Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-03-17
Shpherdsown Jefferson County, West Virginia. Thursday March n 1921

."S SSHiihStIsIOH O1 freSl1ent Hard
ing, because our new executive. always
a reader of the Bible is said to have
turned to 1t more than ever for guild
sponsibilties.
This was the morning for a special
program by Mrs. Gibson's private
pupiis in expression. Lillian Buzzerd
gave drcmatic reading entitled "Brier
RoSe, after which George Ludwig re-
cited 10 Vicis. Louise Gardner's
humorous selection, "Peter's AFFINITY"
and Cornelius Carter's "Over the Hill
to the Poorhouse" proved very popuIar
Zenith Wilson chose TO recite "Iudp-
ment Morning" and Kenna Knott gave
when the Summer Boarder Comes"
II. l.. Snyder, .Ir., was a visitor al the
! College Monday morning, having spent
the weekend at his home in Shepherds
town. Jack had the honor of repre-
senting West Virginia University in
debate aginst George Washington Uni
verSity in Washington last Friday
night. Another Shepherd College
boy, Hobart Roby, also of the class of
1918, was one of his team mates. and
we feel sure that if our school could
have sent w. V. u another good de-
batter, George Washington would have
been whipped. AS it was they won
only two to one Royd B. Matthias.
manager of the winning team, was
graduated from Shepherd College in
1916. According to the decision of the
Judges, employees should not be rep
resented on boards OF directors.
Ciceronian Literary Society held
election of officers Friday, choosing
Cecil Bell, william Hiett, Bessie Hawsc
Elizabeth Hill, Ruth V. Myers, Walter
Herr and william Harris to be presi-
oent, vlce-president, secretary, treasur-
er. critic and sergeant For the same
OFFICES, the Partheni" rs selected Chas
+. Harper, Curtis Power, Hazel Mar
| tin, Yolande Malone. Isabel Martin.
Francis Strictly and Louise Kable.
Worth K. Rice was recently initiated
into Beta Theta Pi at West Virginia
! University. Robert Stuart VanMetrc
and Roy Bell joined Phi Sigma Kappa
A slX-town school athletic league was
formed last Saturday at meeting Of
school heads in Winchester at the Hand
ley Library which will provide for conf
petition in baseball, football and bas-
ketball beginning next fall The league
que will be known as the "Cumberland
VALLEY Athletic League" and will be
composed OF the following schools
Shepherd College State Normal School,
Shepherdstown; and high schools of
Martinsburg, Winchester, Chambers
burg. Hagerstown and Waynesboro.
The league was arranged by the prin-
cipals OF these schools, following con-
siderable agitation for the movement,
and arrangements were made to take
care Of the details of schedules, eligi-
blity rules. Principal L. H. Miller,
OF the Martinsburg school represented
Martinsburg and was accompanied BY
Harry Lee Doll, who. however. did not
take part in the discussion. The prin-
cipals of the other competing schools
were present, while Shepherd College
YVES represented by President White
and Professors Kennamond and Mo-
row. Officers of the league were
named as follows: President, Princi-
pal H. F. Duffy, Of Winchester; Vice
President. Principal j. w. Zentmeyer.
Principal l.. II. Miller, this city, and
Professor A. D. Kennamond, of .Shep-
herdstown, were named committee
to draw up constitution and bylaws
The league will confine itself to COM
petition in baseball. football and basket
ball, and at the next meeting which
is scheduled for Hagerstown on April
3D. a football schedule for next fall
will be submitted. The league will
not arrange a baseball schedule for
the 1921 season, but next year all
three sports will be the basis of COM
petition on regular schedules. A
trophy cup is TO be put up for compe-
tition, to be held for one year by tho
best team in the league, and to 10
held permanently when won for the
bird time by one school. Eligibility
rules will be discussed at the next
meeting. to take care of rulings as 70
age, color and experience Of players