The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-04-19

elimination. He further said 1--WE
have II out of 100 pupils to gradu
ate from high school who are con.
sidered perfect There are about 45
out Of 100 students who enter the
ninth grade. The chart showed that
in the eighth grade the decrease in
students was greater than in the
seventh and in the ninth few chill.
dren are lost through dropping out.
The student body of the eighth grade
is about the same proportion as the
first grade. The table showed that
from the 9th TO 10th, drop; 10th to
1lth, drop: and in the l1th TO 18th
the attendance was about the same.
Mr.. Rinsland said that the child with
the good brain mentality is not the
child that drops out of school but the
child with the poor mentality is he
who loses interest in the school work.
THE high school graduate is the man
or woman who does his OF her own
thinking and turns the political
tables stated Mr.. Rinsland, and this
man or woman is the one who turns
more wealth into the upbuilding of the
city in which she or he resides than
the manor woman who is minus the
twelve years education"
Inspiration must be used to carry
the student over to the next year."
said Mr. Rinsland. The junior high
school will keep the boys and girls in
school and will destroy the elimination
table and the junior high school will
be so conducted that the boy and
girl will only have one desire and that
remain in school and be a better citi.
zen.' Mr.. R.nsland then stated that
it was necessary TO launch a recruit.
ing campaign for the new Junior high
school so that the boy and girl who
would heretofore drop out of school
win remain.
The campaign will be headed by
the Hi-Y Club which is new organi.
zation in the high school and which
has already displayed its interest in
developing Ardmore boys better men.
They say, "The boy of today is the
man of tomorrow" The girls of the
basketball team, Mr. C. II. Woodruff.
principal Of the high school. will also
take prominent part in the campaign
which will be launched in the grades
and freshman year OF high school
within the next two weeks.
In conclusion, Mr.. Rinsland asked
the ladies' 10 take part in the cam.
paign by sending the pamphlets,
Come On. Girls. Let's Go" with blue
covers to five hundred girls in the
schools. After brief discussion, the
ladies decided to take over the work.
Ladies Of the Leaf" will be stamped
on the cover OF each pamphlet. The
pamphlets are put out by the instltu.
tion for public service Of New York
City.
In the business session. the presi-
dent, Mrs. Arthur walcott and Mrs.
Tom Graham were elected 10 repre-
sent the Ladies of the Leaf in the
fourth federated district meeting OF
Woman's Federated Clubs at idabel
in May.
1t was decided that the ladies would
hoN nave ilpdt III Tue rose carnival
TO be held on April 30th.
The roster OF membership which has
been limited TO forty since the organi.
zaton Of the club was changed from
forty to fifty members by vote at yes
terdays meeting.
In the program given which follow.
ed the business meeting. Mrs. w. r.
Burnitt, Mrs. II. r. Harts. Mrs. W.
ID. Potter and Mrs. s. W. Wilson gave
sketches on the Squirrel
Cage" by Dorothy Garfield, which
false ideals and their danger.
The Squirrel Cage gave n striking in.
depreciation of American life showing
the reaction Of the whirl OF society
and the whirl OF business on the indi.
vidual and home life. Tragedy comes
from losing sight OF the great con.
structive forces Of life. o. Henry's
stories OF New York life reveal n dan
gerous weakness in our social economic
ideals.
Fifteen ladies were present at the
meeting