The  model  schedule  on  page  264  provides  for  thirty-six  teams  or  for
nine  classes.  In  most  schools  the  number  of  teams  will  be  less  than
thirty-six.
The  schedule  requires  as  many  events  as  there  are  classes  in  the  school,
classes  of  boys  and  classes  of  girls  being  counted  separately.
If  it  is  not  practicable  to  divide  each  class  into  four  teams,  all  the  pupils
in  the  school  should  be  divided  into  a  number  of  teams  which  is  divisible
by  four.  Then  by  placing  Teams  1,  2,  3,  and  4  in  one  group,  and  Teams
5,  6,  7,  and  8  in  another  group,  the  same  result  will  be  obtained  as  if  each
class  were  divided  into  four  teams.  A  teacher  should  be  placed  in  charge
of  each  group  of  four  teams.  This  procedure  should  be  followed  if  the
classes  contain  both  boys  and  girls  or  if  the  classes  are  not  large  enough
to  provide  at  least  nine  pupils  for  each  of  the  four  teams.
METHODS   OF   SCORING

Do  not  use  in  group  athletics  any  method  of  scoring  which
will  eliminate  early  in  the  contest  a  large  number  of  partici-
pants. All  contestants  should  be  kept  in  the  contests  as  long  as
possible.  Both  the  formal  method  and  the  informal  method
have  proved  practical  and  can  be  modified  to  suit  local  conditions.
In  the  formal  method  careful  measurements  of  distance,  of
height,  and  of  time  are  recorded  and  are  added  to  the  records
of  the  winners  of  the  contest.  The  advantage  of  this  method  is
that  it  provides  tangible  credits  for  athletic  ability,  and  makes
definite  standards  or  definite  goals  possible.
In  the  informal  method  the  only  record  kept  is  the  record  of
the  winners  of  first  place,  of  second  place,  and  of  third  place.
