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p. T. "a Business Meeting

A very important business meet
ing of the Parent-Teacher Associa-
tion of the Clayton School was held
at the school on Thursday evening
September "a About fifteen IN
vited parents were present.
The meeting was called to order
by the President, Mr.. Hickman
who stressed the necessity for CO.
operation for a successful year
1t was decided to hold the meet
ings the second Monday night in
each month from seven-thirtv u
nine Each program is to consist
of contributions by school children
and adults.
A committee was appointed ID
meet on Monday night, September
20, at the school to arrange for a
card and bingo party for free
lunches. Watch this paper for
i further announcement about these
The officers and chairmen Of the
various committees are:
President ...... w. w Hickman
Vice-President,
Mrs. Jack Montague
Secretary. Mrs. Clarence Bodley
Treasurer =. Mrs. Leonard Morris
Publicity Chairman,
Mrs. Hester Negendank
Program Chairman, Mrs. Comegvs
Membership Chairman,
Mrs. Lambert Goodine
Adult Education :. Mrs. Van Cleat
Health Chairman, Mrs. w. r. Kevs
The membership drive will be-
gin Immediately and will end on
Monday, October 19, the date Of
the first P T. A Our goal is 30C
members, so be ready with your
quarter when a member of the
committee calls at your door.
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Election of Officers

With the opening of every school
year each class is confronted with
the task of electing class or club
officers. This is not as easily done
as one would suppose. The candi-
dates must be chosen with care.
One should not select a person
simply because he is ones best
friend, or perhaps the most popu-
lar person in the classroom, but be-
cause he is capable of filling the
position.
After several persons have been
selected to run for one Office, the
vote of the majority will decide
who shall receive it. In this man
mer, the person who is most cap
able and deserving of the job is
elected fairly.
F. Reimaun
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to help do the daily chores. Volta
life And they call it vacation.
Dorothy Attix
Minute Men of Radio

Calling C2-C2- -WRPM calling
C2 and standing by. Perhaps you
have heard this on your all-wave
radio set. If so / can imagine that
you thought it was just a lot of
noise. In reality, however, it was
an amatuer short wave operator
asking another operator who hears
him to answer and strike up con-
versation.
On March 10, 1882, at Long
Beach, California, there came the
first tremor of an earthquake. One
hundred and fifty people were
dead; hundreds of others were in
jured and dying. Three thousand
miles of coast was in flame and for
thirty miles inland the fires were
visible All communications to the
outside world were destroyed as
telephone wires were down and
roads and bridges were washed
out. However a ham" operator,
as they are called, set up his short
wave set and sent messages to the
outside world: calls for help and
directions as to how to reach the
stricken people. Holding on by
sheer nerve he sent messages for
week while wave after wave
rocked his house, threatening to
destroy it.
Many people, rich and poor alike,
have taken ham fever" Wilmer
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From the Principals Office

Elsewhere in this issue one finds
list of the members of the School
Congress. These boys and girls
have been duly elected by their
classmates as members of the gov
erning board of our school The
layman will naturally ask the pur-
pose of such an organization.
shall not try to justify a School
Congress in this issue; rather,
shall describe the set-up as we
hope to have it in our school this
year
We like to think of our school as
a town of 225 members who habe
their own departments of safety
fire, health, ETC. The safety de-
partment has jurisdiction over
school buses, condition of the play
ground, and order in the halls. The
fire department has charge of fire
drills, etc. The health department
has control of the lunch room, in
tramural athletics and interschol-
astis athletics.
As a co-ordinator of all these
school activities we have formed a
School Congress which is similar
to town council. 1t will meet
weekly and will have charge of the
general welfare of our school.
Some of its duties are:
(D To supervise conduct in the
halls. classroom, on the play
ground and in the school buses.
(2) To plan for school parties,
plays, P. T. A, etc.
81 To assist the various depart
ments and clubs in their work.
(4) To work for the betterment
of the school morale.
Finally, 1 would like to empha-
size the point that the purpose of
the School Congress is not to take
the problems out of the hands of
the faculty but to assist and coop
crate with them in their work.
Likewise, it is not a body of auto
Gratis who are snoopers. tattle-tales
and the like, but by a group of pu-
pills, elected by their classmates,
on the basis of their ability to
judge wisely and to make decisions
fairly. Thus we, in Clayton, hope
that by practicing the rules of de-
macracy in their youth, the pupils
will better understand and respect
the democracy into which they will
go in later life.
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on lure many.
Katharine Sweeney
The Drawings In the Library

