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Vol. XXIV.
CAVE SPRING, GA., MARCH 10, 1922
HOW THE RABBIT LOST HIS TAIL
Once upon a time, ages and ages ago, the
rabbit had a long tail. In those days the cat
had no tail and she looked with envious eyes at
the long, beautiful one which the rabbit had.
It was just exactly such a one as she wished
she had for herself.
Then, as now, the rabbit was a thoughtless,
careless little beast. One day he went to sleep
with his long, beautiful tail hanging straight
out behind him. Along came Mistress Puss
with her sharp, sly, spying eyes. "It would be
just the easiest thing in the world," she said
to herself, "to cut off Mr. Rabbit's tail while
he lies there asleep, and sew it onto myself."
She ran as fast as she could to get her sharp,
sharp knife.
One blow of the sharp, sharp knife, and off
came Mr. Rabbit's tail before he woke up
enough to know exactly what had happened to
him. Mistress Puss was very spry and she had
the tail neary sewed on to her own body before Mr. Rabbit saw what she was doing. "I
do believe that is my tail," said he; that was
the first of his missing it.
"Don't you think it looks better on me than
it did on you?" asked Mistress Puss.
"It surely is becoming to you," replied the
generous unselfish rabbit. "It was a little too
long for me, anyway, and I'll tell you what
I'll do. I'll let you keep it if you will give me
your sharp, sharp knife in exchange for it."
Mistress Puss gave the rabbit the knife. He
started out into the deep forest with it in his
mouth. I've lost my tail but I've gained a
knife," said he, over and over again to himself.
"I'll get me a new tail or something else just
as good."
Mr. Rabbit hopped along through the forest
for a long time and at last he came to a little
old man busily engaged in making baskets.
He was making the baskets out of rushes and
he was biting them off with his teeth. He looked up and spied the rabbit hopping along with
the sharp, sharp knife in his mouth. "Oh
please, Mr. Rabbit," said he, "will you not be
so kind as to let me borrow your knife? It is
very hard work to bite off the rushes with my
teeth."
The rabbit let him take the knife. The little
old man started to cut oil" the rushes with it,
when, snap! went the knife! It was broken into
halves.
"Oh, dear! oh, dear!" cried the rabbit.
"What shall I do! what shall I do! You have
broken my nice new knife!"
The little old man said that he was very
sorrv and that ho did not mean to do it. "I'll
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forgive you for breaking my sharp, sharp
knife," said the rabbit, "but I think you ought
to give me one of your baskets to pay for losing it."
The little old man gave the rabbit one of his
nicest baskets and the rabbit started on through
the deep forest with it. "I lost my tail, but I
gained a knife; I lost my knife, but I gained
a basket," said he over and over again.
The rabbit hopped along through the deep
forest for a long time. At last he came to a
clearing. Here there was an old woman busily
engaged in picking lettuce. When she had
gathered it, she put it into her apron. Soon she
looked up and spied the rabbit hopping along
with his basket. "Oh, please, Mr. Rabbit," she
said, "will you not be so kind as to let me
borrow your nice basket?"
The rabbit handed her his basket. Just as
soon as she began to put lettuce into it, down
fell the bottom out of the basket. "Oh, dear!
oh, dear!" cried the rabbit. "What shall I do!
what shall I do! You have broken the bottom
out of my nice new basket!" The old woman
said that she was very sorry and that she did
not mean to do it. "I'll forgive you," said the
rabbit, "but I think you ought to give me some
of your lettuce to pay for losing such a nice
basket."
The old woman gave the rabbit some of her
very best lettuce. He hopped along with it,
saying over and over again, "I lost my tail,
but I gained a knife; I lost my knife, but I gained a basket; I lost my basket, but I gained
some lettuce." The rabbit was getting hungry
by this time. How good the lettuce smelled!
First he took a tiny, tiny nibble. Then he took
a good bite. It was just the very best thing he
had ever tasted in all his life. "I don't care
if I did lose my tail, and then my knife, and
then my basket," said he. "Now I've found the
very best thing of all. I like it the best of anything I ever had."
From that day to this, there has never been
a rabbit who had a nice long tail and there has
never been a rabbit who cared at all about having one. From that time to this, there has never
been a rabbit who did not like to eat lettuce
and who was not perfectly happy and contented if he only had plenty of it.
From that day to this, most cats have had
tails. There are only a few now who have no
tails. We call these Manx cats. If your Pussy
could only come out of the Land of Silence and
talk to you, she would tell you that all cat
mothers tell this story to their cat babies. It
was because the rabbit was sleeping with his
tail hanging carelessly out behind him, you remember, that the sharp,shut p knife cut it o/T.
