The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1921-02-03
ATHLETIC MEET AND
DECLAMAT0RY CONTEST

The executive committee for the Nor
row County Athletic Association met at
the Court House in Heppner last Satur-
day and made final arrangements for
holding the annual county meet in lone
Various detail work was assigned to
members Of the committee.
All public schools in Morrow county
constitute the membership of this AS
sociation. The Association is under the
control of an executive committee con-
sisting Of the County School Superin-
tendent and the principal of each of the
following schools; Boardman, Irrigon,
lone, Hardman Heppner. Lexington and
Pine City However, any teacher from
any school in the county has a right to
attend any meeting of the executive
committee and speak and vote on any
subject before the committee.
The rules Of the Association require
that all money coming into the posses
sion of the Association shall be placed
in one general fund, and that all claims
against the Association must be ap-
proved by the executive committee be
fore being paid from this fund. If there
should be more than $500 remaining in
the general fund, after all claims
against the Association have been paid
at the annual meeting held in connec-
ton with the county meet such surplus
the schools of the county in direct pro-
portion to the number Of contestants up
to IS from each district, who took part
in the meet All money distributed to
the schools by the Association must be
used for athletics or library purposes
The annual oratorical and declama-
tory contest will be held in lone Friday
May 18th at 500 p. m. This contest
consists of four divisions. The and
II divisions include high school students
only. The c division includes the pu-
pills of the fifth. sixth, seventh and
eighth grades The d division includes
the pupils of the first four grades. The
selections in the A division must be ora
tions, and in all other divisions the Sc
| lections must be recitations. Each
speaker must furnish the County School
Superintendent with four typewriter
copies of his selection before the first
| day of April In case more than one
contestant has the same selection the
Superintendent to accept the one first
received. The orations in the A divis-
ion must not be more than 1850 words
| in length. the recitations in the di-
vision must not be more than 1900
words; in the division, 1000 words; in
y $50 is limit The first prize in each
division is a gold medal and the second
nrize Is a silver medal The judges
must be from outside the county,
The annual field and track meet con-
! ssts of two separate contests, for the
| grades and high schools. The grade
pupils are divided into two divisions.
Boys weighing 11o pounds or more and
| girls weighing 100 pounds or more are
in division A. Boys weighing less than
1lO pounds and girls weighing less than
100 pounds are in division b. The high
school students are in two separate di-
visions, one for the boys and the other
for the girls.
The school district winning the high
est number of points in the high school
events will be awarded a silver cup
The individual winners in both grade
and high school meets will be awarded
suitable printed ribbons.
The elementary grades OF any school
district receiving the highest number
of points shall be counted victorious In
the Grade Field and Track Meet and
shall be awarded a suitable pennant
Spaulding's Athletic Rules constitute
a guide in conducting all athletic con
tests. The Rules and Regulations ir
respect to eligibility of high schoo
contestants are the same as those OF
the Oregon State High School Athletic
Association,