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About Athens banner-herald. (Athens, Ga.) 1933-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 24, 1933)
cUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1933 uuH[lm. EH".“HEN Value of Bird Life {o Na tion to Be Extolled by Thousands of Children ‘sw YORK.—Emphasizing the ortance of educating the youth ¢ he land as a means of helping ‘ slve the problems of wild-life rvation, Alden H. Hadley, tional director of the Nat i | Association of Audubon Bo cioties, in @& recent statement This year, in order to stimu ] additional interest among its or Club. Members, the Audu ssociation is sponsoring a pation-wide essay contest, which 4lso will be open to all members residing in Canada, or in other countries or territories. A num ner of substantial, first, second and third prizes will be offered for the hest essays on the subject, ‘The value of Birds to My State. “This offer is open to all Junior Club Members organized during the present ‘school year. Each es <av must contain not Iless than sOO nor more than 800 words, and must be forwarded to the associa tion's headquarters, 1775 Broad way, New York City, in time to arrive not later than April I,‘ 1934.” Continuing, Mr. Hadley stated: “Among the most important phases of the association’s activi ties is its educational work among ¢hildren. This was begun system atically, in 1911, and has since heen continued with constantly enlarging .growth. Now, each year, many thousands of school children and other groups of young per <ons are enrolled in Junior Audu pon clubs, where instruction is given concerning the value and intereést of wild bird-life, by means of the literature furnished all members at one-half the cost of printing and distribution.” Mr. Hadley's statement con cludes: ‘lt is our deepest conviction, hased both upon our long contin ued educational _work among our Junior members, and also upon that of others who have special ized in nature education for chil dren, that the impressions made in this formative period of life are of the most far-reaching sig nificance, both from the viewpoint of cultural yalues and = alse from that of practical results in the field of conduect.” ] CHARLES M. SCHWAB ' TAKING REST CURE ON COT IN HOSPITAL NEW YORK —(®)— Charles M. Schwab, 71-year-old chairman of the board of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation, has retired to Doc tor Hospital for a complete rest. it became known Friday. A statement issued by the hos pital said the weteran steel mag nate is merely suffering from itigue.,” He entered the hospital last week, , Schwab returned recently from his home in Loretto, Pa. The steel code was signed while he was there, where he also was informed of the resignation of Robert P. Lamont, his suctessor, as presi eny of the American Iron and Steel Institute. 1 He had been in active negotia tions over the code. With Myron C. Taylor, chairman of ths board f the United States Steel Corpor ion, he was called before Presi-‘ dent Roosevelt, August 16, to dis cu the code, JAPAN DECLINES TOKYO.—(AP)—Japanese cot- | ton mills in Shanghai to which the Chinese offered to sell a portion of the cotton they got by an Am erican loan, declined to purchase, for the present at least, because of the advice they‘,”received from Akira Ariyoshi, Japan’s minister to China, it was learned at the sign office Friday. 60 Springdale, brick......... 525 237 Woodlawn, furnace.:....s37 186 Boulevard.... ...55..5..325 260 -Baxter, 5 r00m5.........510 250 Nacooche®.. ...... .....sl6 183 Mell, fine h0me.........540 257 W . Dougherty.... ... . .$25 97 S. Milledge, fine......... 545 994 8. Lumplin. .. . e es -7 565 College, 7 r00m5.........520 527 S. JacksOM.... .cqo +.0..915 380 S. Lumpkih,... ... +-.85 297 W. Broad, large.... ....$35 6848 S. Milledge, large.... ...$65 175 Hall, 5 r00m5.... ......