Evening star., 1922-03-12
WILSON NORMAL SCHOOL.

The basket ball team from the Vir-
ginia State Normal at Fredericksburg
played a return game Saturday night
In Normal gymnasium. Again they
were the victors, with score of 40 to
6. and again the home team proved
itself d team of good sports. 1t had
no hope Of winning as it is handi-
capped in many ways. largely due to
the organization of the school.
At present most of the team is
working hard and strenuous hours in
the practice schools and have little
time for systematic training in ath-
1etics. Then. too, the team learned
when it met the Fredericksburg team
in February that it was not matched
physically with the Virginia girls.
Therefore, with no outlook for win
ming it enthusiastically entered the
game, worked most vigorously and
felt encouraged that it's score was
better than the one made at Fred
ericksburg. The reason for its en-
thusiasm is its admiration for the
Virginia team, an earnest. vigorous
lot of young women. playing a clean
game, strictly by rule. accustomed to
winning wherever it plays and at the
same time gaining the respect OF it's
opponents.
An unusually large number at
tended the game, which was referred
ericksburg faculty and welcomed
back to Normal as one of it's
graduates.
Forest service experts have given
much time this week to demonstra-
'tions with Normal students and the
children of the practice schools. The
little ones from the first grades have
been free with the demonstrators in
their discussions of the subjects of
erosion, forest fires, national forests,
the turpentine industry, etc. Not al,
ways waiting for explanations they
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the models and Cases and have even
offered additions to the display by
bringing toy loads Of wood drawn by
miniature horses from their own
possessions home.
The Normal students Tuesday were
fortunate in seeing the making of a
relief map by one of the experts from
newspapers soaked in warm water.
The ingenuity displayed by the men,
bers Of the service who have made
these models has been valuable to the
school as the students are so fire.
Quently required to represent sub
5ects from history and geography In
miniature on the sandboard. The use
of dried goldenrod for trees, news
papers for relief maps. needles, grad
nated in size, threaded with wire, to
represent telephone line running to
far distant points were some Of the
devices explained. The attention of
parents is again called to the value Of
this exhibit and an invitation e1-
tended to them to view 1t.
Wednesday afternoon the seniors
elected their class officers. with the
following result: President, Kath-
crime Killeen: vice president, Flor
snce Boteler: secretary-treasurer,
Mildred Won Elf; valedictorian. Vir-
ginia Fisher; poet. Josephine Blood
good: historian, Thelma Cox; prophet
for kindergarten class, Doris Spruce
bank, and for general course, Pauline
Bruner.
The great need for training large
gatherings of children control at all
times was emphasized Friday morning
at assembly by fire drill Of the en-
tire student body and children Of the
practice schools. That a large body
of children can leave a building with
both rapidity and order was clearly
demonstrated. Recent regulations re-
garding audiences Of children at lee
lures have applied to those being
..given by the forest service to outside