The Drawings In the Library
For the purpose of eliminating
some unemployment, the govern
ment has made many plans. One
plan which pertains to artists sug-
gests that any school which desires
decorations for the wall, can get in
contact with the government un-
employment agency and the..' will
furnish an artist who will do the
painting.
Mr.. Schantz, our superintendent,
was greatly interested in the plan,
as he wanted some paintings in the
library and in the vestibule. So
two artists drew the paintings.
The two drawings in the library
are by Edward Grant. One repre-
sents the fishing industry at Leip-
sic. The other is painting of
Hoffecker's farm, near Smyrna.
This picture represents the corn
husking and shelling.
In the vestibule is painting of
different classrooms. This was
done by Mr.. Pyle.
These drawings are very greatly
praised and appreciated. All of
them are very realistic.
Mary Eta West
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Many Agricultural Students

Enrolment in Caesar Rodney
high school in vocational agricul-
ture and home economics is again
large this year. There are already
forty-five students enrolled in ag-
riculture with additional late reg
istrations expected. Sixteen of
these students are enrolled in Ag-
riculture for the first time In the
home economics department there
are ninety-five girls enrolled. For
ty-one of these students are in the
seventh and eighth grade class. OF
the fifty-four in elective high
school courses there are twenty
one in the first class, nineteen in
the second, and fifteen in an ad-
yanced class
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Allison-U. S. tennis champion
Herbert Hoover, Jr.; Freeman Cos
den (Amos, of Amos n Andy')
and Frank Hawks, the speed flyer
are only a few of the many ham
operators There are many OF
these ham operators, nearly 10000
in America, who deserve much
credit for saving lives and money
by their help, for which they re-
ceive no money whatsoever.
There are ham operators all over
the world, some of whom strike UP
friendships. Much credit is due
these minute men of radio" They
are helping to bind the nations OF
the world together in friendship.
Harold Shockley
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and that, as the land shifted, prob
ably by earth quakes, sank below
the waters. Naturally the people
realized that they could not escape
and therefore made their houses
water proof. Soon afterward one
of their scientists discovered a
method of substituting gills for
lungs.
There followed long period of
operations in which everyone be-
came like the fishes of the sea-
These people began life anew far
from the prying eye of science and
the people obtained from wrecked
ships merely became subjects of
the great under sea city of Allan
tbs.
Roger Davis
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Suicide as a Popular Pastime in
China

Suicide is favorite indoor sport
N China. Considering the fact
that it is difficult to stage a dress
rehearsal and that no individual
can hope for very much practice in
the art, the Chinese are a race of
expert suiciders. Suicides each
year numbers hundreds of thous-
ands, in fact one out of every four
hundred people, yearly, by suicide
precipitate themselves into the
hereafter.
Suicide is considered an eminent
ly satisfactory way of getting the
last word in an argument, of tell
ing ones mother-in-law where to
head in, or of expressing displeas-
ure with ones employer. To be
sure, the victorious one cannot leer
triumphantly at his opponent and
remark, Curses on you at last %
but he finds compensation in the
thought that his spirit will have
full haunting privileges on a long
term lease.
To commit suicide on an enemv's
doorstep is considered the acme of
revenge. Besides receiving unweI-
come attention from the shadow
world, the recipient of the surprise
package is made the subject of
Yamen inquiry so searching as to
make U. S. investigating coroner
look like little Effie coming over to
play with her dolls.
Another urge towards suicide is
The desire of disputant to reach
the next world and lay his case be-
fore the judges before the arrival
OF the other party. Under these
circumstances the person usually
stages a suicide party of his own
as quickly as possible, SO as to
reach the scene before his opponent
mas had a chance to put over toe
much doubtful testimony I'M
agine the surprise of the first ghost
at the entrance into the court room
OF the second ghost just as the
former is painting his opponents
character in the lurid colors of a
blackguard.
Drowning and hanging are the
favorite ways of committing sui
eide, although the delights of pois-
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And They Call IT Vacation,

