The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-05-15

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CONTESTS
The Rural Schools of the Coun.
try Met in This City on
Friday, May 7th

The Rural School Defamation con
test last Friday afternoon at the opera
house and again that evening at tht
Girls High School was listened to b,
a large audience each time, and from
the: general expression afterwards, il
, was considered D very successful event
both as to profit to the Schools anc
pleasure to, the audience.
It demonstrated to the public there
! is much excellent talent in the rura
schools of the county, and that those
whose duty it was to train the pupils
measured up we'll to the task.
As was stated before, this event IN
measure took the. place Of the, usual
Field Day, and it is felt that this viii
be made permanent. event with the
county schools, whether or not the
Field Day is found to be practicable. -
AS the years go by this contest will
no doubt gather interest among the
schools. For the first event Of this
kind, the excellency Of the work done
by the. pupils and teachers is most
commendable.
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In the matter Of prizes there was
no difference made among the schools,
for, in each school four and only four
pupils were permitted to enter the con-
test. In the larger schools it was OF
conrse, easier to furnish the quota,
having a larger number to select from.
Sonic Of the schools had preliminary
contests in order to select. their. con
testapts for the larger event. This
Was a. means Of creating interest
among a.the folks in the community.
and advertising the larger event.
The smaller schools should not feel
that they have no chance, for in many
OF these there is excellent talent. and
the individual contestant has just as
good chance to win prize Us in the
larger schools The Judges IN this
confess. were very capable. and ex-
ceedingly painstaking in the matter
of awarding the prizes Each pupil
was given a number so that the
Judges would not be jn any way handi-
capped by personal knowledge Of any
Of the contestants
In the intermediate division Of the
contest the Mayesville school was
awarded the first prize for both the
girls and the boys. This was prize
of SO to each.
IN the. same division, the two. Sec
ond prizes were awarded to the Beth
el and Wedgefeld schools. Wedgefield
winning. for the girls and Bethel for
the boys. The prize in this division
for. the second best speakers was SIS
to each.
In the High School, division the
Mayesville school was again awarded
the first prize for both girls and. boys
The same amount was given as in the
intermediates division. Wedgefeld
was awarded the two second prizes
in the High School division The
prize was SIS to each.
The names of the successful Con-
;cstants is here given, with the names
Of their schools, also titles of
speeches:
intermediate division of contest:
Girls, (first prize), Miss Ruby Nc
Elveen, Mayesville School. Subject;
LaSca.
Boys-(first price, Holman Fox
worth. Mayesville School. Subject:
II Lafayette, We Have Come"
Gfrls-( second prfzeo, Miss Esther
Ramsey, Wedgefield School. Subject:
.Ncbody's Child"
Boys-(second prize), Douglas Dav
ID, Bethel School. Subject: "Colum-
bus"
High School division of contest:
Girls-(fi first prizey, Miss Italy Tay-
f5r. Mayesvilie School. Subject: with
in the Law
Boys-lfrst prize, a1ilner Wilson,
Mayesville School. Subject: "The
Danger Of Our Prosperity,
Girls-(second price, Miss Evelyn
Ramsey, Wedgcheld School. Subject:
School Days
Boys-fsecond prize), Marion Ram
sey, wedgedeld School: Subject: War
Inevitable
A Victrola was offered by Mr.. W. I.
Whitehead TO the best speaker in all
the contest, for. a school prize. This
wis won by Miss italy Taylor for the
Mdyesyille Sci1ool. -..9,.s. =.
Mr.. b. b. Noise was selected from
among the judges to deliver the
prizes. He did this in his peculiarly
pleasing style, complimenting all the
winners, and others who deserved
s,iee,.,jj ,;I1,Serit7nn> Afr NOISE; said that