The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-01-20
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
Girls Team Starts Schedule.

The girls basket ball team has I'M
proved much during the last few
weeks. A basket ball game is SEIZED
uled for Monday afternoon at three
O'Clock against the Albany high
school team. AS the Dawson girls
team is slightly green" and as this
is their first game against an oppos-
ing town, great results are anticipat-
ed Dawson's forwards are excep.
tionally good, and with Louella Mas
worthy and Vera Kendrick as guards
and Martha Bell and Hilda Brim as
.centers we are expecting to put AL
bany Sin the shade" Miss Louise Nc
Nulty makes the girls splendid
coach, patiently practicing with
them every afternoon. Several towns
have urged the Dawson girls to play
them, but heretofore they have been
unwilling to undertake any games.
"The Forum" Elects officers.
New officers were elected at the
meeting of the Boys Literary Society
Friday afternoon. The results of the
balloting were: Virgil Mcdowell,
president; Julian Jordan, secretary
Wade Hass, vice president; Croswell
Brim, censor.
The program consisted of debate
resolved: THAT the Ford is better
than the Packard" Marvin Clay and
Rogers Locke argued for the fivver
while Langston Bolton and John
Grille defended the negative. The
judges rendered their decision in ia
vor of the affirmative Another good
number was a song by Reid Buch-
anan and Andrew Leverette Mr.
Cheves in his criticisms of the pro
gram commented on the way the
speeches were delivered, in that they
were read and not spoken. The mem
bers of the society have the aim in
view to correct this fault and thus
take a long step toward good oratory
Girls Literary Society Meets.
The Girls Literary Society met
Friday, January 10th. A short bust.
ness session was held first. 1t was
decided that a program committee
be appointed every two weeks. Fol
lowing the business meeting this very
interesting program was rendered
Current events, Emily Wilkes; The
Life of Joel Chandler Harris, Martha
Bell; story, "Br'er Rabbit Goes
Counting" Mollie Stewart; piano so
10, Alleene Brown; song, "The Nerv
Gus Chap" Mary Sherman; trio, "Th'
Music Box" Gladys Lewis, Autre!
Lewis, Mable Buchanan. The las
number on the program was 'DiXie,
sung by the society.
D. H. S. WalIops Columbus.
D. H. S. hopes were raised con
siderabIy Saturday, when they bea
Columbus high "a to 16. The passing
and shooting of the Dawson team
was excellent. Columbus played
good guarding game, but was unabl
to locate the basket. The game wa
the toughest of the year. This vic
tory is quite a feather in our caps
for Columbus always has one of tn
strongest fves in the state. Albany /
the next on the list. Let's go, boys
| Remember last year. We must hav
revenge. This game takes place Fri
day night at the high school gymna
SUM.
PARROT Takes Count for Third Time
In a fast basket ball game her
Wednesday night PARROT was defeat
ed for the third time by the higI
school five. Both teams shove
marked Improvement over the las
game Parrot played here. The gam
was more holly contested than an,
game played up until that time, witt
the exception of the Fort Valley con
tests. Wade. PARROT forward, wa
laid out with a broken arm. TIL
final score was 81 to 16.
Important Program for Friday. Pub
lie Urged to Be Present.
All the public is invited to atten'
the Lee and Jackson program that /
to be given at the school auditorium
Friday, January 23rd. There will b
several new features that will inter
est every one. This will be the pub
he's opportunity to hear the higl
schools orchestra. The public is no
only invited but urged to come.
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