The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-04-09
READY FOR ANNUAL
DISTRICT SCHOOL MEET
PROGRAMME ANNOUNCED FOR
CONTESTS IN DAWSON OF
DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOLS.

The Dawson high school has about
completed all arrangements for en-
PERTAINING the Third District High
School Association, which will meet
here April 1920.
Most of the schools have sent in
the names of their contestants, and
a committee from the high school
faculty, aided by the ladies of the
town, will provide during the week
homes for the two hundred guests
who are expected.
The meet will open Friday, the
10Th, at 9 a. M, with the spelling
contest for boys and girls, followed
at 10 o'clock by the ready writer's
contest for boys and girls. The con-
testants will be given one hour and
half to write their essays, and the
subject will not be assigned until
they are ready to write.
Exciting Athletic Contests.
At $3.50 in the afternoon the ath-
letic meet will take place, and the
/ public is invited to witness these
/ events. This is always one of the
most enjoyable and exciting feat
ures of the meet. This is the only
time the schools are permitted to use
their yells, and school spirit always
runs high. The events are: 100-yard
dash, 220-yard dash, 440-yard dash,
shot put, volley race, low hurdles,
pole vault, running broad jump, run
ming high jump. Names of the local
contestants will be given in the next
issue of The News.
At 8 o'clock Friday night the reci-
tation and music contest will be held
in the high school auditorium. The
best talent of fifteen counties will
be heard on this occasion, and rec
ord crowd is sure to attend.
The high school conference will
meet Immediately after this program,
/ at which time the business of the as
ISOLATION will be transacted and Of
ficers elected.
Dawson VS.. Cordele.
Saturday morning will be given
over to the defamation contest and
the debate.
Dawson and Cordele were victori-
Gus in the preliminaries held some
time ago, and these schools won the
! right to debate for points at the dis
4 trict meet. The same subject will be
/ debated: "Resolved, That the United
States Should Adopt a System of Uni
versal Military Training Modelled on
That of Switzerland" Both schools
won two decisions over their oppo-
nents, and lively scrap is anticipat-
ed when they meet. Cordele has the
affirmative side and Dawson will de-
bate the negative.
Following the debate all prizes will
be awarded
The school exhibits will be anoth-
er most interesting feature of the
meet. The school showing the best
exhibit will secure five points toward
the final count of the meet.
Dswson's Literary Representatives.
The following boys and girls will
represent Dawson in the literary
events: Spelling, Ralph Hill and
Martha Bell; essay, Clifford Farrar
and Nancy Gurr; recitation, Ella
Beck Cooley; defamation, Louis Pet
| ty; music, Anna Belle Jones; debate,
Julian Jordan and Hunter Bell.
The following schools compose of
the membership of the association,
and most of these will be we'll rep
resented: Americas high, Americas
A. and NJ, Ashburn, Cordele, Fitz-
| gerald, Cuthbert, Dawson, Ellaville,
Montezuma, Reynolds, Vienna, Fort
Gaines, Shellman, Lumpllin, Rich
land, Plains and Unadilla.
The officers of the association are
Principal c. NJ. Hale, Americas, pres
ident; Superintendent J. C. Dukes,
Dawson, secretary and treasurer; ex-
ecutive committee, C. NJ Hale, ]. C.
Dukes, Supt. H. C. Wier, Cuthbert,
Supt. H. B. Nicholson, Cordele, Supt.
j. E. Ricketson, Fitzgerald.
The people Of Dawson have ex-
pressed themselves as being more
than willing to cooperate with our
school in making this meeting a sue
.