The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-03-14
PARIS HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.

PARIS HIGH SCHOOL NOTES,
Miss Helen Bannister. director of
athletics at; the Paris High School, is
perfecting plans, for the first High
Schools girls basketball tournament
even held in Central Kentucky. Miss
Bannister is endeavoring to arrange
program of basketball events, to
take place in the local Y. M. C. A.
gymnasium during the week.
II Miss Bannister's plans are per-
fected the following High Schools
will be represented in the tourna-
ment: Winchester, Maysville, Mich
olasville, Versailles, Frankfort, Law
renceburg, Georgetown, Midway.
Lexington and Paris. Suitable
awards, the exact nature of which
has not yet been determined, will be
given the winning team by the Paris
High School Athletic Association.
Miss Bannister is graduate Of
the New Haven, Conn, Normal
School of Gymnastics, and since she
became connected with the Paris
High School faculty she has succeed:
ed in stimulating considerable inter-
est in athletics among the girl stu
dents.
In order to stimulate interest in
the study of Latin, Miss Elizabeth
Rolf, teacher of Latin in the Paris
High School, is making arrange
ments to have a professor of that
language from each Of the nearby
colleges in Kentucky to give a lect-
ure to her class once a, week. The
first lecture in the course was given
by DR.. T. B. Mccartney, Dean of
Pennsylvania College, of Lexington.
1t is felt that by emphasizing the
value of Latin in later life the stu
dents will take it in study in prefer
ence to vocational or scientific
courses.
Prof. Lee Kirkpatrick, the effici-
ent Superintendent Of the Paris
schools, has been elected president Of
the Kentucky Students Association
of Columbia University, in New York,
Prof Kirkpatrick will leave June /
for New York to study during the
summer, and will finish his work
for the Master Degree at Columbia
University.
The campaign for two thousand
books to be added to the High School
library is progressing very favorably,
and the students who have been So
Letting the books have met with
great success. The children of the
school are soliciting such books as
one can spare from their library, and
these works will be placed in the
school library for use by all the stu
dents during their spare time. The
classics, books on poetry and works
of that class will be greatly appre-
ciated by the children and will prove
of great value to them. Large book |
cases. to take care of the books con-
tributed will be placed in the hall I'M
second story of the High School
building, and the students will have
access to these at all times.
In order to enable the school teach
ers of Bourbon county to comply
with an act of the Legislature re-
quiring them to pass-an examination
on agriculture so as to be eligible. to
teach in the State after July 1, the
Paris High School has arranged to
give a free course in this subject be-
ginning March Is and lasting ten
weeks. y-1-
Those. who enroll in the class will
meet-in, the Paris High School build
ing at $3.50 O'Clock Saturday morn
ings and the class will last for two
hours. Teachers will be furnished by
the college of agriculture, University
of Kentucky, who will give services
free of charge. s"
The science laboratories of the
school will be open to members of
the class and they will be coached on
the different phases of agriculture
with which they must be familiar be-
fore they can pass the examinations
to be given this summer.
Seniors in the college of agricul-
ture of the University Of Kentucky
will serve as teachers and as they |
are allowed credit towards their de-
gree for this kind of work they do
not charge for their services. From
time to time members of the faculty
of the college will lecture to the
members of the class.