The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-09-14
FOOTBALL AND GEOMETRY.

Speaking the students the opening OF the Chickasha
high school Principal Hatcher declared we going to have
the best football in the state proongcd appausc) and
he Immediately added "and going TO have the best
geometry class in the state" Following which remark Mr.
Hatcher mentioned several other subjects such history Ian.
Ruage and the like in which IS proposed TO pu! the local school
in the first rank In addressing the students MIR b. b. Bare
foot president OF the board OF education also dispensed similar
sentiments
appears that the idea of Mr. Hatcher and those
with im the school administration to make the Chckasha
high school notable Tor the thorough work that IS done IN and
for the standard Of scholarship which it maintains with football
honor and other athletic achievements thrown in for good
measure This proposal viii undoubtedly command the hearty
approval o the patrons OF the school and should meet with
equal favor from the puls. The latter should realize that it
OF time and it credit to them to go through
school which easy get by and therefore they should
warmly second the motion oi Mr.. Hatcher.
Ii stunning blow TO the students last year and equally
shocking the patrons when the Chckasha high school
suspended from the state athletic association the charge that
ineligible PLAYERS had been used ON the football team and it was
still more mang when the board OF education after thorough
investigation reached the conclusion that the charge well
founded some OF the pvers used not having met the required
scholastic standards Deporabe in the though the
dons were fortunate that they discovered instead
OF being allowed continue exist to the everlasting disgrace
OF the school and TO the dcmcnt OF the pupils The results OF
the shakeup that followed in the policy which the
principal the opening Of the scholarship
first
Football baseball basket ball and all other athletic activities
properly constitute Of school life put when they become
the absorbing interest OF the students overshadowing the
vital purposes OF the school fundamental principle OF education
perverted and the school system in which this sort OF thing
exists becomes farce The percentage OF pupils participating
competitive athletics any school is small but these students
permitted sdesep OF the requirements of scholarship
the effect must be demoazng the entire school Only by
placing the emphasis upon scholarship the first consideration
school be made worthy of the
Patrons of the high school should constantly bear mind
that they have important part perform giving effect
the policy which the principle has announced No matter how
determined the purposes Of the principal and the teachers be
and however hard they try their efforts will not be
u unless backed mp by the hearty support and active assistance
OF the fathers and mothers Parents who permit social affairs and
flmsy precxts Of kind another to interfere with the
studies of their children and those who ready ctcise
without understanding the work which the teachers attempt
ing do lending sympathetic to every childish complaint
iron
schools be efficient In setting place the Chckasha high
school in the highest rank among similar institutions in the state
first in scholarship and first clean helpful athecsNr
Hatcher has shoudered responsibility and heavy task
and he should have the wstned support of the community