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ONCE A WEEK Griffin, Ga., October 18, 1924. T mm VOL 1—No. 3
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Editor: Eugene Bur
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FACULTY DIRECTORY
Byrd, Principal.
Wilson, Commandant R.
C. Hulsey, Mathematics.
B. West, Latin.
8. Taliaferro, Manual Arts
Athletics.
H, Cohoon, Modern Lan
E. Baynard, Science,
iss Maud Gumming, History.
Iss Myrtle Paulk, English,
iss Margaret Kennedy, Com
cial Work.
Iss Lucile Burnet, Domestic
nee and Art.
is Vera Chapman, Domestic
nd Mathematics. -----
» Amelia Walker, Science
Jistorjr.
» Jessie Pearl Rice, Mathe
s and History.
• Mary Will Hanes, English.
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RDS AND PUNISHMENT
ne McElveen, Editor
in-chief.
joy, forever, my task is
are passed and heaven
s won. tt
f is not in the task done, but
te task ahead. It is not in
ternal vocation, but in per
illy achieving. It is going on
glory unto glory, which
d be an impossible expert
in a state of never ending
ess; for idleness means, ac
ling to all the laws with which
human intelligence is familiar, j
evolution from glory into atro
rhere is a half remembered
ping of Dr. Elliott that “the
» of souls which do not pro
ess is to wither into nothing
>a and so be incapable of know
reward punishment, »» The '
-or I
ce of eternal torment of such I
*ind as his would be a place of!
al unemployment.
there is never work without
reward neither is there reward
Ithout work. There may b«
lies.
jp Even the people of old age
say that a heaven of relief and
idleness would offer no attrac
ns. Such a heaven would be
them not only unbearable, but j
unthinkable.
The joy of life, both here and
■ hereafter, is work.
1 A WORD FROM THE
FRESHMEN
JL , By Irene Stuckey
Ar last we have entered the
high school. To our surprise it
is only a very pleasant expe
rience. For seven years it has
been held up to us as a bugaboo,
by our teachers and parents
alike. “If you don’t study you
won’t get to high school.” “When
you get to high school you won’t
be allowed to drag along this
way.” “In high school everlbody
walks a chalk line.”
Naturally, as Freshmen, we
were frightened at first, but the
teachers are so kind and the older
pupils so helpful and the lessons
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so short and easy that we
quite at home after a month’s
residence.
A few of us are still a little
timid and slip through the hails
; for the hight recitation
rabbits, but the I
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as
Seniors themselves.
As for our lessons, human na
has not changed since we
the high school. Those
were slow in the grammar
are slow in high school,
vice versa.
And to our mortification, those
misbehaved in class do not
to have outgrown the habit
The .long hours are the worst
of high school and I am
that many will faint by
the wayside before the year is
over.
The best features are the long
periods and specialists
each subject.
THE PEP MEETING
B. Tyus.
As Friday was a holiday we
held our pep meeting Thursday
morning.
The team has a game with
Commercial High, of Atlanta,
scheduled for Friday afternoon
and since the team has not had
the backing from the school that
it ia supposed to have, it was
thought to be a good idea to have
a pep meeting.
Beverly Rogers was master of
ceremonies.
He called op both members of
team, of the student body and
the faculty. Those speaking in
an effort to arouse the enthusiasm
of the school were Capt. Frank
Arthur Gammon, Chester
Huckaby, Ira Powell, Jlggi Sma
ha and Woods Ison, of the team;
Miss Mary Alice Beck, of the
student body, and Messrs. West,
Hulsey, Cohoon, Bayard, Byrd,
Taliaferro and Miss Hanes,
of the faculty.
After the speeches the school,
by Turk Griffin, gave three
rousing cheers for the team.
This being concluded, the meet
was adjourned and everyone
present agreed that they were
to do their best to back up
team.
THE R. O. T. C.
Rifles were issued to the boys
the R, O. T. C. battalion Mon
When the rifles were re
by the boys they were
with a thick layer of
un grease. The boys spent
and Tuesday in cleaning
rifles and preparing them for
in the drill.
