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- By ANNE CREEKMORE, '37
Principal E, B. Mell spoke at
assembly Friday at activity period
in Mell auditorium on the subject
of "Birds.” Mr. Mell is well
known for his dnterest in and
knowledge of ornithology. |
“If all the birds in the state
of (leorgia were killed and we had |
no poison,” stated the speaker, “iks
would only be a short time In-l‘(»rei
all animal and plant life in the|
state would be destroyed.” 1
The principal told many In(:I-i
dents of pegple ruthlessly killing !
birds unnecepsarily, and pointed |
out that formerly only buzzurds%
were protected by law, in order |
that farmers might not have to]
bury dead animals. Now the buz- |
zard and the crow with a few |
others are only birds not protect- |
ed by law.
Mr. Mell described the most:
beautiful and delicate nest as
that made by the female humming |
bird, It is made of the down of |
fern, of moss, and of strands of |
spider web, which she weaves wllhi
her bill. The remarkable thing|
about this is thot every female|
humming bird in the world in- |
stinctively knows how to build|
this type of nest.
The speaker told of counting
. and averaging the times that a
female and male wren fed their
young. He found that 960 cut
- worms and spiders went into the
stomach of four little wrens in
_eight hours. He also said that he
" had heard a whipporwill make his
call 168 times without stopping.
. Mr. Mell imitated the calls of
the tufted tit-mouse, the pee-wee,
_the brown trhasher, the cardingl,
the chewink, the quail, the white
' throated sparrow, the crow, the
~ jay bird, and the dove. He closed
~ his talk by imitating Donald Duck
. of movie fame.
~ Superintendent B. M. Grier in
presenting the speaker to the
kmulty and student body congrat
ulated the boys and girls on the
privilege they have of working
under Mr. Mell, beloved High
school principal.
Mrs. Jenkins to Speak
Mrs. John Jenkins will speak at
assembly on Friday, January 105,
She will use as the basis of her
address, “Conservation of Georgia's
Natural Resources — Human and
Material.”
Mr. Earnest Talks
To Bird Club
Mr. D. L. Earnest of the Uni
versity High schoel faculty spoke
on {'Birds” at the regular meeting
‘otf""tlhe Bird club held Thursday
afternoon, January 7, in Miss
Tillman's room. ;
To show that people do not use
their eyes to observe the things
around them, the professor asked
questions which the group could
not answer. The aesthetic value
in the study of birds was pointed
out as recognized in the song, the
coloration, and the graceful
movements of bird life. The eco
nomic importance of birds was
also stressed.
After this talk, the following
new officers were elected for the
club: Elmo Randolph, president;
Edwin Randolph, = vice-president;
Frank Fitch, second vice-presi
dent; Ruth Mc¢Cay, secretary; and
Ree Avero, assistant secretary.
New Students Enroll
- Anne Thrasher, formerly of
Bennettsville High school, Ben
nettsville, 8. C., is a new mem
ber of the TV-A section. She is
living at 338 South Milledge ave
nue.
© Formerly of Bast Point, Ga,
Doorthy Lewis has transferred
from Russell High school to the
Athens High school. She is a
sophomore, and her address is 788
Baxter street.
~ Crawford Anderson, who was a
senior at Athens High school but
who moved to Augusta, Ga, in
October, has returned to this
school. He lives at 506 Franklin
f!treeta
‘Seniors Write One-Act
Plays and History Theses
~ The fourth year English stu
dents have completed their study
of “How to Write One-Act Plays.”
They will submit original one
act plays on Friday, January 15.
. History theses are being pre
pared by all senior history stu
dents. These 1,500-word themes
( . replace the history notebook
work for this nine weeks period.
They may be written on any
‘phase of government or history
that the classes have studied.
' Sophomores Study
"; man Life
. The sedond year students arc
gtudying Roman life in the origi-
Mal Latin. Passages from the
of Pliny the Younger and
¢ Pliny the Elder are also being
In reference to European his
-s‘iory, the history classes have
" taken up colonization in America
. © Theé algebra students are learn
" dng to work fractional equations.
¢ The wvarious English sections
g yeading classics, among them
& being “As You Like It,” “Mid
mmer Night's Dream,”. “Stories
Bom the Old Testament,” and
ners,
Junior Class
Plans for Dance
(s For the purpose of discussing
Plans for the annual Junior-Senior
ance, the junior class met in
}mtorium Wednesday, Jan
liry 6, at third period. =
President Aubrey St. John ap
& * :I.‘—;‘?:’% e N
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What Will We Write?
