Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-11-05
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GRAMMAR SCHOOL.

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You can say that the boys in the
Grammar school are not taking mil
itary training of you want to but 1
can say this much, that you are sadly
mistaken If you will come over and
look at the mat where the boys march
in, you will say yourself that you
we're mistaken. They keep the janitor
busy sewing it up and he turns out to
be a very good seamster.
Yesterday we boys took physical
culture, and Mr.. Smith made us march
time for about fifteen minutes and
when we wehe through we felt like
we had never taken physical culture
in our lives. We were tired.
We are now making post card al
buns in our art work We are lettering
the words, Post Cards." on the back,
and are using original designs. Some
of these books are going to be real
pretty, as we are going to make views
of Americas by cutting out different
colored paper.
This week we are kind of reviewing
because next week (Po' us) is exams.
And everybody's hair is tsanding on
edge
. We are now studying carbohydrates
i'll our domestic science work. We
cooked cream potato soup Wednesday
and rice Monday.
The 18th grades have at last received
the Current Events, and we've found it
to be fine little paper and would like
anyone else to join in with the sub
scriptions. The Current Events cost
40 cents year, but when the sub
scription comes in classes of 80 we
can get it for 20 cents, and would like
for anyone to join us. Every Monday
we have a reading lesson with our
Current Events.
This week the Grammar school had
several visitors. Among these were
Mrs. Scarborough, Mrs. Ned Sawyer,
Mrs. L. G. Council, Mrs Moreland,
Mrs. Yearwood, Mrs Chambliss, Mrs.
c. P. Davis, Mrs. Coleman and Miss
Smith.
Our flowers are still growing and
are getting prettier every DAY.
Friday the children were given day
to go to the fair at Macon, and those
who went on that day were excused,
but if we go on any other day we will
not be excused.
For the first time in our lives, we
know exactly now how the President
of the United States is elected We
found out by reading Current Events.
We have clipped out the article and
will pass it on to you:
Strictly speaking, the people do
not vote for President, but for body
Of men called electors to whom the
Constitution intrusts the duty of
choosing both President and Vice
President The whole body of electors
(called the electoral collegeO is
equal in number to the Senators and
Representatives in Congress. In fact,
the electoral college was intended to
be special Congress, created once in
four years for the sole purpose of
choosing a President and Vice-Presi-
dent. The electoral college never
meets like the real Congress, however.
The electors of each state meet in their
own state They vote, and send the
result of their vote, sealed, to Wash
ington by messenger. All the cleo
toral votes are opened and counted in
tie presence of both Houses of Con-
gress. Let us take Iowa as an ex-
ample. That state has two Senators
ard eleven Representative in Con-
gress; therefore it has 10 electoral
votes and chooses 10 electors. Some
time before November each party in
Iowa dominates thirteen true and
tried partisans of it's own side, all of
Whcm are pledged, if elected to vote
for the national candidate of their own
party. Each voter in Iowa with a
few scattering exceptions) votes for
all of the 10 electoral candidates of
his own party Let us suppose that
the 10 Republicans or Hughes candi-
dates get the most votes in that state
November 7. The state is then said to
have voted for Hughes, and its entire
10 oIaoforo1 ,yOtas ara at onpn counta,1