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


throughout the state good or bad,
is the time where the real school
spirit counts.
At meeting of the Athletic
Association Monday morning it
was decided to accept the offer
of the Ashburn High School to
play games on the 18th and 10Th
of y January. Two games will be
arranged with Cordele and also
two with Hawkinsville. We will
get rather late start but with
plenty of material to form good
scrub, should be able to put up a
stiff fight.
The first basketball game OF
the season will be played Thurs
day night against the town team.
The Baptist church court will
probably be the scene of the CON
t1ict.
The program for the second
JOINT meeting of the literary cir
cles is longer than the first and
will be even better by reason that
more time has been devoted to
preparation. The program will
be given Friday morning, begin
ming at $50, and patrons of the
school are invited to attend. The
program will have the following
numbers but will be rearranged f.:
Defamation by VIII Frazer.
Selected reading by Miss Paul
inc Goldenberg
Piano Solo by Miss Mildred
Shafcr.
Vocal Solo by Miss Dorothy
Cass,
Essay by Miss Sarah McDon-
J aid.
/ Debate on the subject, Resolved
That the Government Should
Grant Ship Subsidies, in Which
the Affirmative will be Upheld by
Robert Ricketson and Harold
Kassewitz and the negatives by
Stewart F. Gclders and Ralph
Cohen.
| Vocal selection by the Choir.
The Senior Class girls were
hostesses at breakfast" for the
High School faculty at noon Mon
day. An elaborate breakfast was
served in courses by Misses The
da Tisdel, Lillian Leath and Lucy
Whitley, i'll the sewing room.
The menu was: Fruit. Cereal,
Beef Steak, Cream Potatoes,
Waffles, Coffee and Toast. Those
enjoying the spread were Mrs.
Howe, Mrs. Brown, Miss Sims,
Miss Nc Elreath, Miss Arnold and
Messrs. Stringer and Benjamin.
The second meeting of the de
batting circle was held Monday
night and in spite of the fearful
heavens, a majority of the mem
bcrs were present. The boys dis
cussed ship subsidies and the
Persons bill for changing the sys-
tenn OF school taxation. The next
meeting will be in January at
which time several new members
Will be present.
This week is revue week and
next comes the scrni-hnal-cx-
examinations. All the
teachers are assuring us that they
are not going to try to make it
hard for us and thai we all ought
to pass, but
A subject for natural history
study even more interesting than
ticks IS COWS, in fact, ticks are in
some instances contained in COWS
There are numerous varieties of
cows, some noted for their splen-
did milk, some for the large per
centage of butter fat, and some
for their lack Of fat of any kind.
The average COW of South Geor-
gia IS a prize winner in the latter
class. However, it seems that
they will soon lose even that dis
tlnctlOn as our rural neighbors
arc preparing for revolt against
King Cotton and will use cows as
a weapon for the prosecution of
the rebellion. Even the 42-centi-
meter guns are considered huge
in other kinds Of warfare, a COW
OF that girth makes very poor
showing. Cows arc used for va
rious purposes. AT one time they
they were considered very fine for
motive power but that was pre-
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