The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-02-19
MEETINGS HELD BY
SCHOOL SOCIETIES
GEORGIA STORY PROMI-
NENT IN THE PROGRAMS.
LINCOLN HONORED.

The Tau Alpha literary society
met in the eleventh grade room Fri
day afternoon. Answer to the roll call
was made BY facts from Georgia his
tory After the minutes OF the last
meeting were read the following pro-
gram was given: Origin OF Cherokee
Rose" by Zerclda Thornton; song
"The Red Old Hills OF Georgia, by
the society. and The History OF
Georgia" by Alice Jennings. Before
adiourning several songs were sung
by the society.
Beta Alpha.
On Friday. the 18th, the Beta Alpha
society answered to the roll call with
little rhyme. In all our lie we heV, ,
er heard such rhymes! They yaried
from Mary Had a Little Lamb 10
III Penseroso." Some forgot theirs
end thought they would get off easily
But all their forgetting profted them
nothing. for at the close OF the meet
ing our esteemed teacher, Miss Bur
defte announced that all those who
did not give a rhyme to stay IN Mon
dav. Look out, Bob! We heard you
We were then entertained by some
very 1aughable Jokes by John Bell.
Alter that we had an imprOmptu de
hate. Resolved. There Is Evil i'll the
Movies" Edward Grubbs and Mil
bred Pridgeon were on the affirmative
and Rebecca. Oxford and w. ]. Math-
is on the negative. The judges de-
cided in favor OF the negative. Then
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lmgsworth, Ella Frances Jones, Myles
Hill and Harvey Smith sang Tor us
familiar Georgia song. Harvey must
have had one OF those funny feelings
il his knees which gave him a great
desire to sit down, for he was halt
vav to his seat when the remaining
three. Mvles Hill in the lead, and
that bashful little girl Ella Frances
ZONES. murmuring softly, finished. Be
fore we adjourned Sarah McLendon
cave US some OF the history OF our
beloved state, Georgia.
Wilsonian.
On February 18th the Wllsonlan
Literary Society assembled for its reg
ular weekly meeting. First OF all the
society was called to order by the
president The minutes OF the last
. meeting were read by the secretary.
The program was conducted with the
very greatest ability possible. The trst
number was Lincoln as a President,
nv I w. Grubbs One OF our favorlte
selections from our well-known poet,
Sidney I.aniSr. was rendered by Anna
Carol Kaufman. The History OF Our
Dear Old State OF Georgia was then
given bv Howard Fox. Leon Fergu-
son next read us THE Life OF Our
Well-Known President
Since variety is the spice of life we
cnioved to the fullest the jokes which
were given by Tom Edwards. Garden
Bell was so DESTROYS OF having the So
cietv sing a song that she started one
of and when we stopped she kept on
going We all know what an excellent
voice she has and, OF course her sing
ing was received with an enthusiastic
applause. This concluded the program
and we adjourned to our respective
classes.
Campus Dots.
Its a known fact that no one at ID.
II. S. can beat Naomi drawing hgures.
Figures don't lie.
Harry Petty asked Ella Mae for
lock Of her golden hair. Ella Mae says
she's not that kind OF girl. -.
Reid Buchanan wants to know II
there's any way to get burnt cork OFT
without an operation. He says he has
not worn out the dough face he has
on, yet. H.
Mattibel wants to know II an cleo
trocutor is the man who short circuits
with the end.
Mary had a little lamb,
Her father shot him dead
And now Mary brings her lamb to
school
Between two hunks OF bread.
Myles Hill is with us no more he
drank some Kz Fe &C. NJ Tor what
he thought would cure some hics.
We've ali heard of square around,
but have you ever seen round
square? Wen, Naomi drew one for us
in geometry the other day.