Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-06-18
NO ANGELS TO GUARD
GIRLS IN THE SCHOOL
Position of School Board
Discussed.
Selection of Teachers in
High School Contin-
ues Of interest.
Americas, Ge, June II, 1910.

Americas, Ge., June II, 1910.
Eii-or Times-R Recorder: Americas
eas new thIrty-fiye thousand dollar
High School building 1t is yer!
fine toJ fine for lad es to teach in
l. IS built of bricks, red bricks, wei
pressed. The walls are of bricks, ART
The male faculty is of bricks, regular
gold bricks"
1t wouldn't do for the ladie.
L caeu there; they would keep i
uae4a, ana the janitor would be~o4
ol "A job and they would wear on
,4e floor standing on it, Cha rs ar,
cheaper than floors.
Besides the children wouldn't lk'
it; they would have to recite occa
\sl9nally, and this would interfere
with their engagements down town
which are regularly made for the
mornings about the time for Latin ant
rhetoric, or some other unnecessary
study, from VIII c6 the over Jealous
ladies would not excuse them.
Women take life too seriously, any
way, especially school life, They
waste their time putting down mark!
and adding them up. They haven
a mans scorn of details which en-
ables him with one stroke of his per
10 say. Give everything in the Tenti
Good" 1t takes a good man to dt
that.
Men are fine for girls; they don
m nd a little pfquancy and pleasantly
See you later" Have you turned on
in June" are received with smiling
submission. A woman might put {
stop to this flow of eloquence.
Men have regard for the health d
girls, too. One hours home study 4
sufficient for a girl who needs outdoor
exercise to the extent of one bal
game per day, and mental recreation
to the extent of one moving pictuc;
show per night.
Men encourage them to use the
vocal organs. They become 50 ex
pert that they can say 'Fesser'' av
cry minutes in the day loud enough
to he heard all over the buildins
without any show of weariness at th'
close of the session.
A woman would lose her breaf
telling them 10 stop.
Men are still finer for boys. Boys
become quite skilled as pugil. SITS un
der their instruction. Some boys cal
even out box the sFessers," and are
much truer with rocks. A lady with Z
switch is a tame affair after one o
these bouts. A boy would get sorry
for her and take switching out O.
pure magnanimity.
Boys also take care of their healI
under mans regime, no midnight
oil" when "Fesser" generously do.
mates a good" at the end of the month
for each lesson.
II is so easy to get out of a build
ing under "Ferrer's" surveillance, g
whoop and a jump from the landing
to the bottom of the stairway, and
Johnny is goge Not right left
right. left, left, right" under Miss
C's critical eye.
Well, the mothers of Americus dom
think 50 mach Of t y new High
School building as The fathers 40
they would like to have a few lad es
around.
They think the men are too inno-
cent to be left alone with their girls;
forty of them lifted their voices II
sad lamentation and supplication tc
the Board of Education to leave q
few guardian angels in the Americus
High School for the protection %
the gold bricks; but the board witt
faith equal to the Lee county farmer
who paid 81 900 for one, turned a dea
ear and said:
''To Furlow School with your guard
ian angels; let them take care of thu
small fry Rees Park High Schoo
building was erected for the lord
of creation, not the ladies"
A Friend of the Girls.