The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-03-30
CITY THRONGED WITH
THE CHILDREN TODAY
FIELD DAY BRINGS MANY
VISITORS HERE.
Parade This Morning, in Which
5000 Pupils Marched Was
Feature.


5000 people are in town for the day
and that there were over 5000
school children in the parade.
The parade formed at the Graded
School building and marched through
the principal business streets of the
city. Chief Orr of the police depart
ment led with the following schools
III the order named:
Lancaster graded school, cotton
mill school, Rich Hill school, Elgin,
Dry Creek, Pleasant Hill, Cane
Creek, Jones Cross Roads, Antioch,
Zion. Tabernacle. Buford, Unity,
Camp Creek, Craigville. New Bethe..
Dixie, Ferguson and Van Wyck
bringing up the rear came the Ian
caster Equal Suffrage League in au
tomobiles gaily bedecked in yellow
and white, the colors of the league
The various schools carried banners
bearing the names of the schools and
as each school passed through the
Ipublic square at the intersection of
Main and Gay streets, the school yell
was given with a right good will.
The parade returned to the school
campus and there the exercises be-
gan. Following the invocation,
Charles ID. Jones, mayor of Lancas,
ter, delivered the address of well
come. Mr.. Jones said in part:
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pie:
Representing the city CT Lancas-
ter and expressing the keen pleas
ure and glowing pride OF all our citl-
zens in being honored by your pres
ence today, / want to welcome you,
not only as individuals, but because
you represent the forces, which
through education, must strengthen
the foundations of individual, fami-
ly, and national life by building ur
true character and the acquisition OIL
useful knowledge.
The object of the Field Day cele-
bration is to bring together for mu-
tual help and encouragement all the
forces of education in the county, to
stimulate by friendly rivalry and
strengthen the workers by sympathy
and support.
"The faithful school teacher never
gets any adequate reward for pains
taking labors in this life, for tho
meager salaries and the lack of real
h,y DP
ten drive them from the school room.
but the true teacher is fired by no.
/ BILE ambition which sweetens the toils
for the uplift of humanity
IF patriotism be the test the
schoolmaster serves his country bet
ter than the soldiers.
Lord Broughman said:
! Let the soldier be abroad il ne
will, he can do nothing in this age.
There is another personage-a per
sonage less imposing in the eyes OF
some, perhaps insignificant. The
schoolmaster is abroad, and j trust
TO him. armed with his primer,
against the soldier in full military
array"
Wendell Phillips said:
Education is the only interest
worthy the deep controlling anxiety
of the thoughtful man"
"In the name of this great cause
which you celebrate we greet YOU
with our warmest welcome"
Following the conclusion of Mayor
Jones remarks, the response on be-
half of the schools and teachers was
made by Miss Lilly Usher. Miss
Usher assured the people OF Lancas-
ter that every school in the county
appreciated the efforts put forth by
Superintendent Lingle and the pub
lie OF the city in making Field Day
an annual success. She hopes to see
the event grow more and more i'm
portant from year to year.
Immediately after this feature of
the day concluded, the athletic events
and mental events began. Owing to
the fact that the hour was advanced
The News is unable to present the re-
suit OF the various contests in this
issue. but Tuesdays number of this
publication will carry in detail the
events OF the day.
School officials said this mornin.