The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-11-10
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
By SIG SOLOMON.

After a month Overtime" vacation,
due to the FLU, P. H. S. threw
open her doors last Monday to an I'M
patient student body, numbering $40.
This is a record-breaking attendance
for the High, and proves that much
greater Importance is attached to
high school education than was for
merly the case In fact, we can recall,
only a few years ago, when the Junior
class consisted of but one member.
and there was no Senior in existence.
Look at us today-the Senior class
Boosting of 73 members, and the Jun
iors having a much larger class. Truly
the value of high school education
is rapidly being recognized in Pensa-
cola
The last term of P. H. s. was the
most successful all around year we
have ever experienced. Under the
leadership of Professor Rogers, and
with the hearty cooperation of the
faculty, such improvements as stu
dent government, debates with out
side schools and first-class dramatic
productions were begun. Athletics,
The Tattler and every other undertake
ing was carried to a successful conclu-
sion
This year, under the leadership Of
Professor Collier and with the hearty
cooperation of the faculty assured,
we hope to make this year even more
successful than last year. All the i'm
provements instituted last year will
be continued, and various others will
be tried out, chief among which will
be military training. Professor Col
lier is especially interested in debat-
ing, and many changes for the better
are being planned in this line of work.
The football season is well under way.
The TAFT officers have been elected
and almost all the remainder of the
organizations have begun to organize
Military Training.
At last military training has been
instituted in p. II. S. This is an i'm
provement the pupils and faculty
have been working hard to institute
will be for both boys and girls. but
will not be compulsory. 1--WE hope to
see it so by next year,
For equipment the boys have de-
cided on the regulation khaki U. 6.
army uniform and leggins with caps
and insignia to denote us from the
regular army. Shoes will not neces-
sarilv be regulation. Dummy rifles
will be used to begin with but as the
L. s. is considering providing rifles
to the High School Volunteer Corps
over the country, we hope to possess
the real article in the near future.
Practically the whole school is be-
hind this movement. The boys, under
the leadership of Prof Tyler fresh
from military training at Plattsburg.
assisted by McHenry Jones and John
Oerting, who spent the summer in
military training schools, have al
ready learned the rudiments of drill
ing. The officers of the corps will be
announced at an early date.
The girls. under Miss Beth Walton,
who has not been able to attend
school on account of sickness. will be-.
gin training as soon as Miss Walton
will be very soon.
Boys Athletics.
The BOYS Athletic association. Of
which every boy is a compulsory
held its first meeting about
two weeks ago. Officers were elected,
We're made for the foot
ball season and several important
matters We're disposed of. Since the
meeting football practices have been
held regularly at Maxent Park and riv-
airy for the teams is intense. There
will be two school teams, and the see
ond team, as well as the first, will
have opportunities to play outside
teams. Louis Creary is captain of the
team and Julian Olsen, Of the Y. NJ.
c. A.. coach. Although Handicapped
by the fact that many Of the larger
boys have gone to military training
schools, Coach Olsen says that we
have good material out for practice,
and with hard work, the team Will be
a winner.
The game with Palmer was post
poned by her. on account of the flu
and various other reasons, but other
dates have been arranged with her, /
as we'll as with Mobile High and with
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