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Saturday, December 20, 1924.
\ THE SCHOOL NEWS BOX :k -:Wi
ISSUED ONCE A WEEK
( H. S EDITORIAL STAFF
Editor-In-Chief: Evie Epps.
Business Manager: Wilbur Wilson.
General School News: Myrla
Bowden. Si
literary tor: Ethel McLeroy.
Sport Editor: Woods Ison.
Joke Editor: Holcombe Johnson.
Personals: Henrietta Brewer.
B. O. T. C. Editor: James Knox.
Senior Reporter: Ethel McLeroy.
Sophomore Reporter: Nadine
Pursley.
WHAT GRIFFIN HIGH WANTS
ON A CHRISTMAS TREE
For the past week the pupils
have been telling each other what
each wanted on the Christmas
tree.
What does Griffin High want on
the Christmas tree this year?
I think I can make a fair guess.
What the school wants most is
a new building—one that will hold
all of the pupils, since the num
ber has increased to such an ex
tent that in another year it will
be almost impossible to conduct
all of the classes in the school.
Also the school wants a larger
auditorium in the new building,
capable of holding the large
crowds which attend the enter
tainment and especially the grad
uation exercises.
Another thing I am sure the
school would appreciate very
very much is a fully equipped gym
nasium. Our school needs one and
every school as large as Griffin Hi
should have one.
In a very short time G. H. S.
will have a fully equipped library
but just now we are in need of
books and we hope that St. Nicho
las will bririg uslmany good ones
when he pays his annual visit.
DO YOU COUNT THE COST?
In everything you do
Whether it is gain or loss
Whether it is big or small
Do you alw^rs count the cost?
Perhaps you’ve earthly riches
gained
And your honor they did cost,
You tho’t of nothing but yourself
Is that gain or loss?
Perhaps you sacrificed a pleasure
For hard work and maybe sorrow,
You lost the pleasure, but also
gained
Experience for tomorrow.
So it is in this life of ours
We pay our prices big and small,
What we sow in the Spring of life
We reap it in the Fall.
—Myrla Bowden.
R. O. T. C. NEWS
(James Knox, Editor.)
Lots of events can happen in
two weeks in a school where
there is a lively R. O. T. C. unit
like the one in Griffin High.
During the past two weeks each
company has taken up target
practice and there have developed
several good marksmen out of
each company. Colonel Wilson is
going to pick a rifle team from
each company and let them com
pete for the battallion team, he is
going to select after a while.
Equipment came last week for
a drum and bugle corps; the
corps consisting of one bass drum,
four small drhms and six bugles.
We hope next year to have a
band instead pf a drum and bugle
corps, which would be a great
boost to the school.
Each company stood a physical
examination recently to determine
whether or not any were physical
— Jy disabled to be a member of the
R. O. T. C., and much to the dis
appointment of a few, none was
found. j
The battalion pulled off a pa
rade through town Thursday and (
it was a success in every way.
Each member of eqch company
was showing what Captains Rog- 1
ers and Stanford had worked so
t hard to drill into their heads.
One of the greatest achieve
has (
menta yet been in teaching
Abie Goldstein to keep step, and
Sparr Ingram to do the manual
of arms right, which has been ac
complished by Captain George I
Stanford, of Company B.
One of the greatest dreads of
the R. O. T. C. is the Bull Ring, i
the popular punishment for all
those desiring to have their own
way against that of their super
lors. Dements are given for such
things as dirty rifles, disrespect
to officers, incomplete uniforms,
etc. While our faculty gives them
for such things as crawling up
the ventilators, throwing chalk,
talking and the like.
But it, takes such things to
make the world go round, bo here
is to a better G. H. S. in the fu
ture.
HIGH SCHOOL WISHES
FRIENDS MERRY CHRISTMAS
. .To the people of Griffin:
The pupils and faculty of oiir
school wish you a Merry Christ
mas and a Happy New Year.
We hope that Old Santa Clans
will not forsake any of you and
that the coming year will be one
of the moat prosperous in the his
tory of our city. v
THE GRIFIN HIGH SCHOOL.
