The Monroe journal., 1922-10-24
NEWS ITEMS

Thursday morning we had Mr.. John
W. Moore. former pastor of the Meth
.odist church. with US. He made an
interesting, wholesome talk and told
us how careful we should be in form
ing our characters. We should al
ways think before we speak, especial
" when we are angry, and should
always be considerate of others. And,
BY the way, did you know that you
are worth over hundred thousand
dollars? You are, because YOU would
not give your lfe for that or any
other sum of money. Mr.. Moore
wanted to know how we would spend
our money or our life. Would it be
for somAhing worth while or some
thing to ruin our character? What
ever We decide to do with our lives
will determine the kind of character
we have in the future.
Prof. r. l.. Flowers, secretary OF
Trinity College, held the rapt atten-
ton of the high school students last
Friday morning. We were glad
to see the man who had once bossed
Mr. Hawfield and Mr.. Starnes and
who is now bossing Jack Caldwell.
Zip Blakeney, Ev. English, Ray
Shute, Henry Belk and several /other
former high school students. Mr..
Flowers, like Mr.. Moore, tried to i'm
press on US the value of our lives and
the Importance Of strengthening our
characters now so that we may be
abe to guide our lives through the
turbulent times of hter years. We
cannot understand how an" boy or
girl in high school can do anything
wrong after listening to our splendid
chapel talks each morning.
There has been talk OF adopting
new program at the high school
whereby periods would be changed
to eighty Or ninety minutes. The les
son would be explained by the teach
er then studied by the pupils in the
first half of the period ard the re-
naming half used for reciting the
lesson. We would not be required
to take cur books home, but we
would not get out until four-thirty
o'clock. We do not know how the
school patrons stand on the adoption
of this program, but we do know that
the majority of the larger high schools
are following this plan.
The first two weeks of school the
walks and the halls looked like the
streets of Monroe when large show
was on. But Mr.. Starnes and the
other teachers have corrected the pu-
pills SO much until they have improv-
ed in their marching. Now they look
like a band Of soldiers marching in,
am sure that the mothers and
fathers of Monroe are certainly proud
of the great work that IL being done
in our home economics department
Probably some have seen our splen-
didly equipped room for sewing and
cooking. We think the school board
has been so very generous in getting
our equipment. The home economics
girls are gong to pay for all the
groceries we get for we have the
pleasure of eating them. This will
amount 10 1Our uOlldTS lor lnt "Hoie
months. We have been doing some
splendid cooking for the past week
or so. We cooked omelets and pre-
pared eggs in many different ways
and YOU can ask Mr.. Hawfeld about
the ham we cooked. We also cooked
mullins, popovers and some sure
enough biscuits. We have learned the
kinds of fruit, cereals. etc, to serve
at breakfast and how to prepare them
am sure that every one will be
interested to learn of the work the
Junior Red Cross is going to do this
year. The grammar grades are
getting up about two hundred boxes
of play things and other different ar
ticles to send to the Armenian chill
dren. | am sure that all the high
school will literally contribute the
small sum of ten cents to pay for the
express of these boxes, and this will
also make US members of the junior
red cross.
The Excelsior literary socie'v held
its last meeting on Thursday. OFT. 10
The society was cal 4 - ori'r b.
tho rrae; ;don4 and thpa tho rpll wa