(An Editorial)
By ANNE BYRD FIROR, A. H. S. ’37
How many of us have often wished we could start
all over again—wipe out our lives and do them over?
Of course that is impossible, but at the beginning of the
new year, we have a clean page ahead. What will be
written on that page on December 31, 1937, is up to
us. {0
We have a chance to look over the past and see our
mistakes and to look toward the future with an eye to
eliminating mistakes. We have before us a clean, white
sheet with three hundred and sixty-five lines. What
will it look like when the last word is written, when the
last line is finished? Will it still be a beautiful page,
neatly written and clean, or will it be blotted and spot
ted with black marks? We have our choice.
In the words of the immortal Tennyson, let us “ring
out the old and ring in the new.” Let’s forget the past
that we are ashamed of and write a future that we will
be proud of.
pointed a committee which will
complete all plans for the dance
to be held in the near future, Leo
Costa was named as chairman, and
others who will serve are Bessie
Cabiness, Bob Maupin, Jeon Ross,
Jimmie Williams, Caroline Chap
man and Coatsie Trimble.
Immediately following the class
meeting the Junjor-Senior dance
committee held a conference in ‘he
auditorium., However, no definite
plansg were decided upon.
Officers of the junior class are
Aubrey St. John, president; Dan
Magill, Jjr., vice-president; Jane
Bridges, secretary; and Fred Hale,
treasurer, |
Chemistry Students
Write Themes
Every student studying chemis
try has been assigned a subject
relating to chemistry on which he
will write a two or three thous
and-word theme, which will be
due in one or two weeks, Some of
the topics are chemistry in pho
tography, metals, milk, perfume,
chemistry in the manufacture of,
matches, vitaming, and others.
G. E. A. To Conduct
Sukseription, Essay Contest
In order to make the Georgia
Education Journal a greater wm~‘
tributing factor in the building of
agr:cultural, industrinl, economic.
social and educational interests in
the state, in the building of a
greater Georgila and a greater
public gchool system, the Georgia
Iducation Asgsociation is |\ begin
ning a combination subsceription
campaign and essgy contest,
Any accredited high school in
the BBt P.AT. Ky -0r Oolßr
civie organization may secure sub-,
scriptions to the Georgia Educa
tion Journal, from laymen, not
teachers.
To be eligible to enter the essay
contest students must belong to a
school that secures at least ten
subscriptions to the Journal. The
more subscriptions the school gets,
the larger prizes can the stu
dents compete for. A school se-~
curing ten subscriptions to the
Journal will be classified as eli
gible; one getting 25 subscrip
tions, as a red star school; one
obtaining 50 subscriptions, as a
silver star school; and the school
getting 100 subscriptions will be
classified as a gold star school.
The subject for the essay is:
Conservation of Georgia’s Natural
Resources—Human and Material.
Students may also write on one
of the following sub-topics:
Health, Soil Erosion, Forest Con
servation, Game Protection, Equal
Education Opgortunity, Beautifi
cation of Homes, Training Indi
vidual for Public Service, Cost of
Crime to Local and State Govern
ments,
The essay is to be not move
than 1,000 words in length.
Emprhasis in the essay will be
on fact rather than on opinion.
The essay may be written under
the guidance of the classroom
teacher and with notes the stu
dent has compiled. The district
judges will consider subject mat
ter with due regard to style,
neatness, and clarity; the state
judges will consider style, neat
ness, and clarity, with due regard
to subject matter, in judging the
essays. A bibliography must be
submitted with the essay.
Each school competing will sa
lect the best essay and submit it
to a district committee of judges
by April 1, 1937. The distriet
judges will select the three best
essays from each of the four
classes of schools in the distriet
ond submit them to a committec
of the faculty of the Henry W.
Grady School of Journalism for
final judging.
Awards will be cash, or scholar
ships if requested.
“‘The awards for the twelve best
essays from each of the four
classes of schools are as follows:
Eligible school: SSO first; $25
second; $lO third. - .
Red Star school: $65 first; $35
second; sls third.
‘Silver Star school: SBO first:
S4O second; S2O third.
Gold Star school: SIOO first;
SSO second; $25 third.
