The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-01-08


condition now it was month
ago MI it needs to make it
ready for business is the wire on
one backstop and two posts for
the net. There have been many
pleasant days in the past two
weeks which were just right ior
tennis. We hope to be ready
when the next spell of warm
weather sets in.
How about organizing a tennis
club ? The exercise is the best in
the world
1t would look good to see more
boys out ior basket ball practice.
Most OF the best players are pref
ty regular at practice but we
need more boys to make things
hum.
Friday the one-session plan'was
adopted in the high school on ac-
count OF Jupiter Pluvius.
Friday very regrcttable thing
happened in the chemistry class.
Some thoughtlcss or malicious
student mixed hydro-chloric acid
with a sulphide (some chemicals
OF that kind) producing an effect
very repugnant to the olfactory
nerves. Until the details became
known to the school as a whole,
the popular opinion was that a
German dirigiblc had GOT lost
and was unloading gas bombs.
Friday night the Debating club
held its first meeting for the year
1917 and thoroughly discussed
the subject of school taxes as en-
braccd in the Persons Bill before
the legislature of Georgia. Seven
members were present. Prof,
Stringer had a list of references
on the subject obtained from the
Federal bureau of education and
a number of pertinent bulletins
and books were selected to be or
dered. When they come the real
work on the debates will start.
Prof. Stringer announced his plan
for selecting debaters. The two
teams will be OF three men each,
two principles and one alternate.
About one month from the dis
trict contest and about five weeks
from today each boy who intends
trying out will deliver his speech
before chosen Judges and SIX
places will be awarded. These
six men will then form a sort of
council and the teams will be cho-
sen by mutual agreement. Each
team will then write its debate.
with advice from the other The
affirmative debates at home and
the negative against which ever
town is assigned. The triangles
have not yet been formed but will
be made known early in the
spring.
There is yet room for about
three bright boys ON the debating
club. Since there are only seven
on it now, only one will be drop
ped from the teams to represent
us. With this many chances more
boys should try out. Debating is
not SO very hard and large mum
Der should be willing to try it.
We ought to have a name for
Our debating club. Lanier, Ste
vensonian, Platonian, Athonian,
Forum, Tribunal, Lincoln. Web
ster, Ciceronian, or any of a thou
sand others would make a good
name.
All those who take Latin or
French seem highly pleased with
Miss Jones, from their first i'm
preston at least. We hope that
she will take the same interest in
school affairs, outside of books
that her predecessors Of former
years have taken.
From the enthusiasm shown il
the current Events classes OF
Mrs. Browns history department
it is one of the most valuable re-
citations held. In the genera
discussion some very remarkable
views are brought forth, remark
able if nothing else. The train
ing in eXtcmporaneous speaking
is secondary in value only to the
very necessary knowledge Of
world happenings which would
probably not be gained otherwise
than at the Current Events class
Miss McElreath says that al
though the grades of the math-
metics classes were fully up t
the average, she is not satisfied
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