Most kids is sorry when sum-
mer's over and they have t start
t school; but not me; nosireeee!
I'm glad t get outa school but
jest 'ez glad to get back in. va
have to get up just as early when
school is out as va do when you're
in. The folks at home know va
got plenty of time during the sum-
mer and make use of va. Errands,
add JOINS to say nothin' of regular
chores. Is it any wonder why a
feller gifts tard once in a while
And they call il vacationi Vaca-
ton indeed! Well jest let me tell
va about the time decided to take
vacation. A real one where there
are no pesky jobs.
One night after I thought nom
and pop were fast asleep-in fact
I'm sure / heard pop snore, / pick
ed something ia eat, took a
blanket off my bed and sneaked
out. 1t was about twelve o'clock
but the stars were shinin' bright
so wasn't sceered. OF course I'm
not at all sceery but a fella usually
likes to feel like he's got company
and little light don't hurt.
Wal, / walked and walked. Two
or three times 1 thought 1 heard
somethin' follerin' me but it only
turned out to be a COW and another
time rabit scurryin' through the
bushes.
1t began to get light so I thought
it soon must be mornin' but that
couldn't be because I'd only just
been out a hour. After a while 1
run up on barn. 1t looked a lit
tie like airs but / couldn't see very
well and / knowed I'd left it back
home. So found a heap o. straw
and laid down. Don't exactly know
how long / had dozed but all of a
sudden l thought 1 heard pop a
yellin' from the stable to NOM and
tellin' her to call me outa bed and
gete the milkin' done. I smiled to
myself couse 1 knew wasn't any,
where around him. Smiled again
when | thought of how surprized
they'd be when they found I wuz
gone.
/ jest stretched out and sighed
kinda contented like and dropped
off again. When 1 woke UP again
the sun was shinin' in my eyes.
There was a sign tackled on to a
board on the floor:
Son, when you wake up come
in the house and get your break
fast. The milkin's all done" 1t
was Pops writing!
Gee cricketsl I'd slept in our
own barn all night. And wanted
to run away. Can va beat it? I
must've been walking around in
our own pasture fields all that
time.
''Wil-l-lie''.
guess I wasn't dreamin'. Pop
Gid call me. Now guess III have
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Student Congls

On Thursday, Septzz
the fifth, sixth, seveH1 D
grades elected membs !
school congress. 0-e VI
week we have a mee@ !
the rules for the sci0l d
bers are as follows; III
Janice Short; sixth :sz
Pusey and Jean SAal
grade. Grey Bud, Ben !
and Helen Biddle;; slsl-
Billy B0dley, Hliaa ni'A- !
Ross and Betty Grals1
had school congress to- I
and we hope that thf -
try to support the S1d
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EDITORIAL
Sportsnanship

The soccer season is here for the
boys. and field ball for the girls.
With that and everything else
around here, there is a very lively
time. Many people think that the
only thing to do is to win games.
That is not the spirit at all, we
must win fairly and sportsmanllke.
We also must be able to lose grace
fully, as well as win gracefully.
The sportsmanship code. by which
we should all try to abide, Is as
follows:
L. Keep the rule.
2. Keep faith with your COM
rade.
3. Keep your temper.
4. Keep yourself fit.
5. Keep stout heart in defeat'
6. Keep your pride under in VS.
tory.
Z. Keep a sound soul, a clean
mind, and a healthy body.
If we, the students of Clayton
School, will abide by these rules'
the season will be a success
whether we win or lose.
Girls Sports
Well. school again and more
games. The girls have lost soihe
very good players, but others are
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Elephants

Elephants are found !
India and Africa Fh's /
in the dense junglsS y
elephants Of India ~ :. /
wild herds, but Wien = j
is once tanned be iS =
and kind to his drivers
The elephants en'a' !
.:aor which he sens 4
tr7,nt and throws sgsiaI|
| tramps on him la' .',',1 :,
dead tiger throws la' =. !,
a fury, The elspnaa. ,is !.
scent for food or sn'iJ :. !,
| It is the largest aa4s I !,
ing, being from eiss' ,a.a. Il
high at the shoulders : 4
a weight Of 10000 l's ), !, |
IS thick, wrinklsd' 3D. =. ,
covered with haiI' |. ,
/ color being blush o. ~ q
has straight less
sleeps leaning a aa', !. . ,.1l
i cliff. The trunk - = : = "a
1.-THE, tough, sen'lu'. =. Y
tiln tanning 10000 na'..', s,'. I'd
ahead of a herd p ..1a's. o,s
thsnt. the elephants b hiai e = ]
thew then camp ~ II i
weeks. wee When they ~ n
elephants they g. spti NJ vi
anything to ca. :. n trn II
been there two o. J., fs]
give him sugar |
good b behavi0I' t., Oa II
elephants haq, ~ ~ d |
long, pull very - !; ~
wagons, and y uPIS nd. u \
phant mainly y 1
travelling. EsN /
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Boys Sport,