Wednesday was the first day
drill with the rifles. A very
knew anything about the
of arms- besides the of
This made it pretty hard
the officers.
Some of the boys caught on to
Quiclcly, but others haven’t
on to it yet.
The rest of the week will prob
y be 8 P ent on the manual of
FOURTH WARD SCHOOL
Many children were made hap
some sad, by the delivery of
new report cards. Only three
in the whole school made
on their cards. These chil
are Clara Hammond and
Forbes in the first grade
Rosalyn Harris in the third.
All the teachers report that a
majority of the children
doing good work but that it
harder to make A’s and B’s as
standard of grading has been
The second grade, with Miss
as teacher, has been
about Indians. They
learned an Indian poem and
enjoyed drawing wigwams
discussing how the Indians
comparing their way of liv
to that of ours.
Only one child tardy and one
in this grade during the
Third Grade.
Didn’t we say so? Lessie Mae
has her name in in
on the rainbow this week
Eleanor Brisendine is in yel
Seven girls, now, but there
plenty of room for the other
as well as the boys.
My, but we have been busy this
What with Columbus dis-
GRIFFIN DAILY NEWS
covering America and the
rifcht here in town, we’ve had to
put down our good English
learn about Italy and Spain. It
made us girls so sad to think
about poor Queen Isabella hav
mg to sell her beautful pearls.
Tue boys said: “Columbus
not have built the Pinta, the Ni
na and the Santa Maria without
the money." And where would
we be today if Columbus had not
crossed the Atlantic in 1492?
And our spelling lessons.
Fair” to see, and go to. ’.Fare”
to pay if you want to ride on
merry-go-round. Griffin, Spald
ing county, United States of
America.
Arithmetic has been on a big
ferris wheel drawn by our teach
er on the blackboard. We’ve sold
tickets, multiplied cows, subtract
ed chickens and ducks. We’ve
divided on money and added up
eggs. All of this in four days,
because on Friday we all had to
go to the fair and write about
what we saw out there. V
Third grade, Fourth Ward
School , is a busy place. If you
don’t believe It, come out and
see us at work.
Thirty-Two Children.
Fourth Grade
Dear Editor:
We have been—trying—to
which children could get their
names on the blackboard with a
sWir after them for perfect les
sons.
The boys and girls in our grade
have been decorating the room
with autumn leaves because
leaves are so pretty this month.
—Clay Daniel,
News Reporter, Fourth
Grade.
Fifth Grade W.'
The following made a
in spelling: Zara Westmoreland,
Ada Sampler, Opal Hand, Hulett
McWilliams, Ruby Noel,' Nellie
Mae Watts, Louise Johnson, Anzi
line Barrington, Fred George,
Enoch Tillery, Claude Howard,
P. Donehoo, Lannes Connell,
.
Moore and William Leigh.
We had a contest this week in
spelling and the boys and girls
also had an arithmetic
match, The boys scored eight
and the girls 12.
Jessie Milam, Reporter.
Fifth Grade B.
We had only one tardy this
and one absentee.
The following have a perfect
ip spelling for the entire
Lucy Hammond, Clarice
Roselle Jones, Sara Las
Marian Miles, Martha Ann
Joseph Chambers, Charles
David Hill, Fred Digby,
Little, James Westmore
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The following have an average
A in spelling for the week:
Cox, Elizabeth Dozier, Jack
Tyus Butler, Jack Flynt,
Ware.
Sixth Grade, M.
Those who made a perfect rec
in spelling this week are
Cook, .Etta Jones, Troy
The following nameg were omit
from last week’s report of
making a perfect score in
for the week: Harrell
Nashli George, Joe Cald
Lillian Pass.
Etta Jones, Keporter.
Sixth Grade, B.
There was great rejoicing in
grade B when our teacher
us that we were to have a
on Friday, We are all
and pulling with great
in this grade. Each
us is working for a Palmer
button. Ann Stuckey
the best report card in
for the month.
Seventh Grade.
This grade has had only one
and one absent pupil during
week. We think this is a
report, considering our 42
and that it is fair week.
