Arizona republican., 1920-03-21

and the shouts and cries of noisy
neighbor children, hut 1 do not. !
prefer to be far out in the country,
where 1 may hear the whistle of the
quail, the droning voice of the dove,
and gaze upon the ever changing
beauties of the mountains That is
the life!
CHARLOTTE LA TOURETTE,
Phoenix Union High School.
ICE SKATING
A person must indeed be lacking ia
warm red blood who does not feel the
call of the great open air when winter
is beautiful with snow and keen
b1eezes sweep down from the north
bringing with them wonderful DAYS OF
bright, crisp, sparkling weather Now
Is the time for the boys and girls TO
get out their skates and try their luck
on the bay. oh. yes; it's over 1S
iitcnes thick, and we can skate a mile
anc half out on dear old Lake Su-
perior. What thrill everyone feels
as he strikes out for himself. I was
a whole season on skates before be-
came what you could call a fair
skater However, I followed the old
saying, Practice makes perfect" and
In two years / could skate as well as
any of my friends. When skating
always feel as if 1 were gliding-the
motion is so graceful and smooth
There is no exertion, and yet we move
over the ice so rapidly that we are
miles away before we know it. Thers
IS no hot weather pastime that can
compare with skating on the ice as a
truly health-giving pleasure. While
Skating we bave all the advantages of
walking, and a great many more. In
the start, the cold air is bracing and,
erergizing, and later, with the increas-
Ins neat OIL the body, how-delicious is
the sense of GOODNESS on the brow. and
how satisfying the full breatbs which
makes the exertion Il continuous joy.
GWENDOLYN GIBSON.
Junior, Phoenix High School. -
Since the young people of the state
ar, becoming interested in interschol-
este debates they will no doubt be in
te1. ted in the following article taken
from the English Journal.
Occasionally debate deals with a
ST oJect in which both the debater and
TIE audience have a lively interest.
" men this is true the student has a
splendid chance for deveIopment
There is only One thing in the way-
mat Is the eternal judges. Were it not
Ter the hldeous necessity of talking to
ne Judges, the speaker could address
tfese interested persons just as he
would at any other time He couJi
treat them like human beings with
II eJudiceS, bunions, votes for presi-
dent and fathers who served in the
war He could really try to make
.rem. with all of these afflictions and
r-esslngs, believe as he believes. But
what cares he for the audience? He
niust win the debate, and winning the
decate means talking to the Judges
10 the speaker the judges are nm
Known. If he has by any chance dis
covered their names in advance. he
Ieeis guilty. They have been chosen
because they are unknown-and more
over unknoWing- as far as this subject
is concerned. The one query TO which
every judge must answer mo" is this.
10 you know enough about this oues-
1ioh 10 nave a leaning toward either
sue SO here again the speaker is
confronted with conditions which he
VII meet after commencement, but
Yin supply of colorless, bloodIess
uDknown quantity However. it is
usually true that the judge is none of
e'ese Things He is very much like
the rest of us. Before the debate has
gone far, the affirmative" has bao,Ir
10 tread upon the economic or poIiticaJ
,.'ooles OF one judge while the other
40 are IeeiIng flattered. When the
gentlemen of the negative" take the
iioor' the opposite occurs. The result
IS two to one decision for tho neea
i've. But the speakers are in no uDav
20 olame. They had no possible wav
70 know how to handle the material -
q 70 make every judge believe that his
W., WI lucas indorsed what the debaters
- . -.o'..sN HiIn oelleve In life this is
the requirements. The task is to make
persons agree with US. One wav ne
improving debate IS to increase ~
.ium per>of judges until their comnosito
Cpinlon represents the consensus =.
the opinion of the audience as whole
s OF course. presents difficulties
20 contests between schools, but is
any one institution. ~ Al
Ut is interesting that in the Same
issue we have both sides of the sanna
suoJect presented. Which is the win
Why HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS
~. SHOULD WEAR A UNIFORM
very undesirable that the girls IF
rnoenlx High school should wear
INFORM, still, there are many good
why they are desirable.
pam dress is much more appro- |
pirate for the schoolroom. than an
1iiDorate dress Where no uniform is |
required there is apt to be extrava rant |
and inappropriate dress on the part of
many This may be a source of dis
to those whose means do !
aot permit elaborate clothes.
since the boys are required to wear
uniforms, it is only just that the girls
should be, also
III we girls are dressed for ease and
comfort, we viii have more thought for
studies, which of course would please
ne teachers, if not the students.
farewell to fuss and ful-de-roIs
Farewell dresses giddy. ,
-et otners wear their silks and crepes |
live me. my skirt and mildly
JEAN STAFFORD.
freshman. Phoenix High School.
NHY HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS sHouL b
NOI WEAR UNIFORMS TO ScA00I |