Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1916-09-28
FIELD DAY WILL SOON BE HERE
Only Three Short Weeks Until The
Popular School Event of the Year

Popular School Event Of the Year
? Everybody is looking forward t,
Oct. 20, which has been designated a!
|, Field Day for the schools of Putnam
| county. Preparations are being made
and arrangements perfected for a bis
: day, celebration that will make al
the children of the county happy, bt
cause it is one in which they can al
take some part. Cookeville will be
glad to see every school child In the
county here Friday, Oct. 20.
The committee in charge of Field
Day has formulated rules and listed
the events, and the county superinten
dent urges every school to enter va
rious contests. The meeting will be
held at the fair grounds, the same as
last year.
The report of the committee is as
follows:
/. The place Of holding Field Day
is the same as last year.
II. Field Day will be held October
20, 1916.
RULES AND REGULATIONS
1. Only bona-fide students who
have been in attendance twenty days
will be eligible to enter any contest.
2. Only public schools supported
by county or corporation taxes are
eligible to enter pupils in any of the
events of Field Day.
/ g., No pupil who was a winner in
any event in last years Field Day will
be eligible to enter the same event
this year.
4. There will be no division as to
grade in school for any event in the
athletic contests.
5. In literary events, only pupils
enrolled in the first eight grades Will
be eligible to enter.
8. All entries must be in the hands
of the secretary by October 10; 9th.
erwise applicants will be debarred
from entering. Entrances must be
made on blanks furnished by the Sec
retary and especially provided for
the purpose.
Z. The same pupil will not be el-
igible to enter more than one contest
either literary or athletic, except the
relay race.
8. All articles offered in exhibits
must be made by pupils of the school
and October 20. A violation Of this
debars entry.
.. Exhibits are to be judged on the
basis Of quality, so per cent; variety,
80 per cent; and quantity, 20 per
cent.
LITERARY CONTESTS
Spelling:
1. Oral spelling for pupils in first
and second grades.
2. Written spelling for pupils in
third. fourth or fifth grades.
3. Written spelling for pupils in
sixth. seventh or eighth grades.
Arithmetic:
/. Rapid and accurate addition for
pupils in grades one to five. ~
2. Speed contest, four fundament-
al operations. grades six to eight.
Writing: (Best Imitation Of copy
selected by County Supt.)
I, For grades one and two-copy
from Book 1.
2. For grades three, four and hve,
copy from Book III.
8. For sixth, seventh and eighth
grades-Copy Book v.
Declamatory Contest:
1. Contest for boys and girls In
grades up to and including fifth.
2. Contest for boys in sixth, sev
enth or eighth grades.
8. Contest for girls in sixth, sew
enth or eighth grades.
Essay Contest-For any pupil in
6rst eight grades, one essay from q
school on q subject selected by pupil.
The essay must be in the hands of the
secretary by Oct. 10th.
ATHLETIC EVENTS
1. Is yards dash for boys any age,
2. rs yards dash for girls, four
teen years and under.
3. so yards dash for boys, fourteen
years and under.
4. so yards dash for girls. twelve
years and under.
s. Running broad jump for boys.
any age.
, s. Running high Jump for boys.
any age. |,
I. Shoe race for boys. twelve years
and under. 4
8. Potato race for girls. fourteen
Tears and under. a potatoes. s yards
o first potato and 8 yards between
,thers.) !.
8. 440 yard race for boys. any age
TO- Sack race for boys, fourteen
vears and under.
II. Relay race for boys, any age,
I've in each team.
SCHOOL EXHIBITS !,
L Best exhibit from school taught I
y one teacher.
3. Best exhibit from school taught
y two or three teachers.
3. Best exhibit from school taught
y four to seven teachers. ID
All high schools must contest In I
lumber 8. 4
The Cookeville City School will I
urnish an exhibit but will not COM {
ete for prise. Z
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