A Master Award will be made
to the studeht writing the best
essay .All awards will be made at
the state meet to be held in Ath
ens in May.
The springtail insect folds its
tajl beneath its body, and locks it
there. To move, it releases the
tail, which snaps suddenly down
ward with such force that the in
sect is thrown high into the air. |
COLLEGE AVE. SCHOOL
First Grade
We had a good time Christmas,
but we were glad to get back to
school. There are several new
children in the two first grades.
We are glad to have them. Evie
Lou and Betty Jo Winn have
moved. We are sorry to lose
them. Several children {n our
class are out with chicken-pox.
We will be glad to have them
back.
Second Grade
We are happy to be back at
school after a vacation of two
weeks, We lost two children
from our room during the holi
days. Olivia Hayes has moved to
Oconee street school, and Hubert
Baraon has moved out of town.
We are sorry to lose them. We
are glad to have Pauline Adding
ton from Jefferson in our room.
Third Grade
This week we drew' pictures
about the stories we read. We
studied about, a clock in the sky.
The North Star was the center of
the dial and the Little Dipper was
thé hand. We have a book with
pictures of trees in summer and
winter, We have many of them.
JIMMIE GENTRY.
BETTY SEYMOLUR,
HELEN PORTER.
Fourth Grade
The following letter was written
during a language lesson in the
fourthi grade at College avenue
school:
Bergen, Norway, Jan. 8, 1937.
Dear Friends: g
We are now in Norway. It tool
us nine days to sail from New
York to Norway. We are visiting
Rolf who lives on a farm up on a
high hillside above the fjord. The
farm is very small and they raise
oats, barley and potatoes. Their
summens are too cool and damp
to raise wheat or corn. His house
is made of. wood and the roof is
steep for it rains often. The peo
ple live and dress very much as
you do, but they speak a different
language. Norway is a beautiful
country and we have enjoyed go
ing through many fjords where
the water is a deep, deep blue and
reflects the snow-capped moun
tains which rise like steep walls
on both sides. There are many
waterfalls which furnish electric
power,
Sincerely,
JOHN TURNER.
ROBERT, SMALLWOOD.
Fifth Grade
Tuesday after our holidays our
class. presented. a. New. Year's
play. We were so glad to wel
come Mary Alice Whitehead to
our class from Chase street
school. She brought her guitar
and played séveral selections for
us. We uzre sad to have Charles
Wilds leave us to go to Chase
street school, and our best wishes
g 0 with him. We are delighted to
start studying our own state—
Georgia. We are reading ‘‘Getting
Acquainted With Georgia” and it
is s 0 interesting.
Sixth Grade
We are very sorry that many of
our upils have been out with
chicken-pox. We are studying
Sweden and Norway. We think
these countries are :interetsing.
We drew maps of thern indicating
their leading cities and products.
We had several mothers at the
P.-T. A. meeting Thursday after
noon and we hore to have more
next time. The pupils in our room
made several New* Year resolu
tions, one of which was to try to
attend school every day. We wish
everyone a Happy New Year.
GERALDINE SMALLWOOD.
EDNA DUKE.
TO INCREASE POWER
WASHINGTON -—(#)— Two ap
plicants sought Communications
Commission permission today to
establish new radio stations in
Alabama,
James R. Doss, jr., asked for
a 100-watt station at Mobile, Ala.,
to operate daytime on a frequency
of 1500 kilocyeles, - John Hughes
requested ,q 100-watt station at
Phenix City 1) operate day tinae on
a frequency of 13801 kilocycles
WSEB at Atlanta askeq authortiy
te xncreasg its power from 590,008
to 500,000 tts. |
Out of 885 plaice fish marked and
liberated in the North Sea, a total
of 21 per cent was recaptured,
within 12 months, &
CHASE STREET SCHOOL
First Grade
We are reading in our E]sunl
Primer and “Tots and Toys.” W"i
made a little booklet about Ha])py.i
Some of us have dogs. We liked
the story about 1937 and we are!
learning the names of the months|
that are to nurse 1937. We wish|
everybody a Happy New Year. 1
Second Grade
We are learning how to write
stories. We wrote a story about
Kitty. Soon we are going to make
up our own stories. We are read
ing many library books. We keep
a record of the books we read.
Once a week we tell about what
we have read.