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JOURNAL
We did not come to school last Wednesday
morning because it was Washington's birthday. We had a party Tuesday night and a
picture show instead last Wednesday night.
We had lots of fun. We played different kinds
of games. About 8:30 we had lemonade and
cake. We had a jolly time at the party.
Last Wednesday morning we skated on the
rink. After a while we went to see the boys
play base-ball. Some girls from Cedartown
passed by on the street and saw me and recognized me so I shook hands with them. I invited Alma Rice to come too because they knew
her very well. They asked us if we wanted to
go to the picnic with them at the spring. We
told them that we would be glad to go but we
must ask Mr. Harris first. The girls went with
us to Mr. Harris's office and asked him if he
would let us go to the picnic with them. Mr.
Harris said he would be glad to let us go.
When we came down the stairs, we saw the
deaf girls playing base-bull with the deaf boys,
so we ran to watch them, but were too late.
We were very much disappointed. Then we
went to town and bought some tablet paper
and then went back to the spring. We met
many new friends, about thirty people. We
went for a ride in a car.
Then we came back to the spring and played base-ball. Some young boys played with us.
We played other games too.
At twelve o'clock we had lunch on the
ground. We ate too much. I had plenty to eat.
Then we went to the cave with the boys. We
were very tired so we sat on the stones.
Later we came back to school and then the
boys and girls went back to the spring and
rode back to Cedartown. We had a grand time.
We had a "movie last Wednesday night. Vivian Martin played in "The Song of The Soul."
It was very good.
Mvree Thurston
The Washington's Birthday Party
Last Tuesday night we had a Washington's
birthday party from seven until eleven o'clock.
Some of the boys chose girls then we went
into the parlor where we played many games.
Miss Norris pinned colored papers on our
backs. Then we turned around very fast and
let the others tell Miss Norris what color the
papers were.
The one who guessed all the colors got a
prize.
We had another game of threading needles
very fast. We liked it very much. Eddie Morgan could not thread the needle very well.
We had more games and enjoyed all of them.
John Parker and John Webb served refreshments. We had cake ami lemonade for refreshments.
Everybody had a fine time.
The next day was a holiday and we were
Alice Parker
happy.
Some Things We Learned From
"Current Events"
It has been rumored in Germany that the
former Crown Prince has written a book which
will soon be published.
We read about a strike in New Hampshire
and Rhode Island. Thousands of cotton-mill
workers are fighting a twenty per cent wage
cut and wish to return to the 54 hour week.
An authoress has come to the United States.
She is Tsai Su Guen. She intends to travel
through the United States for a year to learn
about the work and customs of American women. She received a splendid education in her
native country and was especially trained in
music. In her picture in "Current Events" she
is wearing a gown ornamented with rare pearls
that is estimated to be worth more than
$10,000.00.
Sir Earnest Shackelton's body was buried on
the Southern Island of South America which is
in the Atlantic Ocean east of Cape Horn of
South America. Lady Shackelton asked to
have this done. She thought it, would be the
wish of the explorer.
Betsy Ross made the first American flag
for George Washington. The Stars and Stripes
was fi.rst carried in the battle of P.randywine.
The Continental Congress adopted our flag on
.June 14, 1777. The patriots had carried different flags before our country selected the
Star Spangled Banner.
Perhaps if we go to Washington, we may be
abe to see the original constitution of the United States, and the original Declaration of Independence at the Library of Congress. The
room which will be used for them will be
lighted by soft electric lights. These important papers will be put in a glass case which
will be framed in bronze. There will be a
bronze railing in front so people can't harm
them.
Ten Commandment to a Student
1. Knowledge is power and wisdom is the
key to use it.
2. A man should be as strong in mind as in
body. Beasts have very much muscle and
very small minds.
3. A man swears because of his ignorance
and ill manners.
4. Give your week-day thoughts a rest over
Sunday. Give some time to thinking of religion.
5. Read only books and stories that describe
a happy home life.
(>. Do not fill your mind full of evil.
7. Do not turn your mind into a sewer of immorality.
8. Do not cheat by copying other people's
thoughts. Think for yourself.
0. Spread the gospel of truth. Speak the
truth always.
10. Do not envy another man's brain. Make
your mind better than his by hard study.
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THE TRADES AND
Primary Wood Shop
INDUSTRIES
The Sewing Room
It will soon be nesting time now and Jim
We go to the sewing-room every Monday,
Ponder, Douglas Hitchcock, Willie Silvey and Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.
Horace* Sanders are making very attractive
We went to the sewing-room last Saturday
bird houses in the Primary Wood Shop.
morning and stayed from 8:30 until lliHO.
These houses are for sale and orders can be
We looked at the slate and saw where Miss
given to Miss May Clark.