$22 Furnished Home, 2 baths, large house, 365 Cloverhurst. Furnished and Unfurnished Apartments, 198 Dearing..sl7 Large House, Brick, 2 Apart ments, available, 198 Hall s3¢ ¢ Clayton Street Stores Availa: ble, Reasonable, . . Lipscomb-Dearing . Hutchins, Inc. Phone 345—283 College Avenwt FIRE INSURANCE RENTS—REAL ESTATE NEWS Zranve SCHOOQOILS College Avenue School l Our school has opened with splendid enrollinent, about 260 Iboys and girls, and with bright prospects for a successful year. [ It is with muech regret that we ‘had to give up Miss Mary Bar wick, who has been our principal for about nine years,and we all miss her very much, but both teachers and pupils wish her suc cess in her new work as second grade teacher in the Chase’ street school. However, we are delight ed to have as Miss Barwick's guc cessor as principal and second grand teacher, Miss Magdalene Glenn, who came to us frorr.x Oco nee street school. | We are also very sorry that Mrs.{ IWesley, who has been our fourth grade teacher for several years, is' not with us. In her place, we have Miss Mary Lester, who has come to us from Chase street school. We miss quite a number of our pupils who were with us last term and who have moved elsewhere, but are glad to welcome several new children from other schools in the city and other cities in the ,state. ' Miss Lester’s Fourth Grade All the boys and girls of Miss Lester’s fourth grade have been working very hard to get all their dental certificates. We're very happy -now that we all have our names on the board for O. K. teeth! We're 100 per cent. Mrs. Faulkner’s Fifth Grade } We are all enjoying being in isehool again after a nice long vad cation, and have been real busy. Each one is interested in listening to all of the others tell what they did during the summer, We are glad to have Mrs. Faulk ner for our teacher and we like our new principal, Miss Glenn, very much, Some of the boys and girls who were in our class last year moved away during the summer and we miss them, but glad to have Doris Boyd of Waynesboro and Roy Todd of Atlanta with us. Our new arithmetic work books are very nicegand we enjoy using them. We also find geography to be very interesting, we especially like to draw and color maps, and we are collecting news items abou! Admiral Byrd for our scrap-book. FRANCES HALL. ’ Miss William’s Fourth Grade .~ We have twenty-eight pupils in ‘our class. We are glad to welcome ‘Elizabeth Holcomb from Oconee street school, Martha Miller from ‘East Point, Emily Pert. from Quit man, and Bill Boyd from Greens boro. We are also glad to have Miss Glenn for our principal and Miss Lester for the other fourth grade teacher. We think our teagher, Miss Williams, is real sweet. We are going to try to come to school every day and come on time. We haven’t had a tardy andl only two absences. . RALPH ALMOND. ' Chase Street School The children of [Chase street school extend a welcome to the Kindergarten which has a room in our building this year. Mrs. Wal do Rice is the teacher of the thirty two little children. | soieiate i Two-A | We have several new pupils in’ our grade this term. They are Jjane Carlton and Merritt Burns from Lucy Cobb, Johnnie Scott from Madison, Mary Ann Doolittle from the Thomas A. Dozier school and Vera Grace Escoe from the Practice school. We have not had a pupil absent or tardy. \ Three-B | We are glag to be back in school. We like our new books. We% are glad Miss Regina is still our {eacher. We are drawing rabbits and dogs. We have five dentall certificates. ‘ _ \ Three-A § We / have thirty pupils. Our room will be nice in winter but it is not now. We are trying tol mag it look nice. We have pic turét on the wall. There are flow ers in the cases. We keep our desks and floors clean. This helps} our janitor. BETTY WILLIAMS. Dugee: 4 Four-B We have twenty-four pupils. Winston Baughn came to us this yvear from College avenue. Carrie Ann ‘Carithers has had an oper ation and is not able to come tc school yet. We hope she will be able to come to school Monday. Half of our grade has their dental certificates. We are working hard to" get the others. e | Five-B Lamar Pittard, Bobbie Meister ‘Mildred Autrey brought dental certificates the first day of school. iVirgll Smith, Kenneth Guest, Viv jan Mealor, Jackie Lou House and lHaywood