School mas start d NJ i
Of soccer has com ! ;. u
nave lost many ot ON y
from last year. such :.
Reed, Leonard Pin DE- II
rIngton. Delmar Hanpr]
Donoway and o.bss 1
we have been Rorkir, Il
positions open. The la,l
been definitely pic cLss. n
lowing boys have bsz
places. Boys playing III
are Clifton Bicklng I,,l
ing, Bill Pusey WiEl,]
Merrick Horn. Hsr5g /
Alvin Hill and othss \
back candidates an Il
Earle Ely, Eugsns Fn1
Ross. The full back. \
Chase, Joseph Py Il, I'd
bage, and goal tender i \
ley. Our schedule: |
Tuesday, September n
at Clayton. |
Tuesday, October I'D
Townsend.
Tuesday, October lls|
es at Clayton.
Friday, October IsL1
Hartly.
Tuesday, October nd
Sudlersville.
Tuesday, October q, d
st. Georges. |
Monday, November a
vile at Clayton. |
Friday, November Cd
at Clayton.
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Clayton School T.,
Articles of Interest Contributes ~ac(dI
Grammar School uAkdGl

coming coming on al Ii. ) \
beginning to DIas ,a' Dc
year It is FieIs SIs = lsaJ
ospIs nol getting b nue. ! II
cause this is ON +sa !. al
game- gins : Miss Louis. i n
al,t MISS Pearle Smith NJ !. ~
out. out. Two teams ) r. \
girls. girls from the SIT, ~
et eighth 9 grades pIar la, ! n
paes present the game e \
made out but 1--WE We ,sa'tI
dua o%3send r,s girls bot5 ! /
ana Clayton. Enn, :
TAN Of the Girls ~ "a I
he girls that A. : % % 4
me team are: R9t ! s'2 I |
nam Laura Smith ! ! s,s
Flor Florence Bailey, ~.
Eleanor Burke ? ...s ~.
Betty EichhoIz. 81. 81 /
Frances Naylor. T.. 10 |
irene Sapp Jane I'll
Aiosa' Elosie Hon n
Virginia Shields ,.,- !. u
J" { nope to have a va, 4
year. ''! 4
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Two Hurt D \

-orlt "
| While driving gprorrtfI
| sunday night, * Sp' ! WI
Watson csll0sISSr ISSr5si y
badly cut and .ss !. ) ~
antomo onSas oDIls ., st,',l ,.,sai i :
the Bay Road n%I
.n',,h si,u Of p0TsI. ,I,,s ~
Company anI:'sa n
to the Kent
treatment.
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Girls, Sports

Well. school again and more
games. The girls have lost some
very good players, but others art
Smyrna times., 1936-10-01
Spy Glass Business

z. Reinann
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Al Hostak, who has finally +
greed TO meet Jimmie Best In
the senlI-flnal bout on the Miller
and Payne Card.
SomeSody give Nate Druxman a
cold towel. Poor Nate. after final
" getting q banner card ready TO
usher in the 1886 fight season,
headlined by Freddie Miller, feath-
erweight champion, and Cecil
Payne, he was forced to again
postpone his card until January %.
This time q cut eye suffered by
Cecil Payne caused the postpone
ment. Payne was working out with
Willie Walker, a Gus West protege
Ayhen Walker butted Payne accid-
elNally In an exchange, inflleting
sut over Payne's left eye. It was
not bad injury, but win mean
tina. Cece will be unable to do any
more boxing for three or four days
and that would have been fatal,
trying to prepare himself for q
matcl, with boy Of Miller's cali
Der.
on TIP of it, Payne has. agreed
to malz,' 1876 pounds at o'clock,
the day Of the fight for Miller. and
1t would have been impossible for
him to get down to the poundage
without the benefit of further ring
work. The postponement was a
greeabIe to Miller who dropped a
ten round decision to Johnny Pena
In Oakland Wednesday night. Pena
copied the call when he staged d
sensational rally in the last few
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THE TOWN
Wifh FRANK FAIR

