Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-03-31

mlttees in charge of the exercises Of
| t1eld Day take pleasure in making
the following announcements:
Friday Morning, April 9th, 1850 A.
NJ. to IL A. M.-Literary Contests,
High School Building.
Spelling Contest.
Glass A, Grades 7, s, 9 and 10
Hunts Progressive Speller, Part 2,
Section 3.
Glass B, Grades 4 ) and 6--Hunt's
Progressive Speller, Part 1, Sec 2.
The judges will dictate 25 words.
and those who have perfect papers
will enter the oral contest, in which
each pupil is given one trial, pro-
nouncing word before spelling.
Writing Contests.
Glass A, Grades 3, and 5. Chill
dren will copy a poem or paragraph
Of prose.
Glass B, First Year Pupils. These
children will copy some short SEN
tences from the board.
Map Drawing Contest.
All children who wish to enter.
Judges will select one Of three maps
South Carolina, United States or
North which the children
draw from memory. showing merid-
ians, parallels and locations of prin-
cipal rivers and cities. (Chtldren en-
tering this contest should provide
themselves with drawing paper, pen
Gil and ruler)
Arithmetic Contests.
Glass A, Grades I, s and 9. A fest
including long column for addition,
one exercise in long division (divid-
ing by three figurcs) and one eXer-
else in multiplication of decimals.
Glass b, Grades 4, : and 6. A test
paper containing three exercises
one in addition, Of five or six num-
berS, running up to tens of thou
sands; one exercise in multiplica-
ton, and one exercise in long divis-
ion. Contestants will be furnished
paper, but must bring pencils.) Each
, contestant first write his name, his
grade and the name OF his school on
the back Of the paper, and at a given
signal turn it over.
The judges dictate work. When
work is complete the papers are
handed to the judges, and numbered
in order Of receipt. The first con-
teStant who hands in a correct paper
wins the prize. All papers must be
given in at the end of Is minutes.
Composition Contests.
Glass A, grades s, 9 and 10. Sub
jectS:
!. WHY Like. to Live in South
Caro- WA.
.. W1.a .. Hoy .lu do &. HaAl
H.uy AIlgaen,.c.
8. W.al Girl ra1, lo fo Make
HDmn a,,raolig,
=. - hetLe.. ,uUHCga. uafirr %
be decided by judges.)
Glass B, grades 5, and Z. Sub
jects:
l. How We Improved Our School
House
2. The House Fly and It's Dangers.
3. A Letter. General nature to
be decided by judges.)
Judges will select one subject for
each class of contestants. Paper will
be furnished, but contestants must
bring pencils. All papers must be
handed in at the end of 80 minutes.
The pupil who hands in the best COM
position first will be the prize win
ner. Writing will be graded.
Reading Contest.
Grades 2, 8 and 4. Pupils will
be required to read the sentence ST.
lently as whole, then tell it. and
also to read orally. All pupils will
be Judged for accuracy, tluency and
expression. (PupilS will bring
their regular readers and will lie eX-
amined from them.)
Rules for Contests.
Every school may enter one pupil
in each class OF each literary contest.
'rn1 hnrc
sheet, which will be supplied by Su-
perintendent II. Conway Smith. Sen
eca. S. G..
Pupils should be on hand at 1O|
O'cl k. Monitors will be on hand
to show contestants to the proper
room.
Doors will be closed promptly at
1890 a. m. No one will be admit
ted to the rooms during the con-
tests except the contestants, judges
and those who conduct the contest.
All contests will close promptly at
II a. m.
For farther Information concern
ing the literary contests, write Miss
Annie McMahan, Richland, S. c..
Judges of Literary Contests.
Spelling, Glass Al. r. Hughs,
Mrs. j. E. Kelley, Mrs. II. G.. Peden
Spelling, Glass B--Mrs. J. p. Strib-
ling, Mrs Geo. Shelor, NJ. Stokes
StrIDlnG
Writing, Class Airs. l.. A.
Sease, Mrs. s. n Iiughs. Miss Pau
line Hughs.
Writing, Glass B-Mrs. JOS. w.
Shelor, Mrs. Hayne G. Jones, Mrs
G.. NJ. Walker.
Map Drawing-Miss Margaret
Stokes, Mrs. Sam Reeder, Mrs. w. L.
Werner.
Arithmetic, Glass A--W. C. Hughs. |
Mrs. Jasper Doyle, Mrs. Stokes Strib- |