Arizona republican., 1920-03-28
FROM A CITIZEN OF PHOENIX


 s(New ideas are certainly welcomed by this department. The suggestion given in the following letter can be worked out perhaps, next school year. IF the younger students really wish to participate, they undoubtedly will be given the opportunity)
 March If, 1920 Marcus White. Director
 Dept of the Young Writers Club The Arizona Republicans
 Tempe, Arizona
 T have noticed that in your rules for the Young Writers Club only pupils of the High schools and Normal schools are eligible to be members.
 think that if you would make it possible for pupils of the seventh and eighth grades of the grammer schools 10 become active members it would not only increase the size of the club but would give the same chance to other pupils that is now given only to the pupils of the High schools and Nor mai schools.
 I am sure that the natural develop ment of the children of the higher grades of the grammar schools is all most equal to that of children of the first and second years in High school. l am also certain that the work of the pupils of the higher grades of the grammar schools would be just about as good as the work of the pupils in
 
 school.
 Of course you may have your ob- jections. and am only suggesting this as a means of which to increase the size Of your clum-
 A CITIZEN OF PHOENIx
 F. S.-Would you please publish this letter and your answer next Sunday in the Young Writers Club.
 GAS a rule the most tiresome themes are those telling about trips. The following is published because it is an exception to the rule.)
 A TRIP IT THE VERDE
 Five weeks ago on a cold. frosty morning. before the sun had appeared over the eastern hills, I was standing a the neighbors' doorway waiting for the car to come around that was to take us to the Verde. In ten minutes we were on our way, through town and over the railroad tracks. into the coun- try road
 The sky was blue the sun came out, and the road wound round the hills before us like a ribbon laid over a heap of green. gray, and brown silks upl and over the hills, through rocky passes and over little streams until at last we reached the flat country. Here were wire fences on both sides of the road, and piled against them were hun- dreds of Russian thistles, or tumble weeds as if they had grown there suspended from all parts of the wires. At last we reached the Cherry creek highway. and passed few houses nestled at the foot of the hills. On and on over the highway cut upon hill stretch ing up to our left and dropping for great distance below After we left the grade and the hills again we were in the valley of the Verde. Away at a distance was the Clark dale smelter standing like sentinel at the head of the valley, with a gray column of smoke pouring from its stack. Then came the hills. many col- ored and shaped like a table in one place rugged in others and at the foot of these flowed the silver ribbon like surface of the rivers stream. Over the bridge and right up to the door of a little brown house we drove So this is the Verde valley, How p,,,cb warmer it is here than home. Refore us was a garden with chrysan- l tt,enuu1s still in bloom and roses just yvifbered as if they stayed just as long | as they dared and then had died for fear they would make winter cross at sunan1er for trespassing on his grounds. 1 7-be house was brown in color. with a | ~abIed roof. and long windows that onened out instead of closing like ord1- 1 nary ones do. Over the porch. which | stretched the length of the house Tn front clambered Virginia creepers or zyoodbines with a few leaves still upon them.
 IT was one of the most comfortable ,,or,es have ever seen in the country Brown mission furniture was placed i, inc room: a light brown carpet was laid on the floor; and best or aE, a riano with two odd vases full Of wild flowers upon it stood in onea corner rT-bere were few pictures on the wallsst and bookcase full of books on one side of the fireplace. Tn the corner or | Inc room stood a dear little old lady ,,.bo looks as if she had just stepped ,,,f of q story book. Her bright gray sS.es twinkIed with pleasure beneath 5-oad smooth forehead surmounted by ..- saes Of snow white hair. This was r-,- ,'l, hostess for the day waiting to take '1' LEONE WILLS. Freshman.
 Prescott frn. following subject is ever with Who can tell what may happen ii trough the agitation Of the young peop'e THE DEPOT