The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-22
RALLY DAY IS
SUCCESS, SAYS
G.. NORTHCUTT
ga out of 81 County Schools
Take Part in Exercises
Ycslerday-To Have
Essay Contest.
PRIZES ARE AWARDED
Dccrpark Wins $50 From Allen
Music Company-Turner
and Maple Grove
Follow.

suits Of rally day.H said Chas. +. North
cut;. county superintendent of schools.
Out uf nineiy-seven schools, ninety
four were represented with total. ac-
cordinC TO nv estimation. OF 800 per
sons including the parents Of the chill
dren. To nv knowledge. this was the
first public rally day in which all the
children were asked 10 come 10 4 coun-
,y seat in the state.
The Allen Music Company offered
three prizes for the three districts whose
numbers were first drawn from the Mum
Der Box. The De"rrark School. disiric;
number Il won the first prize Of $50.
Turner School district number ;, drew
second prize Of s25, and Maple Grove
school consolidated district number >
won third prizn Of SIS. These prizes are
10 be used at first paymcnts Of a School
ophone.
An ESSAY contest for all the school
children Of the state, provided they al
tended Rally Day. Is now under way and
will close December. l. The topic for
the ESSAYS is MY Public School Rally
Day" There viii be fifteen prizes given
10 the fifteen schools which write the best
Cssays.
The winners in the events were as fol.
lows:
l00yard dash for bows II 10 10 years
old-Joe Sapp. Paulcy school. first; Joe
Burroughs Jacobs school, second.
l0O-yard dash for girls II 10 10 years
old Mary Anna Davenport. Orear
school. first; Enid Giegs, Union school,
second.
50-yard dash for bows 9 and 10 years
cld-Edwand Clayton, Turner school,
FIRST; Paul PAYNE, Bethlehem school. sec
ond.
Seward dash for girls and 10 years
cid liortcnse Cooper, lIallsyille school,
FIRST; Frances Dovicr, Nawter school,
second
& l00-yard dash for BOYS II 10 l3 years
oId-Joel Crooms, Nashville school.
FIRST: Clyde Gilbert, Lakeyiew school,
second.
l0O-yard dash for girls, II TO l3 years
oId.-liazel Cooper. llallsviIlc school.
tirst; Fern Turner, Iallsville school, sec
ond.
s0-yard dash for boys. and 8 years
old-NirGil Thornton. Starr school.
5O.yard dash for girls. / and 8 years
cld-Anna Lee. Dinwoodie school, first;
Ruth Francis. Warren school, second.
Stick horse race for boys 5 and 6
years old-Dud Glenn. Potts school
Slick horse race for girls, 5 and 8
years old-Dorotiiy Settles. Midway.
Relay, girls l3-l6-won by Lakcyiew
school.
Peanut race, girls l2-l8-won by Lucy
Nicholas, Paulcy school.
Elephant race. BOYS 9-lc-Joe DAILY
and Cary paly, Huntsdale school, first;
Nose Allen and Gene Glenn, Potts
school. second.
Elephant race. boys lSl6-Lester ia
cobs and Victor Hunt. Hickory Grove.
FIRST: Robert Crane and Cecil Belloway.
Warren school. second.
Relay race. boys l3-l6-won by Hunts.
dale school,
Tug Of war team of sixl by
Huntsdale school.
High Jump, boys 9-l2-wcn by Clyde
Gilbert. Lakeview school.
Egg lace, girls 9-lS-Frances Frost.
Carter school, first tno second prize Of.
feredl.
Egg race. girls l3-lS-Aleta LLOYD.
Nawter school. first; Enid CFiggs. Union
school. second.
Threelegged race. boys lS.l8-Victor
Hunt and Lester Jacobs. Hickory Grove
school. first; Orville Stokes and Eugene
Hamilton. Ellis school. second
Three-legged race. bows o-l2-won by
James Buick and George Buck, Hickory
Grove school.
Junior relay. boys 9-l2-won by
kcenc school
Lond-dislancc throw, boys 9.l2-won
by CLYDE Gilbert. I.akcvcw school.
Polc-vault-mon by Albert Lee. Hunts.
dale school.
High jump, boys l3.l6-won by Joe
Martin. Warren school.
LonG-distance throw, girls l3.l6-Edith
Corum. Barnett School. first; Frances
McNcar, Dunbar School, second.