Thompson, have all brought certificates. . We have a number of new pu ’pils: Mary Morris, Elberton; Al bert Minish, Ila; Emery Conner DeLand, Florida; Virgil Smith t(}aines schoot; 8. J. Wade, Thom as Dozier school; Larry and Ellis Kirk from the Teachers college; and Richard Dowdy, Edward Col lins and Geneva Park came from Barrow school. We rope they will enjoy working with us. | We hope to do fine work this Sl i ol e s pone. SARN SUE C s L s : 'CLARKE SCHOOLS REGISTER 848 Eight hundred and forty-eight students have enrolled in the Clarke county schools which open ed their 1933-34 term Thursday, Supt. W. R. Coile announced Sat urday. Mr. Coile said indications point to a large registration during the next week. A ———— Barrow School e A ———— | Fourth Grade We are so glad to have the sixth grade children with us this year. There are three new children in our room this fall. They are Jean McElreath, Mary Hemrick, ana Charles Zachry. We are sc¢ glad to have them. We are all enjoy ing our new arithmetic work book. Miss Cook’s Fifth Grade : Miss Cook’s fifth grade is glad to announce a 100 per cent teeth certifica.es. We are rnow studying‘ about Alaska, we made a chart in Geography today. In Language We‘ have given talks about our sum mer vacation, JULIA DEARING, DOROTHY HUFF, Sixth Grade Happy days are here again! ‘We have started to school. There a'e 287 children who have regis teied at. this school. All the grades were trying to be the first ones to have all their dental cer tificates. Five grades, taught hy Misg Fowler, Miss <Cook, Miss Bird, Miss Jarrett, and Miss El liott all have their dental certifi cate. Their reward is a whole holiday. School hag started in September, And I very well remember, How we went to school last year. We go to school and meet our buddies, We go to school and have our studies, Hurrah! The school-house draws us near. BOBBY BENNETT. Oconee Street School The total enrollment at Oconee street school has reached 276. There are still three or four chil 'dren who have not registered and there is room in the kindergarten for a few more five year‘old chil dren, The first grades have sixty chil dren this term. Little Frankie Cash has been absent for several days on account of a broken arm. Miss Glenn who has been one of our second grade teachers for a number of years is missed by all the children this fall. Mrs. Roose velt Walker is our new second grade teacher and we are all pleased to have her. Mary Bagwell one of the second grade children, has moved to Atlanta. | There is only one third grade at Oconee this year. The class was so large that seven children were trangferred to College avenue and there are still thirty-seven. We hope that we will have more room another year and that our children can come back to us. Fourth Grade ' The fourth grade children are all very glad to come back to school after a nice long vacation. We hope to have one of the best years of school we have ever had. There are two fourth grades this year., Miss Jessie Moore and Mrs McCoy are the teachers. 'We have been studying about the Bedouins in our geography and we are making a sand table repre [senting the land in which they live. We like to study about these people and their customs which are so unlike ours. iSeveral children in our grade have dental certificates and we hope to have a 100 per cent soon, Fifth Grade The fifth grade is not very large this year; we have only twenty eight. Each member of our class has such a mnice spirit and we have all started to work real well, Childs Street School The Childs street Junior high school P.