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The Winslow mail. (Winslow, Ariz.) 1893-1926, 1923-05-25
AMERICAN LEGION
AWARDS

The past two years the athletes of
the high school have had an oppor-
tunity to show their versatility in all
branches of athletics having as an
ilducement the individual cups that
the local post of the American Lee
giOn has offered to the best girl
athlete and to the best boy athlete.
Last year the cups were won by
Esther Williams and Lynn Camp
respectively for their excellent per-
Torrance in all branches of high
school sports, namely basketball and
track for the girls and football bas-
ketball, baseball and track for the
boys.
This year in addition to the ability
shown on the athletic field the cups
will be awarded with the individual
standing in scholarship being fgur-
ed in, as no athlete can compete in
any sport unless he or she is up in
three studies during the time of
competition.
The athletic association of the
high school wishes to thank the
local post of the American Legion
for their fine Prizes and for stimu-
lating the athletic side of the high
school life and hopes that in the
future they will continue to take an
active interest in the life of the local
high school.
The Winslow mail. (Winslow, Ariz.) 1893-1926, 1923-05-25
THE FOREIGN LANGUAGE DE-
PARTMENT
by Lillian HagOpian

I believe there is a general mis-
conception of the purposes and aims
of a language department in the
public schools. The department is
very essential to the makeup of
high school curriculum. 1t is offer
ed as required study. In our high
school are offered Spanish and Lat
in, the latter in very sparse man
ner, but which 1 think ought to be
revived to hold a more conspicuous
place in the course of study.
The aims of the study of foreign
languages are as follows:
l. To broaden the English voca-
bulary of the student.
2. To help him perfect his En-
glish speech.
3. To bring before the American
student the literature of foreign
countries.
f. To acquaint him with the ideals,
customs, and philosophy of foreign
countries whose language is being
studies.
The student cannot expect to be
able to carry on a conversation in
a foreign language which has only
been studied for short time, unless
he or she has had the opportunity to
The Winslow mail. (Winslow, Ariz.) 1893-1926, 1923-05-25
Debating

The number Of students who took
part in debating this year was small
but these students were nevertheless
enthsuiastic. Nina Barr, Anna Leo
nard, Frances Smith and Corrine
Ward took part in the preliminary
debate After much deliberation the
judges selected Frances Smith and
Corrine Ward as our representative
debaters.
The question for debate was, ere
solved that the Federal Government
should Own and Operate Interstate
Railroads."
This is an important question and
requires much thought and study.
Our team met it's defeat the first
round at Prescott. The team did
well considering it's inexperience.
The team was beaten by the decision
of the judges, but these same girls
are ready to try, try again.
Judging from the cl9 ) debates
Winslow certainly has debating ma
terial. This material only needs to
be developed There is no reason
why Winslow High School should
not have a winning team next year.
The Winslow mail. (Winslow, Ariz.) 1893-1926, 1923-05-25
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
by Martha Uhlir

English is becoming the most i'm
portant subject in the curriculum OF
all our schools extending from the
lower grades through the University
1t is living language and cannot be
left in the back ground.
Many people seem to think that it
is merely a necessary evil in our
schools-an instrument with which
teachers torture their children.
These people believe that the moth
er-tongue need not be taught for it
will be picked up somehow. Some
of these people go so far as to say
there is really noting to teach. Both
of these ideas are mere fallacies that
no longer hold.
The reason that the child does not
learn to use correct English early
in life is because the child learns by
imitation. The child is unable to
discriminate between vernacular and
literary English. The child there
fore will use the English that he
hears and reads.
English is not an end in itself but
it is necessary for all other inStruc-
tion. For this reason it is very es-
sential that all the teachers in a
ScnOOI S0Oulu cooperate.
1t is the aim of the teacher to
help the student to express himself
effectively in moral and written
work. This cannot be done unless
the student has q wide reading
knowledge of the classics and cur
rent literature. Besides this the stu
dent must have an adequate voca-
bulary as well as ideas. One with
! out the other is useless.
1t is one of our duties as Amer
! lean citizens to really know and
! appreciate our mother-tOngue. This
can only be accomplished in our
! schools. Let us join hands and be-
come better Americans by learning
our American language in the fullest
sense Of the word.
The aim of the English department
has been to teach composition and
literature. The lower classmen have
been especially instructed in COM
position Several of the best class
( les were required. These were read
and interpreted. literature FREEDOM
mated in the upper classes. Com
position however was not neglected
All the classes We're required tic
make book reports on books written
by American and English authors
This was done so that the students
may become acquainted with al
types of literature both new and old
Three Essay and theme contests
were held this year. The subjects
are Education" flags and "Ame-
ricanism" All the students were
required to write on at least two Of
these. These results were very
| cOmmendable indeed
The Winslow mail. (Winslow, Ariz.) 1893-1926, 1923-05-25
DRAWING
ChaS A. GOOdhaH