Annie had written that she did not want us to
Thomas Ellis enamelled some beautiful trays press our skirts so we were disappointed.
and is now working on some doll furniture.
We darned stockings and coats. 1 darned
If you want to see wooden cats that can my own stockings when I finished. 1 darned
really move and drink real milk out of a real the boys' and girls' stockings and coats. Miss
saucer, just visit the primary wood shop and Annie said that she wanted us to finish them
ask Dan Roberts and Willie Silvey to show you because the girls and boys needed to wear
the cats they have made.
them. After leaving the sewing-room we went
Emmett McLendon and I are making cane upstairs. I talked with the girls.
stools. Mine will be finished in a few days.
After dinner we went upstairs and washed
Miss McDaniel wants another one and I shall the girls' hair. 1 helped Adelaide to wash her
make it as soon as 1 can.
hair. It looked nice.
Miss Clark said that Emmett and I were fine
After a while Claire, Alice, Adelaide, Miss
workers. We work one hour in the primary Annie and I went to the kitchen to make
wood shop.
divinity candy. I can make divinity candy by
My mother wants me to make a library table myself. I helped Alice to make candy, so 1 was
for her. I want to begin it soon.
very tired but I wished to help her. Then we
The wood shop work is very interesting.
cleaned up, then we went upstairs and I went
Fred Jones
to bed and rested.
Eufaula Franklin
We are darning stockings and mending the
Farm and Garden
boys' clothes in the sewing room and Ada JackSome time ago I planted three rows of onions son is making the boys' clothes.
in the garden. 1 was very surprised to see they
Mae Spurlin
are coming up. I remember when 1 planted
I marked the boys' shirts last week.
them I thought they would be very good.
Eunice Harrow
Friday afternoon we cut much grass and
We helped Miss Powers in the dining room
wecvjs and cleaned up in the garden. John last Saturday. Adelene Powell and Ivey MoreWebb and Fred Jones plowed. Mr. Carpenter land brushed the walls, Alice Parker and
planted radishes, lettuce, turnips, mustard and Eunice Barrow washed the windows, Lucile
other vegetables in the garden. When they Norris and Louise Spivey dusted the chairs and
grow I think it will be very nice. We shall en- Venice Howell and I scrubbed the tables.
joy the early vegetables. We shall have many
Frances Connor
kinds of vegetables in the garden this year.
INDUSTRIAL NEWS
We like Mr. Carpenter HO much because he is
teaching us how to plant and plow, and grow
Some of the girls have been making girls'
many things to eat.
George Dance
gowns.
I got the mule last Saturday and harnessed
Mary Smith, Frances Connor and Virgi"
him. I ploughed, then harrowed. We were Lovvorn
have been helping Mrs. Blair make
getting the ground ready to plant spinach and the bed spreads
for the boys' dormitory.
beets.
Some of the girls are working in the dining
Mr. Carpenter told me to ride the mule to
room
this month but we shall change our work
the blacksmith's shop while he went to dinner.
the
last
of this month. Most of us like to work
Fred Jones
in the dormitory better.
Carl Moessner, Raymond Wood, Lonnie
Arts and Crafts Department
Wood,
and Claud Casey have been helping
The pupils of Miss Jessie Stevens are good
Mr.
Metcalf
with his carpenter work. They
workers in this department. Two of the girls,
have
cut
the
girls'
reading room in two. They
Sallie Kelly and Carrie H. Arnold, weave rugs,
put
in
a
new
partition.
Now there are two
and also fringe for coverlets on the hand loom.
rooms.
One
will
be
a
teachers'
room and the
Lucile Bustin and Louise Spivey are busy weavother
will
be
the
reading room.
ing doll rugs and other things on small kindergarten looms. Eli/a Hunt is braiding a belt.
Miss Matthews' class have been painting
Clifford Lowe, Reuben Bottoms, Perry Mer- landscapes in water colors in Miss ('lark's Art
cer, James McKinzie, Lonnie Wood, and Tyre room. They are about six by four inches. Thev
Sperin are doing sloyd work and have made painted sky, snow, a mountain range and a
and painted manv toys. Some are now making tree. We think they are pretty. They are paintdaintv flower holders, and small splint baskets. ing some pictures of daffodils too.
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The Georgia School for the Deaf has done
not a little "auricular" teaching and "aural"
training and now has its classes subjected to
daily drill in rhythm work in a room set apart
Editor
HARRIS,
J. C.
for the purpose and equipped with drum and
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piano. In all the classes the building up of the
at the
speech and voice is aided through the utilizaGEORGIA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF
tion of whatever residual hearing our .deaf
children have. It is perhaps true that the
Subscription, 50 cents for the Scholastic Year,
Georgia School has done more along this line
in Advance.
the average school for the deaf, and we
than
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be doing far more but for the dearth of
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teachers.
