Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-01-16
COURSE Of STUDY
AMARILLO SCHOOLS
MAY Be REVISED
WORK. ORGANIZATION AND FAC
uLTy HIGHLY PRAISED ~
AUTHORITIES.
NEW Students COUNCIL
Loyalty and Obedience WIN Be urgel
Among Members staGsni Body;
Much Progress Being
Made.

Al : D. m. Friday the representative
ri the different Roll Cali Rooms met
Tor the first session Of the Student
Council. These present were. Ings
Ross and Dick Bivins from Room :,
the pupils who hope 10 graduate In
May. Graycc Snorpp from ~. the pa
pills who hope 10 graduate IN Septem.
Der; Tulia Norwood. Arthur Tccd and
Nobert johnson from the A term sen.
Tors. who hope 10 graduate In Dccem.
Der: Elizabeth BOycc irons room 6, tho
Juniors; Dswitt Lands. Eiizabe'h
cranberry. Elizabeth Jane wheatly. ].
]. kcndrick. Jr.. and Lillian Nc,hcrton
representing the SophOmores 10
Rooms Z. .. II and q; Donald Failcr.
Garfield Schafcr. Craze Walker, Nan.
cy Works, MarpOric Nicely, Annia Belle
Allen represent the Freshmen.
The Name-fhe name Of the OrRaui
xation shall be the Student Body Or
sanitation uf the Amarillo High School
Purpose-The purpose OF the organ.
zation shall be to direct the activities
which concern the school az n who .,
10 arouse the loyalty Of It's studcnts
and TO promote the welfare Of the
school and i,s students In every legi;l.
mate way.
Membership. the members Of the
Amarillo High School are members 10
the Organization and are entitled 10
the privileges to he more specifically
set iorth In the Constitution and by
Laws.
A committee of teachers and pupils
are az work cn the Constitution and
By Laws. and Il II hoped that Il vii
be soon completed.
Football letters have been AWARDED
10. James z. Taylor. quarter and Cap
tain; Amos T. Hudson. fullbalk: Wal
ter Sipes. half hack: u. W. Hayden.
half back: Richard Bivins. haifback;
John Cakes. end. Grady Word. tackle;
Allen Dawson. tackle; Leon Peter CT
sin. guard: Rockwell Jackson. guard;
Paul Hess. center: Robert Johnson.
halfback. John Sellers. end. The fol-
lowing were given honorary letters. 70
view OF the fact that Coach T.. q. Sara
field was Of the opinion that they woult
have been In every game except for In.
jeries: Thornton blanchard. substitute
cod. quarter and haifback: J. Patrick
Whiting. end and halfback: Alva Gar
ncr, end: and Red Fyfe. end. Blanch
ard and Garner showed up especially
well In the portales game. the best Il
the year: Red Fyfe was In several uf
the games nj the first Of the year. but
was later totally eclipsed by the bill
La 81 g..Aa
~ Sellars' steady persistence a. the
other end: Patrick Warrington appear
ed In only a few games but suffered
severe injury early In the year.
The high school boys under the direo
ton Of frof. Il. L. Wilson hope to max,
a good showing at the meet of the Can.
yon District Of the University Inter.
schlas;ic League In Canyon In April uf
this year. The Amarillo High School
made the hes, record las, year at Can
yon In her history. In 1916 with
ready made track team. Amarillo won
the track cup; but last year Amarillos
winnings were more pronounced in de-
bate. defamation and essay writing.
The High School hopes 10 make good
showing IN all divisions. The new rul.
ing OF the state Committee will be IN
Ainariilo's favor. as according TO the
new rules and regulations Of thu
League. the district track meet IL COM
pulsory. ami will doubtless be held
strictly according 10 the rules and rcgI
lations.
Amarillo hopes to win the district De
bate again with the same team That
won last year. Ralph Harder and Carl
Thomson. Nida Martin. who won tho
osNy.writing contest. IN no longer IN
school: and Marvin SaddoriS. who won
the boys senior defamation. II m
longer In school Miss MCGEE and Miss
hyde are actively NJ work 10 develop
disclaimers and contestants In essay
writing
The school board has bought $50
trees for the High School grounds and
those ~ the Wilson school The Sc
lcction ~ these trees will b. left to
County Agent Harmon Benton. II 10
thought that the trees will be ash.
A report 81 the Southern Association
Of Accredited Schools shows that tho
work. organization and faculty 81 the
Amarillo High School II highly salts
factory.
a committee Is working on the re-
vision of the Course IL study In order
TO make each subject more practical.
Practical" does not necessarily mean
TO make money. but TO make life bcit =
and richer.
Miss Flora MCGEE. head IL the Eng.
ilth department and assistant princi'
pai has recently come to our school
from the Oak Cliff High School. of
Dallas. Miss MCGEE adds much To the
! English department ~ the High School
~ we'll as being ~ invaluable aid 10
PRINCIPAL ". A. Mcintosh. Miss Nc
Gee u regarded as one " the hest Eng.
liSh teachers IN the hivh schools ~
Texas.
The basketball team IN working out
every day. and hopes to make credit.
able showing In the Panhandle II IL
very likely that the basketball teams