INTERESTING PLAY GIVEN
Mr. Taliaferro's Home -Room, a
section of the Sophomore class
had charge ef the program at the
assembly period on Wednesday.
An interesting play taken from
Dickens’ Christmas Carol was
presented. The first act showed.
Scrooge, the miser. The second a
version of the Cratchets on
Christmas Day shown Crooge by
the fairy, And the third the
change made in Scrooge’s life by
the vision. Between acts a read
ing and a piano selection were
given. Gertrude Scifres.
PERSONALS
(By Henrietta Brewer)
Among those going on the bas
ketball trip were Ernest Carlisle,
Charles Phillips, Frank Pittman,
Marvin Beckham, John Gammon,
Spivis Rogers, Homer Key, Woods
Ison, Bill Tyus and others.
Henry Smith, a former G. H.
S. student now attending school
at Riverside, will arrive home this
evening to spend the holidays with
his parents.
John Hammond, George Imes,
Lewis Brewer, John Brewer, John
Hall Murray and Frank Binford
are among those from Tech spend
ing the holidays in Griffin. -
Wiliiam Nichols, a student at
Sewanee Military Academy, ar
rives tonight to be the guest of
his mother, Mrs. W. G. Nichols.
Some of the alumnus of G. H.
S. spending the holidays here are:
Misses Alice Searcy and Mary
Nichols, students at Sweet Briar,
Va.; Miss Mary Ella Hammond,
who attends school at Agnes
Scott, and Misses Lena Walker
and Louise Carver, students at
Bessie Tift College.
Misses Eunice Bolton and Mar
tha Sams are among those from
G. S. C. W. spending the holidays
here.
Durant Mayes, who now at
tends school at G. M. A., will be
a guest during the holidays of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mayes.
Among those to be home for
Christmas are Gordon Wheaton,
Robin Wheaton, Friar Thompson,
Fleming Touchstone, Bill Scott
and Harrell Drewery, who are
now attending the University of
Georgia.
Misses Marie Weldon and Vir
ginia Flint, who are students at
Weslyan, are guests in Griffin for
the holidays.
We are glad to see Miss Paulk,
We were so sorry to hear of
our English teacher, out.
the illness of Mr. Hulsey’s father
and we wish for him a speedy re
covery. ,
LENGTHY HOLIDAYS
BEGAN FRIDAY
The fal j term at G H> g hag
been very succesful but everybody
is rea<Jy begin the Christmas
holidays. This year we will have
seventeen days, including Satur
days and Sundays in which to be
f ree f rom a ll books and studies,
The boyg ‘ basketball team will
p i ay bve interesting games during
the holidays. So let’s don’t forget
to back up the teams, for we feel
as if they’re coming home success
We wish everybody a merry
Christmas and we want to come
back to G. H. S. next year deter
mined to finish up a successful
year.
General News Reporter.
BASKETBALL TEAM OFF
ON SOUTH GEORGIA TRIP
The Griffin Hi basketball squad
left Griffin about 2 o’clock Friday
afternoon for Marshallville. They
win p i ay two games on this tour,
Marshallville in Marshallvilie on
Friday night land Montezuma in
Montezuma Saturday night. They
wilLreturn to Griffin Sunday. Two
fast games are expected for both
Marshallville and Montezuma are
reported to have good teams.
GRIFFIN DAILY NEWS
Griffin, Ga. t December 20, 1924.
SENIORS HAVE MOCK
CHRISTMAS TREE
(By Senior Reporter)
The Senior girls determined not
to be out-done by others in show
ing Christmas spirit, so they
planned a mock tree for Friday.
This was a private affair, and on
ly the senior girls, with Miss
Paulk, were present.
In order that every girl might
receive a present, we drew names
Tuesday and discussed our plans.
It was agreed that only mock
gifts should be given, but they
should suggest some point char
acteristic of the girl to whom they
were given, and should be accom
panied by an appropriate verse.
A small cedar tree was arrang
ed on a table in the Sewing room,
and was very prettily decorated
in tinsel and ornaments sugges
tive of Christmas.
