The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-03-07
OratOricaI Contest
fOrCrammar Schools

10 have strong schoo! system tie
essential thing is unity Where there
is unity there is strength. AS we be-
lieve that the school system of Pickens
county should be made stronger, that
1T should always make progress and
never retrogreSs, we have come to thu.
conclusion tf"t one Of the best WAYS to
strengthen system is the introduc
ton OF ,mmar School Oratorcal
| Contest.
The high school boys and girls have
been having an oratorical contest for
several years, and the good that has
come therefrom need not be mentioned.
The only thing that is necessary to say
and the one thing that has been said, is.
why does not the Grammar School be
gwen showing? That is, why cannot
the first seven grades in every school in
Pickens county have contest similar
toto the High School contest?
We have decided to have such con
the county fair chance. One school
Is Just as important as the other, so all
must fall in line and reap the benefits
that are to be derived from these con
tests.
f! Pickens County has been divided into
five districts, az follows; District Nc
|. Zion, Mauldin, Lenhardt, Dayton.
Crosswell, Farr's, Dacusvllc, Maynard,
Cedar Rock, Reunion, EaSley
District No. g. Oolenoy, Mica, Grove.
New, Town, Rock, Amblcr Peters
District No. 5. Pickens, CLASSY Mt.
Town Creek, Bethlehem. Twelve Mile,
Wolf Creek, llagood, Roanoke, Mont
vale, Antioch
District No q. Six Mile, Praters',
Gates, Palestine, Keow ee. Mile Creek.
Martin. Bethel, Cane Creek, Eastatoe.
| District No. s. Norris, Liberty, Ru-
! hannah, Central, Tabor, Calhoun, Long
| Branch, Garvin, Kings, Flat Rock
Each district has a district manager
! District No will have for its manager
i Mr.. w. S. Rchbourg, Liberty; District
No. g. Miss Nellie Wyatt, Pickcns;
District No. 3, G. e. Weltorn Pickens;
District No. j. Rev. j. NJ. Langston,
| Central; District No. s, l.. f.. Kirby.
Norris. Should any school wish to find
out more concerning the contest, write
your manager
Each school 10 divided into two de-
partmehts--t the prin ary, which includes
. the first, second and third grades, and
the grammar school, which includes the
fourth, fifth, six III ar seventh grades.
Each department will be allowed to
I have two speakers, one boy and one
| girl The boys will speak against the
| boys and the girls agains the girls This
! will give each school four contestants.
No speech can be longer than thre g
I minutes.
| After every child has selected hi,
piece and is ready for the contest, each
district will old is own COZ test
The details viii be arranged by tn,
| as preliminary contest. The four
| best speakers Of tie district will 0 Sc
lected and sent tc tho final contest
which will be held 1T Pickcns.
The preliminary contests will he held
in each district on April 5th, 1918, at 10
| Il. m The final contest will be held Il
week later, on April 18TH 1918, at Ia
| o'c!t OK, Il. m.
Each school will be furnished with
| entry sheets hich they must fill in and
/! return to their district managers as
soon as possible. The form Of this sheet
is rs follows:
ENTRY SHEET.
April 3, 1913, 1Oa m.
GRAMMAR sCuHOI. oRAroEICA1. CoNTf,sT
OF rICKEN COUNTY.
Department
District
Name of school
Name Of pupil Age Sex
Subject
Teachers signature
Signature OF District Manager.
Date 1913
There will IN the district meets be
given aa prizes n blue ribbon which sig
niiics the first place, Il red ribbon which
signifies the second plnre and q wbita