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should be in the daily work in the
There
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a far larger use of the hearing of
schoolrooms
Cave Spring, Ga.
that class of our children who can hear clearly
the words of the teacher when the mouth is
Entered at the Post-Office at Cave Spring, Ga., as placed within two or three inches of the pupil's
second-class matter, November, 1891). Acceptance for ear and the words uttered loudly. These childmailing at special rate of postage provided for in Secren are merely hard of hearing and their voices
tion 111);}, Act of Oct. 3, 1917, authorized Oct. Ill, 1918
can be trained to have the same quality, intensity and pitch in conversation and in song
MARCH 10, 1922
as those children who have normal hearing.
They can advance in their text-books as rapidspend
pupils
our
day,
ly as children in public schools, for though
each
in
Of the 2-1 hours
teachof
children cannot hear the ordinary concare
these
a part in the schoolroom under
shops
versational voice or the voice of a teacher
ers and a part in the dormitories and
standing at a distance in front of her class,
under care of other officers.
Of the 148 hours in each week the pupils are they could hear perfectly the teacher whose
actually in the school rooms in the hands of the lips are two or three inches away from his ear.
teachers 25 hours and actually in the dormi- A sound three inches from the ear is a hundred
tories and shops in the hands of the officers and forty-four times as loud as the same sound
12.'J hours. Of the total number of hours in three feet from the ear.
It is fhe opinion of the writer that at least
each week the pupils are in the hands of the
teachers less than one-fifth, in the hands of the one-tenth of the children in all schools for the
officers more than four-filths of the time. Of deaf are merely hard of hearing. These should
the total number of hours in each week when be taught entirely by the teacher's voice and
the children are awake, 92 hours, the pupils in addition to their text-book work conversaare in the hands of the teachers about one- tions should be carried on with these pupils
fourth, of the officers about three-fourths of several hours each day. He has no doubt whattheir time when awake. From this statement ever that such children can make as rapid
of facts it is clear that the officers in charge of progress as the public school children, and he
dormitories and shops are actually caring for deplores greatly that they are retarded to the
our pupils more than three-fourths of their pace proper for the deaf children whose vocabtime. From this it is manifest how great a part ulary has to be built by methods suited to their
of the burden falls upon the home and shops limitations.
of our school in the care and training of our
As these hard of hearing children are found
deaf children.
in all stages of advancement they cannot be
placed in grades or classes of eight or ten
Principal
The visit of Mr. F. H. Manning,
pupils. As a matter of fact only two or three
of the Alabama School for the Deaf, and two can !) . found of advancement so nearly the
members of his faculty, Miss Maumee Roberts same that they can be taught together as a
and Mrs. Florence McFarlane, to the Georgia class. It therefore results that if in a school
School for the Deaf last week gave great pleas- for the deaf of two hundred pupils there be
ure lo all of us. Three more delightful pe-'son- twenty hard of hearing pupils to be taught
alities are hard to I'ind, and we wished that solely through their hearing, it would require
they could have given us an extended visit.
ten extra teachers for their service. It is also
day
a
came
Roberts
Miss
and
Manning
Mr.
true that it is impossible for a teacher who
which
game,
basket-ball
school
the
of
ahead
has ten really deaf children to be taught voice
was the occasion of their visit, and in this way and speech and reading, writing, and arithwe were able to present to them the main feat- metic to instruct the one merely hard of hearurea of our school. Mrs. McFarlane came as ing pupil in her class by methods adapted to
the coach of the team and was here less than him. A few minutes a day is all that can be
a day; but even in that brief time her radiant found, but it requires a few hours a day to get
beauty and her womanly graces fairly capti- results.
vated vs all.
Another seriors difficulty in providing t';ach-
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ing adapted to the hard of hearing is that the
teacher's throat soon breaks down under the
unnatural strain to which it is subjected while
yelling into the pupil's ear. This can be in part
obviated if each pupil has an acoustikon, but
even with the acoustikon class instruction is
well nigh impossible. The writer has not seen
any instrument that efficiently carries the
teacher's voice to the whole class in a way that
instruction can be carried on.
Thus we have with us in the merely hard of
hearing a considerable number of our pupils
\vho are being retarded by our methods. We
confess ourselves helpless before the problem
until there is a larger supply of teachers and
a larger appropriation with r.'hich to pay salaries. We look forward however to the fine
day when the merely hard of hearing child in
the schools for the deaf will make as rapid
progress as children do in the ordinary public
schools.
