The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-01-31
School News
STEWART F. GELDERS, EDroR


That Cordele basketball team comes
here to Fitzgerald Friday. 1t is said
that the team has been strengthened
| considerably since our victory two
weeks past SO hard fought game is
to be expected. We ought to get out
and root at this game as never before,
because if we win it it will put us in
line for claiming the Central Georgia
championship. We have as good a
cam as Cordele and we will certainly
beat them if the crowd shows enthu-
| siaSm.
The last game with Ashburn net
ted only $3.50. 1t is shame for :
town the size of Fitzgerald to give
such Indifferent support to their higl
school teams-especially when thu
school is such a good one and TIL
team is so good. The school ough
certainly to turn out as a unit and
the sport-loving populace of the city
should back them up. The admission
is only l5c and there should be a
thousand people at every game.
In the shop the FORCES Fhave been
equipped with collars which are Sup
posed to make them draw great deal
better. But the boys have energeti-
cally overcome this disadvantage and
the shop is fragrant with coal gas
as ever
Attention! Forward march. Hep,
hep, hep. Squad right! Left facet!
Companyzhalt! Right dress! Eyes
front! Attention Count off! One.
two, three four! And so it goes at
every recess period Captain Frazer
and Lieutenant PauIk are whipping
into shape the eager rockies in anti
cipation of the big parade Thursday
and again Friday--if we whip Cor
dele. They are showing form. at
least, or at last.
The debating CLUB held meeting
Friday night and continued the dis
cussion of the Persons Bill and ques-
tons arising therefrom. zach pros
pective contestant for place on the
debating team will be expected to
have his debate reavy by Thursday
night. at the next meeting, and pre-
liminary debate will take place in the
next two weeks.
There are eight boys in the debat-
ing club all of whom have expressed
their intention of trying out for the
team. Only four boys can be on the
team so the competition will be keen
and the prospects for first class rep
resentation at the district debate is
correSpondingly good.
The boys are making good use Of
of the expensive standards the Ath-
letic Association purchased We have
several boys who jump TOUR and half
feet and two or three who make the
five foot mark We have approx
mately three months in which to pre-
pare and it seems that by that time
the boys in the FIVE foot class could
raise their mark to five and a half.
They should bend every effort toward
that goal.
Monday morning the first program
OF the Literary circles was held for
this term. The first number was "Star
Spangled Banner" by the school.
Prayer offered by Superintendent
Ricketson.
odd Black Joe" by school.
Essay on Ivanhoe by Mildred Skin
ner.
Songs by the choir
Reading by Madeline Davenport.
Essay on Robert Burns by Ruby
Ezzell.
Songs by quartet composed Of Ha-
eel Jolley, Margaret Spiller, Kathleen
Ethridge and Dorothy Cass.
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The program was a good one al
though the debate and defamation
were missed.
The tennis court is being used reg
ularly. Miss Sims seems to be about
the best player.
The underground shot has lost its
six months coating OF rust and now
is highly palm polished. Prof. Strin-
ger and Dugas Frazer contest for
first honors in putting it.
The editorial staff of the Annual is
meeting frequently and making plans
for the magazine.