This class was made up of students
of all the High School grades, but
most of them being first year stud
ents.
This course is one that I have out
lined for first and second year High
School students, book one being used
for the first semester and book two
for the second semester. Book two
is a continuation of book one but
deals with harder problems. Some
of them were made from the real
object, which gave the student a
chance to figure out where it should
be placed on the paper so as to look
the best to the eye when finished, to
draw to scale, etc; A standard size
letter and figure together with other
necessary marks that go to held eX-
plain a drawing were adopted, which
was of much benefit to the student.
Some benefits derived from this
course, the use OF and how to use
The Winslow mail. (Winslow, Ariz.) 1893-1926, 1923-05-25
THE SENIOR CLASS
HISTORY

Was there ever such a class :?
Needless to answer for those who
know us. For the sake of those
who do not, we shall relate a few
of our accomplishments and let them
decide for themselves. We entered
the Winslow High School four short
years ago, a class of 40 but now
class of II. After our first year we
thought we were very bright, but
as the studies kept getting harder
we didn't feel quite so smart. In
our junior year We gave one of the
best Proms that was ever given by
the Winslow High School This
year we have been working very
hard and we have had new students
come in and go out of our class all
year. Our Senior play was great
success, under the direction of Miss
Uhlir. Those that took part in
athletics were-1 Mabel Kelly, Bas-
ket ball-2 Dan Hitchcock Basket
ball Base Ball - Tracks Melvin
Rushing, Football, Baseball, Basket
ball, Track Herman Thornton,
Football, basketball,-5, Joe Bah
cock, Basketball, -6, Noel Caldwell,
Football, Baseball, Track. In the
future those that will be on the stage
look forward to the time when Kath-
ryn Bauer becomes a Grand Opera
Singer; Archie as the worlds great
est cartoonist; Bernice as the World
greatest instructor of Music, Stan
nard as one of the Directors of the
greatest Bands and Marvin our class
President as his assistant. Robert
will be on the stage as one of the
top notch Magicians of his time.
Contrary to the accepted theory, our
athletic and dramatic accomplish
ments have not been attained at the
expense of our scholarship Intel
lectually our record is unrivaled. We
always have a large percent on the
81 list, in fact some of our class
have never seen anything but rs.
The Senior year has been a grand
finale to our notorious career. We
have indeed been Model Seniors, al
ways leading in department, (of
certain kind. We show lots of
class spirit; this too, of a certain
kind. We work industriously and
are good to the Freshmen. True the
girls do like to get together and
crab, but then; In short we are
the teachers show strong, about our
leaving the Winslow High School
becausd we are such. 1t Will be
with real pleasure that each mem
Der of the class will recall the years
spent in Winslow High School.
The Winslow mail. (Winslow, Ariz.) 1893-1926, 1923-05-25
MANUAL TRAINING
Chas 4. GOOdhall

