The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-12-06

"A motto was chosen which is ex-
ceedingly appropriate thus far
and we hope its sihnihcance will
be borne out in the future: Thru
Trials to Triumph" Pink and
Green were chosen as colors and
pink clrysanthemum as the class
flower. President Ruby Ezzell
presided.
The Senior Class was invited to
attend the reception for the Tha-
llans at the Carnegie Hall Friday
but due to some misunderstand-
ing the invitation was not given
before the class as whole and
but part of the class attended.
We certainly appreciate the hon
or, nevertheless.
Thursday was gala day, being
both holiday and carnival, day.
Con e Kennedy shows and shot
guns ran a close race for prime
popularity. Some were disap-
pointed because we didn't have
Friday also, but, as we have said
before, Fitz-EIi has it work cut
out for it and can't afford to let
minor things cut into the princi-
pal purposes.
The High School PARENT Teach
rs Association met in the Study
all Friday afternoon at $50.
n,V High school pupils ever stay
ese meetings, although they
open meetings and the stu
Is are more than welcome. If
would stay once in a while
I 4 would learn something valu-
s..Jle and also enjoy yourself. We
can hardly pull with the Associa-
zion unless we know what they
doing. Had a larger number
students stayed TO meetings,
would have had big doings
lnksgiving day and no one
shld be worrying about where
Se are going to get basketball
is.
The fnid-year semi-hnal exami-
ltions will be held at the end of
lis month instead of the usual
monthly tests. According to the
announcement these will be ''prct-
~ exhaustive" and also no doubt /
pretty exhausting.' We have
;overed an unusual amount of
sk in nearly all branches and
E sxams will show just how
4 han stayed with us.
Prof. Stfinger has purchased a |
new SET of basket ball goal posts
and goals and new basket ball |
Ne now have three courts on the |
tmpus, one for the girls and two |
the boys. Thus thirty people
rau participate in match games
at the same time.
The boys held their first basket
ball practice Monday afternoon
and most of the best players and |
a few Of the second best turned |
out What we need in this prac-
ice is all the best and very |
4rge number of second best. 1t |
3 the second best" which devel-
ops the others into winning
team. If we could have a first
squad of ten men and a second |
string of at least twenty, our bas-
sketball average would recoup the
failure OF our football efforts.
Girls basketball is getting its
are Of interest. Miss Sims is
keeping the girls in fine shape and
they will do their share in the first
game they play. They have one
of the finest courts in the section
and should be good players with
the practice they are getting.
They have games in view for six
or eight towns around here.
An interesting subject is the
study Of ticks. There are so many
different species and so many
.ngs connected with them. |
ks are among the useless para
les Of life, the only tick which
: a necessity being the bed tick,
which makes mattresses possible.
Since medieval times the danger
from ticks has been realized and
the first legal measures were pass
ed against them during the reign
81 the Plantagenets, Later on in
England Bloody Mary did further
Scod work toward the eradication
0f the hairy ticks. That species
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