cocktail party. Alb What a hos
tesslIl JelIybean johnson,
entertainer extraordinary, has
invented new game called "Ab-
byssinlan NuneroIoqy." For fur
ther particulars see Jellybean
himself | wonder If vernice
Miller Is using some purple eye
shadow for one eye? Better
duck next time u. Con Davis
refusing to pay off his S.M.U.
bet and Freddie Bowman still
owing for the beating scaP gave
Washington last fall--just cou-
pie Of chiselers $50. One of my
favorlte friends, Luther Buxton
-. Eddie and Charlotte Harris
now soiourning in Call .sari
Green and Arthur Branch are
closer than eight-forty-flvellllll
hope | have convinced Or.
Burton that wasn'4 the doc
tor or ofia of his intSrnes," but,
as usual "Doc," Pm still open
for constructive criticism and
would appreciate il very much
coming from you wonder
If Ted Carpenters swell new
short wave radio has been able
to automatically turn off when
they start TO play 1.-THE Music
Goes Round and Round" -.
will consider It a scoop when
find out what the an" stands
for In M. Columbus Honey
suckle's name The Samuel
BusneIIs (LuciIIe Redmond) ush-
cred in the New Year with fine
youna son Abyssinian Club,
Main Streets "cIub Victor" was
the scene Of pugilistic encoun-
ter which lasted long enough for
"calwn Parish to hit "Cripple
Tom" and il was all over but
the singing Of the brides (the
"hit'' Of the week.. -. "Sfim
Sham" spends lot IT time at
the Hilltop. Hull Madeline7
L-ueIla Gaiewood's new nickname
is Bufps,y Hal Hal Hal s. And
say, folks, while out IN East Ma
olson Way and you need gas,
oil or repairs for your car, drop
into sykes garage and get
load Of real service (Russel, old
boy, that will Just cost you an
ad) How'n ! doing there,
edItor7 The Danny Aliens
are respecting" bundle of Joy
sometime next month. Well, the
radio Is playing "The Music Goes
Round and Round" and so am
I till next week. Hi Everybody
p. S. - (The versatile corlne
cIbson's version Of the song Is
sweiil)
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rounds. All Of which looks very
favorable to Ckcil Payne. Payne
truly believes lie beat Miller the
last time they fought IN Louisville.
The referee favored Payne but the
judges gave the fight to Miller.
Payne promises 10 be IN the best
shape of his long career for this
bout. He has trained faithfully
and kept away from the bright
spots. We predict he will win.
IN the smi-windup Nate has
scored another ten strike, Jimmie
Best against Al Hostak at six
rounds. This bout is strong enough
to headline any show in the coun-
try. Hostalk, the Georgetown lad
who has been brought along care
fully by the wiley Eddie Marine,
has lost only one fight In his short
career and that was to Best IN Q
Tacoma ring
Since then both boys have kept
up their winning steaks and have
defeated the same boxers. Best, a
little envious of the way HostalS
has been pushed ahead, has been
anxious to get him in the ring ag-
ain but Marine has always stayed
clear Now that both boys have
fought themselves out of oppon-
ents, Marine agreed to let his
charge meet Jimmie again. The
winner win be in line for several
important shots with boxers who
are coming this way. The complete
card win be announced in q few
days along with the prizes schedule.
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Agomens Study Club. Following q
social session delicious refresh
ments were served By the hostess.
hrs. Q. l. Mccullough Was the
hostess Thursday evening" for The
last meeting ia the series q the
London Bridge Club.
Mr.. AL Hall was elected nTasi-
dent Of the Seattle branch NAACP
IN meSting Of the Board held %
Monday evening at the YW.C.A.
All other officers were elected n
public meeting held IN Deem
Der.
The Business and Industrial
Girl Club sponsored a seal sale
for the NAACP. Total tales am
ounted to S14. Miss Jamie Watson
acted as chairman OF the commit
tee and was responsible Cor selling
ST. worth Of seals. Large eonlri-
butors were the Ellis and Daeeh-
ter Ellxs and the S.M.T. Lodge.
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Patterson Helps Oregon

The tail colored center who FOL
lived his coach to Oregon. thus
i1lAoming the first colored youth
g play varsity basketball II the
Northern Division Of the Pee
made SIX baskets and q free throw
to help his mates defeat the u. Of
Idaho In the second game Of their
series at Eugene Wednesday, night.
Oregon won 4b-41
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First A.ME. Church. Thursday.
January %, 1886. The Cotton
Blossom Singers, students from
Piney Woods School, Piney Woods,
Miss, in s concert. Samuel Cray,
George Darsett. Boyd Bowen and
Thomas Pruitt compose the quar-
let. No admission wiz be charged
but an offering win be taken.