The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-12-26
a Piano for the School.

a Piano for the School.
The Empire Laundry has offered
$500 90 piano TO be given away to the
person or organization that, before
August 18th, 1909, obtains the largest
amount of laundry checks The chill
dcen of school No. / are earnestly
working, and il Is their aim to secure
the, greatest numoer OIL tickets. Al
ready checks TO the amount of S33
i.are been handed TO our treasurer
Frank Marston, and we trust that on
August 10, when all the cheeks are
counted. our school will be the sue
cessful competitor.
Portrait of jefferson Davis.
In response To the request of the
Confederate Southern Memorial As
ISOLATION. the ladies OF the association
! in this city.son December Z, presented.
with beautiful and: fitting ceremonies,
, a portrait Of Jefferson Davis to each
of the local public schools.
/ Bertram Coleman accepted the por-
/ trait for school No, !. and 1t is now
being framed in mission oak. When
completed it will be hung in the
school as an inspiration to the pupils.
Clubs.
! The pupils are showing a more So
cial spirit this year. and, besides the
! GIee Club a number of smaller ones
! have been organized. All except
.fThe Good Time Club have some
/ special aim. This STORY telling club
/ in Miss Blitch's room is not only in
| teresting but Will help the pupils TO
develop a talent that Is well worth
J cultfvating. The Literary. Club" in
! Miss Suffers room is very much on
/ this order. and we feel sure that clubs
| of this sort should be- encouraged in
I the school,.
- Library.
New rules have been made for the
management CT the library and 1T Is
! foned that every pupil VIII abide by
/; them and help TO make them success
full A copy has been placed in each
room so tha no one can plead ignor-
ance as an excuse for violating them.
! Virginia Philips has been appointed
4 librarian, and has charge of the circu-
4 iatinc books for the grades and all
{ reference books. Miss Reese directs
Z the home reading of the high school
and requires one good book, classic,
/ TO be read each month by the mem
! bers of each OF the classes and in this
way the pr.piIs read many good books
that otherwise would not be read
Basket Ball.
The girls of the high school have
recently organized a basket ball team,
/ with Mr. Bull as coach. They have
asked for the use of the ArmoTy Hall
{, for practice and hope ii can be 90
! tanned The girls expect TO derive
much pleasure and benefit from their
games, and when they become skillfui
enough will play some match games
Athletic Scheme for School No. I.
Recently an athletic scheme has
-. F.s-
/ means Of which every boy in the
! school viii receive some athletic train
ing. This plan excels any thus Tar
3 used. in that it will develop the whole
i community CT boys instead OF giving
a few individuals, who are the best
developed to begin with, all the atten-
ltion i'm athletic directions. Briefly. the
| 1,Iarf is as follows: A cardboard
/ ruled into vertical and horizontal
/ columns. is placed in every ROOM In
4 the first vertical column the names OF
the boys of the room are inscribed,
and the events making up the scheme
j are at the top of the other vertical
! columns IN this way each boys rec
4 ord in the events follow in one hori
zontzl column, and his compared with
each other boy in the vertical col
1 uruus. making it easy for each boy to
I follow his own record and, at the
same time, comparing his with his
fellows.
4 The events composing the scheme
i Tor the screr grades are, standing
4 broad jump, running broad jump. run
4 ming high jump. pull up, running hop
4 step. ana Jump, and 5ometre dash
For the larger eoys there are. ii addi
sen. pole vault and SHOT pat Al
l.theze records are taken by the metric
system. thus making practical appIf
| cation of a subject which is a parI Of