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rday, November 1, 1924.
ONCE A
I Ht s. EDITORIA L STAFF ]
Business Manager: James Sams.
Sports Editor: Eugene Bur
met*.
General School News: Margar
et Newton,
Personals: Virginia Boyd and
Jten Warren.
Joke Editor, Bill Tyus.
Literary Editor, Ethel McLeroy.
H. S. FACULTY DIRECTORY
J. R. Byrd, Principal.
F. E. Wilson, Commandant R.
*0. T. C. '
E. C. Hulsey, Mathematics.
J. H. West, Latin.
B. H. Taliaferro, Manual Arts
adn Athletics.
P. H. Cohoon, Modern Lan
guage.
J. E. Baynarii, Science.
Miss Maud Cumming, History.
Miss Myrtle Paulk, English.
Miss Margaret Kennerly, Com
mercial Work.
Miss Lucile Burnet, Domestic /
^Science and Art. X
Miss Vera Chapman, Domestic
Art and Mathematics.
Miss Amelia Walker, Science
and History.
Miss Jessie Pearl Rice, Mathe
matics and History.
Miss Mary Will Hanes, English.
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SCHEDULE OF PERIODS
1- 8:15-9:00.
2- 9:00-9:45.
3— -9:45-10:30. ~
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4- 10:30-11:15.
5— 11:15-12:44.
I Lunch—12:00-12:45.
6- 12:45-1:44.
7— 1:30-2:15.
8— Drill—2:15-3:00.
FROM SUPERINTENDENT
TO THE PUPILS OF THE
GRIFFIN SCHOOLS
The only name for .one who
dees not take pride in the insti
tution or group of which he la a
part la “traitor .” The feeling that
we want oar family, our school,
our church, our town ta succeed
and to be the best of its kind is
deep in the heart of every one of
ua.
I know that there is in your
heart a response to the slogan,
“Let’s make the Griffin Schools
the best schools in all the State. *»
Can you think about it and not
feel that you would like for it to
be true and that you would like
to do your part to make it s o ?
Many of us are every day doing
a great deal to bring it about,
aome of us unconsciously, but just
as truly by doing onr best in the
everyday affairs of school. There
are about two thousand of us
pupils and teachers who have the
making of the schools directly in
our hands. Our parents and the
city government are furnishing
us with the means and we are to
do the work. It depends upon us.
Teachers alone cannot make a
good school. We must have con
fidence, the co-operation and en
thusiasm of you pupils. If one
of yoa withholds either confidence
or c./-operation, our results will
lac!: so much of being the best.
Wc need you all.
I am going to tell you, more spe
cifically, later about some things
in which you can help to make
the Griffin Schools tile bqst in the
State. In the meantime, be think
ing of all the wayj^in which you
can help, Your friend,
L. MARVIN LESTER
OVERCOMING
INTELLECTUAL
INERTIJ
(By Annie McElveen)
Most people hate to think. It
requires too much exertion for
them to overcome the enormous
intellectual inertia in which
are comfortably embedded.
therefore, a problem confronts
them which calls imperatively for
thought in its solution, they make
a painful attempt to reach an
answer or jump .haphazardly at a
conclusion. This is true of peo
pie in the work-a-day world and
is even more true of pupils in the
school-room. #
A class of ^pupils will almost la
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variably prefer to guess at an
answer rather than devote a lit
tle thought to the question. If,
from the teacher's expression,
they suspect the answer is not
right, or Js not what she wants,
they will just as cheerfully guess
another answer. And unless the
teacher does something to over
come this tendency, it will be . as
futile for her merely to say
u think” as it would be for her to
try to stem the waters of Niaga
ra.
It is true, of course, that in
the two types o questions wh 4.
used, fact questions ' and
are
thought questions, the first re
quire more memory than thought.
If we could realize that when
ever we are called upon to answer
a question, whether it be English,
math, or history, we are to justi
fy the answer thus stated, and
assume full responsibility for it,
we would be more likely to do our
thinking before hand.
