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The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-05-06
ATHLETIC SUM MARY.
BY Ernest Taylor.

Just as a boy and girl is prone 10
look back on the heroes of the Greeks
and those OF the Romans, so the boys
and girls are prone to look back with
pride to the boys that have led Cor
dele to victory in the basket ball field
and on the track We look back upon
them as our own heroes, not as Greeks
and Romans. When the names OF
such a renown athlete as John Stro-
zier is mentioned you see the boys
price up their ears and say with en-
phass that John Stroller came from
their town; when one speaks of Ed
ward Stallings you hear them say,
wasn't he some good jumper; man,
think of nineteen feet and seven inch
es. Tell me that was not some jump"
And so the same is said about all
boys who take an active part in the
Athletic events of the school. 1t
is my purpose to summarize in meas
ure the athletic events of the last
four years of Cordele High school.
In the school year of 1913 and 1914,
the basket ball team was weak. 1t
was weak for several reasons which
it may be well to mention here. First,
they were not heavy enough to cope
successfully with the foreign boys;
second, they were inexperienced in
the game.
But with Mr. w. L. Bryan as our
coach we were able to come through
the year with a five hundred percent
average, playing only two games.
First came up was old Hawkinsville.
in this game the line up for Cordele
was: Eddie Patterson, r. F.; Ernest
Taylor, L. F.; John Stroller G.; Ed
ward Stallings, r. G.; Homer Bartee,
L. G.. Barsh Fielder and Hilyer King,
substitutes. Score: Hawkinsville IS,
Cordele 8.
Our next game was with Leslie,
a bunch OF country lads greeted us
IL w
to beat you" But alas, the tables
were turned and the game was won
for Cordele. For a good while the
game was in doubt as the. score stood
10 to 10 at the end of the second half
A prize of dollar was offered by Mr.
Bryan to the Cordele boy who shot
the winning goal, and as we had not
seen so much money in years we were
all anxious to be the winner. The
game progressed and Eddie Patterson
rang a goal which won the victory
for Cordele and the prize for himself.
The boys who were in these formi-
dable conflicts also brought honor to
Cordele in the district meet bringing
second honor home from all the va
rious schools in the district.
1e14-1915.
Everything was bright for a good
year in both the basket ball field and
on the track. The basket ball
season being opened in Hawkinsville,
where the Cordele team was defeated
by a score of IA to 10. However a
good record for the year was made,
the Cordele boys winning five out OF
the eight games played. The line
up for the year was; Edward Stal-
lings, R. G.. Homer Bartee, L. G.; |
Hilyer King, c.; Ernest Taylor L. F.;
Eddie Patterson, r. F.; Gladstone
Fleming, substitute.
Cordele was even stronger on the
track than on the basket ball field,
winning a place in every event. -Four
first places, two second places, and
one third place were won by the Cor
dele boys at the High school meet.
Besides bringing home all the hon
ors the boys also brought home a
spirit that was to make them win in
the ensuing year.
(To be continued.)
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-05-06
Tcachino Mother.
University Items.

Teaching Mother.
Melvin had just returned from college.
His education was evident in his ev-
er yremark and mother appreciated
it.
Mother, shall | eXtinguish the
Hght?" he asked his mother the first
night
"Why, now, what do you mean?'
she asked.
Chat means, shall l put the light
out" he said.
ooh, surely, my SON"
The next morning he asked: "Moth-
er. May | read you a narrative?"
"Why. what does that mean?' ask
ed the mother
simply that ! would like to read
you short tale" answered Melvin,
"surely, read it," answered the
mother .
That night at reception a dog
ran into the room, and the good moth
err said: "NelYin, please catch the
dog by the narrative and eXtinguish
him!"
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-05-06

"PUSH ON"
BY jamie MatI1AWs.

Just at This time Of the year when
there viii be few boys and girls
leaving high school sto begin their FL
ture careers, we think that it is very
appropriate to discuss the necessity of
choosing their career.
Il is very seldom that We see boys
and girls trained along natural lines
SO that they may develop the power
of self expression. Their natures are
twisted and bent by being compelled
to do things, instead OF being led by
any desire
The normal hey or girl, if properly
trained will not have to be compelled
to do things It is only natural that
their minds should long for activity
and expression But il This activity
is crushed by con:pulsion, ambition
my be ruined and self expression
lost. Any dog trainer will tell you
that it is harder to drive a dog to do
thing than to encourage him and
let him do il Of his own free will.
A dog can't be bullied and be worth
anything. So with children. Many
children are daily being spoiled and
ruined because they have been nagged
at and bullied for every little fault.
Encourag cement, praise, and sympa-
Thy do more to deyeIop naturalness
and self expression in a child than
any amount of compulsicr or restraint
can dc. Some parents try to make
the child fit a certain mold, rather
than make the mold fit the child. Give
The child room for individuality;
study him from the standpoint Of
what he is He may rot fit the mold
but he VIII be greater than your mold
could possibly make him. tt is the
easiest thing in the world to crush
the grit" cut OF a boy, 10 kill his
ambitions and to ruin his interest.
Many a smear has ruined a career.
The genius that sleeps in q child, Of
ten requires very little to develop it,
yet, little Encouragement may crush
it forever. Many a boy has been a
failure and bitter disappointment to
his people because they never en-
couraged~ him, never praised him. lie
became discouraged and dishoarten-
ed when a little help might have saw
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-05-06
QUIZ COLUMN.