There is yet another group of our deaf children that should be taken away from the usual
elassesthose who have acquired a good vocabulary before being deafened by accident
or disease. There art1 stone deaf pupils in our
schools, those made deaf by meningitis and
scarlet-fever being often in this group, who
know many thousand words, that are in classes
which are devoting most of each day to getting only a few words and that after the most
arduous effort on their part as well as on the
teacher's part. The effects of life every day
with such a class on a pupil that can already
talk well is dulling, and on some natures it is
stupefying. These pupils each should have an
expert teacher of lip-reading who is at the
same time an expert teacher of the school arts
and of the text-books. The number of these
pupils deafened after they have a large vocabulary is not as great as the number of the hard
of hearing who can hear clearly the human
voice spoken very near their ears; but there
are always a number of them in every school
for the deaf. They are the ones, however, who
suffer the most from retardation due to methods unfitted to their condition.
The principal of our school has been requested by one of the greatest schools for the deaf
in America to deliver the address at its next
commencement. The invitation was greatly
appreciated not only by the principal but by
his associates. Below is part of the correspondence. For obvious reasons the names of the
principal and the school that sent the invitation are omitted.
The Invitation
Dear Mr. Harris:
I am going to ask a very great favor of you and I
trust you will consent to grant it. 1 want you to deliver our commencement address I think it will be the
first day of June. I want you to come for several reasons. I believe you are in touch and in sympathy with
the needs and conditions of all the southern schools
for the deaf and are in a position to correlate the needs
of the hearing schools and schools for the deaf. Of
course, we will take care of your expenses.
Y urs v -"v si vev'v.
The Reply
March, (ith., 1!»'2'2
My dour Mr :- 1 have yours of the 1st. inst. inviting me to deliver un address at your coming eommence ment, and in reply will say that 1 have done my
best to muster up courage, or the elVrontery, 1 should
say, to impose myself as an orator on the trusting
people of your State. 1 have really hroken down in
my efforts to come across so long a distance with so
poor a speech as 1 would make and the honest hour has
now come when 1 can say, 1 should not and therefore
1 will not.
The people of (ieorgia long ago learned my limitations as a speaker and it is only rarely that 1 receive
an invitation in my own state to deliver an address.
It is safe to conclude from this fact that the audience
that listens to me once is not eager to listen again;
and the truth is, I must admit, that 1 am myself miserable while in the spot-light of the public HIM. Tinconclusion to be drawn from these facts is that if J
accept your kind invitation 1 would travel a long distance in order to give misery to an audience and agony
to myself.
1 beg you to know that I appreciate your invitation
to speak. 1 have every disposition to "come across"
whenever you call, but when you ask me for oratory
you come to a goat's house for wool.
Very sincerely,
J. C. Harris.
TOWN LOCALS
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Wilson, of Cedar HhilT,
Ala., were guests of relatives in Cave Spring
the first of the week.
Mr. W. C. Neilson, of Philadelphia, president of the Republic Mining and Manufacturing Co., was the guest of Mr. A. I). Wilson on
March 8th.
About (>0 members of Oostanaula Lodge
No. li:i, F. & A. M., of Rome, visited the local
Masonic lodge on Tuesday night, March 7th,
and exemplified the Master's Degree. Other
visitors were present from nearby points to enjoy the meeting.
A special election has been called for Thursday, March 2.'>rd, for the purpose of electing
a Hoard of Directors for the new consolidated
school district which includes the schools at,
Rehoboth, Melson, Van's Valley and Helle
View. It is proposed to erect a modern school
building to accomodate not less than 000 pupils
in readiness for the opening of the next school
term in September.
Mr. and Mrs. Nelson, of Detroit, Michigan,
have been camped for several weeks in the
campus of Hearn School. Mr. Nelson is a pattern maker by trade and like a large numebr
of Michiganders finds Southern sunshine much
preferable to huge coal bills.
Since coming to Cave Spring Mr. Nelson
has made a large number of rustic seats, fern
boxes, tables, rose trellises, bird houses arid
other artistic articles which find a ready sale
nearly every home in Cave Spring has one
or more pieces of the pretty willow work and
some verandahs have been furnished entirely
in articles of his make.
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Ruby Brock received a valentine box of
candy from her friend.
Dan Roberts got one dollar in a letter from
his mother on Feb. 22nd.
Reunelle Dial got a box, letter and stamps
from her mother Feb. 2Gth.
Tan! Huff gave ten cents to Miss Nettie and
she bought some marbles for him.
Mrs. Blair went to town with Ida Lee Harrell
and bought a pair of black shoes for her.
Martha Sewell has been promoted to Miss
Morris's class. We are glad to welcome her.
JLillie May Lackey received money and
stamps in a letter from her father Feb. 2!lrd.
Ruby I'.rock received a box from home Feb.
2Gth. Apples, stick candy and cake were in it.
Willie Silvey's mother will send him a pair
of keds rubber shoes soon to play basket-ball
in.
