The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-08
FOR COUNTY MEET
EDUCATIONAL AND ATHLETIC
CONTESTS APRIL &c, 27 AND %.
Oratory Spelling, Arithmetic and
Field Events TO Bring Many School
Pupils 10 hrdmore Program for
Three Days Meeting

Hundreds of students, boys and
girls, from schools in every part Of
Carter county. will be in Ardmore
Thursday Friday and Saturday, April
90. p and 2S. for the annual educa-
tional and athletic meet Contests in
oratory, spelling, arithmetic, penman.
ship and athletics will be held during
the meeting, and the greatest interest
is being shown throughout the county
many entries already having been
made for the various contests
First on the program are prelimi.
naries in the oratorical contests, for
divisions Il. d and c, which will be
held at p. m Thursday. Finals for
these divisions will be held at 8 p. m.
Thursday. Preliminaries in divisions
A and b will be held at 2 D. m.
Friday. with the finals at s p. m. Sat.
urday, the closing event Of the meet.
Each school will be allowed ten con.
testants, boy and a girl for each d.
vision. Gold and silver medals will
be awarded best and second best ora.
tors, respectively Preliminary con
tests will be held in the schools Of
the county between April 10 and q TO
select delegates to the county meet
Beginning at O'Clock Friday after
noon, spelling contests viii be held.
the lower grades in the afternoon, and
the higher grades, from the sixth
through the high school, at night On
Saturday a written contest to select
Carter countys representative to the
state spelling contest will be held.
Arithmetic contests for the seventh
and eighth grades viii be held Satur.
day morning. and contest for select.
Ing Carter cOunty's representative to
the state penmanship contest will be
held Saturday.
TWO mornings will be devoted to
tennis, Friday to the preiminaries
and Saturday TO the tennis finals.
Saturday afternoon the track and
field meet will be held, beginning
promptly at | o'clock. The following
events will be carried out.
Division A, C2O pounds minimum)
lOO-yd. dash, 220-yd. dash, 440.yaidash.
halt-mile run. relay, four men, one
mile; running broad jump. running
high jump, shot put, pole vault.
Division Il, 02O pounds maximum):
lOO-yd. dash, 220-yd dash, 440.yd dash,
relay, four men, $50 yards; running
broad jump, running high jump, pole
vault.
Division {. 600 pounds maximum):
5O.yd. dash, lOO.yd. dash, 22O.yd. dash,
running broad jump, running high
jump.
Division d, $50 pounds maximum):
5O'yd. dash, lOOyd dash, 22O.yd. dash.
running broad jump. running high
jump.
Division r, go pounds maximum.
bO'yd. dash, lOO.yd dash, running
broad Jump. running high jump.
The winner Of each field event shall
receive a blue ribbon. which counts
five points for his school: the second
receives a red ribbon, three points.
and third. n white ribbon. one point.
The school whose twelve grades re.
ceiye the most points will be awarded
first silver loving cup. The school
whose eight grades receive most
points will be awarded second loving
cup, provided both cups do not 20 TO
same school In addition. a gold and
silver medal will be awarded best and
second best athlete in each division