Arizona republican., 1921-12-06
BETTER SPEECH WEEK
 IN ROOSEVELT DIST.

National Education week, Dec. 4 to 10, will be observed in the Roosevelt district in an interesting and unusual way. Better Speech Is the slogan for the week. This campaign is being conducted in the usual manner of drives No money or material thing is asked for, but the plea to give up slang and colloquialisms and to become more familiar with simple grammatical rules Is being sent into every home. This may seem simple and an easy thing to do, but it will not be as simple as it seems. A great many are going to be surprised to, find hoy tenaciously slang clings and how many simple grammatical rules are broken.
 Every one Is asked to enter into the spirit of the Better Speech cam paign.- Play the game with the chill dren in the home this week. Make a special effort to visit the school enc day during the week. The chil- dren in all the grades have been pre- raring rules and regulations for this game, so that you may become fully armed. Clever posters and cartoons will warn you of some of the pitfalls, and the array of ''don'ts" is most ap-' palling. One of the primary grades is playing a game in which they are making prisoner of an old friend, MT. Ain't." Whenever he dares ap- pear he is immediately captured and beheaded. Probably none will ''go oyer the top" when the week is over, but all will have gained much for the trying.
 A tentative plan for community library is receiving some considera- tion. The idea is that the present cCh ffNra ar-xy I1 fIn r,e ., community library which will be en- larged as the need arises. The plan suggests that there be one library day for the district, and, if sufficient in- terest is shown, some arrangement be made to have the library open every day from p. m. to p. m. The latter plan would necessitate volunteer assistance to the school li- brarian.
 Miss Pearl Holsinger and Mrs. Ed wing Deethman, who have the school library in charge, have been busy the past few days rearranging and cata- loguing books. A visit to the library the other day proved very interesting. A number of books of interest to the general reader were found on the shelves. besides a large number of well chosen books suitable for chill dren. The magazines found on the reading table were just the kind boys and girls should have before them. Encourage the children to know this school library better.
 The department of applied educa- tion of the Roosevelt Neighborhood club is pIa&ning an education pro- gram for the club meeting on We'd nesday. Mrs. Gray Archer is chair man for the day. Dean Anna M. Fischer Of the state university will speak on Literature" Mrs. Etta Percy on Better Speech Week of the Roosevelt Sehool,'' Mrs. Edwin Deethman on Primary Grade Music" ," Smith -ToWner bill. A plan for spon- soring the proposed community H- brary will be presented.
 The final count in the Roosevelt P.- T. A. annual enrolment contest showed Company 6, Mrs. H. M. Lewis, captain, securing IS per cent, winning first prize: Company s, Mrs. Etta Percy, captain, 50 per cent, second prize. Agnes Graves won first prize for individual effort, and Colletta Harrington won second prize. The largest enrolment m the history of the association. The committee in charge of the enrolment wishes to express appreciation to the teachers and children for their splendid work The husbands of the members of the Roosevelt Neighborhood club were entertained Wednesday night in Neighborhood huse. To club mem bers the calendar holds no date of so great importance as Husbands right" It is a sort of New Years occasion, a time to make up for sins of omission. According to the hus- bands the banquet on Wednesday 1 night has fully served this purpose. | and their only wish is that the club members should feel that it Is neces- sary to give two such affairs. Mrs. Lucius Butler was toastmistress for the evening.
 An important special business 1 meeting of the Christian Endeavor society of the district was held rec ently. The Bible class of the Sunday school was accepted into the organi-
 Zation. A better basis for graded
 work is now possible with the en- trance of the Bible class as the fourth | branch of the local society. The four branches which now form the or ganization are: The junior, Lamar
 Hedgpeth, president; the intermedi- ate, Dorothy Baldwin, president: the
 senior, Walter Atkinson, president; Bible class, Mrs. M. Bradley, presi-
 dent. Miss Alice Chipman and l.. P Hedgpeth are superintendents of the junior and Intermediate branches. Roosevelt boys and girls basketball eteam defeated Creighton on the home field Wednesday afternoon.
 The ladies' aid bazaar and chicken dinner is the big event planned foI
 the week. Everything is in readiness to open the bazaar Thursday morn ing, Dec. 8. Christmas shopping vii I-z- I1 hn0 @ff f,,
 gifts and novelties to suit every
 fancy. The chicken dinner, served
 from to 8, of course will claim the
 attention of the whole family. KeeI
 the date in mind Dec. s, and th'
 place, Neighborhood house.
 Mrs M. Bradley and Mrs. T.
 -rowl represented the Roosevelt P.-