I'd. Stallings, Brooksville.
Relay race, LIST, Brooksville; I'd, A.
II. s.
Running high jump, 1st place, Lind
lev, Salem; I'd, Hubbard and Daven.
port. A. H. S.
Standing high jump, LIST, Lindley,
Salem; I'd, Hubbard, Macon.
Running broad jump, LIST, Lindley,
Salem; I'd, Knight, A. H. s.
Standing broad jump, LIST, Lockley,
Salem; I'd, Knight, Shuqualak.
Shot put, | t, Knight, A. H. S.; I'd,
Breland, SququalaK.
Hammer throwing, LIST, Watkins, A.
H. S.; I'd, Hubbard. Macon.
Pale vault, LIST, Ward. A. H. S.; I'd,
Loo kley, Salem.
100 yard dash, lst, Lindley, Salem;
I'd, st. John. Brooksville.
Mile race. LIST, Carr, Macon; I'd.
Heard, A. Ii. S.
Relay race, lst, Brooksville; I'd, A.
H. S.
Running high jump, 1st, Lindley, Sa-
lem; I'd. Ward, A. H. S.
Standing high jump, 1st, Lockley,
Salem; I'd, Ward, A. II. S.
Standing broad jump, LIST, Lockley,
Salem; I'd, Cockrell, Macon.
Shot put, LIST, Carr, Macon; I'd, Knight
%Shuqualak.
Hammer throwing, LIST, Knight, Shu-
qualak; I'd, St. John, Brooksville.
Pole vault, lst, Ward, A. H. S.; I'd,
Lockley, Salem.
CLASS C.
100 yard dash, lst, Peterson, Brooks
vile; I'd, Meeks, Macon.
Running high jump, LIST, Murphy,
Macon; I'd, Stewart, Salem.
Standing high jump, LIST, Peterson,
Brooksville; I'd, Murphy, Macon.
Running broad jump, lat, Peterson,
Brooksville, I'd, Evans, Macon.
Standing broad jump, LIST, Hunter,
Macon; I'd, Peterson, B~rooksville.
Pole vault. LIST. Richards, A. H. S.;
I'd, Binion, Macon.
CLASS D.
100 yard dash. LIST, Richards, A. H.
S.; 2df Stokes, Macon.
Running high jump, LIST, Stokes, Ma
con; I'd, Richards, A. H. s.
Pole vault, LIST, Richards, A. b. S.:
I'd, Daniels, Shuqualak.
Running high jump, LIST, Faser, Ma
con; ID, Tynes. Shuqualak.
GIRLS.
80 yard dash for high schoolgirls, lst,
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