Smyrna times., 1947-01-16
Basketball Season Opens


of the season was played with Eel
ton Friday evening. The Smyrna
J.V.'s lost, with the Smyrna Var
-sity team winning very decisively.
The student body gave a tremend-
Gus turnout in support of the
teams. The school spirit is excel
lent. The cheer leaders, under the
direction of Doris Nowland, per-
formed splendidly and the cheering
response on the part of the specta-
tors was excellent.
The Seniors have their new class
pins. which are very attractive.
Much illness prevails among the
children of the Elementary School.
Whooping cough being very pre-
valent.
Miss Ethel Bell, a senior, has
been selected by the Senior Glass
and the faculty as the good citizen
ship pilgrim, representing The
school in the Good Citizenship Pill
grim contest, conducted through
out the state by the OAR.
The Kent County High School
Band has been invited to present
a program in the Smyrna School
auditorium in the near future.
Cheer Leaders
At 3:05, Friday, January 10,
grades TIP participated in a pep
rally. Doris Nowland started the
rally by telling the students that
cooperation was necessary to make
a pep rally successful. There are
several new cheers such as: The
Pep; The Smyrna Lizzy; The Rip
Rap; The Yep Yep; and the We'll
come Cheer. These cheers were
illustrated and led by Pat White,
Marie FAIRIES, Sally Bodley, Jean
Brown, Josephine Budd, Doris Now
land, and Bobby Collins. The team
was asked to stand, Coach Ward
gave few words of encourage
ment, Captain Mills and Co-Cap-
tain Slant and Pleasanton were
asked to speak but there was only
response from the Captain. The
rest of the time was spent doing
cheers for the purpose of building
up the teams spirit. This looks
like the beginning of a big year fol
the cheer leaders.
End of Semester
With the end of the first half
year falling on January 27, a great
deal of work for students anc
teachers alike must be done t,
complete all requirements. Repor
cards will be given students al
$3.50 on January 80, covering all
three marking periods to date, and
a final mark derived from allowing
a two-thirds value for class work
and a one-third value for exam
inations. Final examinations in
all subjects will be given next
week on Thursday and Friday.
Book reports for all students must
be in the hands of the librarian on
Or before January %.
Miss Constance johnson present
ed further techniques of student
personnel work in an address be-
fore the members of the Faculty
Club here on Wednesday, January
5, with particular emphasis upon
the Summary Chart and other
necessary records.
''We must be certain" said Miss
johnson, that we have all infor-
Mation necessary for adequately
dealing with every students deeds,
and, once we have this information,
we must be certain of its fullest
possible USE" Miss Johnson also
warned that all information must
be kept entirely for the confiden-
tial use of the teachers concerned.
Mrs. Julian Slaughter continued
the investigation into techniques
of teaching reading by presenting
a thorough resume Of modern stud
les of hand and eye preference as
related to success or failure in
school work. Mrs. Slaughter en-
phasized the Importance of avoid
ing any emotional disturbances
which might ensue from any at
tempt to force a change of left
preference to right-preference in
the use of hand or eye.
Members of the Faculty Club
aopted a resolution requesting Will
liam B. Simpson, President, D. S.
F. A., to call meeting of the
Representative Assembly of the D.
S. e. A. to act upon the matter of
securing a full-time secretary for
fha state acoaciation and to raise