It is of inestimable value, how
ever, to compel a pupil to ■ justi
fy his answers for the training
given will help to change his at
titude from an irresponsible,
thoughtless one to one-of thought
ful responsibility. Not only will
this training be helpful to him in
school, /but throughout his life.
, R. O. T. C.
(By Ben Warren)
A meeting of the entire R. O. T.
C. battalion was held Tuesday
morning in the school auditorium
and sponsors for each company
were elected. Each company was
allowed to elect one sponsor. The
following were elected: Annie
McElveen, Company A; Frances
White, Company B; Henrietta
Brewer, Company C.
The three companies have been
drilling on “right by file and
“left by file ft for several days
and have it very nearly perfect.
The companies have been drilled
on “right front in the line” for
the first time. Examination on
Company A was held Wednesday;
on Company B Thursday and on
Company C Friday. The phys
ical training exercises are being
held from one to three times each
week/ These exercises are proving
very beneficial an interesting.
GRIFFIN HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENT BODY
ASSOCIATION
(By Paul Slaton)
The general purpose of this as
sociation is to aid in the organi
zation and control of all the stu
dent activities ohtside of the class
rooms. One chief purpose of the
association is to get under one
head all school finances*
The association will be compos
ed of a governing board of four
teen pupils and four faculty mem
bers. Of the fourteen pupils on tne
board five will be chosen from the
seniors, four from the juniors,
three from the sophomores and
two from the freshmen. The fac
ulty members for the present
year will be the coach, the facul
ty advisor of the Annual, the
treasurer and the Principal.
The secretary will make re
ports to the student body about
how much is being spent. He will
keep a set of books so that he can
inform anyone at any time about
the finances of the association.
Since the association has been
formed only a short while and the
fourteen puipis on the governing
board have not been elected yet
there has not been sufficient time
for the drawing of the constitu
tion which will take place in a
few days.
I think it will be a good thing
Griffin High to have her ft
nances centralized and kept in a
more businesslike manner which it
will do under the association. The
need of this association was seen
by the faculty when they realized
that to progress Griffin High
would have to get out of the old
unbusinesslike way in which
things have been run before. By
taking this step Griffin High is
stepping in line with the progres
sive high schools of Georgia.
The Senior class representatives
in the governing board' of the
student body association are Phin
aaee Griffin, presmident; Mary
Alice Beck, secretary; Margaret
Newton, Evie Epps and Woods
Ison.
SPORT NOTES
(By Sporting Editor)
The G. H. S. football team has
been working hard this week to
get in condition for the Newnan
game.
The team is, crippled but will
fight Newnan until the last whis
tle blows. We are after revenge
because Lanier beat us so bad
last week. The scrubs were dis
appointed twice . this week. They
were to play Jackson, but Jack
son could not play, and then they
tried to get a game with Senoia
and they could not play. The
scrubs will get a game yet and
are working as hard as the varsi
ty.
Both teams have had more pep
and old-time fighting spirit this
Week than any time this season.
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VALUE OF HOME ROOM
(By Sara Randall)
The Home Room periods are
valuable to the pupils in d.H.S.
in ^feveral ways. /
da>R TJie first fifteen minutes of the
sH spent in the Hone
After the roll call the remainder
of the period is in the hands of
pupils themselves.
Every morning programs' are
prepared and rendered by the pu
pils. This is a help because it en
ables us to speak more freely be
fore our classmates. First every
morning we open with the devo
tional, after which we repeat
Lord’s Prayer. —_
As all the pupils in each home
room are in the same class they
naturally have interests in com
won. Starting off the day in this
congenial way puts the pupils in
the right frame of mind for the
day. All of us know that a cheer
ful mind goes a long way in mak
ing any undertaking a su ccetis.