BILLY WITCHER,
Third Grade
We are making a geography of
our own home region. Food is one
of the first great needs of people.
We are finding the food that
comes from our own region, In
our science we are studying how
animals get ready for winter, Some
animals stay in the ground all
winter some build winter homes
and others take long winter naps.
We must not forget to feed the
birds. b
SUZANNE MERK,
Fourth Grade
~ We all are back at school. All
of us had a Merry Christmas and
a Happy New Year. The girls had
a doll contest Tuesday. The win
ners of the contest were:
Most like a baby-—Joan Thomas
and Mary Waller tied for (first;
Catherine Stone, second. Prettiest
—Helen Pricket, first; Jean All
good, second. Loveliest — Helen
Prickett, first; Dorothy Ann Bar
ber, second. Cutest—Dorothy Annp
Barber, first; Ann Thurmon, sec
ond. Most Darling-—Jean Allgood
and Catherine Stone, tied for first;
Jerline Jordan and Helen Prickett,
tied for second. Dearest — Tillie
Taylor, first; Catherine Stone,
second. Sweetest — Catherine
Stone, first; Jerline Jordan, sec
ond. Most like a little girl—Jean
Allgood, firsgt; Ann Thurmon, sec
ond.
We all had a good time. I
: JERLINE JORDAN. |
We are learning some New Year
songs. The names of them are
“January” and “Skaters Waltz.”
We have made calendars for 1937.
They are health calendars. Wed
negday was our principal's, Miss
Wier, birthday. We have a new
school mate, His name is George
Collier, and he came from La-
Grange.
ALTON G.
We are making a library. We
exchanged books for Christmas,
and read them during the holidays.
We Wrought them back after we
read them and gave them to the
library. We are having a good time
reading them.
I HAMLIN CALLAHAN.
Our grade has made a 1937 Health
Calendar., Every night if we get
ten or eleven hours sleep we put
a check on the calendar. We must
brush our teeth before we go to
sleep and in the morning before
and after we eat breakfast. We
must sleep with our windows open,
DOROTHY ANN BARBER,
Fifth Grade
We are glad to be back at school
after a very pleasant Christmas
vacation., Before Christmas the
P.-T. A. gave us fourteen new libr
ary books and we are enjoying
them very much. Mrs. Lindsay
and Mrs. Locklin, our grade moth
ers, gave us a gume and a book
for Christmas. We are hoping to
have many more books in our libr
ary before the years is over. We
appreciate the Banner-Herald
printing our news for us each week.
We have been reading about the
amount of work that it takes to
make up a newspaper and feel that
the work of John Gutenberg was
really “the greatest conquest of all
time.”
HELEN BRIDGES.
Sixth Grade
In “My Weekly Reader” this week
there was an article about the
Webster's Dictionary and haw it
began.
The Webster Dictionary was
written by Noah Webster at the
time he wag selling “Blue Back
Spellers” which he had also writ
ten. In 1806 his first dictionary
was published but that was only
the beginning. Nineteen years la
ter he finished the great dictionary.
It had 70,000 words and defini
tions in it. He spent a lifetime
writing the dictionary. Mr. Web
ster learned 20 languages and dial
ects. He traced the history of
words putting the direct meaning
by each. Today the Webster Dic
tionary has 600,000 words in it
and is still growing. ;
RANDALL COUCH.
ATHENS VOCATIONAL
SCHOOL
We have two new sewing ma
chines. Our sewing classes have
been organized and we will begin
work on Monday.
- Anyone who is interesteq in
learning how to sew we will be
glad ‘to have join us.
We are glad to have eight new
students this week and wg hope
they will like our school as much‘
as we do. . I
Mr. Holmes fioms the N.Y.A.
THE BANNER-HERALD, ATHENS, GEORGIA ™
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
| Seventh Grade
| 'We are very glad to have Frank
“IFat” Fowler back with us since
he has had appendicitis and couid
not c¢ome back to. school.
The school is very sorry that
Miss Cgrier left us just before
the Christmas holidays. She
taught us singing and was very
good to us all.
Miss Adams is teaching us mu
sic now, and she is very good 10
us, and we are very glad to have
her With us.
We all had a merry Christmas
and hope everybody will have &
happy New Year.
& W, HILL.