-T. A. will hold its first in school again. Therefore 376 children in school, exactly 188 boys and 188 girls. : r The sefenth grade has beenj studying South America. Room 9‘ is making a note-book, in which they are putting many things of geographical interest. Wednesday, September 20, they all had a firedrill. It was done very quickly. The buildihg was emptied in a few minutes. We are very sorry that Mrs. Ward, one of our teachers last year, had {o leave town and can not teach us anymere. We are very glad to have Miss Smith, whe took her place. Miss Pattie Hilsman has ap pointed several large boys to help control traffic. They are put there to save any accidents that could occur. J. W. Walker was appoint ed chief and all boys of Room 8 as regular patrolmen or substi tutes. s ‘\ DIXIE JAY NICHOLSON i THE BANNER-HERALD, ATHENS, GEORGIA Athens High School The 1933-34 session of the Ath ens High school began Wednesday September 13. Six hundred and forty-six pupils have been enrolled up to the present time. Full period classes were held the first day, and the regular work began im mediately, This was in a large measure due to the great advant age ©¢ the rental bock system. With this system there is no delay in getting text books. ~ The daily routine has been run lnlng smoothly; and proving very jsatirfactory. Teachers and pupils have had enjoyable and restful vacations and are ready to do their best work. At the opening chapel exercises ‘Wednesday morning, Mr. E. B. Mell, principal, npol':e to the fac ulty and the student body. His speech was in the form of a wel come. Besides his words of wel comes, Mr. Mell gave a few help ful words of advice on rules and requirements, and expressed his willingness and desire to help any student who might need his aid. On Monday, September 18, at Mell auditorium during the activ ity period, Mr. B. M. Gurier, =u perintendent of the Athens City schools, addresse® the student of the High school. In his talk, - Mr. GQGrier stressed the importance of gaining more than mere book knowledge during the days spent at school. If one spends all his time with his books during his gchool days, he will in evitably continue this practice in later life. Mr. Grer said that athletics should play an important parg in the life of practically every high school boy or girl. Besides the healthful advantages gained, one's interests are broadened by partici pation in various forms of athlet ics. If the interests are varied during childhood days, they will remain thug in the years that fol low school. Mr. Grier also stated his faith in the sSuccess of the present school year and asked for the earnest cooperation and support of every student and teacher. RUTH BROWN, ’34. 3PAL A C E o % ' 2e MONDAY AND TUESDAY Gay gold diggers working their way through life on their wits—spread ing sunshine where it will bring back the most furs and limousines! il G (el e AL e S T 7 avr: At i | There’s the devil foe g g to pay when they e ; e # start to play... S i@ i Four wise girls - ;ww | | house for food, =x I\%il W finery and fools b ¢ S g vith money .. . s RS L4§ Learn about life, sy _§) f love and laughter %_: e ? e W 3-:3;:':}1513."':_ s G 4 im: >4. from this grand . FSe ALI § comedy drama ;. T S ~ with music. g Y A - | @ With JUNE KNIGET. 8¢ 8 g 9 = | NEIL HAMILTON, %’ f, X , : SALLY O’ NEILL, &4 20 & ¢ . 4 DOROTHY BURGESS, =, = o a=m % 8 MARY CARLISLE, § e A SMASH COMEDY-DRA -4 e N MA WITH MUSIC, SONGS, WY .= B DANCE NUMBERS AND A Musical Novelty - , “Rhapsody in Brew” L & B Added el ~ THURSDAY AND FRIDAY —EXTRACRDINARY PRESENTATION— - WILL ROGERS in “DOCTOR BULL” With Marian Nixon and Ralph Morgan - Winterville School Opens; Main Address Is Delivered by Nix Abit Nix delivereds the opening address before, patrons, pupils, and officials of the Wintepville school Thursday morning. Rev. W. M. Coile, pastor of the Winterville Bartist church, led the devotional and short ‘talks were given by Claude Tuck, trustee of the school and W. R. Coile, county school superintendent, “You are living in perhaps the most interesting ‘state of the union,” Mr, Nix told the students, “We people of Georgia have as much to be proud of as any state. The program of tomorrow depends upon tae boys in overalls today. Georgia stands for the spiritual advancement of her people. “Until the people in public places. the press, the pulpits, and schools come to realize and recognize the principles of great Georgians, we shall make little progress toward resurrecting our nation. People must come to realize that true happiness does not depend upon what you possess, but upon whai you know and what you are.” Child’s Street P.