The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-03-13
COUNTY TRACK
MEET MARCH 90
EFFORT BEING MADE To GET
ALL SCHOOLS OF COUNTY
TO PARTICIPATES.


schools Which Have Met
Defeat Heretofore.
On Friday. March Both. the coun-
ty contest will be held in Naxa-
laehie under the direction of the
University inter-scholastic league
for the purpose OF determining
championship in spelling. deeiama-
ton. debate and all name on ath-
latics.
All schools in tie county are
urged 70 send as msny contestants
as possible. for this Increases the
seofss chance of winning very
materially. b. mans Of i variety
contests and the division Of
contestants iato groups on the has-
Is Of equality. no school or class of
schools has the advantage. Due 10
sais provision. any raral sclsoel een
compete with the Wayahacilie high
school without fc1r. Those eligible
Is se contests gre as follows.
Junior Division.
Tire Junior division IL open only
te boys and girls who are not III
Fears Of age before Sept, /. 1916.
Furthermore, except in athletics tlsa
Junior division Is not open to any
anpiIs VINO have been regularly pro-
noted % the 10th grade in schools
otlser than rural schools. By a
rural school IS meant one that has
more than four teachers and III
located in an unincorporated town.
The Junior division Is nos open to
any pupil in the high school where
there are one Or more complete
ard or elementary schools under Il
separate principal and in q separ-
ate building from the high seh2ot.
This provision eliminated Waxa-
haehie high and the Ennis high
from the Junior division. Bess and
girls ineligible for junior contests
may enter the senior contest.
senior Division.
Any pupil may enter the Senior
o class q high school division OF
athletics debate. defamation. spell
Ing or essay writing. except that 4
PUPIL eligible to the junior declana
fon contest Is not eligible 10 the
senior defamation contest.
Glass A and B divisions. except
IN tennis for athletic purposes. the
ligh schools snall be divided IN
two divisions as follows: Glass h
to include not In cities having a
uhise scholastic population Of coo
cf more, according to the last pub
l5shed census of the state depart
fient OF education Also junior
higi, schools. provided contestants
Ill these BE not over rs years oil
age. Class A includes all other
figh schools. a class A school may
not enter a contestant ia class E
division, but . class y school may
enter either class b or class A di-
vision or both at the same sisne.
This classification enables the
smallest and most ont OF the way
school in the county to become a
competitor In some line On an equal
footing With other schools. A con
tesant Ia athletics has the pFivi
lege OF entering only one event or
he may enter five. which is the max
mum number that any student is
permitted to enter. The number and
kinds 81 events that a student may
enter are wholly optional to him.
Those in charge Of the Waxahachie
public schools have thought it best
to give a holiday on March 80. so.
that all students in Waxahachie
nl'glit have the privilege ef attend-
Ing the various events scheduled Tor
that day. All superintendent and
principals throughout Ellis county
are strongly urged to give their sta
dQnts a holiday o. March SO so that
they may COME To Tie county contest
al Waxahachie.
County Superintendent ". s Ely
has given his unqualified endorse
ment 20 this meet and Is eager that
tie various schools shall partici~
pate. The Yafions events that #ill
take place o. that day viii be OF
inestimabls value 20 ali contestants.
These contests will teach them the
lesson Of self control, fairness and
social leadership. Come out aud
help Waxahaehie make this a day
long 70 be remembered.
New. that the English have guc-
eeeasd IN ebageins dad, lot them
continue the good WORK until they