The Holt County sentinel., 1919-02-28

where Il should be placed or in tho
basket, IL must be picked up and prop-
crly placed before another Is touched.
To qualify in this event a girl must
cross the finish line within forty-two
seconds from the time the signal to
start is given.
Directions for Basket Ball Goal
Throwing: The regular basket ball
goal may be used or ring eighteen
inches in diameter tinside). II should
be placed ten feet above the ground
and the inside rim should extend SIN
inches from the surface TO which IL Is
attached. From a point directly un-
der the center Of the goal draw u
scmi-circlc with n radius of fifteen
feet, for throwing line. The bas.
ket ball used should be OF standard
size and weight. The goal may he
made either By a clean throw, or by
bouncing against the blackboard. To
qualify in this event a girl must make
two goal in six trials.
Directions for Balancing: A stan
dard balance beam twelve feet long
and two inches wide may be- uscd--or
a 2Ni.inch plank set on the 2.inch
side. The length shall be- twelve feet.
There Is no time limit in this event
but there should be AN cndcavor to
meet ~" "a'"hiramcnts promptly. with
out haste and with perfect poise. The
girl starts from center of beam, walks
forward to the end; without turning
walks backward 10 center; turns and
walks forward TO other end; turns
and walks forward TO starting point.
Two trials are allowed.
To each girl making successfully the
three tests "a beautiful bronze badge
or medal will be awarded. These
tests arr arranged for by the Play
ground and Recreation Association of
America. This association recognizes
that the athletic sports of the girls
In villages and rural communities be-
gin largely IN the schools. The above
events have been agreed upon as
most suitable throughout the United
States. ! hope that the teachers of
all the schools Of the county, both
rural aud village, will at once begin
encouraging the girls under then
charge 10 practice these athletic
stunts.
Quite n number OF young lady
urday TO talk over various phases Of
their school work with the Supcrin-
tcndent. Come again, girls, you ute
very welcome.
A letter received from Miss Tracy
Blcvins, teacher of the Blair school,
enclosed the negatives of two pictures
she had taken of some Of her classes
at work; the Superintendent has sent
these negatives TO Chicago 10 have
slides made from them, ana II will not
be long until the Blair children will
see themselves thrown upon the
screen. In their NitaliZcd Agriculture
work these children have made a
bookrack for each pupil---thcy have
made three nail boxes, have done some
repair work about the building using
up scrap lumber left from remodcling
the school room. Now they are doing
rope work; they have been making the
various kinds of knots, splicing ropc
and mending broken strands. They
have woven "a dozen halter ropes on
snaps for halters for MIR. Shunkwiler,
and intend weaving twenty ropes on
snaps for Mr.. Hicks. Just recently
the class had little contest to see
which pupil could tie the most knots
in IA given time; Rex Shunkwilcr WIS
victor Early in the fall. the class
made u survey OF several cornfields
and gathered some seed corn. They
have their sand and cement ready and
will shortly begin their concrete work.
Some OF the mothers are furnishing