Owen Robinson went home last Tuesday
morning on account of a bad cough. We hope
she will be better soon.
Some of the girls cleaned Mrs. Hlair's bedroom for her last Saturday afternoon and she
gave them some money.
Several weeks ago we planted some hyacinth bulbs in flower pots. They are blooming
now and are very fragrant.
We had a fine time on George Washington's
birthday. We had a party last Tuesday night.
We enjoyed ourselves very much.
We have had some fine picture shows this
month. One of (hern was called the "Song of
the Soul." We enjoyed this one the best of all.
The boys who work on the farm are getting
ready to plant the turnips, radish and other
seeds this month. They hope they will grow
well
Mr. Harris is having a new merry-go-round
built for us. We expect to have lots of fun riding on it. We hope Mr. Parris will finish it very
soon.
When the Coosa Y. M. ('. A. of Piedmont,
Ala. came here, the score was 28 to 25 in our
favor. Whenever we lost we tried to be good
sports.
Last Saturday noon the bull belonging to
G. S. D. was well but got sick that afternoon
and died early Sunday morning. Mr. Carpenter
and Mr. Morris skinned it this morning and
they will sell the skin to the tanner. He will
tan the leather and sell it to the shoe factory
and they will make shoes of it.
Robert Bankston and Rahn Whartenby went
to Rome last Saturday. Robert bought the
supplies for base-ball. He did not get everything as we still need bats and one more glove.
Last Saturday night we had a picture show.
It was "Rose of the West" by Madam Travens.
Then we put some benches on the stage and
the town boys and Hearn boys came and played basket-ball with us.
Georgia-Alabama Basket-ball Game
Last spring our Girls' Basket Ball team played the Alabama Girls' team at Talledega. For
a year we have been anticipating a return
game. On Friday afternoon, March lird, the
A. S. D. girls came to Cave Spring. Our coach,
Miss Mae Clark and our team met the girls and
brought them over to school. The visiting
team was shown over the buildings and around
the campus
At six o'clock supper was served in the dining-room. Our team and their guests were
served at a table especially decorated for them.
Miss Clark had made a basket-ball court
for the center of the table. Mrs. Blair assisted
by Kllen Blair, Angeline Wehrcamp and Laura
Moore had dressed several dolls in basket-ball
costumes. The dolls were standing about the
court with balls ready for playing.
At. seven-thirty the game was called in our
chapel with Mrs. McFarlane, the Alabama
coach, as referee. She was a splendid referee
being strict but impartial.
The first third was rather one-sided 12 to
:'. in our favor owing to the Alabama team's
unfamiliarity with our court, but they rallied
and made things lively for us during the remainder of the game. The final score was 26
to Hi in favor of G. S. D.
Roberta Oaks (A. S. D.) made 11 of the 10
points for the visitors, and Alma Rice (G. S. D.)
made H5 of our 2G points.
The playing of Virginia Warren (Alabama)
as running center was splendid. She covered
the floor well and was a plucky player.
The line up was as follows:
A. S. D.
G. S. D.
Roberta Oaks
Adelene Powell
Marie Coreth
Alma Rice
Virginia Warren
Lucy Sexton
Irene .Johnson
Myree Thurston
Fli/.abeth Block
Lucile Crumbley
Sub. A. S. D. Bowdoin, G. S. D. Mendelson.
After the game a short picture show was
given.
Then our girls' teams entertained the visiting team and our boys' teams at a party in the
large study hall. Games under the direction
of Miss (lark and Miss Annie McDaniel were
enjoyed, after which delicious refreshments
were served.
The Alabama girls returned home Saturday
morning. We enjoyed their visit greatly and
hope to have them with us soon again.
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It is March now.
It is Spring.
Small buds are on the trees.
Many birds come in March.
The sun is bright and warm.
We play in the yard. We are very happy.
March is merry,
March is mad,
March is gay,
March is sad.
March is windy.
We need the wind.
The wind blows away the bad air. The wind
dries the mud.
The wind blows away the smoke.
The wind blows away the dust.
The wind blows away the fog.
The wind blows away the clouds.
Saint Patrick
Saint Patrick lived in Ireland.
He was a good man.
People loved him.
Saint Patrick wanted people to be good. He
talked to them about Christ. They liked to
hear him. They were good.
We wear a clover leaf on March 17, because
we honor St. Patrick.
LITTLE
FOLKS
A Year
Spring
March
April
May
Summer
June
July
August
Autumn
or Fall
September
October
November
Winter
January
February
December
THE MONTHS
January
February
March
April
May
June
THE SEASONS
snriny
summer
autumn
winter
THE DAYS
Sunday
July
Monday
August
Tuesday
September
Wednesday
October
Thursday
November
Friday
December
Saturday
How many days in a week?