CHANGE* IN MARKING
SYSTEM
(By J. R. Byrd)
A new system of marking has
been introduced in the high school
this year. In this system the let
ters A, B, C, D, E, are used in
stead of the old percentage basis.
The first four are passing marks.
A mark of C is fair while marks
above C are considered very good.
A mark of D is barely passing
and E is a failure.
This system is more scientific
than the percentage method. No
teacher can mark to a certain
point, for example 77 of 93, with
any degree of accuracy. Thus,
this system of marking eliminates
an effort on the part of the teach
er to accomplish the impossible.
SPLENDID PROGRAM
PRESENTED THURSDAY
< BY DEMOSTHENIANS
The Demosthenian Society met
Thursday, Oct. 30, in the main au
ditorium. The society was called
to order by the president, Turk
Griffin. After the business had
been attended to and the minutes
of last meeting were read and
adopted, an excellent program was
rendered.
The program committee’s ef
forts have not been spent in vain,
for the programs have been un
usually good.
Thursday the Demosthenian So
ciety presented as the program,
“Famous • Characters From Poet
ry:
Barefoot Boy—Whittier: Harri
son Thompson. Piano accompani
ment, "Barefoot Days.
Evangeline —Longfellow: Raye
Imes. Piano accompaniment, “In
the Gloaming. »»
May Queen—Tennyson: Elsie
Mae Hollingsworth. Piano accom
paniment, “Flowers That Bloom in
Spring. ii
Maud Muller — \yhittier, Lucy
• Hemphill. Piano accompaniment,
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GRIFFIN DAILY NEWS
Griffin, Ga., November l, 1924.
it Listen to the Mocking Bird.”'
01’ Sweet Heart of Mine—Rileys
Sara FutraL Piano accompani
ment, “Love’s Old Sweet Song. »»
Hiawatha — Longfellow: Frank
Gaissert. Piano accompaniment,
I Indian Legend.”
Village Blacksmith — Longfel
low: Charlie Worthington. Piano
accompaniment, “Anvil Chorus,
An Answer to Flanders Field—
Charles Newton. Piano accompani
ment, “Over There.”
Reader—Bill Tyus.
Pages From Poetry—Louise
Redd, Julia Homer Wilson.
Piano accompanist—Mary Vir
ginia Wilson.
PERSONALS
(By Virginia Boyd.)
Katherine Rogers, Sara Randall,
Annie McElveen, Virginia Boyd,
Beverly Rogers, Frank Pittman
and Miss Myrtle Paulk formed a
congenial party motoring to the
Newnan-Griffin football game in
Newnan Friday.
Ethlyn Ison, Emily Hallyburtdn,
Henrietta Brewer, Woods Ison,
Zollie Ison and John Gammon
were among those attending the
the Newman-Griffip game Friday.
Isma Maynard, Mayola Byrd
and Miss Lucile Burnett attended
the Griffin-Neynan game Friday.
George Carson, left Friday &r
Athens where he will attend the
Georgia-Tennessee game and re
main over the .week-end with his
brother, Marcus Carson.
Frank Pittman was among
those attending the game in Ath
ens Saturday.
' Thomas Goddard is spending the
week-end m Athens with Friar
Thompson, a former G. H. S. stu
dent.
Among the Griffin High stu
dents attending the game in New
nan Friday were: Sherman Wil
liams, Ernest CarfMe, Brace
Montgomery, Carl Bridges, Vester
Brooks, Lester Brooks, John Phil
lips, Charles Phillips.
Robert Bunn is spending the
week-end in Forsyth with his pa
rents.
Jimmie Lou Williams spent
Thursday in Atlanta.
Woods Ison attended the Ten
nessee game in Athens Saturday.
NEWS FROM THE
SENIOR HOME ROOM
The programs for the past week
have been very interesting.
Monday morning Miss. Sara Mc
Dowell, one of the alumnae of the
school, came over and gave an
interesting talk on the “Four-fold
Life.”
