The Delta independent., 1917-12-07

attended the Delta schools regardless
of whether he has graduated from the
grade school or the High School. The
plan is to include rather than exclude.
in order to do this we need phot-
ograph, in uniform, if possible, the full
branch of service. rank, place of train
ing, whether actively engaged, and il
so, where. and when such as date of
sailing for France, etc. and the full
names of both parents, together with
any additional information which can
be given
Mr.. Ray has offered to enlarge the
picture of our boys to a uniform size
and color at his own expense. The
High School Manual Training class is
going to make the frames. The fin
ished pictures will be hung in the
assembly room of the High School.
where they will be permanent rec
ord of our country's defenders.
Your cooperation in this under
taking is most earnestly desired If
pou have any suggestions or questions
we would be glad to hear them.
please send all pictures or COM
munications to me. as Mr.. Homberger
has asked me to look after the pre-
liminaries of this work.
Military Drill.
A J. Foster, Director.
AT the opening of the second quar-
ter the boys of the High School will
be divided into squads for purpose OF
military training The training will
consist of the regular army setting
UP exercises, squad and company
drills in marching and company FORM
alton. The aim is to provide sys-
TEN of drills that will remedy some of
the physical defects the boy may now
have.
Girls Athletics.
Virginia Crisenberry Director; Glad
VS. Fisher, Jesse l. Howard Winifred
Wonders
Along with the physical develop
of spirit of cooperation in team
work and the desire for fair play
brought out in all athletic contests.
These are all to be desired in the girl
as well as in the boy and, recognizing
this. We have tried to introduce as
many forms of athletics as possible
among the girls in the Delta High
School.
Basket ball holds an important pos
ition and inter-class games, as well as
inter-class school games, are sched-
hed. Last spring a tennis club and a
hiking club were both organized and
the majority of the girls are thus en-
abled to take part in one of the three
forms of athletics.
The hiking club showed the mean
ing of its name in the record the MEN,
bers made in real hiking not stroll
ing. Once month a special feature
is introduced. such as a wiener fry.
all-day hike, etc.
Boys Athletics.
John w Neutze, Director.
Delta High School has always oc-
cupied a prominent place in all inter.
high school athletic contests. Last
year our basket ball team won the
championship of the Western Slope
Conference.
During the fall our athletes gener-
ously substituted harvest work. for
the usual foot ball practice. The mat
ter that is giving Mr.. Neutze and his
athletes chief concern is suitable
hall for basket ball games. Thus far
they have failed to find a hall of suf-
ficient size.
The chief athletic event thus far
was the Freshman-Junior VS. Sopho-
more-Senior football contest played
Thanksgiving afternoon on our ath-
letic field. The contest ended in
42-to o victory for the Senior Sopho-
more aggregation. The closing scenes
of this event were enacted at the
Perkins restaurant where the losing
team treated the winners to turkey
dinner All starred in the final scenes
and some reported too full'' for ut
terance at next days class work.
Playground Apparatus.
Upon our playground will be found
giant strides, flying rings, horizontal
bars, see-saws and swings. Dumb
bells and Indian clubs are provided
and will be employed on school camp
us in suitable weather