How many months in a year?
How many weeks in a month?
How many months in a season?
How many seasons in a year?
A Queer Party
Jack went to a party. He wore a velvet coat
and a blue ribbon. Jack was not a little boy.
He was a dog. The party .was a dog party.
Jack went to the party in a carriage. All the.
dogs sat in chairs around a table. The table
was covered with a white cloth. Many beautiful flowers were on the table. The dogs ate
th| food from china plates. They tried to be
polite, but they put their nose in the milk.
After dinner all the dogs played. They had
a very good time. After a while they went
home. This is a true story. The Canadian.
News
We saw many black birds.
They ate bugs and worms.
A red bird flew.
Some blue birds hopped.
They flew into
Some trees are
We have some
A woman had
a tree.
green.
yellow flowers.
some violets.
Don and the Apples
Don was an old white horse. He was very
fond of apples.
One day Horace covered an apple with hay
and held it out to Don. The horse did not see
the hand. Tie bit it. Horace screamed.
Minnesota Companion
THE SCHOOL HELPER
80
68
Maggie Adams
68
80
Hubert Cooper
80
66
Hubert Klrod .
68
80
Ruby Moore . .
In the following report of pulls' Virgie Cothran
67
80
standing where there are two col- Birdie Conkle
65
78
umns of figures the first denotes de- Joseph Bertoni
64
78
portment and the second general avSecond Grade D
erage. Where there are four columns
of figures the first denotes deportMiss Hattie Harrell, Teacher
ment, the second the standing in
88
89
arithmetic, the third the standing in Nellie Parker ......
86
82
other studies, and the fourth denotes Sallie Reese .......
79
83
Emma Hill ........
the general average.
82
Alma Barrow ......
82
80
82
Jessie Sutton ......
Beginners' B
81
Johnathan Aldridge .
75
Miss Verne J. Smith, Teacher
81
Roy Johnson ......
87
Agnes Herrinpton . .
71
80
84
85
Nellie Eason ......
Clarence
Hutchenson
76
79
84
Myrtice Herrington
84
Otis N'eal .........
69
79
84
85
Irene Ku<|iia .......
Edward
Veal
......
86
79
Charlie Parker ....
69
77
Lucile N'essmith . . .
85
83
Morris Stephens . . .
76
74
Preston Lodge .....
80
80
Jeanette West .....
80
84
Fetner Field .......
Second Grade B
78
80
Betsy Lisenby .....
Mrs.
Nell
Gibbons, Teacher
78
79
Hoke Kidd .'.......
75
75
Horace Taylor .....
Mice Holt .........
95
91
7:5
80
/annie Mae l.anier .
85
90
Bernerd Gordy ....
75
70
Ku/.ella Hurrell ....
90
Cicero Freeman . . .
90
(58
Susie Millsap .......
78
Willie May Enfinger
89
90
89
Winifred Smith ....
98
Beginners' A
Walter Dean ......
92
89
Mrs. Sutherlin, Teacher
Shade Weathers ....
85
86
86
Collis Sweat .......
89
88
Annie Belle Strickland
8:1
85
Cullen Mobley .....
85
.May Strickland .....
80
86
85
89
Lucile Morrison ....
Kdna Garner .......
80
79
95
Elsie
Hood
........
80
71>
Grady Stewart ......
80
Buckie Herrington . .
80
79
Second Grade A
78
Mattie Lou Kidd ....
82
Miss
Anita Wells, Teacher
Minnie Leo Sikes ....
80
78
78
Roy Forsyth .......
83
I.ois Hendricks
80
87
76
Cora Fuqua ........
82
Farris Slater . .
80
86
75
Woodrow Morgan ...
78
Melvin Cowart
86
90
John Lee ..........
80
74
J. C. Abrams .
90
86
70
Lollie Lewis ........
80
85
Kverett Ryle .
90
85
Rachel Cuppa .
92
First Grade B
Ruth Fortson .
90
84
Miss C. M. Russell, Teacher
Sam Dupree . .
82
80
Romney Wood
81
92
Sophia M. Nichols
88
88
Bern ice L. Sikes .
85
85
Grade Three
8:5
Mildred Wilder ..
83
Miss
Stella
Rupley, Teacher
8:i
.Norman Barrett . .
85
Ida
Lee
Harrell
.
89
85
Irene Wood .....
85
81
Lillie May Lackey
85
88
Hue Dubberly . . .
83
77
Ruby Brock . . . . ,
85
88
Peter Hardin ....
80
77
Paul Huff .....
84
85
Hiram Cowart . . .
85
70
Reunell Dial ....
83
85
85
Bill Knight .....
70
William Silvey . .
86
83
I'aul Richardson .
