The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-03-02


On Thursday we were honored by
distinguished visitors. Pres. J. E.
Turner, of the school board. in a
splendid talk introduced Mrs. LYMAN
]. Amsden, of the State Federation of
Woman's Clubs in Atlanta, who gave
us an extemporaneous address on her
work which is in the organization of
Junior Civic Leagues. 1t being the
anniversary of the birth of George
Washington, the keynote of her
speech was patriotism which is loyal
ty to nation, city or school,
Our loyalty to the nation is ex-
pressed by honoring the flag, and by
showing patriotism in many other
ways. Loyalty to, or patriotism for,
city and school may best be express
ed by what we DO FOR them. Be-
fore we reach the age to give our aid
by the ballot or by serving faithfully
in public Offices we can be of service
most effectively by taking part in
some such work or movement as the
Junior Civic League. The name Ju-
Nor, she explained, referred not only
to the children, but to those of High
School age as we'll. We are not too
big to be useful until we are at least
past eighteen.
Mrs, Amsden told lis also interest
ing "reminiscences of her trip to Can
ada during the war time. Every one
in Canada is doing something tangi-
bic for their country in its time of
need. Although we are not at war,
no one can say that Our nation and
our city is not badly IN need of some
kind of Civic Work. ea,M ID M
In her talk Mrs. Amsden asked the
school to do something to help make
our city more beautiful, if nothing
more than cleanup week parade.
We can certainly do that much to
help ourselves and if the Woman's
Club and faculty will cooperate to
give us LEADERS we will help.
The baseball training season has be-
gun. Every afternoon this week has
been devoted to warming up and
little preliminary practice. 1t is re-
grettable, but fact, that in the eff
fort to "show off" several of our pros
pective stars have acquired "charleys"
but in the course OF the next week
they will be in good trim.
The baseball schedule will include
games with Ashburn, Hawkinsvile.
and probably Cordele High Schools
and with the Tifton Aggies Other
games may be scheduled We have
good material for dandy team and
WITH SUPPORT the nine will out
class the basket ball five
Supt. Ricketson is attending the an
rual meeting of the National Associa-
ton of school superintendent at Kan
sas City, Mo. We expect him back in
the next day or two when he will take
all active part in conjunction with
Prof. Stringer, in training the debat-
ing team to grind out some winning
speeches.
Friday morning Supt. Ricketson read
some interesting statistics about the
actual money value of a good school
and college education. Another in
teresting fact is that the State of
Georgia and the city of Fitzgerald
pays nearly dime day for each pu-
pill attending the Fitzgerald Schools
Of course, the expense for high school
pupils is above the average, probably
a quarter of dollar per day, per pu-
pill
The school plays given by the stu
dents Thursday netted nearly sixty
cold iron men for the school. These
sixty simoleons will be used to plug
= any financial holes left after the term
is over, athletics or literary.
We would like to say whole lot
about those school plays Thursday
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