The class is composed of first
year High School Students, some of
which have never had Manual work
The first part of the course was de-
voted to learning the use and names
of the different tools, used in the
shop, together with the making Of
small projects that involved the var
ious operations such as pleneing and
squaring a piece of material to a
given size, curve saving, champer-
ing, laying out and cutting duplicate
parts, boring, fastening with nails,
screws and glue.
Following this larger projects were
taken up, but only the ones that in
volved ertain joints as cross-lap,
plane mortice and tenon, blind NOR
tice and tenon, dadO, tongue and
groove, butt joint inter joint, splice
joint, glue joint.
Most of this work was done by
hand as very little machine work
The Winslow mail. (Winslow, Ariz.) 1893-1926, 1923-05-25
HISTORY AND ECONOMICS
COURSE
Pauline Claffey

All educators agree that the pur-
pose of education is to train the
pupils of the state for better citizen
ship. To bring about this result
many of the State Boards of Educa-
ton in the various states have re-
organized their courses of study for
the grades and high schools and
have placed special emphasis upon
what is designated as the socialized
ubjects-EnglishI History, Civics
and Economics.
To become good citizen each stu
dent should be fully acquainted with
the history of the United States, es-
pecially the social, political and in
dustrial development of our country,
also the part the United States oc-
cupies as a World Power
The old idea that history included
only a knowledge of wars and rev.
Olutions between neighboring states
and countries has been replaced by
the efforts of the schools to give the
child an insight into the causes, eff
fects, results of the great industrial,
commercial, political, scientific and
economic movements upon the his
tory of the world.
To accomplish his purpose our
State Board of Education requires
each pupil in the high school to take
one year Of Modern European His
tory, years work of Civics and
Economics combined, and a years
work Of United States History. By
complying with these requirements
the Board believes that the future
citizens of our state will have fair
knowledge of the history of their
own country, also a general idea of
Modern European History, and that
this knowledge will form a strong
basis true American citizenship.
The Winslow mail. (Winslow, Ariz.) 1893-1926, 1923-05-25
HOME ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT
Margaret Brainard

The High School Home Economics
Deartment was established in 1913,
and for the past six years the voca-
tional work has been given.
Two years of elective work are Of
fered, preceded by two years of part
time classes in Junior High School.
The course are designed to fill the
needs of the girls who will marry
before, or soon after, leaving high
school, and also of those who will
go on to cllege. An attempt is made
to get away from the old idea of
teaching only sewing and cooking.
With the aim in view of preparing
them to meet intelligently the pro-
blems which our modern life imposes
upon the home maker; the students
are given a working knowledge of
every phase of home and community
life.
Twenty-four girls have been en-
rolled in high school classes during
the past year.
The Winslow mail. (Winslow, Ariz.) 1893-1926, 1923-05-25
CLASS SCHOLARSHIP

With the advent last fall of the
announcement that a cup would be
presented in May 1923 to the class
that finished first in the yearly race
for supremacy in all activities. Each
class decided that they would beat
the others. Scholarship plays an
important part in the reckoning even
the athletics. dramatics and others
count for points with the ex-
ception of the Freshmen the three
classes are well endowed with tai
ent of all varieties so it rests on
scholarship naturally to decide the
winner. At the close Of the first
semester the standing Of the class
was as follows: Senior 2.9 Juniors
% Sophs 2. Freshmen "a. The
final standing can not be reckoned
until the semester marks are In SO
the announcement will be made
during the class day exercises Fri
day. Certificates will be presented
at this time also to the individual
scholars of the respective CLASSES
who have attained the high stand
ings.
The Winslow mail. (Winslow, Ariz.) 1893-1926, 1923-05-25
Dramatics

One phase of high school life that
is not always developed to the full
lest extent possible is Dramatics.
The art Of expressing and portray
ing feeling and situations not COM
mon to the student is a part of edu-
cation that is not to be overlooked
and in developing the ability that Is
found in most all students of high
school age an interest is awakened
that in later years may become pro-
ftable.
This year dramatics has been con-
fined to a few members Of the Sen
Tor class in their production 'Clar-
ence" and a few selected students
from the Junior class who presented
"The Reiuvenation Of Aunt Mary
Continued on page o.
The Winslow mail. (Winslow, Ariz.) 1893-1926, 1923-05-25
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
Chas A. GOOdhalI Director
High School Band