1. What are you reading these
columns for?
2. Does your reading enlighten you
in any way?
8. DO you get any real value from
what you read?
4. Is there any information obtain
ed from the various departments and
editorials?
5. There are two ways to read an
item-right and wrong.
(a) Do you read them right?
CD. Do you read them wrong?
6. Is it as easy to read right and
enlighten your mind with what you
read and become informed as to the
c2pability of the writer as it is to
amuse yourself by passing your time
away by glancing over not only these
editorials, but others and getting moth
ing whatever?
T. Does your opportunity to read
editorials strike you as beneficial or
detrimental?
8. What kind of reading material
appeals 10 you? Editorials or tickle,
degrading and sickening novels?
9. Do you catch the drift of these
questions?
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-05-06
CHAMBER.
Ey Glover McArthur.

The old Chinese Saying that "a lie
las no legs and cannot stand" does
not make allowance for the fact that
most lies have good strong wings and
can do a greet deal Of damage before
they ever hit earth. This accounts to
some degree for the mysterious rapid
itv with which scandal is spread, for
fI,ev sre sometimes spread so rapidly
that we are disposed to doubt what
The scientists tell us about light traV-
cling faster than sound and it seems
that the sound travels the faster OF
the two, and the faster il travels the
greater ii grows.
There are two kinds Of SANDER
man either deliberately ISLANDERS an
other or he ISLANDERS him by spread
ing something he has heard without
knowing it to fact and even add
ing to it. For instance: Adam Failure
tells Wussun Useless that John lien
~ is sick; Wussen Useless tell !
Calcium that John Henry is very
sick; !. Calcium tells that John
Henry is about to die; and next we
hear Of it, John Henry is dead. II
you would go ana ask John Henry
about It he had d bad cold. Of course,
in this case it was not SANDER, but it
only shows what a little eXageration
will cause. Of these two kinds Of
SANDER, we have more respect for the
former.
We should be very careful about
telling things which we 90 not know
to be the truth, for unbridled tongues
have caused as much trouble as the
irish "home rule" question, and the
girl, or the boy, the man or the woman
who ISLANDERS his or her neighbor will
certainly reap what has been sown.
We should stick to the truth, and be
sure that a report is true before we
tell some one else and tell them not to
tell, for they will tell everybody else
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-05-06

hattie of life with the left hand only,
or with one hand tied; rowing against
VI "-''1
an irresistible current
DO not jump from one occupation
IN another 1t is the most foolhardy
thing to do to throw away all the
skill that has been gained in some
business and enter some other when
has no inducement whatever beyond
the mere advantage Of little more
salary for the time being young pe0-
n1e should remember that as rule
fhe work which rewards in the future
which gives the greatest opportuhl-
ties requires the longest apprentice
shin and offers the smallest remuner-
alton at the beginning. The habit OF
moving about from enc job to an0ther
is fatal to both moral and material
advances. 1t disentergrates the char
acter. destroys concentration and Kills
enthusiasm. Many tramps and the
vast army Of 'haye beens" and might
have beens" are composed Of these
drifters. II a man is going to amount
to ANYTHING in any vocation he must
he master Of it, He must know 1t
through and through. No man can
serve two masters; neither can he
serve two vacations. What grand
thing it is to make life OF just one
niece to feel the completeness and
the wh0Iesomeness. Don't be a jack
at-alI-trades and good for nothing.
In finding your vocation do not
silt your mind, dot not fatten the peck
ct book at your minds expense. There
are very few peole who live well
rounded lives. Nature gives US fac
uitiee and expects us to use them. IL
We do not she will take them from
lis and give them to some enc who has
use fer them. So many men and wo-
men lei? to use the gift that would
bless other lives as we'll as their
own. There are men who live but
half alike who stay in the kitchen
Of life and never go into the parlor
to get the sun and beauty of COM
nlete lives.
A passion to develop and to grow
is Characteristic of ali great souls.
The man of today is measured by his
power to grow to become large, broad
er and noD.cr. Yet, we find men ana
women at tie sac OF thirty who be
yin to- fall behind. They put a limit
10 their capacity of growth. New
movements, new systems OF business
and larger conceptions Of life do not
apneal to them. There is no further
grcwti for them; they have reached
their goal and have ceased to grow.
"Fcrward," is the bugle of the
twentieth century. The young man
or woman. or the old man Or woman,
who has ceased TO grow is to be pitt
ed. Life holds nothing more for
either.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-05-06