The party was much enjoyed
and every girl seemed well pleas
ed with the entertainment.
THE ATHENIANS
WIN DEBATE
After a strong argument by
both representatives of the so
cieties last night the Athenians
#
won the debate by a 3 to 0 decis
ion.
The subject was, “Resolved,
That all nations should disarm
and settle their disputes by arhf
tration. *»
Ruby Bolton and Joseph Smaha
ably represented the affirmative,
the winning side, and came off
with flying colors.
We are indeed proud of our de
baters, not only because they
carried us to victory, but because
of the interest they took in the
debate, which showed that they
were well prepared for the occa
sion.
James Sams and Wellborn Per
sons both put up a strong argu
ment and their society might also
well be proud of them.
This term marked the beginning
of a new contest between the so
cieties and the Athenians are de
termined to win the faculty cup
.offered and the decision of last
night gives them a splendid chance
A good crowd attended the de
bate and everybody was “full o’
pep” and enthusiasm.
The yells and songs for both
societies were splendid and show
ed the spirit with which the stu
dent body had entered into the
occasion.
Athenian Reporter.
JOKES
Mr. Taliaferro, (in barber shop)
—A hair cut.
Barber—You need hair-cut
badly, sir.
Mr. Taliaferro—That’s how I
got it cut last time. See if you
can’t do better today. i
Aaron Seff says that a hill is
nothing but a level piece of
ground with its back up.
Edward White—So you’re the
circulation manager of the team?
What do you do? *
Bill Tyus—Why, I give the rub
downs.
No, Bruce, You can’t shoot
stool-pigeons with a gun.
Dr. Gable—You have acute ap
pendicitis.
Female Stude—Oh, you flatter
er.
Why.is your face so red?
Cause.
Cause what?
Cosmetics.
A Poker Game »
The tenderfoot holds four aces.
His opponent holds an auto
matic.
The coroner holds an inquest.
I don’t know what part of the
family tree Jesse Reid represents,
but is must be the sap.
A lady in Griffin is in the habit
of taking her cat, clothed in a
little coat for a walk on Hill
street every day. This is sure the
cat’s pyjamas.
Miss Cumming—Doug, if the
president and the vice president
of the United States were to die,
who would take charge?
Douglas Deane—The undertak
er.
Miss Kennerly—I forget the
name of the car I wanted to buy.
I think it starts with T.
Salesman—All our cars start
with gasoline, lady.
SAM BAILEY SCHOOL
Fourth Grade C
For Friday we are planning to
have a Christmas tree and also
a nice Christmas program. We
drew names and every one is ex
pecting a present. We thank Mr.
Lester for giving qs two weeks
for Christmas.
Those on the honor roll for the
past week are: Ruby Bonner,
John Rosser and Margaret Ruck
er. John Rosser, Reporter.
Fifth Grade C
We had »*» arithmetic match be
tween the and *ir ls - Th *
» lrl ® won. We have been putting
up decorations such as bells, holly
and mistletoe for Christmas and
Visitors’ Day. We are glad to say
we had 36 visitors on Visitors’
Day. We have been leanring
Christmas songs. We are trying
to read classics from the/ubrary,
Minnie Ruth Suggs,/Reporter.
Fifth Grade Jo
We wrote an article on the
qualities a well behaved boy or
girl should have, and we all en
joyed having them read to us.
We are delighted with our San
ta Claus jumping jacks that we
made this week.
We are planning to have a
Christmas tree and program and
we hope that everybody will have
a Merry Christmas.
Margaret White, Reporter.
Sixth Grade B
We have been interested in Eng
lish this month and we had a
match between the boys and girls.
The boys won f We also enjoyed
the visit from our parents on Vis
itors Day. We hope that they will
make us another visij^ Friday to
see our Christmas' tree and hear
our program.
Elizabeth Collier, Reporter.
Sixth Grade A
December the twelfth was Vis
itors’ Day. We enjoyed it very
much. We want to thank every
one that came to se us. Our room
was decorated m Christmas decor
ations and we gave to each person
that came a souvenir basket. We
had 38 visitors in our room.