HOWARD POSTERO
After Christmas we came bach
to school. Every one of us seemed
gay and happy. Then we began
to study hard. It will not be loug
before we get our reports. Every
one wants to get a good mark on
their reports,
We have a new teacher. Her
name is Miss Adams. She teaches
music. She came in ~our room
Tuesday to teach music and she
came that afternoon at study
period. g
In history we are studying
about the way of governing after
the War of Independents. We all
enjoy studying about them.
CARL RODEHEAVER.
ELTON JORDAN.
i We have elected new library
- officers for the library in our room,
. They made cards to write names
lon. Room 11 has elected Elizabeth
Patat and Elizabeth Holcomb as
the,- officers. Room 5 is taking up
letter writing in English. Room
I 11 is taking up preposition phrases,
' In arithmetic we are still taking
i'up fractions and the percent.
I We have had a lot of absences
Ithis week on account of the bad
weather,
' We are finishing our aprons and
' head-bands in Home Economics.
- We are going to take up cooking
in two or three weeks.
‘ MARION SWANN.
| ELIZABETH HOLCOMB.
‘We have a mew music teacher
to take the place of Miss Carter,
whose marriage took place during
the holidays. The music teacher’'s
hame is Miss Jeanette Adams.
We are very sorry that Betty
Jo Driftmier has not been as
school since the Christmas holi
days.
Susan Smith is back from an
illness of several weeks.
MILDRED TUTWILER.
THOMAS JOHNSON.
. We are all glad to be back at
school after the Christmas holi
days. In history we are studying
about congress and the legisla
tive department. In arithmetic we
are studying discounts. In lan
guage we are taking up preposi
tions.
We have a new teacher, whose
nar:e is Miss Adams. She is our
new music teacher and we like
oro very much. For the last few
days we have had perfect attend
ance.
POPE HILL.
JULIAN SCOTT.
Eighth Grade
Everyone is glad to get back to
school after a fine and joyous
Christmas and ready to get down
to some steady work again.
Miss Georgia Carter, our Physi
cal Education teacher, was mar
ried Christmas. .We miss her
very much but I'm sure everyone
will like our new Physical Educa
tion teacher Miss Jeanette Adams,
from Newborn, a graduate stu
dent from the University of Geor
gia.
Room 4 hopes to prosper in the
new year with their banking busi
ness.
The girls that take Home Eco
nomics are going to make dresses
and we hope that every one will
be a success.
In arithmetic Room 6 is study
ing insurance and is enjoying it
very much,
We were very glad to welcome
Sorah Reid back into our classes.
She was taken sick about two
weeks before Christmas and we
all missed her.
Room 5 had a Christmas party
the Friday before Christmas and
they all certainly enjoyed it.
We were very sorry to learn
Sally Frank Hudgens had to leave
us and more to another city.
Only three weeks until we get
our reports. Then some of us will
take arithmetic and others will
take algebra,
Students of Room 1 and other
English students are delighted t 6
have a new readnig table. The
room library is already growing
rapidly.
OTIS RUTH BRIDGES
R. F. €. SURVEY
WASHINGTON. — () — The
Reconstruction “Finance Corpora
tion, which would be continued to
1935 under a congressional pro
posal, has paid out more than
$9,500,000,000 since its creation un
der President Hoover in 1932,
On the loans it has made, a
survey showed the RFC already
has been repaid more than $4,-
500,000,000,
Chairman Jesse H. Jones says
industry generally no longer needs
the organization, but it could be
helpful to certain railroads and
some cotton centers. Unless con
gress continues il, it will die Feb
ruary 1.
According to oculists, six or sey
en persons in every ten need cor
rective eye treatment, but only
about two in ten obtain it.
in Atlanta and Mr. Workman, di
rector of the Vocational Guidarnke
department visited our school th¥s
week.
We are so glag to be back in
school after tne <Christinas holi
days.
—MARIE WINN.
UNIVERSITY
ELEMENTARY
First Grade
Marjorie went to Grand Island,
Florida. She brought back some
moss. The moss grows on trees.
She put some in water. We will
see if it grows in water,
Second Grade’'s Letter to
Mrs. Broadhurst
Dear Mrs. Broadhurst:
l We are very sorry that you are
sick. We hope you are feeling’ bet
'ter. We have two new girls in
our grade. We have two new stu
!dem teachers. We hope that you
I'can soon come back to us.
