Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-10-16
OXFORD HIGH SENDS
BOYS TO GREENWOOD
Delegates Report Good Time at Old
er Boys Conference and Bring
Back Enthusiasm for Club.

Ten boys from the Oxford High
School attended the Seventh Annual
Older Boys Conference at Green
wood on Friday, Saturday, and Sun
day, October 10, IL, and II. This
conference was a gathering of rep
resentatives from all the Hi Y Clubs
and from Sunday schools in the North
western quarter of the State. Over
200 boys and a large number of
school superintendents, principals, Y.
M. c. A. men, ministers, and public
speakers attended The conference
was begun with banquet on Friday
night in the Confederate Memorial
building. Girls from the Greenwood
High school served the hungry del
egates. A snappy after-dinner pro-
gram was carried out with the may
or of Greenwood as toastmaster. The
theme of this banquet, as well as the
other program, six in number, was
"RE-ENLISTMENT," which was in
terpreted as signifying the necessity
for carrying the tremendous enthu-
siasm of the war into the solution of
the peace problems of modern so
ciety that affect the development of
boys into Christian manhood.
The delegates from Oxford who
made the trip were: John Scott,
Wayne Short, LIE Roy Tunnel, Ben
Gray Barrenger, Barry Brown, Hugh
Worley, Robert Henry Ramey, Myrl
Smith, Moody Galloway, Ritchey
Hume. Superintendent Hudson, who
arranged the trip, was unable to ac-
company the boys personally. He
selected as the leader Mr.. w. w.
Hull, senior in the University.
The delegation left Friday morning
on the 1856 train and returned, with
the exception of two, on the 2:40 train
Sunday afternoon. All reported the
most hospital and courteous treat
ment in the Greenwood homes to
which they were assigned for quar-
teib, and all returned hrimful of es1-
thusiasm for the Hi Y Club ideals
and practices. The local Boys Hi Y
Club will be re-organized this week.
On Tuesday morning the boys oc-
cupied the auditorium rostrum and
were called on in turn by Supt Hud-
son for talks on details of the trip
and the conference. They had had a
days notice and all gave interesting
reports on the subjects assigned them.
Leroy Tunnel made comprehensive
remarks about the banquet on Friday
night; Wayne Short spoke entertain
ingly on "What Greenwood Is Like"
and Ben Gray Barrenger gave a full
account of the Saturday morning pro-
gram. John Scott on "Going Ove~,"
Barry Brown on the Saturday after
noon program, Hugh Worley on the
Saturday evening program, Robert
Henry Ramey on "The Zone Track
Meet and the Football Came" Myrl
Smith on the subject of "Greenwood
Girls" and Ritchey Hume on "Com-
ing Back" added to the high schools
understanding of what the trip was
like and what the conference meant.
Teachers and pupils alike were highly
entertained by the reports.
Supt Hudson states that he is much
gratified over being able to send
such an unexpectedly large delegation
to the conference and that he is hope
full of much inspiration and enthu-
siasm for the Hi Y culb as result Of
the boys attendance. He has taken
up with the faculty and the girls of
the high school the question of organ
iznig a Girls Hi Y club, which is SIM
liar in nearly all respects to the Boys
Hi Y.
Diphtheria Situation Reassuring.
The diphtheria situation, which was
cause for some alarm during the early
part Of the month, is encouraging by
reason of the fact that only four cases
have developed from the school since
the inception Of the disease. All of
the children have submitted to having
their throats swabbed, and reports
from the state hygienic laboratory at
Jackson show the detection of only
four diphtheria carriers. These car
riers have been excluded from school
and are undergoing treatment that
will make it impossible for them to
communicate the disease to others.
Supt. Hudson states that the :umor
that all of the school children will be
given the antitoxin is without founda-
ton so far as the authorities of the
school are concerned.
Honor Roll for First Month.
Inadvertently uncompleted last week)
First Grade-Hugh Bryant, Gaitha