We were very happy a few days
ago when Miss Crawford came in
to our room and told us we were
to have two weeks for Christmas.
We wish you all a Merry
Christmas and a Happy New
Year. Charlotte Tyus, Reporter.
Seventh Grade B
Those making head marks in
spelling since the last report are:
Clarice Stanfield and Edna Prich
ard. Class Reporter.
Seventh Grade A
We are glad to report a record
breaking number of visitors to
our grade Friday, which was our
Visitor’s Day and we surely did
enjoy having our parents and
friends . with us. We tpust they
will come often in the niture.
As Friday, December 12, was
Arbor Day also, we planted two
dogwood trees on our grounds.
One tree is in care of the boys
and the other is in care of the
girls, and we are going to see
which one develops into the finest
tree. Our drive on Red Cross
Seals is succeeding fine and we
hope to sell $10 worth.
The whole school was saddened
beyond words to express by the
death of Walter Wayne Byrd.
Walter Wayne was a member
of our grade and was one of the
most loved pupils in the entire
schools.
His name is never mentioned
but that some one immediately
has a word of praise. He will be
forever loved and missed.
Rice Graham, Reporter.
SAM BAILEY ANNEX
First Grade
We are going to have a Christ
mas tree Friday and are very ex
cited over it. We are doing fine
in reading and can write a few
words.
Second Grade
Frances Prothro is eaptain of
the girls and Samuel Farrar is
captain of the boys. '; ? V
Third Grade.
We have a little hospital for
sick words in the back of our
speller and we are glad to say we
have very few patients in it now.
This hospital is a great help to
us in curing crippled words. We
enjoyed making Our Christtnas
border which illustrates the
Christmas story. We know and
enjoy singing some of the Christ
mas Carols.
Fourth Grade A
This week has been full of
pleasures. We have finished the
work that has been assigned up
up until Christmas, and are ready
for the New Year term. Our class
has had good attendance and we
have enjoyed our new studies, his
tory and geography, very much.
Vfp are also looking forward to
our Christmas tree on Friday, af
ter which we will be dismissed
for the holidays.
Fourth Grade B
We have ten framed pictures in
our room. We have had a Christ-
mas play and the first cast was:
Scrooge—Marvin McKneely.
Nephew—Jim R. Williams.
Fairy—Rosebud Jones.
Bob-Bob Cheatham.
Mrs. Chatchit—Elsie Hewell.
Martha—Carmen McRennie.
Belinda—Lorene Adams.
Peter—Judy Johnson.
Fanny—Edna Pullin.
Dick—Chalmers Pass.
Tiny Tim—J. T. Peek.
One of our pupils has moved to
Barnesville. We will have two
weeks for Christmas. We have lots
of pretty flowers in our room.
Each of us brought a nickel, dime
or a penny to get some Christmas
seals. Our plan is to give presents
to the people of the county farm.
NORTH SIDE.
Visitors’ Day was quite success
ful at North Side school last Fri
day. We appreciate the Visit of
so many of our parents to our
school that day and were glad to
know they found our exercises
and regular class work so inter
esting.
We are enjoying our swings
and see-saws which were bought
recently with money earned by
the children a! North Side school.
Second Grade A
We made our room attractive
with Christmas decorations for
our visitors Friday.
We were happy to have such a
large number of our Dayj; parents visit
our room Visitors’ and also
appreciated the visit of Mr. L. M.
Lester to our room that day.
We enjoyed our Christmas tree
exercises at the close of school
Friday.
After working hard at our
school duties, we are looking for
ward to our Christmas holidays
with joyful anticipation of a visit
from Santa Claus.
Our Christmas wish is a “Merry
Christmas to all.”
Second Grade B
We all enjoyed Visitors’ Day
last Friday and were so glad to
have so large a number of moth
ers come to our school. We had
among our visitors one father,
Mr. C. C. Stanley. We hope all
the mothers and fathers will visit
us more often. We wish for every
one a Merry Christmas and a
Happy New Year.
