Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1919-10-21
ALL READY FOR BIG
SCHOOL RALLY FRIDAY
Country Children Will Parade In
Town and Other Interesting
Program Given.

the> big school rally to be held
here on next Friday, October "a.
The occasion will be the formal
opening of the new Madison
High School. The Caldwell High
School moved to its new quar-
ters about two weeks ago and
changed its name to Madison
High School. The changing of
the name will perpetuate the
memory of old Madison Institute,
which has had great career in
education. The new name will
identity the city high school with
the county. It is the purpose of
the school administration to have
the new high school serve not
only Richmond but all of the
county. The high school pupils
who live in the country but are
closer to Richmond than to any
county high school will have their
tuition paid by the County Board
of Education. The boys and girls
in the country are not only invit-
ed but urged to attend. The city
high school needs them, it
wants them, yet it does not mean
to compete with the county high
school and prefers to have those
pupils who are closer to the coun-
ty high schools attend them in
stead of Richmond.
It was thought fitting and pro-
per to'take some notice of the
event which means much larger
high school life for the city and
county. The event should be an
epoch making one in the educa-
tional affairs of the community.
The high school now has the op-
portunity to expand and grow
The grades have more room. 1t
was decided to have a formal
opening on Friday, October 24th,
but the idea of a formal opening
has grown into the idea of an all
day school rally for, the entire
county. It is time that the peo-
Iple were thinking about bigger
schools, the problem Of securing
well trained teachers and the fl
nancial crisis that faces the school
organizations. The legislature
meets in January and the people
should be ready to tell the 1egisla-
ture what they want and need to
solve the situation. This school
rally is intended to get people to
thinking and talking in terms of
better schools, to focus the at
tention of the communities upon
educational problems.
The rally will start with a pa
rade of all the county schools at
10 o'clock. Each school will be
unit in the parade. The parade
will start at(the Caldwell building
and march through the principal
streets of the city. Three prizes
will be. given to the one room
schools. The first prize will~be
a $50 Victrola given by Muncy
Bros. furniture store. The first
lprize will go to the school making
the best showing on three points:
percentage of attendance, mill
tary order, and artistic decora-
ton. Second and. third prizes
will also be awarded. A prize
will be given to the, county high
school making the best showing.
Union City, Waco, Kirksville,
Newly and Kingston will COM
pete for the last named prize. The
parade will end on the campus
where the county high school
children will have their lunches.
At 1:30 p. m, the following
program will be rendered:
Music-City School Orchestra
Presentation of Deed-Hon. w.
B. Smith, Chairman of Madison
Institute Board.
Acceptance of Deed-Chairman
John holland, City Board of Edu-
cation.
Music-City School Orchestra.
The American High School
James Howe, student body.
A Short Address-President T.
j. Coates.
Education in Democracy-Dr.
j. T. c. Noe, University of Ky.
Music-City School Orchestra.
Presentation of Prizes-Supt.
B. F. Edwards.
Music-City School Orchestra.
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