The Band this year is the smallest
that we have had for several years
but in quality it is the best that has
ever been in the Winslow Schools.
Some changes were made at the be-
ginning of the school year which
proved very successful. Several of
the members of the band will gra-
duete this year and some are leav-
ing town and will not be here for
next year, so the chances of there
being band in the schools for next
year will be very small. The only
thing that can be done is to start a
new band from the beginning, but
this will take some time.
The band has played out several
times this year, and has met with
much success.
High School Orchestra
The Orchestra is composed of
twelve pieces. The most of them
are doing very satisfactory work on
their respective instruments. This
class meets four times a week, and
better muic is our aim.
The Orchestra has appeared sever
al times before the public and has
always proved themselves to be real
entertainers. They are also credit
ed as being one of the best High
School Orchestras in the State, play
ing with more pep, better style, bet
ter attack and much harder music.
Ut isn't the music, it is how one
interprets it that counts).
Many thanks from the Orchestra
for your hearty appreciation and
words Of good cheer that we have
received from you this year
Jr. High School Music
This is the first class that has
been started in the Jr. High School
since 1919 Some things that should
be done to get better work the stu
dents, ~ Each students should have
credit for the Instrument that he CT
she plays. (2) When a student starts
in this class he should be required
to continue a mes for the remainder
of the school year CD A period
should be arranged that would not
require the music student to come
to school anw sooner than any other
student.
Starting in with the work this
year, we had the following instru-
ments: Fourteen Violins, one Clari-
net, six Comets, two Slide Trombo-
mes, Two Soprano Saxophones, one
Baritone, two tenors. Under the
School rule the students were allow
ed to drop this work, and as a re-
suit of same we have finished the
year with six Violins, two Soprano
Saxophones, two Trombones, and
one Clarinet, of which only five Vic
Inns and two Saxophones were given
a chance to play in the Jr. High
School Orchestra. The other mem
bers not being able to reach the
standard required of them.
All students were taught in class
or individually. The Orchestra was
formed only three weeks from the
end of school which is doing good
work considering the chance and
the length of periods that were spent
Only twenty-five minutes four times
week was devoted to this work
which with the number of students
you can see is very short time.
The Winslow mail. (Winslow, Ariz.) 1893-1926, 1923-05-25
ESSAY BY MARIE HURT WINS
THE AMERICAN LEGION PRIZE

zen is the child, and America is the
mother. If so, he must live not for
himself but for her and must al
ways give to her and not take from
her He should live, work, and die,
that she may survive, live and deye-
Top.
Do we want to be called a loyal
citizen, and have burning within us
the fiery spirit of true Americanism?
The answer is yes" with everyone
of us l know, so let us try our best
to be True Americans no matter
where we may be. We are every
one molding our characters each
day, good or bad, never to be I'M
done. To make worthy citizen,
our aim and purpose should be to
strive to higher ideals, and Amer
icanism is one of them.
The Winslow mail. (Winslow, Ariz.) 1893-1926, 1923-05-25
MATHEMATICS
MerWyn Porter


Only one change was made in the
text books of the Mathematics de-
partment of the High School. In
the Freshman class General
Mathematics" which included much
more practical material took the
place of the time worn algebra. The
work proved much more interesting
and a high quality of work was done.
The same text will be used in all
Freshman classes of Mathematics
next year.
AT the close of the school year
both Geometry classes prepared ex-
hibits of sample pages of their work
as a part of the Exhibit given in the
Washington School Auditorium. This
was of interest as it furnished the
pupils parents means of studying
the regular daily work of the two
classes.
The Winslow mail. (Winslow, Ariz.) 1893-1926, 1923-05-25

the drawing instruments, reading
the rule and scale, adding fractions
and dividing fractions. This part
alone is we'll worth the years work.
Some Of the drawings that were
made from the real objects, blocks
that were cut different sizes and
shapes, casting for lathe, small face
plate large face-plate, stool, dining
chair, arm chair, rocking chair,
table, dest, etc.
The Winslow mail. (Winslow, Ariz.) 1893-1926, 1923-05-25
SCIENCE DEPARTMENT
f. w. Kerr