We have been working hard
month and our reward was
the delivery of report cards,
Wo hope to enjoy our holiday
very much and wish to thank our
superintendent and the fair as
sociation for their consideration,
Marguerite Powell, Seventh
Grade Reporter.
There was great .--excitement
among the children when it be
came known that each child was
to take a letter home to their
parents from the teacher and
■ principal. But when it was learn
e d that this letter was one of
general information and not that
j they had been doing something
terrible the children felt Detter
about it.
[ This is the letter:
Griffin, Ga., Oct. 16, 1924
To Parents:
We are sending you today the
of your child’s school work
for the first month. Please cx
amine this report carefully, sign
it and cause its return to the
teacher. These reports are sent
out regularly each month and
veach you on Wednesday
foHowing ^ do8e of the school
month.
The mark following each sub
ject indicates the teacher’s esti
mate of the child’s class stand
ing in that subject as compared
with the standard set for the
class. 'A” represents the highest
mark given. Only 10 to 15 per
cent of the pupils receive this
mark in each subject. It is a
rare exception for a pupil to
receive au “A” in all of his stu
dies. ‘ B and “C” are average
marks, about 60 per cent of the
p.pils receice these marks, ■ i D”
is a low passing mark and should
be interpreted as a danger sign
nal, approaching failure. Fifteen
per cent of the pupils receive
“D’s. ti E” is failure and indi
cates that the pupil is not keep
ing up with the e:ass. About 10
per cent fail in each class.
Thesd marks do not indicate
the teacher’s estimate of your
child’s knowledge nor his mental
ity but are assigned after a
careful, thoughtful and painstak
ing effort on the part of the
teacher to determine the child’s
efficiency in class room work,
the kind of work he is doing at
school, counting in the average
hisu daily recitation, written les
sons in class, together with week
ly and monthly tests.
Home work is assigned by the
teacher, which should be brought
ir. daily by the pupil. Teachers
usually give sufficient and ade
quate directions and instructions
iri regard to the requirements in
this home work, especially on new
work. If the child has an undue
amount of difficulty in preparing
his lessons at home the cause
may be lack of attention in
class, insufficient application or
that the grade is too difficult for
him.
Parents are not expected to
teach the lessons to the children
but are asked to co-operate with
teachers by seeing that children
spend sufficient time on their
lesson preparation at home and
that they are regular and prompt
in attendance.
Parents can aid children mate
rially and encourage them by
seeing that they do the required
work for themselves rather than
by doing it^for them.
Do not feel discouraged if your
child’s marks appear low. Co
operate with us by aiding us to
remedy the deficiency. We do not
desire the failure of any child.
We are working for the normal
development and advancement of
every child and are striving to do
oufr best for all concerned.
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We shall be glad to hear from
you.
The Faculty of the Fourth
Ward School,
J. R. BERRY, Principal.
There was a young fellow nam
ed Lee
Who aspired a speeder to be;
He stepped on the gas, a street
car to pass,
His funeral’s tomorrow at three.
SPORT NOTES
G. H. S. football team will play
away from home the next three
games and is working hard
win these games, We play La
nier in Macon and last year they
defeated us 7 to 0; so we are out'
for revenge.
Then we go to Newnan, and
they are out for revenge, as we
defeated them 21 to 6 and we are
trying to repeat the score again
this year.
Last, but not least, comes La
Grange, in LaGrange. Last year
we defeated them 14 to 12, the
last game of the season. It was
one of the hardest fought games
that has ever been played on
Lightfoot Park. LaGrange has
a better team this year than she
had last year, so we have the
odds against us by playing over
there, but there has never been
a team from Griffin Hi that ever
laid down, no matter what the
chances are to win the teams
have always fought to the last
minute and that is the way we
are going after these games away
from home.
By Gene Burnett.
FOOTBALL GAME.
Commercial kicked off to Ison,
returning seven yard. A pass
grounded. Huckaby made four
yards around left end. Smaha
gained two over center. Bunn
kicked 25 yards to Morgan. Mor
gan niade two yards as center.