Third Grade
We had two weeks of holidays
and came back to school January
4, 1937. Each person reported
that he had a lovely time during
the Christmas vacation. Miss
Dawson went to New York during
the holidays and brought us bach
some lovely railroaa . books. We
sent Dr. Powell a blooming nar
cissus 4s a Crhristmas present.
Dr. Powell returned the bowl in
which we sent him the narcissus
with a growing bulb in it, as &
New Year's present,
Fourth Grade
On the first day of school we
talked about resolutions for the
New Year that would be good to
make and keep. We made an
acrostic out of the best of these,
“entitled “Happy New Year.” After
the class wrote one together,
which was put on the board, we
wrote individual ones to be read
to the class when we finished.
We are studying the early his
tory of our own city—Athens! In
1801, Athens was a tract of land
covered with trees. That year the
first street was cleared and laid
off and called Front Street, be
cause it was in front of what was
to be the University capmus. This
street is now known as Broad
Street. As we study early Athens
we find it interesting #0 compare
it with Athens as it is today.
Personals
We are all glad to be back in
school again. :
The weather has not pecmitted
us to go out to rlay this week.
The grade is very glad to have
three new boys in our room, Car
son Wilson, Charles Upchurch ana
Rudolph Rivers.
This week we have been busy
cleaning and re-arranging our
room.
Kven though the weather has
been bad we have had good at
tendance this week.
This week we have had a very
good time in art. We drew differ
ent things that we had studied in
history.
MARIE LEWALLEN.
Sixth Grade
The pupils of the sixth grade
received many useful things for
Christmas.
Stuart Davis received tools;
Harmon Avera received tools and
chest and also model airplanes;
Miles Sheffer received airplanes;
Frank Hammett a camera; How
ard Gilreath a telegraph set and
21so a microscope; Hazel Shelton
has a sewing set, and Jean Brack
ett one, too. Sixteen received
books.
Our teacher and some of the
pupils are reading “North to the
Orient” to us at different periods
of the day. The book is written
by Anne Lindbergh, the wife of
the famous flyer, Colonel Lind
bergh. We like the book because
it rezlly happened. It is a story
of aviation, a story of two well
known persons, and also because
it is full of excitement and ad
venture.
FRANK HAMMETT, JR.
LUCY COBB
In spite of the bad weather, the
attendance for the first week of
the new year has been excellent.
There have beeng only two pupils
absent.
We are happy to enroll Margue
rite Hodgson and Donald Joel as
pupils in our school, and to have
Banny Jones of Baltimore visit us.
Everyone has gotten down to
work in earnest and are enjoying
it
We have had lively indoor
games, spelling and table matches,
two new dances, and an extra
period for art since we cannot g 0
outdoors.
The first grade has a new reader
and hope Lucy Talmadge will
soon we well and baék at school
again. They are studying winter
trees, drawing and cutting them
free hand. The kindergarten are
cutting lace mats.
The sixth grade lis making a
study of Roman life and customs.
The fifth grade enjoys “The Story
of Our Republic.”
The second, third and fourth
grades are making sets of “Twin”
paper dolls. They are using twins
from the books of Lucy Fitch
Perkins which they have read.
DOROTHY MONTINE PATTON
POSTAL DEFICIT
WASHINGTON.— (&) —Post
master General Farley reports a
gross receipt of $88,316,324 in rua
ning the postoffice department
during the last fiscal year.
He said actual mail service
showed a loss of only $16,000,000
but the Iloss was increased by
such free services as the franked
mail of government departments
and congressmen, posttage-free
mail delivery for the blind, and
the cost of the subsidy system of
ocean mail contracts.
Fats from roasting meats were
used as illuminating fuel in early
types of lamps. Later, in the
Mediterranean regions, olive oil
came into use for this purpose.
OCONEE STREET
SCHOOL
Kindergarten
' The children of the kindergarten
were glad to get back to school.
They are boing to have a doll tea
party for the little girls' Christ
mas dolls. The boys are going to
wear their cowboy and Indian
suits.
First Grade
We had a happy Christmas.
Santa Claus was good to all of us.
We are glad school has started
again. We like to read about Ben
and Alice,
FLORIA HARRIS,
Second Grade
We are reading in the Weekly
Reader. It is the children's news
paper. We like to write in our
Community Books. We are glad to
have Betty Yarbrough and Oliver
Hayes from College Avenue school.
