Montgomery County sentinel., 1918-05-10
Educational Rally Day.

On Saturday, May 4th. about $500
pupils and 1900 patrons gathered in Rock
vile to celebrate the annual Educational
Rally Day. BY $50 in the morning the
automobiles. buggies and wagons began to
come in and by 8 clock the school grounds
were teeming with pupils. while the streets
were lined with automobiles.
The first and most striking event of the
day was the parade of $500 pupils rep
resenting fifty schools. The line was made
attractive by each school carrying flags
and banners. Two schools deserve special
mention, Kensineton and Snouffers. The
pupils of Kensington had made and car
ried number of illustrated patriotic BAN
ners, bearing such inscriptions as ave
Watched Wilson-Did Youi" The pupils
of Snouffers school were dressed as Red
Cross nurses and farmer boys. The chill
dren marched from the school to the Fair
Grounds, at one time the line extending
the entire distance. When all had reached
the grounds the flag was raised. after which
the pupils broke line.
All pupils and visitors interested in the
literary contests returned Immediately to
the school, where contests were held in
reading and composition. One hundred
and fifty-three pupils from thirty-nine
schools entered these contests, and while
all the pupils acquitted themselves credit
ably the following awards were made:
First Grade Reading-Helen Pugh. Be-
thesda; Mary F. Boland. Germantown; !;
Lucille Burns. Lewisdale.
Second Grade Reading Eleanor Kicker
son, Germantown; James Howard, Ounce
Orchard Ethel Mathers, Rockville.
Third Grade Reading. Without Reproduc-
tion-Beulah Waslam, Potomac; Rnth Sou
der. Damascus Dorothy Sims, Bailey's,
Fourth and Fifth Grade Reading-Mary
Louise Wood, Burdette; No. Z; No. rs.
Sixth and Seventh Grades Reading
(a) Rena Mullinix. Laytonsville Anna
Young, Slidell Ruth Jones. Sherwood.
(b) Without reproduction. Vincent Peck,
Garrett Park; Kenneth Sims. Bailey's !;
Ethel Burns. Woodfield.
Eighth and Ninth Readins-Mary Green.
Sherwood; Hannah Schwartz, Gathers
burg; Margaret Brown. Brookeville.
Tenth and Eleventh Reading s-Marion
Schwartz, Gaithersburg; No. 6; No. S.
Language Grade-John Wilson.
Rockville; Edwin Duff. Germantown Betty
Brewer, Poolesville.
Second Grade-George Chadwick. Wash
ineton Grove Julia Waters, Germantown ;
Edith McCuIlock. Kensineton.
Third Grade -LaRuth Thompson, Lay
Hill; George Holly, Chevy Chase Elizabeth
Trombly, Kensington.
Fourth and Fifth Grades-Dorthy Slower.
Gaithersburg Lee Roby. Rockville Naomi
Butt, Jamestown.
Sixth and Seventh Grades-Julian King.
Woodfield Elizabeth Meade. Sherwood /;
Gladys Benson. Rockville.
Eighth and Ninth Grades-Emerson
Hodges, Chevy Chase; Amelia Rosster,
Poolesville; Mary Miller. Sherwood.
Tenth and Eleventh Grades Helen
Fisher, Rockville Townsend Howes. Sher-
wood Mary Rice, Jamestown.
The athletic contests were held on the
Fair Grounds. The directors and judges
were kept busy, for the interest in this de-
partment was keen. The twenty-three
dodee-ball games were most interesting
each team putting up good fight The
Rockville boys and Sandy Spring girls
finally being declared the winners.
More than 200 husky lads from all parts
of the county participated and several
thousand of their friends and admirers
looked on. 1t was held under the auspices
of the County Board of Education and
was in charge of Dr. Vim. L. Burdick. di-
rector of the Public Athletic League of
Baltimore.
The athletes from the Gaithersburg High
School carried off the honors. scoring a
total of 95 points. and the Rockville High
School boys, who had things all their own
way at three previous meets. had to be
content with second place, their points
tOtaline so. Sandy Spring High School was
third, with 27 1-2 points, and Germantown
High School fourth. with 26 points. The
scores made by representatives of the other
schools were as follows: Poolesville rs.
Damascus l3. Brookeville II. Potomac 5.
Kensineton and Takoma Park each.
Chevy Chase 1-2. Bethesda 3. Unity 2.
In the 80-pound class. Earle Osmond. Of
the Potomac school. ran fifty yards in six
and three-fourths seconds, equaling the
State record and beating the best previous
record for this county by quite margin.
Another noticeable performance in the
80-pound class was that Of r. Williams.
of the Gaithersburg school, who threw a
base ball 206 feet. easily breaking the
best previous record for the county. No
other records were broken. but all Of the
events were stubbornly contested.
The officials were DR.. VIM. L. Burdick,
referee DIR. G. L. Timanus. starter track
judges. Washington B. Chichester. John E.
Muncaster, Hamilton Brown. C. C. Patter-
son. Geary Fisher and DR.. Bates Etchison
clerk of course. DR.. W. j. Leinkuhler. as
sistant clerk Of course, VIC. Ewald; scorer,
Robert L. Tolson; announcer. C. E. Koontz
field judges, VIM. L. Aud and Jiro Morita.
Farm Demonstration Notes.
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