Morgan kicked to Ison, who re
turned 20 yards. Bunn got three
yards over left end, Huckaby two’
over right. Smaha made three
around left end. Bunn kicked
35 yards. Jones threw man for
two yards loss. McLendon gain
ed five yards around right end
and Rudderman made one yard
at center. Held for no gain, ball
went over, but Smaha fumbled
and Rudderman recovered.
Second Quarter.
Commercial’s ball on 33 yard
line, second down and Morgan
gained two yards at center; Rud
derman was held for no gain.
Burnette blocked kick and Jones
recovered. Huckaby passed but
Brownlee intercepted, Morgan
gained two yards; Burnette threw
McLendon for two yard loss and
Morgan kicked to Key, who re
turned 20 yards, then gained
eight and Smaha broke through
center for four yards. Griffin’s
pass was grounded over goal
line. Commercial held ball on
their 20 yard line, where they
v/ehe held. They kicked to Griffin
but it. was fumbled and Commer
cial recovered; they were penal
ized 15 yards and failed to gain
so kicked. Huckaby to 5 Burnette
pass was completed for 15 yard
gain. Keene passed, ball was
fumbled, but Jones recovered for
Griffin. Smaha smashed through
for the first touchdown. Griffin
6, Commercial 0.
Third Quarter.
Jones kicked to Rudderman,
who returned 12 yards; Morgan
Taylor recovered for
Griffin. Huckaby gained three
yards and Key’s three yards made
first down. Smaha made nine
yards through center followed " ■‘4
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by four yards by Huckaby and
Smaha went through center nine
y^rds for touchdown. Griffin 12,
Commercial 0.
Commercial was thrown for
three losses and punted 20 yards
to Huckaby who returned 25
yards for touchdown. Griffin 18,
Commercial 0.
Jones kicked to Shepherd, who
returned-the ball six yards. Grif
fin was penalized 15 yards for
coaching from sidelines. Com
mercial passed for 12 yard gain.
Brownlee fumbled; Pritchett re
covered. Key gained 15 yards
through center for touchdown.
Dropkicked goal. Criffin 25,
Commercial 0.
Jones kicked to Brownlee. Pass
was grounded.
Fourth Quarter,........._1........
Commercial’s ball on their 27
yard line; second down. Failed
to gain and punted to Huckaby.
Griffin gained 14 yards but fum
bled. Griffin substituted sever
al men and was penalized 15
f October 18, 1924.
yards for substitute talking be
fore first play. Commercial fail
ed to gain on two plays and
passed, Huckaby intercepted.
Key gained four yards. Shapard
failed to gain, Smaua made one
yard. Key punted 36 yards.
Three passes were grounded;
fourth one completed for 12
yards, game ended with Com
mercial on their 33 yard line.
Bill Tyus. Asst. Sporting
Editor.
JOKES
Bill Tyus.
Ben Warren: Why do you sup
pose there is so much electricity
in my hair?
James Little: Because it’s con
nected to a dry cell.
Henry Amos: Money talks.
Charles Phillips: Yes, but it
never gives itself away.
Lillie Griffin: Oh, dear, I just
can’t adjust my curriculum.
Lyda Crisp: That’s all right,
it don’t show any.
.Prof. Cohoon: Sherman, you’re
the most valuable' man in the
class.
Sherman Williams: How’s that
professor ? J
P. H. C.: Well, you talk in
your sleep and keep all the other
scholars awake.
A dainty miss,
A playful nudge,
A stolen kiss,
Good morning judge.
John Gammon: I usually go
to bed between ten and eleven.
Elmer Griffin: That’s too many
in one bed.
Virginia Boyd: You have won
derful lips. They would look nice
on a girl.
Frank Pittman: Well, I never
miss a chance.
Bruce Montgomery: At least
once in my life I was glad to
be down and out.
John Ward: Yes? And when
was that?
B. M.: After my first trip in
an aeroplane.
Sara Randall: Tom tried to
kiss me last night and I wouldn’t
let him.
? ? ? ? : Did it make him
mad?
S. R.: I should say. He said
he wished he had called on you.
Holcombe Johnson: Say, your
mouth reminds me of a type
writer.
Frank Gaissert: How’s that?