Third Grade
We read in our Weekly Readers
about beavers. We became inter
ested, so we decided to tell you
something about beavers. They
are small animals that build their
homes in water. They build dams
in streams so their houses will be
well protected. They cut down
trees by gnawing them with their
teeth. They then carry the logs
in their short arms. Their broad
flat tails keep them from falling.
Their houses have two floors, ‘an
upstairs and a downstairs. They
bedrcom is upstairs. gThere are
two doors to then nouses. They
are interesting little animals. ‘
Fourth Grade
Everything is being done for our
safety at school, Fire drills are
given so that in case of fire, we
will know how to get out of the
building quickly and quietly. Tht
nurse comes every morning to see
those children who are ill. Our
building is very comfortable "and
we enjoy coming to scnool.
PLEDGER PLEDGER,
BETTY LLEWALLYN.
Fifth Grade '
Most of us are back at school(
working very happily. We trust
every one has had a happy Christ
mas, and may- the year 1937 bring'
much cheér and happinesgs. A largel
port of our life ‘is the life of feel
ing. If our hearts are right and
our feelings good, our words and
acts will show it. Every day our
teachers are emphasizing kindness,i
respect, courage, self control andi
conduct at school. May we always:
remember the words of Ruskin. “A!
little thought and a little kindness
are often worth mor: than a great'
deal of money.” |
Sixth Grade
‘We are very glad to be back at
school. We have beén studying
about Italy for the past week. We
have learned that Italy is divided
into two sections, the Continental
part and the Peninsular part. Italy
is in the form of a boot. Italy is
by far the most important country
of Southern Europe today. It is
much more densely populated than
the others because it carries on
more foreign trade. lln the north
the richest farming section is the
plain of the Po, Milan and Turin
are important in the manufacture
of textiles, automobiles, 'locomo
tives and machinery. Genoa and
the leading seaports, the former
having outstripped the latter in im
portance.
NELL COLE,
LUCILE EBERHART.
LUMPKIN STREET
SCHOOL
First Grade
We are glad to get back to
school. Santa brought us all what
we wanted. All of the girls got
dolls. We are sorry to lose Bobby
and RBilly Dunlap. They have
moved away. We are glad to have
Carter Bryan come in our class.
Second Grade
We read about the two little
princesses, Elizabeth and Marg:z
ret Rose. We found some pictures
of them and prut them in our
books. We would like to see the
pretty play house that some peo
ple gave Princess Elizabeth. We
would like to see their ponies and
dogs.
Third Grade
We are glad school has started
again and we are working real
hard. Thursday we had a test in
arithmetic and many of us made
excellent. Some of our boys and
girls are absent because they
are sick. We miss them and hope
they will conie back .to school
soon. We have started reading in
a new book and like it very much.
As this is our first time to write
news this year we want to wish
everyone “A Happy New Year.”
EDWIN LUMPKIN.
EDWIN POPE.
Fourth Grade
Harpy New Year to everyone.
We hope all other boys and girls
had as nice a Christmas as we
did. We are glad to be back in
school. Some of our pupils are
absent on account of illness and
the weather. We have almost fin
ished studying about Arabia. We
are sorry to leave our little Arab
friends but we will be glad to get
back home again before going fc
Norway. This is the first time we
have visited a country in Europe.
LAURIE NICHOLSON.
CHARLES BURCH.
MARY ANN ELLIOTT,.
Fifth Grade
We gave the assembly program
Friday. One play was written by
Dora Bridges. It's title was “A
Happy New Year.” The other
given was “What the Traffic Laws
See.” The class was invited to
Miss Lena Bird's room, Tuesday,
SUNDAY, JANUARY, 10, 1937,
Poor Health Drove
Stephen Pace Into
Profession of Layw
WASHINGTON —(#)— Stephey
Pace, who calls himself Georgigy
“freshman congressman,” becameg
lawyer because doctors told him
bis health would not permit him
to be an engineer.
He practiced his second-chojeg
profession 22 years ago at Ameri.
cus, Ga., before Third district VO.
ters elected him to congress in No.
vember to succeed B T, Castel.
low, retired,
Born 44 years ago of a farm in
Terrell county, Ga. ne entereq
Georgia Tech at 16 as an engi.
neering student. A year late, he
underwent an operation, angd was
out of college for one term. In
1910 ne entered the University
Georgia, and receiveq his law de
gres in 1914,
Then 22 years old, he went te
Americus and began practic,
ihe office of Judge J, A. Hickson
Three years later hg was electeq
to the Georgia House of Represen.
tatives, then to the state senate,
On a platform that pledged sup
port of Roosevelt: administration
policies, he. ran for congress in
1934 and was defeateq by Caste.