Third Grade A
We thoroughly enjoyed Visitors’
Day last Friday. All of our moth
ers and sisters who called on us
received a hearty welcome. Our
room was “en fete” for the oc
casion, being decorated ‘ with
Christmas bells and cedar. Be
sides our regular lessons, we ren
dered a program of Christmas
songs and recitations.
We want to tell you the mem
bers of our class who made high
est scores in the tests Mr. Dug
gan gave us: Roy Lee Peurifoy
proved to be our best reader, both
in rate and comprehension; Cecil
Pryor led in arithmetic and Fran
ces Helms had the best language
paper. As a class we measured up
to the required standards.
Cecil Pryor made highest aver
age in spelling for the month of
November.
We wish our readers a “Merry
Christmas and a Happy New
Year” and hope Santo will re
member each and every one of
you this year.
Third Grade B
Friday, December 12, was Vis
itors’ Day. The following visited
Miss Hammond’s third grade: Mr.
Lester, Mrs. E. C. Doke, Mrs. T.
L. Christie, Mrs. Rix Wright, Mrs.
R. A. Comers, Miss Emily Pounds,
Mrs. Clyde Maddox, Mrs. Brown,
Mrs. Corley, Mrs. Nannie Payton,
Mrs. Phil Turner, Mrs. M. E. Gol
den. . .......'
Thechildren gave a play,
“Brother’s Fox Tar Baby.” Per
sons in the play:
Brother Fox, Elmo Hays.
Brother Rabbit, Darnel Wright.
The Tar Baby, Lewis Miller.
Recitotiop, Katie Leach.
Recitation, Dorval Wright.
Christmas Songs, Class.
Poem, Whyken, Blyken and Nojl,
Wayne McKneely, Dorval WrigMi,
Elmo Hays, Inez Martin, Ewell
Atkinson, Katie Leach, Lewis Mil
ler, Evelyn Doke and Willie Cook.
After the program, regular les
sons were continued. We enjoyed
having the parents and friends
with us.
This week we were busy finish
ing our fall term work. Friday we
had our annual Christmas tree
and program.
A small vanity case has been
made to be worn on a ribbon
bracelet, or as a locket hung
around the neck.
Wordsworth was such a poor
penmln that his sister copied all
his poems.
Christmas
Cold Weather
By MARTHA BANKING THOMAS
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COLD!! Not ., yoar grey.
pinched, peeked-y backdoor
yard cold where bits of paper
dance in a forlorn, forgotten reel;
none of your brick-front houses on
dismal streets, seeming by the best
calculation, to store up a chill
bleakness rather than affording
protection lively, against It—not that, but
a brisk, tingling cold which
makes one hurry to feed the wood
boxes before derk; a cold that
etches crystal ferns on the win
dow glass, thoughtfully leaving a
peep-hole near the top where you
can peer out; a cold that fringes
the Ice-house with an orderly row
of Icicles that look like white cor
rugated carrots, and manufac
tures thin, papery ground,'the Ice In the hol
lows on the sort of Ice
children like to stomp on, delight
sunburst ing in Its noisy crackle and the
of fine lines radiating
from the point of contact.
There are waffles for sapper!
Do you remember how waffles look
and smell and taste on a cold
night, when
you're “holler
as a bar-post
hole?" Do you,
now? "Get out
the maple
syrup," orders
Candice, flop
/j ping over th#
& waffle iron and
making a par
ticularly neat
job of It
“You’ll find the
jug on the pan
try shelf."
Soon we are
Ov. sitting before
a pile of waf
fles a foot high.
Now, Peter,”
Candice remon
strates, "don’t
giveme such
an everlasting helpingbut, Peter
serenely continues to fill up her
plate.
"They say Shorty’s little shaver
ain’t so well tonight,” he remarks,
passing the smoking beatifies to
his wife. Got an awful cold. They
had the doc this afternoon.”
Ch risti nas—and Shorty’s little
bd )T SKk! Hp Ryes across the road
and bestows ms cheerful chatter
and shining eyes upon us without
charge and great generosity.
