Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1920-02-06
SCHOOL NOTES
tBy supt F. r. Cole,

city teachers of Carrizozo and
these teachers are working on a
special patriotic program for that
date. The citizens OF C~arrizozo
are most cordially invited to visit
the school rooms at 2:3O onThurs-
day afternoon of next week.
The beautiful new Boy Scout
flag recently received by the local
Scouts has been attached to an
eight foot pole surmounted by a
large bronzed spear head. The
work of polling" was done by
the manual training boys, OF
course.
Last Saturday the Boy Scouts
took a hike" to Willow Hills and
Cub mountain. Six Of the Scouts,
with assistant scout master Cole,
started from town an hour earlier
than scout master Kelley, ac-
companied by ten other scouts.
The task of the second group was
to trail the first group by means
OF signs left by the first group.
such as marks in the soil, piles
of stones, sticks, bent over grass,
twigs, and other signs. The
scouts visited the big dixie, the
spring, and the two coal mines
on Cub Mountain, passed around
the south end OF Willow Hills and
returned to Carrizozo tired but
happy. The purpose of this hike
is, OF course, to make the scout
self-reliant, observant and elf
clent, and by the close contact
with other boys, to rub off his
rough edges.
Next week, beginning with
February eighth, is the tenth an.
nlVersary OF the Boy Scouts OF
America. The celebration Will
continue for eight days. Inc an
niversary is to have, as one OF
It's objects, q request 70 every,
man, woman and child IN The ma
ton to do a good turn daily" for
one week, the same as the Boy
Scouts do throughout the year.
On the night of February 9th
every Boy Scout, wherever he
may De AT eight fifteen, will stand
at salute and repeat the Scout
oath, which is as follows: "Oh
my honor | will do my best ~
to do my duty to Gnd and my
country and to obey the Scout
law; (2) 10 help other people at
all times; (3) to keep myself
physically strong, m e t | y
awake, and morally straight.
Rev. Smith, of the Baptist
church, was a very welcome
visitor at the high school last
week. Mr.. Smith conducted the
devotional services and then gave
the students a very interesting
and helpful talk. The subject
OF the talk was Finish" do
not get the idea that you know
enough at sixteen or seventeen
or that sixteen o r seventeen
is the best time to get married.
The persons who get married at
that age generally have a hard
time OF it. A finished education
is a recommendation and a
guarantee of success in life. An
education is the highest q~ualihca.
ton which a boy or girl can have.
Have the nerve to finish" Mr..
Smith gave two stories which
clearly illustrated his idea. The
talk was the kind we like to have
our visitors give To the pupils OF
the schools.
Ten days ago, when the Flu
began to spread over the land,
the school board Of Carrizozo di.
rected the superintendent to pur,
chase an atomizer for each room
in the city and to spray the hand.
kerchief of each pupil, eact
morning, with a solution of mer
curry bichloride. The pupils are
instructed to cough and sneezC
into their handkerchiefs, and t
take many precautions in regard
to health. The school rooms oil
the city are to be fumigatei once
a week with sulphur dioxide
With these precautions we hop,
to keep the FLU" out of ouI
schools and city. The schoo
board is to be commended for tn,
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