The emphasis. placed on science
in the public schools in the past six
years has resulted in the department
branches of modern education. The
idea that formerly existed about
science, that it was merely a series
of useless experiments is giving
way now to an appreciation of what
an understanding of the basic prin-
ciples do and how they help people
to benefit themselves in all walks
of life. Biology has been laugh this
year emphasizing heredity and en-
vironment as the resulting end pro-
duct and coupled with desire on
the part of the pupil for a full in
vestigation into why plants and ami
mails are as they seem, rapid and
satisfactory progress was made
turnout the entire department. Ply
sizes and general Science held the
main portion of the stage this year
for the boys and althOgh handicap
ped on time somewhat very enthus-
iastic results were gotten in the
experimental department. The awak-
ened interest in scientific subjects
of this year promises well to hold
the major portion of the student in
terest for the coming fall and win
ter terms.
The Winslow mail. (Winslow, Ariz.) 1893-1926, 1923-05-25

was done this year, as machines are
very dangerous and should not be
turned over to students of this age
and size
The Winslow mail. (Winslow, Ariz.) 1893-1926, 1923-05-25
ATHLETICS

The past year in athletic tho not
as successful in all branches was
one above the average for a high
school year. Football came near du-
plicating itself as Winslow was run
ner up for the championship again
and made a showing in basketball
that was more or less discouraging
for while and the spirit of the
PLAYERS is to be commended for their
stick 4tuitiveness in finishing the
season.
Interclass basketball proved even
more successful than last year, the
Sophomores winning the handsome
trophy at the last game of the Tour
nament Baseball proved even bet
ter than the other sports as Win
slow tied HolbroOk for first place
in the Northern Arizona division.
Track was a boybear owing to the
fact that no meets could be sched-
uled with nearby towns and in spite
of this handicap WinslOw took third
place in the annual Flagstaff Nor
NAL invitation meet last Saturday.
Prospects for a banner year for
1924 are bright, football material
is plentiful basketball material is
practically identical with this years
and experience should produce a
fast cage team next winter. Baseball
and track material is abundant and
if the students of the high school
but keep up the pep" and fighting
spirit so loyalty displayed during
the past two years Winslow IS due
for an even bigger and better athle-
tic year.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-06-18
SPLENDID TIME ENJOYED
 AT EAGLES PICNIC

Something over 100 men women and children took in the Eagles pie nic wkhich was held yesterday at Aux Cove.
 The Alma left Juneau at s:S0 a.. m., calling at Douglas, Treadwell and Thane for passengers, most of whom got on here. The run to the picnic grounds was made in about three hours.
 AS soon as the boat got out of the Channel the atmosphere grew warmer and throughout the entire afternoon the weather continued mild and most agreeable.
 Two trips of a scow which the Alma had in tow sufficed to land all the passengers on the beach, and with camp fires soon going everyone proceeded to enjoy the occasion in real picnic style. Those who came prepared to fish made trip up the river, but they all returned empty handed,
 The picnickers broke camp about six o'clock and arrived home shortly after nine.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-06-18
ETHEL CLAYTON IN GOOD
 PRODUCTION AT LIBERTY

In beautiful story wherein a child's love reconciles her estranged parents. Ethel Clayton. Paramount star, scored an emphatic success at the Liberty last night in "The Ora dle."
 Financial worries cause the hus- band, { young doctor, to yield to the charms of another who becomes en- amOured of him when he calls to attend her for slight illness.
 A divorce is agreed upon, the hus- band marries the other woman and the wife marries a lawyer who had been former suitor
 The child stays with each parent for a period of six months. But she finds hatred and unhappiness in both households and finally is stricken withs an illness that threatens fatal results. Then comes the awakening the realization by father and mother that<t9es child is the living bond be- tween z thems of the mistakes they