The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-12-13

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afternoon with the result that
four boys won them. Ebert
Murray won the only silver pin
awarded. Arthur Justice, Chas.
Fretwell and Lloyd Butler won
the bronze pin offered to the 9Th
grade. Because OF the lack of in
terest shown this time the con
test will be repeated later If a
sure enough field day meet had
been held instead of what they did
have, twenty or thirty boys would
have won honors. There has to
be imagination aroused and en-
thusiasm over anything to have
it be of value. However, it is not
too late for a field meet. Such
an affair will be of value untold
If it is held early enough.
The Reading and Defamation
circle met Wednesday afternoon
and got started in its work. That
circle will do its share i'll the sec
ond joint meeting to be held this
Friday
The tennis court is being finish
ed up and with some work and a
little money juliciously expended
it will prove a fine one. The
backstops have been put up and
the grass hood off the surface.
Prof. Stringer is doing most of
the work in constructing it.
Prof. Ricketson, Prof. Stringer
and Mr.. Benjamin are all first
rate tennis players and could form
the basis of a fine tennis club
which would do the school much
good.
Mrs. Heide, president of the
High School Parent Teachers AS
ISOLATION, was at school one morn
ing last week and delivered a
stirring address. She referred in
plain terms to the apathy and in
difference being shown by the
boys OF the school in regard to all
matters of Importance to the
school and to themselves as mem
bers. 1t was a splendid talk and
should be taken to heart by every
member of the school.
The specific purpose of her Wis
it was to get us to prepare for a
New Years Day program. On
the first day of the year there will
be game of basket ball by the
girls and probably one by the
boys. There will be talks by
graduates of the High School and
some prominent man will be fea-
tured on the program with an adj
dress. The purpose of the pro-
gram will be to raise a flag with
fitting ceremony. The flag pole
will be rugged and a new flag will
fly over the building henceforth.
This New Years Day program
is just the time for a track meet.
There is plenty Of time if we will
just get at it right with the proper
cooperation from those who have
the power to make or break any
High School activity. The worm
lis, no doubt, ready and willing to
turn, but whether or not it turns
in the right direction depends on
the head.
Mrs. Heide asked us to learn
the National Songs to sing at the
New Years day program. There
are about five of the prettiest
songs in the English language
which are considered National
and we should not only know how
to sing them but we should sing
at least one every morning. They
are all in the ''little brown book"
In commenting on Mrs. Heide's
address, Prof. Ricketson brought
out the points that we should
consider the school and all con-
nected with it in the possessive
case. We should think of it as
eve" and "ours" and not as
"they" and theirs"
Mrs. Brown has volunteered to
teach us to sing them. Let us re-
ward her efforts with enthusiasm,
at least.
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The Mothers Congress for the
state of Georgia meets here next
March. This is big thing for
the town as a whole and the
school especially IF we make the