Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-09-14
NOTES

The school board of district No. 81
will hold its monthly meeting today
at 10:30 a. m. in the office of the
superintendent at the grammar scnooi.
Twenty-Five students are enrolled
in the high school orchestra which
meets daily at a. M. on the regular
schedule. Mrs eastman, music sup
ervisor in the city schools, is direct
ing this work in addition to her work
in the grade schools. Three glee
clubsi-have been organized at the high
school and very soon practice will
begin on the school operetta, which
will be staged IN the latter part OF
November Only a few more can
be taken into the glee clubs the first
semester and registration will be
closed Friday.
The Bulldog football machine is
going through a severe Grill each
evening preparing for the first con-
ference game, to be played at Stafford
Oil October /. Coach Warren has
enough weight on the line but light
backfield. The conditioning OF tht,
men will be continued until the day
of the game. Scrimmages twice and
three times each week will be the
order next week. Candidates who are
showing considerable promise will be
given thorough tryout before the
first game.
The grammar school glee clubs and
orchestra are being organized by MRS.
Eunice j. Plumb for the work this
year. There is plenty or good ma
terial willing to develop at the grade
school and practices will begin early
next week, now that the regular class
room work is well settled.
Bob Thomas, ex-Bulldog coach in
1924, and now located at Superior,
Arizona, is anxious to have a game
of football with the Bulldogs here
this season. Principal c. w. Granger
will consider the proposition and make
an offer to the former grid mentor
Of D. H. S.
A few students who we're erron-
euosly enrolled earlier in the week
have been transferred to the proper
school and are now definitely located
Twelfth street is the dividing line
between the schools and only in
extreme cases where the reasons arc
considered sufficient will student be
allowed to enter a different school
A few cases of an over-crowded con-
clifton in grade have been relieved
and all classes are now under the
maximum.
Pupils entering the first grade
should enroll not later than Monday
Of next week After that date no
new students will be admitted in the
beginning class.
Ali students between the ages of
six and sixteen are required by the
laws Of Arizona to attend school un-
less they have working permits grant
ed by. school authorities. Anyone
employing children should ascertain
the age of the employee or demand
a working permit. The penalty for
failure of a student to attend school
falls on the parent and the law states
the amount of the penalty for first
offense.
The public school enrolment up
10 and. including Tuesday reached
2762, Or 36 more than at the corrc-
sp . ding time last year
Allan Hood and Arthur Reynolds,
both members cf the Douglas high
school rifle team, which has won
Inc state rifle trophy for the past
three years, are now entered in the
Camp Perry, OHIO, matches and ac
cording to reports are doing we'll
against the hardest competition in the
entire country. Reynolds and Hood
will both he eligible for the team
again this year. They will return tc
Douglas upon completion oil their
matches in Ohio.
William Hood, member of the class
of 1926 and member Of the
! Arizona rifle team, is also at Camp
Perry along with A. Hood and Rey-
nolds. The three Douglas boys arc
all hitting the "bullseye."
The alumnae OF D. H. S. will meet
! tonight in the high school auditorium
at .. M to discus plans for the
coming year 1t is urgently requested
that every member be present il pos.
sible from the first class, 1908, tC
| the last graduating class. There are
| approximately 100 alumnae members
of the teaching corps in the public
schools. This is the most important
meeting of the year as plans fol
the year will be discussed and acted
upon by the association. The present
officers of the association are Ralph
Williams, president; Mary Virginia
Austin, vice president, and Jeanette
Linder, secretary treasurer.