The Semi-weekly leader., 1921-12-21
A. H. S. ENTERTAINS
AT XMAS DINNER
Trustees, Representatives, Su-
perviSOrs and Others En-
tertained.

tertained.
A large number of guests enjoyed
the fine hospitality of Mr.. and Mrs.
T. ]. Cathey at the Copiah-Lincoln
A. H. S. yesterday, the occasion be-
ing the annual Christmas dinner of
the institution. The Board of Trus-
tees of the A. H. S., members of the
Legislature and of the Boards of Su-
pervisors of both counties sat at the
Christmas table presided over by Mr..
Cathey, who after the delightful me-
nu was history, became toastmaster.
Mr.. Cathey said the gathering to-
gether at his invitation was purely
social and to talk about the school
and himself referred to its progress
the past year, the enrolment having
increased fifty per cent and the
boarding department one hundred
per cent. Two teachers had been
added and the demand not yet met
among the 255 students with 125
in the dormitory. Only High School
work is being done along with voca-
tional training. Equipment is lack
ing in agriculture, home science,
science laboratory, etc. Library and
class rooms are needed. The base
ment and dressing rooms are being
utilized in lieu of these. Addition
al aid will have to be considered by
the trustees and the legislators. Con-
solidated schools, similar to New
Sight, over the county could relieve
the pressure at the A. H. S. and give
to the students what they receive at
Will become colleges some distant
day, preparing students up to the
college junior year.
Mr.. A. G. Gainey, of the State De-
partemnt of Education, was intro
duced. Mr.. Gainey is from Senate
bia and was associated with Mr..
Cathey for Sour years in school work
in Tate County where his ready CO.
operation and service were recog-
nized.
In the course of his speech Mr..
Gainey stated Mississippi has forty
AAAAS a. IL ~ . Will ,VUV yOull6 PSO-
pie in attendance. 1t is estimated
1000 would not have gone anywhere
but for the A. H. SIS. Lack of dor
mitories in other schools make them
unavailable to some at distance.
Eighty-fve per cent of the peo-
pie make their living with their
hands. Labor used to be done by
niggers and poor white folks. At
first the idea began "Get education
and you won't have to work" De-
mocracy has spread schools, propaga-
ted efficient labor and the proper at
titude towards it.
Our timber is practically gone, no
oil wells YET, soil depleted. But it
has been found Il ton of corn stalks
is worth as much as l ton of barn
yard manure" Here the speaker be-
came humorous and reverted to our
day of ignorance along the line of
soil building and waste of the very
things that now go into the soil to
make it more productive.
1t was not the Lords will" for
children to die-rather for mothers
to know how to feed.
1t takes time to grow "a mush
room in a night-it takes an oak
a hundred years. Retrenchment
should not be made in education.
Advice was given the listening
hundreds of students; and the fine
ly entertaining and profitable ad-
drocC Of Mr o-5o5
Senator Cohn was then introduce
ed and made one of his usual fluent
\ and effective speeches. Some of the
things he noted were:- The Copiah-
Lincoln was the best among the
counties-had the largest attend
ance. The progress in the two
counties was marked Lincoln was
being developed educationally thru
excellent service. Supt. Ellzey was
highly complimented. Were in
high" said the Senator. The great
est thing before us is the develop
ment of our young people. Repre-
sentatives are servants of the peo-
pie. They act in the legislature on
recommendation of superintendents
and those who know the demands
educationally, when considering ap-
preparations, etc.
MI. Cohn said he belonged to the
''low-pressure" crowd except when it
comes to educational measures. His
vote always goes to maintain or lift
higher the standards of the schools.
Lincoln county now approximates Z
months terms instead Of 4. The
public schools and A. H. S. are
more important than A. & M. or M.
S. c. w. 95 per cent of the children
never get further than the 8th grade.
Thru the doubt and pessimism of the
day-the disease, the strifes and
strikes, he sees only the faces of the
children who will make future A
merica.
Senator Cohn commended the get
together spirit manifested at A. H. S.
"a better understanding, renewed
pledges and the enthusiasms are al
ways enlisted in a cause thru this
means.
By this time the hands on the
clock showed it was nearly p. M,
and the toast-master realized furth-
er eloquence (if not facts) most be
suppressed for the present and the
delightful season of refreshment ma
terial and intellectual was closed.
To Mr.. and Mrs. Cathey the de-
parting company of guests express
ed appreciation for courtesies as they