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HIGH SCHOOL NOTES

Last weeks report of Defamation
ana Reading Contest should have hs<,
me names OF Ralph Adams, Elizabeth
Maffett and kittie Jim Widdeman.
Mr., E. B. Quick, superintendent OF
Religious Education of Southeast Dis
trict OF Christian Church, who con-
quoted an Institute in the local church
VISITED the High School Friday morn
Ing, with Mr.. Nay, pastor of the church
anu one VINO is always a welcome Wis
!tOr. we wish Our pastors would make
II convenient to come often for their
timely lessons and words of advice
are heartily redeivedhy the student
body and faculty.
Mr.; Quick is thoro student of
psychology and understands so well
the boys and girls of the adolescent
period that his talks are always to the
point and impressive. He selected his
devotional from the 9Th chapter of
Galatians and applied the lesson to
scnool work, stressing the fact that
.hls is the time Tor sowing seed, and if
boys and girls expected to reap bounti-
lully later on, they must work now:
there being no short cuts in the edu
catlonal process, tho one often founS
dilurlng advertisements to the con-
trary He urged the pupils not to
wait to be pushed but to show initia-
tive now.
thurman Smith was the guest of the
kiWanis Club Friday and entertained
them with number from their Feb.
kiWanis Magazine.
Plans are now made for the holding
OF the Preliminary Contest in Decla-
nation and Reading Monday evening
April 2.
Music Contest Tuesday April 3.
The Commercial Department reports
its machinery as running so smooth
ly 1t has no news. but we are inform
ed that the Short Hand Class has
several members far enough advanc-
ed to come to the superintendent's Of
flee for dictation.
The English Department is begin
ming to correlate Victro1a with their
work and Miss Wilcox used Shylock's
speech from the Merchant of Venice
as read by E. H. Sothern. 1t is won
derful to think of such opportunities
as modern inventions place at hand
for our use and how interesting the
formerly dry subjects may be made.
Much interest is being shown in
the Lions Essay Contest. Several
have entered and are eager to win the
prize offered by Mr.. Adams to the
boy or girl writing the best essay on
what the Lions Club Stands For,
and How 1t May Best Serve Fitzger-
aid" The reward for each will be
plate at their Charter Banquet.
Monday morning in chapel Elizabeth
Maffett read Dorothy Dix angel
Child" and Gussie Graham read "The
Ways Girls Study"
How interested are you in your boy
or. girl? Are you interested enough to
come to hear him, or her, take part in
the coming cntests? Will you encour-
age them and their friends by coming
to the debate when Smithville comes
over to debate them? Watch for the
date and see how they will appreciate
Your coming.
This year two circles have been sub
stituted in the debate for the old tri-
angles of the district. One circle is
composed of Fitzgerald, Ashburn,
Cordele, Americas and Smithville, the
other, Leslie, Cuthbert Vienna, Rey-
nolds, Lumpkin and Fl. Gaines. Fitz-
gerald's affirmative will debate Smith
vile negative here. Fitzgerald's mega
tive will debate Ashburn, etc.
Tuesday night the following pupils
debated in the Study Hall:
Affirmative: Harvey Jay, Will Ed
Smith and Dora Killen.
Negative: Alex Mcdonald, Russell
Chalker and Virginia Mcdonald.
The judges decided in favor of Har-