“I had something to give him.
Guess 1*11 run over after supper,”
says Candice, making the first
luscious incision Into her layered
waffles.
His name la Billy, and he’s
about as big as a grasshopper:
he gets “under foot” and Is al
ways frolicking at somebody’s
heels like a puppy. He It was,
upon one occasion, who explained
to us the nature of hl% dinner.
"Well, William,” we said, apro
pos of his third cookie In the mid
dle of the afternoon, “didn’t you
have any dinner?”
“Oh, yes,” he beamed upon us,
“we had putting for dinner.’
"Putting?” we Inquired. “Don’t
you “No, mean pudding?”
putting!” he insisted, “be
cause we put the flour in, you
know t”
Dear little Billie, with his high,
clear voice that always reminded
one of water running over peb
bles.
“His father said he was going to
get him a Christmas tree this
year,” continued Peter. "I saw
b 1 m dragging
It down from
the woods day
before yester
day. Bill was
hoppln’ up and
down some, I
can tell you.
Tickled to
pieces. Guess
that’s where he
caught cold.
At this point
there was a
great tramping
and puffing in
the kitchen.
People walk
right in on a
cold night, i
“Only me,”
sounds the soft,
slurring voice «.
of Billy’s Ital
ian father. T jus' come t' say
flat boy o’ mine all right now,
Verra seek dls momln’—fine by
now, an’ can I have d’ milk?”
A quick lightheartedness flows
over us. We had not realized how
deliberately cheerful we had
striven to be. Billy better! All's
right with the world!
It’s colder! A careful scrutiny
of the thermometer reveals the
temperature at six above.
Peter pokes around down cellar
and caters no h*s annineoat a.
FATHER -and the BOYS
G ET the boys started right in their
banking arrangements.
The privilege is theirs, to take
advantage of the vast resources be
hind the Federal Reserve System—if
not now—later.
Your Bank can't be too strong! &
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tow agsnwi a tugst or true
and brings up some red bea
to be consumed later In the
bins with nuts and popcorn.
Wd . . . COLDER I
Sleigh bells jlq
road! ■
Merry Christ mss!
***«. Weet»r» N*wq»»p.r UbIm.)
Contorpioca tor Chriotmaa
An attractive centerpiece for the
Christ me* dinner Is made by cut
ting a large five-pointed’star out of
white sheet wadding. This Is placed
smooth-side downward. The fluffy
upper side is that pulled aparta
tittle to simulate Frist Wow and sprinkle
thick with Jack powder. In
the center of this is placed a howl
or tall glass vase flllsd with holly
twigs and scarlet berries, and the
edges of the star are outlined with
pieces of holly,
GRIFFIN HIGH SCHOOL
BASKET TOSSERS LOSE
TO MARSHALLVILLE
Marshallville, Ga., Dec. 20__
In a hard fought game of basket
ball here last night Marshallville
high school defeated Griffin high v
school 24 to 17.
The first half was slow and
ended 5 to 2 in favor of the locals,
but the second period saw things
livening up considerably.
It was Griffin’s first game of
the season and the visitors put up
a good brand of the court past
time, but not good enough to
combat the experience of the lo
cal outfit.
Griffin line-up: forwa
(10), Gammon (2); Center, Carlis
le (3); guards, Garrett, Pittman.
Substitutions, Isom (2) for Gam
bon; Griffin for Carlisle, Huck
*by for Pittman.
By No Mount
A fanner had a dispute with his
son. For some months they quar
reled until, at last, wishing to settle—
matters one way or the other, the
fanner Issued a summons against
the young man.
“Your name Is Hezeklah Perkin*,
Is It not?” Inquired the son’s conn
•el.
“It la sir," replied the fanner la
dignified tones.
“You have brought this action
against your son?”
I have sir. ♦
«» And do l understand yon to any
that you have ignored jour son for
the past month?"
"What?” asked the old man, some
what puzzled.
“Have you Ignored your son for
the past month?”
“Oh, no,” said the old man, ahak
log his head. "I have had nothing
whatever to do with him.”
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