SELMA SCHOOL NOTES.
Why 1 Relieve in a School Spirit.
I want to talk to you boys and girls
a few minutes this morning about
school spirit and why I believe in it
for the Selma School. You can not
truly believe in your school without
enriching the spirit of purpose in you
and the spirit of life in the school and
community. School spirit makes you
sincere ?md distinctively sets you on
the side of right in everything pertain
ing to the school. The primary pur
pose of school spirit is self enrichment
nnd no; glorifying the school, although
this docs come of a true school spirit.
There is a false and a true school
spirit. The false spirit is narrow,
perhaps sinister in its motives, and
even distrustful of the motives of
other schools that may contest in any
way with it. Such a spirit measures
everything by its own false standards;
it cannot see any good in anything or
anybody's motives. Sinister motives
in us beget distrust in others. This
iB not the spirit we want. We desire
the spirit born of honesty, uprightness
and integrity, that will make us love
our school, our societies, our ball t<?ms
nnd our efforts for better conditions;
we wani the spirit that will make us
strive with all our might to win and
win hon< stly every contest with an
other school. But we want a spirit
bror.d enough to make us admire and
respect the good in an opponeut or
rival. Such a school spirit will culti
\ato in you, an an individual, the spirit
of fnir play on the school ground, the
spirit of honest dealing with the other
fellow. It is the spirit of goodnes and
be:uty that will make you ceo the
great licrrt universal in everybody and
everything.
"What I ?m trying to got nt this
morning is that our school is big
enough to catch the spirit th'it will
make us unfold, like the rose, our
beautiful qualities. Our walla :ire vast ;
enough, 'our playground is broad
enougT , our community is big enough i
for this universal-hearted spirit to tie- |
volop. We need to see our oppor- <
tunity. Hums saw it in a violet and i
its fame anil fragrance havo filled the i
world; Homer caught the spirit in the
fragmentary hills cf Greece, an 1 tiie
Grecians never traveled abroad for in- ;
spiration; Shakesp' are found the uni- 5
versal heart in tiny England andre- t
fleeted the wide world's experience; 1
Christ needed only the Judean byways <
to paint pictures which hang forever in r
our minds, excelling all others in wis- 1
dom and bei.uty. 1
Our school spirit must have its birth (
here, coming out of our exp. rienees t
and individual efforts, surrounded by a t
local atmosphere, but it must be f
with a sympathy and broadness of un- j
derstanding that will make it appli- j
cable to your life's work. t
I can feel this spirit coming. I see
its evidence in the literary societies,
in the athletic organizations, in the
Glee Club, in the playgrounds, it was
wonderfully manifested in clean up
day, and Arbor Day; it is showing 1
beautifully in the Mother's Club, in ]
the support of the library, in the atti- 1
tude of the business men of the com- s
munity who pay the taxes to support 1
the school. We welcome the school !
spirit, we want it to fill the air. We 1
want it to come most of all into the s
lives of 6ur boys and girls. It can |
come only as you develop the unwork- <
ed fields of your mind, in your indi
vidual effort to find the beauty, and the
power that come only as a reward of 1
faithfulness to those who, in the right
spirit, seek to find and express the 1
truth in living.
Students, toachers, all of us! I
appeal for the true spirit, for indi
vidual effort, for honesty of purpose,
and for the riurht attitude towards
your school mate and yourself, and for
a keen pride in our progress. This will
give us the proper spirit, which never
comes without individual and united
effort.
Mr. Moser made the above talk in
the morning exercises Friday. This
talk was very interesting indeed, and
the students listened with eagerness.
They seemed to comprehend what ho
said and tlj? eagerness seemed to
mean that they would do everything
in their power to abide by what he
said. ? C. L. R.
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Our school is trying to make its
library one of the social centers of the
town. This means a social ccnter for
both old and young. Do you know
what you would find in our library if
you were to visit it? You would find
historical and scientific reference
books besides volumes of fiction and
poetry. We also have eight reference
books for the Domestic Science Class.
One of our recent acquisitions is six
teen new volumes of " Southern Lit
erature." The cost of these was sixty
dollars, but we do not regret paying
this. In the Teacher's Reference
Library, we have fifteen volumes con
sisting of various subjects such as:
Readings, Storytelling, plays and
games and school music. These books
are by the v?fy best outhors. From
these reference books, teachers get
new ideas and plans for teaching and
making the various subjects interest
ing: to the children. There are also
fifteen of the best magazines which
come to our reading table. These arc
used by both students and teachers.
The tenth and eleventh grades are
using The Independent magazine in
their History and Knprlish work. One
period each week is given to this sub
ject. We have a great number of
books in our library of the best selec
tions but there is sufficient room for
growing. Th' i re are a good many peo
ple in town who have books which they
have read and do not care to keep
them. Now, these books will give
other people pleasure. Why not put
them in a place where the community
may enjoy them? In order to give the
community a chance to enjoy these
books and give them access to the
library, we have decided to open the
library on Sunday from 2 o'clock to
5 o'clock. The school will be very glad
to have the people of the community
come in and read. We are going to
have Wednesday as "Donation Day."
