Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1913-02-06
School Notes.

West Liberty High School again
(. comes to the readers Of the Cou..
rier with a message Of good cheer.
Good because we have an organ
lied band of real workers who are
trying to get out of school the
benefit for which they came here.
We now number 81 members in
our department and each one
counts for a real student. We
have the class work organized SO
that tits real pleasure to see the
young people in rapid strides do
ing the work they came to do
In addition to the class work
they have their literary work at
heart, and we feel that those who
came to witness their first effort
last Friday night will testify to
the fact that they made no mean
effort along that line. We wish
to thank the patrons of the school
for the very large audience that
you gave us last Friday night and
we assure you that we will be real
glad to have you come again when
we. give another programme
which will be Friday Night, Feb
ruary 21st.
1t is cur intention to give q
programme every month, but on
account Of some therwork which
has the right Of way the Is, we
give our next only three weeks
after the last but thereafter we
will give an entertainment once
each month. The other work
that has the right Of way the 28,
is a joint debate between.the Nor
NAL Literary Society and the High
School Literary Society. The
question is: Resolved that
America (meaning the United
States) will fall as other nations
have fallen" The High School
hfirms. The peakers on the af-
frmative are: Kelly Whit, By
ron, Cisco and Willie Sebastian;
the speakers on the negative are:
Willie Elan, H. B, Franklin and
Eddie Cantrill. This is an i'm
portant question and we feel sure
that these young men will produce
arguments worth hearing, and
, we take this opportunity to invite
all the schools friends to be pres
ent and hear the debate. 1t will
be an open session and if you will
come we will not charge you one
cent to hear it, and it is safe to
say that you will get 'yourmon-
ey's worth"
We have a little request to make
of the parents who live in town
for the benefit of the school; and
it is this: Don't allow any more
parties" aryour homes where
the students can waste an even
ing's work from their studies
during the working days of the
school. If the young folks want
to meet at your homes and have
a pleasant evening, and you feel
inclined to have them to do so, be
sure that the evening is either
Friday or Saturday when it will
not bieak into their class work.
If the West Liberty High School
is to build a reputation that will
appeal to the country people so
much that they will be induced to
send their boys and girls here to
school, it will have to doit on the
principal Of honest, hard work
with telling results and not on the
party" basis.
We want every young man and
woman who comes to our school
to;feel at home and satisfied. We
want them to enjoy themselves,
but not at the expense of their
studies. The school work must
stand, out first as an
inducement for patronage, and
the pleasure side must necessari-
ally be a side issue. The real
earnest student finds pleasure in
his work. And it is this phase OF
pleasure that we want them tC
seek most. The parents of the
town can help us materially by
refusing to allow any company OF
students to assemble at Their
homes for a good time when they
should be in their rooms prepar
ing lessons for next day as theii
parents sent them here to do,
We hope the people Of townwil
see their chance tohelp the schoo
nv granting our rpuunst and tho