The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-26
COUNTY SCHOOL
MEET IN PROGRESS
PRELIMlNARlES IN ORATORICAL
CONTEST BEGAN AT ? O'CLOCK
THIS AFTERNOON.
SOME FINALS TONIGHT
Spelling Contest and Additional Ora
torca Events Tomorrow Arithme-
tic and Athletics Saturday Entries
From Twenty-Five Schools.

Entries from twenty-five schools in
Carter county have been received by
County Superintendent l.. NJ. Thurston
for the Carter county educational and
athletic meet to be held at Ardmore
today, tomorrow and Saturday.
Two hundred boys and girls will
contest in the various events. Some
of the Carter county schools have
worked up considerable enthusiasm
over the meet, according to reports
received by Mr.. Thurston.
Oratorieal Contest.
Thirty-eight boys and girls were en-
tered in the preliminary oratOrical
contests held at the Ardmore high
school building toGay. Twentyfour
will enter the finals of divisions c. d
and H tonight, commencing at $
o'clock. Medals will be awarded to
the winners in each of the three di.
visions.
The following names have been en-.
tered for first and second grades
Girls, Imogene Anderson Margaret
Beam, Alene Bigbie, Estelle Foster
and Ruth Maddox; boys, j. b. Jones
Haskell Owens, Lyle Tanner. j. r.
| Horton and Paul Arnold
For the third and fourth grades the
following will contest. Girls, Jo Shell
ton, Lucille Stroud Cora Cotton, Mar
guerite Chivers, Mabel Weeks, Pernie
thinner; boys, Richard Norman Pal
mer Henson, Gus Yaeger, Ray How
ard, Raymond Harris and Jimmie Lew
| is.
Representatives from the fifth and
sixth grades are Girls, Bothine VOL
verton, Josephine Coffman, Esther
Lanhord, Ella May Murray Edith
Burrow, Beuna Seay, Ethel Taylor
Verdry Vaughan; boys, George Gilley
Clifford Jones. Ed Bennett, Willard
Payne, Charles Ringer Idris Rogers
Royce Arnold and Jim Speake.
Arithmetic New Featrue.
A contest in arithmetic is new
feature of this years educational
meet. Blue ribbons will be given ia
winners of first places, red ribbons tC
winners of second places and white
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A silver loving cup will be awarded
to the school whose twelve grades
make the most points and a second
cup to the school whose eight grade,
make the most points. Gold and sill
yer medals will be awarded to the
best athletes in each division.
p Il. Laird, director of the South
eastern Track meet held at Duran
last week will be present during IN,
three days of the county meet to as
sist in judging
The program of events follows:
oratoricaI Contests.
Thursday . p m Preliminary con
tests, divisions +, d. C.
Thursday p m Final contests
divisions r. d, G..
Friday p. m Preliminary contests
divisions b and A.
Saturday p M. Final contests !
and A.
Spelling Contests.
Friday p. m First grade througl
the fifth grade. contests in spelling
Friday p m Sixth grade througl
high school, contest in spelling.
Saturday $3.50 %. m. Written cor
test for selecting one reprcseutatN
to the state spelling contest
Arithmetic.
Saturday $3.50 m. Arithmetic con
tests, seventh and eighth grades.
Penmanship.
Saturday $3.50 q. M. Contest for IS,
lecting one representative to the stat
penmauship contest
Athletics.
Friday @ a. m Tennis preliminary
Saturday a. m Tennis finals
Saturday / p. 100. All other ficl