Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1916-05-12
Educational Day.

Educational Day.
Beautifully executed drills and tableaux
by the girls, athletic sports by the boys. a
Shakespearean pageant by pupils Of the
Rockville High School, exhibits of school
work and parade participated in by more
than two thousand of the public school
children Of the county, were the features
Of the third educational rally held here
last Friday under the auspices Of the
Board of County Public School Commits
sioners.
Not only were the school children out in
force. but their parents and others were
on hand in large numbers, the total at
tendance being placed at more than five
thousand. Like those of former years. the
rally was big success and seemed to be
enjoyed to the utmost by the large gather
ing.
The parade was the opening feature
Starting at the High School building. the
children. headed by Mrs. H. S. Parsons, of
Woodside. who 'set the pace" and the
Kings Valley Cornet Band. marched to the
court house and then to the fair grounds,
where they disbanded. Every SCHOOL, the
county was represented by large deleea-
ton. and at the head Of each group banner
bearing the name of the school was car
RED AS they marched along the children
made the town lively with their songs and
school cries.
While the athletic events were in progress
on the fair grounds race track, the girls
were doing their stunts in the race track
Enclosure.
The drills. etc., were judged by Miss
Florence Alden. superintendent of the
Girls Athletic League of Baltimore. who
awarded the prizes as follows High school
class-First. Brookeville team; second,
Germantown team; third, Chevy Chase
team. Grammar school class-First, Ken
sington team: second. Potomac team /:
third. Chevy Chase team. Primary school
class-First. Potomac team second. Ia
koma Park team third. Gaithersbure team.
A handsome banner was awarded the
Rockville High School for the Shake
spearean pageant presented by its pupils.
The athletic events were in charge of
DR.. VIM. Burdick. Of Baltimore. State ath-
letic director. and were participated in by
more thantw hundred of the best athletes
among the public school boys of the county
The track was somewhat soft as a result
Of heavy rain Thursday night. but in
most Of the events good records were made.
The Rockville High School carried off the
honors with total of 1870 Is points to its
credit; Gaithersburg High School was
second. with As points; Chevy Chase
third, with SO 1-3 points. and German
town High School fourth. with 35 points.
The points made by the other schools rep
resented we're as follows Poolesville 10.
Sandy Spring IL IS. Kensineton II. Brooke
vile 10. Takoma Park z. Woodside and
Goshen each.
Silver badges for proficiency in various
athletic events were awarded Earle Baker,
Clarence Becraft. Samuel Berry Gordon
Burrows. Lawrence Butt. Edward Cashell.
Lawrence Darby. Lindsay Edmonds. Ed
ward Candy. Marbury Gates. Harold Gil
pin, Darby Ward and William o. Young.
Bronze badges were awarded to Charles
Adams, Fred Barber. Lester Barber, Talbot
Barnesly. Ralph Benson. Arthur Bell. Louis
W. Berry. Byron Cook. Sterling Cooley.
Theodore Crawford. Dalton Erwin, Leslie
Etchison. Edwin Fry. Huber Garrett. VIM.
Garrett. Craig Glascott. Clements Gloyd.
Clayton Gray. Win Green. George Hamil-
ton, James Holland. Robert Howes. Edgar
Oglehart. Alfred Noyes. Edward Noyes.
Alexander Offutt. Herbert Peddicord. Syl-
vester Phoebus. Edward Popkins. William
Prescott. John Humphrey, Warren Rabbit.
Hugh Reading. Edwin Ronsaville. William
Shoemaker. Russell Sibley. Philip Smith.
Anthony Walstrum. Carroll Waters. Wilbur
Watkins. Allan Welliver. Edward Welliver
and John Welsh.
Bronze badges were awarded to the fol-
lowing girls Anna Bancroft. Naomi Aman.
Eleanor Barnesly. Aneeline Berry. Pearl
Bohrer. Myrtle Burgdorf. Evelyn R. Butt.
Catherine Cook. Alma Gloyd. Anna Henry.
Mary Miller. Helen Moulden. Caroline Mum
caster. Ivy Rabbit. Hannah Schwartz.
Jean Coulter, Dora Disney. Mary Downey,
Katherine Enele. Alma English. Josephine
Esputa. Ethel Fletcher. Mildred Griffith.
Eueenia Harris. Gladys Hilton. Ethel In
scoe. Annie Lea Jones. Elizabeth Leizear.
Elizabeth Wilson and Lottie Wilson.