H. J.: Underwood.
Fred Wilson: Why do you call
this the Webster river?
Jim Kimbrough: Because it’s
unabridged.
Mr. Byrd: ^ly English class
was so entranced that they re
mained in class two hours after
the period closed.
Mr. Halsey: Why didn’t you
wake them up ?
Miss Walker: What is the unit
of electric power?
Joe White: The what?
Miss Walker: That’s right, the
watt.
James Bedenbaugh: Have you
seen a package around here?
James Knox: Was it about the
size of my head?
J. B.: Well it was a little larg
er, but not quite as thick.
Eugene Burnett: Does your girl
know much about automobiles?
Ralph Whatley: Heavens no|
she asked me if I cooled my car
by stripping the gears.
Frank Jones: Did you hear
about my buddy kicking in?
George Stanford: What| Is he
dead ?
F, J.: No, he’s pigeon toed.
Mr. Norman: What’s the idea
of you going to Atlanta every
week-end? I suppose you have
some end in view.
Elizabeth: How clever of you
to guess dad. But he’s not an
end now. He’s a half back.
Mud Guard (in basketball)
This is absolutey terrible. I have
"ever played so poorly before.
Quiet Forward: Oh, then you
have played before?
Sam Lumpkin (to Beverly Rog
ers, who comes to school with a
black eye): Tell me, Spig, whence
cometh your discolored optic?
Beverly Rogers: Oh, Sam, I did
but cast myself at a maidea’s
feet. ,
S. L.: But your eye, Spig, year
eye?
B. R.: Alas, Sam, the girl was
club footed.
Emily Hallyburton: Why d*
they call the dentists office a
parlor?
Ernest Carlisle: That’s just an
other name for drawing room.
Sara Randall: They say the
moon has a great influence over
the tide.
Isma Maynard: Yes, but more
on the untied.-----------------
Mr. Cohoon (in front of room):
Margaret, I believe you have the
turning around habit too.
Margaret Newton: Well, Mr.
Cohoon, I have a front seat and
there’s not a thing to look at up
here.
SAM BAILEY SCHOOL
Seventh grade, A., showed un
usual interest during the month
of September in a contest between
the boys and girls in attend
ance, conduct and studies.
The girls scored 2,164 points;
the boys 2,056 points.
Mr. J. A. Jones met a cordial
welcome from our school the
other day.
We are glad to state that Sam
Bailey beat Fourth Ward 36 to
0 in the opening football game,
which took place last week.
Section A of the sixth grade
has determined to make October
a better all round month than
September. Every Friday they
will check up on the week to see
if their chart shows progress.
They hope in this way to do away
with that “uneasy” feeling just
before test week.
Sixth B is unusually interest
ed in. music. The boys.......have
formed a quartet composed of
Floyd Mullins, Harold McKnee
ly, Hinton Thomas and Miller
Grant. We expect to improve
during the year.
The following pupils in Fifth A
made the highest average in Sep
tember: George Niles, Charles
Mills, Jr., Lewis Beck, Clayton
Brown, Stella Marable, Beulah
Mauney, Vivian Boyd and Fran
ces Barnette,
The pupils in fifth C are mak
ing an effort to be 100 per cent
in spelling and are going rapidly
toward their goal.
Fifth B has done excellent
work in maps this month.
Seventh B has been giving spe
cial attention to penmanship this
week as to correct position, arm
movement, and neatness. Sever
al good penmen should develop
as a result of attention to this
by the class and by the end of
the term many pupils should
show marked improvement.
NELL ENGLISH,
Sam Bailey School Reporter.
NORTHSIDE SCHOOL
A cordial welcome was given
Prof. J. A. Jones, former super
intendent of the Griffin schools,
when he visited Northside school
Monday.
Special effort has been made
this week to have an orderly
and well formed line while
marching in and out of the build
ing. The children of the first
grade should be complimented for
their good lines, since it is a
new experience to them.
The beginners are grateful to
Mr. B. S. Jones, of the Metho
politan Life Insurance Company,
for some attractive and instruc
tive literature that has been dis
tributed among the children.