65
70
83
81
Thomas Kills . . .
(.5
Helen N'eece ....
85
Horace Sanders .
83
81
05
Reynold Lowe . . .
50
81
Laura Moore . . .
85
Annie Lovelace . .
50
81
Dan Roberts ....
83
Km ma Pet way . . ,
Normal Harrison
SCHOOL REPORT
For Month Ending Feb. 28, 1922
Golden Johnson ..... 70 90 80 85
John Alford ........ 70 80 80 80
Sam Florence ...... 60 75 80 73
Grade Si*
Miss Almira Hammond, Teacher
Mae Spurlin .....
Ada Jackson .......
Eunice Barrow . . . . ,
Angelinc Wehrcamp
Mary Agnes Smith
Fred Jones .......
Frances Connor ...
Alma Rice .......
Lee Moore .......
Rahn Whartenby . .
Mary Law Garmon
First Grade A
Miss Lillian Miller, Teacher
Randolph Pool . . .
Kverett Bearden .
Robert Jordan . . .
Lucian Whipple . .
Darrel Jones ....
Lillie M. Sharpton
Leila Folds ......
Annie Culpepper .
Lucile Norris ....
Hollis Stephcnson
Bridges Smith . . .
I it
88
87
87
86
8('»
85
80
72
80
86
85
84
8.'1
81
81
80
7!)
79
75
75
74
Second Grade A
Miss Lucile Dimon, Teacher
Earnest Phillips
Brooks
80
80
70
70
Grade Four
Miss Minnie E. Smith, Teacher
Louise Hitchcock .... 90
89 89
'/ella Garmon ....... 90
89 89
N'era Kelly ........ 90
8787
Wylma Hargett ...... 93 89 91
Esteben Ward ...... 88 87 86
Lottie Strickland .... 88 87 87
Clyde Norris ........ 85 87 85
Jim Ponder ........ 89
85 86
Dewey Garmon ..... 86
85 85
Douglas Hitchcock . . 89
84 86
Special Grade
Mrs. H. C. Stevens, Teacher
85
85
88
88
88
85
88
88
88
85
88
88
86
86
86
85
85
84
86
85
84
80
90
90
88
84
85
81
78
76
71
60
50
89
88
87
87
85
83
81
81
78
72
65
Grade C
Miss Elizabeth Sewell, Teacher
Alice Parker .......
Kufaula Franklin ....
Claire Wright ......
Axie Coker ........
Maxine Morris ......
(ieorge Dance ......
Montie Horton ......
Lucile Crumbley ....
84
84
84
84
86
84
84
84
85
82
81
80
80
80
80
79
86
86
85
85
84
84
83
84
85
84
83
83
82
82
81
81
Grade B
Miss Leola A. Matthews, Teacher
Virgie Lovvorn .....
John Webb ........
Ivey Moreland ......
Violet Talbert ......
Adelaide Thomas ....
Elizabeth Bond .....
Myree Thurston .....
Claud Casey ........
Lucy Sexton .......
Floy Goolsby .......
Kate Ashwofth ......
87
99
88
87
84
86
85
90
85
90
95
93
93
91
91
91
88
92
88
86
81
76
94
94
92
92
91
88
87
85
85
83
81
94
94
92
92
91
88
8!>
87
85
82
79
Grade A-l
Miss Susan H. Norris, Teacher
92
93
95
91
92
90
89
93
89
Mary Word ........ 90
John Parker ........ 90
Robert Bankston .... 94
Helen Mendelson .... 90
Eddie Morgan ...... 90
Thelma Swain ...... 90
Adelene Powell ..... 92
Martha Sewell ...... 99
Ruth Brannen ..... .100
Gwen Robinson .....
Grace Henderson ....
94
92
90
90
89
90
88
84
70
93
92
92
90
90
90
88
88
78
First Grade
Miss Jessie Stevens, Teacher
Lucile Bustin .......
Eliza Hunt .........
I.onnie Wood .......
90
90
90
75
73
60
Second Grade
Miss Jessie Stevens, Teacher
Tyre Sperin ........
Sallie Kellv ........
Carrie H- Arnold
Reuben Bottoms
James McKinzie
Clifford Lowe . .
Perry Mercer . . .
Louise Spivey . ,
95
95
88
88
85
89
83
83
83
78
70
70
70
58
57
43
Special Grade
Mrs. H. C. Stevens, Teacher
Riley Tucker .......
C'arl Moessner ......
Susie Ivester ........ 80 85 85
Worth Cochran .....
Alex Currv ......... 70 80 85 82 Georgia Jones ......
Emmett McLendon . . 70 75 82 78 Venice Howell ......
70
84
82
85
85
90
85
80
80
45
75
70
70
68
65
82
77
75
74
55