Tow. He announced again for cqn.
gress in January 1936, ang was
elected,
Getting settled in his house of.
fice building quarters as the 75th
rongress opened, Pace said his
first concern would be ‘“just 1o
learn how things work around
here.”
The Georgian said he would pro
ceed slowly, and did not inteng
immediately to introduce any bills,
An active church worker, he led
a recent successful campaien to
pay off the remaining $30,000 of
a_ debt against the First Methodist
church ot Americus. Mrs. Pace
the former Miss .Grace Ragan of
‘Hawkinsville, was superintendent
of the primary department of the
Sunday school until her husband’s
election to congress.,
The Paces have two children,
Martha, 16, and Steve, ir., 13. His
family came here with the Con
gressman early in January.
AT THE MOVIES
THIS WEEK
PALACE THEATER
Monday, Tuesday and Wednes
day: “Garden Of Allah” with Mar
lene Dietrich, Charles Boyer, Basil
Rathbone, C. Aubrey Smith, Jos
eph Schildkraut. Also /News Events
ang Selected Short Subjects.
Thursday, Friday and Saturday:
“College Holiday” with Jack Benny,
George Burns, Gracie Allen, Mary
Boland, Marthy Raye. Also News
Events and Addeq Attractions.
GEORGIA THEATER
Monday and Tuesday: “15 Maid
en Lane” with Claire “i‘i*évor, Ces
ar Remero, Douglas Fowley, Lloyd
Nolan Lester Matthews, = Robert
McWade. Also News Events and
Selecteq Short Subjects.
Wednesday and Thursday: “One
In A Million” with,*@ga Henie,
the lovely queen ifig e silvery
skates. Adolphe Menjou, Jean Her
sholt, Ned Sparks, . Dop Ameche,
Rits Brothers, Arlin Judge. Also
News Events and ‘Addeg Attrac
tions. . 7
Friday and Saturday: ‘“Mysteri
ous Crossing” with James Dunn,
Jean Rogers, Andy Devine, Hobart
favanaugh. Also News Events and
Addeqg Attractions. .
° 'STRAND THEATER
Monday and Tuesday: “Back To
Nature” with Jed Prouty, Shirley
Deane, Dixie Dunbar, Tony Mar
tin. Also Added Attractions.
Wednesday: Return engagement
“TPwo In A Crowd” with Joal Mc-
Crea, Joan Bennett. Also Selected
Short Subjects. g
Thursda..zt Return engagement—
“Ramona’ *with Loretts Young and
Dopn Ameche. Also Added Attrae
tions. s
Friday and Saturday: Zane Grey's
“Arizona Mahoney” Wwith Donald
Cook. Also “Ace Drummond No.
R
DOPE PEDDLER SHOT
PEIPING . —(®)—Lu Ju-Hsin, 32
Chinese narcotic peddler, was shot
today in public ceremonies as the
first victim of North China’s cam=
paign against habit#forming drugs
Lu was arrested hgfi:‘ night as
he rode his bicycle through the
north gate of. the city and was
found to be carrying 60 ounces
of narcotics.
The Library of Congress con
tains more than 275,000 volumes.
January 5, to - hear--the radio
broadcast of the orening of con’
gress. We heard the roll cailed
and our congréssman, Paul Browmh
answered.
MELL DOOLITTLE, JR.
JACK ROWLAND.
Sixth Grade
We are very glad to get back 10
school. We hope everybody had 2
nice Christmas and a happy New
Year. We have just started study~
ing the Germans. Our class Wrote
the names of the German tribes-
The Germans are very interesting
to study. There were many tribes
in the German territory in the
olden days. Thereaare many inter
esting things to study about these
people. It will not be very lons
before we get our reports. W
hope everybody makes good
marks. We all had a nice vacd”
tion. Some of us were out Of
town during the holidays. Whe?
we came ~Back to school we all
said we had a nice time. We all
had to write how we spent ouf
Christmas' holidays.
DAVID DAWSON.
MACK POWELL, 3