The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-12-15
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:9f,s<- D.. Fl. IS. NOTES.
By Wilfred Binnings.


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Much interest is manifested in the
| competitive drill to take place at the
South Louisiana Fair grounds at 3
O'Clock tomorrow afternoon between
the cadet military companies of the
Reserve and Donaldsonville high
schools. The winning company viii
be awarded a handsome silver trophy
| cup,f now on exhibition in one of the
EshoWs> windows at the, .,X-Ray Phar-
! macy. The D. H S.. cadets will GO
| Through some rifle and setting-up ex-
lereisesi to add to the, program. Don't
forget that this is something out of
the ordinary, and goes, hand finland
with the patriotic spirit of the times.
2y: The principal has written to num-
Der of prominent citizens of the COM
munity inviting them to cooperate
with him in arranging a series of
talks on many important questions
relating to the school child's welfare.
He suggested that the talks be made
every other Friday in the D. III. S.
auditorium, in the morning, when gen.
eral assembly is held. Those invited
and the subjects suggested for them
to talk upon are as follows: DR.. J. S.
Thibaut, "The Importance of Form
ing Habits of Thrift While Young"
DIR. VIM. McGalliard, s'The Necessity
of Good Ventilation" DR.. e, K. Sims,
tsThe Importance of Physical Train
ing for Both Boys and Girls" DR.. P.
It. Thibodaux, Contagious and In
fictitious Diseases Among the School
'Children;' DR.. T. H. Hanson, "Per-
sonal Cleanliness" DR.. D. C. Brum-
field, "Flies and Mosquitoes as Car
riers of Disease" DR.. A. W. Martin,
Scare of the Eyes While Young"
Hon. Walter Lemann, tsThe Meaning
of Patriotism. = Speaker on '"tCare of
the Teeth to be secured. The first
of the series will be Hon. Walter Lee
mann on "The, Meaning of Patriot
ism The public is cordially invited
to hear these interesting and instruct
i've talks. a5aa;f.s..s f.z.. s-..-.E..
The present school month for the
public schools Of Ascension parish
will end Dec 21. The schools will
be closed then for the Christmas holt
days, which will extend until Monday,
Jan. z, 1918.35 ~na 5e4ya
AS was expected, the appointment
of an officer of the day has been pro-
ductive of excellent results. The
placing on the bulletin board of the
names Of pupils violating the laws Of
discipline Of the school has proved
very effective. Whenever the COD"
is near there is as good order as if a
teacher was among the pupils. One
of the most important duties Of the
officer is to preserve order in any
part of the school where it is neces-
sary. He is on duty from $3.50 a. m.
until .. m. He supervises the cere-
monies of reveille and retreat. At
the end of the day he makes out his
report and displays it on the bulletin
board. A list of the pupils chosen and
the day they are to serve as officer
of the day is, posted on the bulletin
board the week previous to the one
in which they are to act. The list for
the coming week is as follows: Mon
day, John Lark; Tuesday, Louis Cas-
so; Wednesday, Kline Sims; Thurs
day, Clyde Hazlip; Friday, Sam
Giambrone.
Due to the great preparations pc
ing made by the military company for
their drill, it was decided to post
pone until next Tuesday the meet
ing of. the literary society which was
to % have been held the past Tuesday.