Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-04-20
STUDENTS ARRIVE
TO CONTEST FOR
DISTRICT HONOR
SPELLING AND EXCLAMATION CON-
TEST ON TODAY, WITH ATHLETIC
EVENTS FOR SATURDAY.
TWO HUNDRED CONTESTANTS ON
PROGRAM TO PARTICIPATE IN
ATHLETIC CONTESTS.

The Harrington District of the University
lntcrSchola~tic league meet opened al the
high school building this afternoon nj 2
O'Clock with only schools from Cameron
and IIidago counties represented, although
both Starr and Willacy counties were en-
titled To entry.
This afternoons session was given over
TO the spelling contest while this evening
the d~eclamatory and debating contests will
be held. Tomorrow the athletic contests in
which there will be in the neighborhood Of
300 contestants will be held.
Miss Mamie Mer Buck. principal Of the
Mercedes school. presented 10 Alton Smith,
of the Mercedes high school. the gold med
al offered by the Brownsville Herald Pub
fishing company to the winner of the Hi
dalgo county spelling championship. Miss
Buck explained that the medal was not
presented IN llidalgo county on account
Of a misunderstanding Of dates.
The contestants entered in the events
are those who were successful in the coun-
ty meets held last week. The winners will
have the privilege of entering the state
int~erscholastie meet which will be held at.
Austin May 1 and 5.
The meet l. being held under the SUI
perviSion of W. L. Jourdan Of Harrington,
director general of the district who will be
assisted BY Miss y. NJ. Buck, principal Of
the Mercedes schools, who j. in charge
of defamation, +. w. Nance Of Mission,
director general of athletics and George v.
Bear of Mercedes who will have charge Of
tomorrow's athletic events.
In the spelling contests this afternoon
Cameron county win be represented by
Miss Minnie Carpenter Of San Benito and
Hidalgo county by Alton Smith Of Mer-
cede>. In the junior spelling Cameron
county will be represented BY Harriet
Boyes Of san Benito and llidalgo county
by Margaret Pickett of LaComa.
In defamation the senior grades of the
Cameron county schools will be represent
ed for the girls by Miss Georgia Dancy
of Brownsville, lIidalgo county by Miss
Cleo Dawson of Mission. Homer Fergu-
son Of LaFeria will represent Cameron
county in senior boys defamation while "A
representative at the Donna school whose
narne has not been filed with Miss Buck
will represent llidalgo county. In junior
boys defamation, the entrants for the two
counties are: Cameron county, james Col
Inns of San Benito; IIidalgo county, Eu-
gene Schwartz of Mercedes. Margaret
West Of Brownsville will carry the honor~
Of her county against Esther I%leacock Of
Edinburg in Junior defamation.
In the spelling contest, which will be
held tonight, Olin Coggins and Miller Arm
strong jr, OF Mission will meet Marion
Knowles and Fulton Dye of San Benito.
The subject for the debate will be:
"Resolved: That all revenues for the
support Of government, local, state and
national, shall be derived from 4 single tax
on land values only"
This subject J. sent out BY the univer-
~ity central committee and was debated III
the county meet.
company the contestants To Brownsville
are:
Professor j. :. Bum, county s%uperin-
tcndent of llidalgo county, w. III. Womax,
superintendent Of the Edinburg schools, j.
Prow>e, superintendent Of the Edinburg
high school, Miss Carter. Miss S~chermer-
horn, Miss Waddell and Miss Ness Of the
Edinburg faculty; +. W. Nance and Miss
Meyers of Mission, Miss Buck and Mr..
Bear of Mercedes.