On this day any person wishing to
donate a book may do so. The school
will appreciate this donation and see
that other people will get the benefit
ti i.
Tuesday, after school, the Athletic
Association had its regular meeting in
the High School room. Many things
of interest were discussed. The boys
decided to get two new basketballs and
make the recess time more attractive
to every boy in school. Much interest
is being manifested in the general de
velopment of the athletic spirit at
school now. The idea is to make the
playgrounds perfectly democratic to,
get every boy to do his part towards
equipping the playgrounds, and to take
active interest in some kind of sport.
What the large boys have done is con
tagious too, and the middle size boys |
are going in for organized games in a
hurry, and such as volleyball, basket
ball, and racing. It is amazing to see
about fifty of these fellows lined up
for a backward running race across
I KT> field. Hut they have the spirit and j
put fun and amusement into the
whole recess period. Play ut recess
and work ilurinir school hours is our
motto. ? A. A. M.
Mr. Moser lias made it possible for
iny pupil in the High School and
leventh grade that signs the pledge !
o use the library in the proper meas
jre, to read the books in the library I
luring any vacant periods of the day.
The pupils have not been using the
ibrary as much as they should. There
ire nn-ny books in it and they arc very
clad of this opportunity. They can
ise the books for reference in con
lection with their English. The
itudents are required to read a certain
lumber of books for outside reading
ind stand an examination showing
hat they have read the books.
? Z. H. F.
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ETHEL MILL SCHOOL NOTES.
Wednesday night, November 21st,
\e planned to have a meeting to make
dans for a clean-up week. Dr. Geo. D.
yick promised to address us on the
subject of how to keep well, but a very
jrgent call took him into the country,
?o he was not able to be with us. We
had a srot of round-table discussion of
sleeping with open windows, keeping
general rules of cleanliness. One man
i)ur houses and yards clearn, and
introduced an idea and made a motion
that we secure a barrel to go between
each two houses for all trash to be
thrown into, and to be hauled away
every alternate Saturday, and that if
any person in any way molested these
barrels, he should be made to pay for
the barrels disturbed. The actual
cleaning is heing done this morning,
and we hope,to keep a clean settlement
hereafter. Our school work is pro
gressing nicely. We have enrolled
nearly thirty illiterates, and many of
the mothers are taking the work in
food conservation and care of infants
Some of the mothers study the regular
literary work at home. Much enthusi
asm is being shown along all lines of
our work.
Selmn, N. C., November 23, 1917.
NOTICE.
To the Members of Carters Chapel:
A deacons' meeting will be held at
Carters Chapel Baptist church Satur
day, December 1st, at ten o'clock. The
church members and especially the
male members are asked to be pres- 1
ent, as arrangements will be made for j
some special busines to come up in ,
the church conference after the eleven
o'clock sermon.
B. G. EASON, Cle-k.
AUCTION SALE
December 11, at 10 O'clock.
NAFOLEON STANCIL ESTATE.
All crops ? corn, fodder ? one pair
good mules, wagon. Farm implements,
cows, hogs, household and kitchen fur
niture, one barren vinegar, two shares
Selma Telephone Company. Terms of
Sale: All Cashr. Farm for ront.
Tuesday, Dec. 11, 10 A. M.
T. H. ATKINSON,
Executor.
The REAL Sale!
The Only One of Its Kind
The $75,000.00 Stock of Clothing, Dry Goods, Shoes, Notions, Ladies
Ready-to-Wear, etc., of the Davis Department Stores will go on Sale ,
at Slaughtering Prices?
Friday Morning, Nov. 30th
The largest stock of goods in the County to select from. We have the
largest stock of Ladies Coat Suits ever shown in this section- -700
coats and suits to select from. Everything in our Four Big Stores goes in
this Sale? -Not one thing will be reserved?Everything Goes?Price no
Object?Profit Entirely Forgotten- --Money is Master of the Situation.
All Cotton Goods Must go at Old Prices
Our Dry Goods
Stock
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Is complete with everything you
may want for Ladies, Misses and
Children at Old Prices.
COME!
We have over 2000 Men's Suits, in all styles, Pinch Backs, Belt Straps,
Extreme English and all the latest things for men and young men.
Remember you will be amply repaid for the many miles you may ccme to atterd this sale,
ft" will pay you and'pay you well to buy these goods and store them away for later use, as
they will be sold now for less than the cost of the raw material, were they bought today.
Let; nothing keep you away--Do not be led away by anyone, but come
ma^' where the goods and prices are right.
We Will Refund R. R. Fare for 20 Miles or More.
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Come and bring the children, we will make you comfortable in our store.
SHOES!
SHOES !
bought in Lar load lots and can save you many dollars on your shcel billl-All sizes, prices
and colors.
%
One special lot Ladies shoes from 98c up
One special lot Children's shoes fron 68c up
COME--We have secured a large force of salespeople to wait on you.
The Davis Department Stores
Smithfield, N. C.