* Tuesday morning a series of
talks on “How To Make Our
School One Hundred Per Cent”
were given by the following: “Our
Studies,” Margaret Newton; “Our
Societies,” Mary Alice Beck; “Our
Athletics, Beverly Rogers.
The program on Wednesday
morning was enjoyed by all. A
debate was given, the subject be
ing, “Resolved, that it is better
to be an old maid than a bach
elor/ The affirmative was rep
resented by Sallie Mae Willis and
Preston Bunn; the negative by
Annie McElveen and Turk Griffin.
The judges gave their decision
in favor of the negative.
Thursday and Friday morning
elections of officers were held for
the members of the senior class
to serve on the governing board
of the student body association
and the members of the newspa
per staff.
EVIE EPPS.
JOKES
(Elizabeth Norman, Editoi*.) 9
Mr. Byrd—“I was very much
bothered to see Mr. Lester leave
church right in the middle of the
sermon.”
Mrs. Lester—-“Yes, but the poor
dear has a habit of walking in his
sleep.”
Mr, Baynard, in chemistry—
“Now in what combination it gold
most ’quickly released?"
“Marriage,” declared Grace.
Mr. Baynard — “Maeola, why
didn’t you come back to school on
WttiB-t* 9
Maeola—-“The clock was slow. I ■
Mr. B—Now Maeola, that’s a
pretty thin excuse.”
Maeola—“Yes air, I know it is,
but it’s fhe best one I can think
of right now. 11
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Mr. Bayrand—“Let’s be frank,
and earnest. You be frank, and
I’ll be Earnest. *t
“One bright day in the middle
of the night,
Two dead men got up to fight.
Two blind men to see the pair
play,
Got on a paralyzed mule and
rode away.!’
“Stiffen your backbone, set your
jawbone, forget your wishbone. >>
Announcement—A. revolution: in
conduct. Five seniors have been
reported to cutting wisdom teeth.
“Freshies’ Dictionary.’*
Danger—Means full of danger,
Lustrous—Mean full of luster.
Envious—Means full of envy.
Does pious mean full of pie ?
Mr. Cahoon—"Cornelia, have*
you talked this period without
permission ?"
Cornelia—“Only ‘wunst. »>>
Mr. Cahoon—“Sara, should Cor
nelia have said wunst?”
Sara—“No sir, she should have
said twict/’
Sloppy C—“I flunked that test
flat.
- Bruce-—“What was the mat
ter?”
Slopps €:■ T had vaseline on
my hair and the answers slipped
my mind.”'
examinations are all
and should ■ Vr
be done away with. Do
we hear any objections to this?
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Nell Henslee—“Did you know
Caruso was seriously ill for
awhile?”
M. V. W.—“Who* Robison Cru
soe? n
Freshman—“I can’t stand her;,
she’s so hard-headed.”
Senior—“My dear,, you should;
say I have a moral antipathy for
her, she is so dogmatic.”
Freshie—“Yes, I know, but she
is lazy, too. if
Senior—“Oh, you mean she is
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Many a boy has lost his girl by
talking to another.”
Alice Ross—“I don't wan* theta
to put our ages in the Annua! this
year.”
Frances White U Why, they
don’t ever put the girls' ages in,
my dear.
A. Ross—“They, do, too; it
says under a seriior’s picture in
last year’s annual, ’20,”
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“Certainly,” said the period, and
thus was formed the comma.
A dumb boy—“If a girl walks
pigeon toed, is that a sign she
can coo like a dove? n
Miss Paulk- ti Ernest can you
cough much easier this morning? t9
E. Carlisle—“I ought to, I’ve
been practicing all night. n
An old negro woman stood by
the grave of her husband and said
mournfully: “Po Rastus, I hope
he’s gone where I spec he ain’t. *'
An Indian college prof, says
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M. A. B.—Look, Mr. 1
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FOURTH WARD
Third Grade
This has Keen the nicest
Halloween, you know, with
es and spooks. The great
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