The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1916-04-05
Usual Great Crowds are
Expected to Attend
SCHOOL PARADE
SPECIAL FEATURE


cd to Surpass Those Of Past Years.
Athletic Events VIII Hold tho At
tentiOn Of Many.
little more than week remains
before the day for the annual county
school fair, which is next Friday,
April 14th. Active preparations have
been in progress in nearly every school
district Of the county for the past sew
eral months and the indications are
that the fair will be largely attended
and that the exhibits and contestants
will be numerous. During he past two
weeks the teachers and young folks
nave been busy preparing for the
cventful day. Athletic fields have
been busy with young fellows get
ting in practice" while halls and class
rooms have been made to ring with
the resonant voices Of orators in the
making. Needles and thimbleS have
also been busy, as well as crayons and
pencils. In fact, the lines of activity
to be represented at the fair are SO
numerous that children of every
for ribbons according to their inclina~
ton.
The school fair may be roughly di
vided into three departments, viz, lit
erary, manual training and athletic.
Oratory may be included under the
literary department, the contests in
which will take place almost entirely
in the graded school auditorium. Ad-
mission to these, except the high
school oratorical contest at night, will
ing department will be in the court
house. The athletic department will
be on the graded school grounds. Con-
tests will begin in all Of these depart
mcnts at 10 o'clock in the morning, q
program for each being found in an
other place. The grand parade will
take place at 1880 o'clock. The pa
rade will consist Of pupils, teachers,
trustees, school Improvement mem
bers and members Of the night schools.
1t will form at the graded school
school building as formerly and pass
up Laurcns street to the public square.
AS each school is expected to have a
banner Of its own and the children
will be dressed in fresh cOlors, the
parade will form beautiful picture.
AS is customary, picnic parties will
be made UP on the school grounds at
dinner time. The dinner period Is al
ways pleasant part Of the school
fair, for then it Is that friends and
relatives are able to come together
for social hour.
The following Is the program. with
the judges and other information:
Fair Committees.
The following are the contest ocm-
mittccs and the rooms in which they
will hold contests:
10 O'clock
1st Reading Miss Floridc Harper,
conductor Misses Allcin Franks, An
mic Simpson and Mauric simpson
Room Z;
2nd Rcading--Miss Mary Belle Babb,
conductor; Misses MaudLangston, Lu
cia Wolff, jamie Harris-Room l.
3rd and 4th Reading Mrs. b. l..
Jones, conductor; Misses Edna Harvey,
Mary Garrison, Mrs. Annie OXner.
Room g.
5th and 9Th Readng-Miss Ella Ro-
land, conductors Misses Gertrude
Goetchins. Myrtle Culbertson, Genie
Aiken--Room j.
3rd and 4th Spelling Miss Mary
Simpson, conductor; Misses Lido
Sloan, Winnie Jeans, Mamie Byrd
Room 3.
9Th, 9th and 18th Spelling Miss Kit
tie Richards, conductor; Misses Eliz-
abeth Tolbcrt, Annie Kate Chidress.
Minnie Wallacc~West Basement
Sth, 9th and 10th Spclling-Mr. p.
d. Huff, director; Misses Ludic Young
Lucille Wolff, Mr.. w. T. Childs--Room
12.
3rd and 4th Arithmctic-Mis Cor
inne Agnew, conductor: Misses Maymc
Padget. Llcile Cox, Pauline Mcdaniel
Room s.
5th and 9Th Arithmetic--Mrs. Emma
Roper, conductor; Misses Lille Gull
bertson, Leah Martin, Lula Edwards
Room s.