ed him. With Marden we say, Cove
is the sun OF the human world which
draws out and encourages the young
struggling plant. Harshness is the
, nipping frost which destroys them"
! Net only must child have right in
rIuences from his home folks but he
must have proper surroundings. In
0lnar words. one may go through life
with very strong tendencies unde-
voloJe3 because Of the lack of stimu-
| Iauts II ones surroundings.
A &irI living in a country town may
| / ave real musical talent, yet, the
fact that she never has the opportuni-
" to her great singers, to attend the
opera or 30 have a good teacher may
cause her 10 waste her faculty alto
gether. The result will be that she
will marry some country boy and set
Tie down without amounting to any
Ching. In ether words, environment
arnoala 10 the different faculties,
stimulates them, an tends 10 develop
item.
Another great tragedy in choosing
a career. is the fact that many peo-
ME stumble into their yocations by
accident rather than by deliberate
choice. You should not drift into d
vocation, any more than you would in
to marriage. Choosing a pursuit is a
very serious business; to make delib-
crate choice you must, work out that
thing that God hath wrought in you"
II you DO not have chart for your
abilities, Won can at least look and
see in what direction your sentences
lie. II makes all the difference in
success and failure, between happi-
ness and Indebtedness, whether you
choose and follow the career which
will develop your strength. No one
would like to go through life showing
only the weakest points Of his Voca-
ton. Every one wishes to hold up
10 the world his best, his strongest
# a man does not have an absorb
ing interest in his calling and if it
does not appeal to him naturally he
has no business in that business.
Oh boys! Oh girls! do not let sal
airy tempt you! How many have been
in that dangerous position? Especial
Iy college graduates are side-track-
ed By the CLEAN Of this salary. 1t is
every mans duty not only to himself,
but also to his Creator to use every
Cher in him TO get into his right
place. Re owes it to himself and his
Maker to fit himself to get into his
special line as soon as possible, The
Creator did not make giant brains
to be used in Dygny vacations. He
did not make a Lincoln to DO the work
Of an ordinary clerk nor q Webster
to keep school" At first many young
people cannot tell where their
strength lies But IL is for them to
keep on trying until they do find out;
not to do this will be Fighting the
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-05-06

Continued on page g.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-05-06

History-Janie Mathews.
Poes-Florence Allen.
Lamentation-Mary Bivins.
Glass Dia gnoss--Willie Belle Todd
A. clamatiOn-Ernest Taylor.
Testor-Clyde Smith.
Prophet-Frances Winfree.
Quite a number Of pupils were in
Albany Memorial Day. Among them
were Efie Wilson, Russell and Robert
Harris, Emily Webster and Emma
Maddox.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-05-06

in town not to tell, and if it proves to
be untrue we have been the chief one
to blame We should even be careful
not to exagerate. AS the father said
to his little boy who declared that he
had just seen an elephant as big as
barn, Haven't I told you million
times not to exagerate?"
To sum UP all, let us be careful lest
we perbulate on the supberbs OF the
verge OF veracity.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-05-06
tiarrogate, Tennessee,
Wants Aviation School.

Harrogate, Tenn, April Colin
coin Memorial University here has APP
Piled to the war department for the
location of aviation school here for
training students. Laboratories are
being enlarged and courses revised
to Include training in chemistry for
munition making and electrical work
for field service and military drilling
has been inaugurated.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-05-06
- - = : - : =
EXCHANGE,
By Alice Whipple
IS County Schools Hold

Wilkes County Schools Hold
First Meet.
Washington, Ca, April 3O--The first
meet Of Wilkes county schools was
held at the east Georgia fair grounds
here Friday, with between a thousand
and fifteen hundred school children
taking part in the field day exercises.
There was shown much enthusiasm
and school spirit in the various CON
tests. Though the first of its kind to
he held, q greater meet is planned
when contests in literary ability will
be staged as we'll as athletic feats.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-05-06

Boys girls Of Georgia! The world
is hungry and is going to be more
and more hungry-unless we raise
food We want to help them.
Remember what Jesus said: Come
ye blessed Of my Father, for I was a
hungered, and ye gave me meat"
This is the message that l bring
4 message angels fain would sing. !"
Feed Hungry World.-University
Items.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-05-06

To the School G!iiS OF Georgia.
Upon you rests some Of the respon-
sibility Of the production of food sup
nlies necessary to feed the people Of
the south and at the same time enable
Tie south aid in feeding American
t,oops ana their European allies on
the battle linz. You can help in the
production of garden, orchard and
poultry products. There are so many
garden crops that you can yet plant
that VIII provide so much for your ia
bles during the coming summer.
You can see that no fruit from the
orchold is allowed to waste for lack
Of someone 10 look after it.
You can also double in the number
of poultry now on your yards or farm.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-05-06
o the school Boys of Georgia.

TO the school Boys of Georgia.
President Wilson has called each
school boy of the nation to do his part
in helping produce foodstuffs to feed
the armies and the people and there
by help win the war against the Kais-
or. He asks each Of you the question,
"What are you going to do?" Every
1atriotfc boy with red blood in his
veins will do something.
University Items.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-05-06
ERSONALS.
By Sara Stroller.

The elevnth grade has completed
the arrangements for commencement
President proclamation-Sar Hyde.
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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1917-12-14

Sic untcrSccbnpt. WeIabr
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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1917-12-14

Gerihtet mar bis slm gblali ocS
Srmins. fiir peldlen cr ermdblt NOR.
Den mar, allBcrbalb Fortuaals lei.
nen @o5iliib nebmen niub.