-T. A. Holds First Meeting ’ At 4 O'clock Tuesday The Childs street Junir high schol P.-T, A. will hold its first meeting -of the year at the school Tuesday afternoon at 4 o’clock. There will be an executive meet ing at 3:30 and all officers are urged to come at that time. Parents who wish to join the as sociation are invited to attend thisc meeting, g Boy’s Mangled Body - Found on Railroad . SPARTANBURG, §. C. — () — The mangled body of a youth about 17, was found on railroad tracks near here Friday night shortly after a Southern Railway freight train had passed. Railway police said the youth apparently fell beneath the wheels from bhetween two freight cars, Efforts were made to identify the boy who wore boots sfmilar to the Civilian Conservation Corps or Army issue. In his pocket was a German road map showing the northern. part of Florida, on the face of which had been written “Wood—, Fla.” An inquest was to be held Saturday. P.-T.A. Council’s Meetings; Mell Speaks at High School Barrow School P.-T. A. Officers Named at Meet ing Tuesday . Fkon Sl A By MRS, WALDO RICE President Athens Council P.-T. A The Athens Council of Parent- Teacher associations has been in vited to contribute to this space regularly. Here will appear offi cial messageg from the president, including news from the state and national offices. It is with pleas ure the P.-T. A, begins its year thus privileged to communicate with its members and with the Athens reading public. The Council of Parent-Teacher associations held its first meeting of the year Friday at Michael's Town Hall. A symposium on P.- T. A, problems as met in the summer school institute was the main feature. The Athens grade-school asso ciations have agreed to meet on the first Thuysday of the month. This was dore in order to clear the way for organizations to schedule meetings. “Preparing Girls for College Life,”” a publication for high school parent study groups, may be had by request from the Dean of Women, Syracuse University, Syracuse, N. Y. A similar work on boys is being compiled. Are you linked “with the keenest thinkers, the most representative specialists in the national and in ternational fields of child welfare, through the channels afforded by membership in the P.-T. A.? Are you giving your influence, your time, your efforts to the making of better parents, better homes, better communities, not only in your own community but throughout the United States? Have you enrolled in your local P.-T. A. this year? ~ The opportunity is open to all interested in this work. ATHENS HIGH P..-T. A. The first fall meeting of the Athens High school P.-T. A. was held Thursday afternoon in the Mell auditorium. The president, Mrg, R. P. Brooks opened the assembly by calling for attention, and stated as there has been no special program out lined, she desired that Prof. E. B. Mell give an address of welcome to all new mothers, Mr., Mell gave a most interest ing tallz, especially stressing the fact that cooperation on the part of parent, teacher, and child is 3 = e - g 5 B3R s 'g T . :-,}j‘fig:'i"':? M R FIS SR R A s S Fam e e o R N R R e T R Vel 5 e R o - s R SRR % R needed in order that good work may be forth-coming from the stu dent. He said that mind and character development go hand in hand, and without each other, both lose out, vanishing complete ly. - Through advertisements the High schoel P.-T. A. has secured S3O which will be used on the li brary fund. The officers for the present year are: President, Mrs. R. P. Brooks; Vice-presidengt, Mrs. S. W. Beck with; Second Vice-president, Prof. E. B. Mell; Secretary, Mrs, R, W. Hawkes; Treasurer, Mrs. A Leon Sutherland. . The P.-T. A. will hold its regu lar monthly meeting on the second Thursday of each month. MRS. AUBIE ROBERTSON. The first meeting of the Barrow! School P.