Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-01-15
AMONG US GIRLS
South River, N ]

South River, ~ ).
my lear Helen and Girls:
MY but it's ages since | have writ
ten isn't it? But my main fault, L
think. was putting it off all the time.
I didn't have much time to write dur
ang the Christmas holidays L
was busy all h time.
Nov what shall l begin to tell your
First of all 1 hope o all have had a
pleasant vacation n those who go 10
school are going back with the idea
of doing better work as l have resolv-
ed to do.
Santa remembered me with a NUM-
Der of beautiful gifts. l hope he. a
remembered all of vol girls 1.-THE same
One gift l like very much, 1t is a Jap
anese fan which the Chinese girl a
sent me. The second Chinese girl
sent me a Japanese kimono. Both
gifts are very pretty n 1 like them
because everybody hasn't m IKE
them. :.
"You will be surprised to hear that
I have been very busy of late. Since
we started school on Monday Janu-
ary 9Th, I have been substituting for
our Commercial teacher. That means
I have been a teacher now for three
days. How much longer shal con-
tinue to be one l don't know as am
substituting until we get a regular
teacher to substitute. l k to do 1t
very much. To tell the truth l you'd
rather teach than be taught. I sup
pose anybody would want to do the
same thing. OF course that isn't all
I do. I must make up the work that
I would have in classes IL l We're not
acting as a teacher. But even though
1t keeps me busy I would rather do
Il now, each night, a little at a time
than later on, when / go back to class
- Vn.N rnnllxY "a r
imagine how much work you cover in
a week unless you do it all at once and
I have had that experience at one
time and I said Never Again." III
I happen to be absent a day or two
I will do my home work just the
game as 1t will be easier h next day
for myself. You are only helping
yourself when you do your home work
even IL you happen to be absent-and
so, though I do not attend my regular
classes, / am still up to date In my
studies.
why here I am writing about my
self all the time and not telling you
anything about my dear old High
School. I ppo It's because I'm
kind O. excited. We had a basketball
gains his afternoon with RUTGERS.
Prep. Who won2 Why WE DID OF
course, the score being Al to Ia in our
IdyOIs Tx SCOIS AlI6tiN SAhO" s
an easy game was played but /, who
was there, know better. Our Oh. 50
men certainly did do some excellent
guarding to keep Rutgers Prep. from
making points. And Helen, you ought
to see our center. Why he really
leaps for the ball and although Rut-
gers had a tall man for center tina
tall man could never hit the ball but
our short and small man could do as
much as even make a basket when
the two centers were put face to face
and the ball thrown up between
them. II you don't call that going
some on our side I don't know what
you would call it. And the distances
from which our men made baskets
was certainly amazing. l was SO ex-
cited. Well, you can just imagine.
Everytime one of our men made a
basket we almost tore the building
down. Exaggerated of ~course.)<
$40 tell the truth Helen, I have
been In high school for three years
but I have never attend a basketball
game during those three years. The
reason Is that when / was in the eighth
grade / went to a game for the first
time. While the game was going on
The ball came into our group and i
was hurt in some way or other and my
shoulder and arm hurt me for more
than a week. Well, after that my
mother wouldn't allow me to go to any
more games Probably she would mott
have let me go this time either only
one of the girls made UP a petition n
had q lot of signers that l should go
TO the game and furnish the music.