-T. A. was held at the school Thursday aftérnoon at 4 p. m. This was largely a ‘“get aec quainted” meeting with quite a number of new mothers present. After a short business session, the imothers went to the grades of their respective children for group conferences with the teachers and refreshments of delicious punch and cookies served by the mothers of Mrs. Flanagan'’s sixth grade. We are looking forward to a prof itable and happy year'’s work to gether, : The following committee chair men and grade mothers were ap pointed for the year: Chairmen of Standing Committees Program, Mrs. Paul Tabor; Soci al Service, Mrs, John Mealor; Pub licity, Mrs, James Sartor; Ways and Means, Mrs. J. E. Wickliffe; Art, Miss Freddie Massey; Library. Miss Rebeeca Fowler. ; Membership, Mrs. Flanagan; Health, Mrs, B. B. Gilbert; Mag azines, Mrs. Phil Campbell; Play Ground, Sgt. Grummon; Nature Study, Miss Bloomfield; Scrary Book, Mrs. Pope Hill; Planting, Mrs. W. G. Cornett; Music, Mrs. ¥Fred Bennett; Social, Mrsg. Mose Gordon-and Mrs. J. W. Jarrell, Grade Mothers Miss Maddox's First, Mrs. Wed Barber; Miss Massey's Second Mr. Chas, Thornton; Miss Bloom field's Second, Mrs. J. C. Wi'liams; Misg Elliott's Third, Mrs. L. I. Skinner; Miss Fowler’'s Third, Mrs. G. F. Hulsey; Miss Bird’s Fourth Mrs. Guy Whelchel and Mrs. Hig ginhotham, . s 1 Miss Jarrett’'s Fourth, Mrs. L. O. Price and Mrs. Godbold; Miss Cook’s Fifth, Mrs. B. 8. Dußose; STRAND MONDAY — ONE DAY ONLY! - ————-—————'—_——___—*: —SPECIAL RETURN SHOWING— i On! Look AT EDIE FiGHTING BuLtst, vo i A Pl :@‘/‘/ ’{}fl: T o w g -2 EDDIE o B ¥ : n ffltm L ié{fl\ 3 @ Screamingly funny?" 5 et o ‘. You know it! lfifl oVR fik § i here’s @ musical ros C 0 UNR AR VWmance that scales o Y e new peak of dramatie: % 4 thrills-and sweeping, i L breathless beautyd e R with : 1":.:.» : LYDA ROBERTS angfere de The Gorgeous ,w,.«.p\.a;ov:;.‘tg-;r;;,“:‘.f-f. GOLDWYN GIRLS S;vi“‘ dond:'m ino MM’"‘N‘ Most Beautify! This Side of mg oot DOV :on‘““h S butts! o it S ing 30770 H matader L ADDED-—“DAUGHTERS OF THE SEA” _ " TUESDAY 2 —ONE DAY SHOWING— - Ronald]jColman | - €6 L) '- n “CYNARA d With Kay Francis & Could You Call His Mistress a “Bad” Woman? | (She knew he was married, yet she urged him @ gg PAGE NINE 1/ 1 W LY : g BEGUN AT COLLEGE { | e i i 111 ! o Departments of Bacterir ology, Plant Pathology at College of Agriculturg ¥ Two new departments have Hee ?g established at the College of AgHs culture for the comins year: the department of bacteriology ‘ d the departmnet of plant patholegy Courses in these subjects havé been offered heretorore, on ‘both the Agriculture campus and #the University side, but thig is the = first year that majors, both grads uate and undergraduate, will be offered. e Dr. W. C. Burkhart will be head of the Bacteriology departs ment, with an assistant as yet nok * announced. Courses in medieal, soil, and dairy bacteriology will b® offered, for students wishing €8 ' major in bacteriology, while other = courses will be offered for clee s tives. Bacteriology is required for students taking work in Agriculs 'ture, Pharmack and Home fixfi omics. Plans are underway for ime }cluding this subject in the group of elective for other courses. = § The department of plant breed i ing and disease will be headed by Dr. J. H. Miller, who was for= ‘merly with the botany departmemt ‘at Franklin college. Dr. Mi *f’*g will be assisted in this work-by Tom Harrold. Some new equipe ment has been bought for this dee partment, but the apparatus fram ‘the former veterinary departmemt will be used primarily. ~ Courses In this departmeng o be required for both Agricultuge ‘and Forestry students. Dr. Millér ‘wm offer both undergraduate amd major in plant pathology, and the courses covered will include gené tics, plant breeding, and 4 diseases, Subject in this deparf ment may be taken for gemésal = electives. e The Forestry department, formerly ’% located in Hardeman hall, h&s taken over the old veterin; § building, where its work will Be done. Tkis building is nexi to t »é building occupied by the bactemi ology and pathology departm: % G. D. Marckworth heads the fi estry department, with B. ¥. Grant and an assistant, as facult§s -4 Miss Smith’s Fifth, Mrs. C, B, ‘ Huff; Mrs, Flanagan's Sixth, ? Howard Johnson and Mrs, Ho-¥ Cobb. B MRS. JAMES SARTOR. z\
