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******** ^ : ; NEWS OF THE SCHOOLS * A??i?tant Editor * * Margaret Gordon * _ ^ tqld Ry _ * Annie Miller Seeley * ******** ^ ? ******** Editorials on; giiaih ates On May 29. 1924. the Senior class of the Elizabeth City High School graduates. This marks the end of out* period of Education. What to do next la the uppermost thought in their minds ? whether they shall settle down and enter In to the small duties of home, or whether they shall enter some good college and thus continue their ed ucation. Those who are able to attend col lege should do so. for it Is there that you receive the broader culture and training which enables you to enter the business world, not at the bot tom, but at a place where in a lit tle while with a little hard work you will be at the top. The Seniors In preceding years, who have graduated from here. seem to realize thin, for about 50 per cent to 75 per cent go away to take up some form of higher education. This Is a very good percentage but many are waltinu for the time when It can be said that from 0 per cent to ? inn in?r rent of the K. C. H. S. gral uatea enter college. The reports from the different col legos In which our graduates ent?f, show remarkable averages, marks that Elizabeth City should be proud of. .Frances Seyffert. who graduated from here a few years ago, has the distinction of getting A on every sub ject he has taken up. George Mod~ lln. a student of Wake Forest and a well known Elizabeth City boy. lias been voted by the college faculty a* one of the most capable boys there, both for his athletic ability and his good grades. .Many Instances could be told In which other pupils have made Just an good a standing, but which time will not permit our stating here, but lu all cases we can say that we are very proud of them and that w? hope the future graduates will do as well. Will the students .->f the High School please get behind their room reporter to hand lit some "news" ev ery week, and to help them out In every way possible. ? or course as it Is some of the news published Is not of much interest to the average High School pupil, for It Is only news of the Grammar School, but the Oramm.'tr School Is Interested In it, which shows if the High School reporlers wrote the news the Hhxh School pupils would be interested In reading the School page every week. Something will have to be done- or the School sheet will be discontin ued and it seems that from a school as large and fine as ours If tills hap-, poned, that It would be a disgrace, not only to the editorial staff, but to every student in the school. + THR s\ow lly Eva Mason, Fifth Grade. 1 How pretty Is the snow lis It comes falling .down. The children running on the streets make snow hills right in town. They make the snow man with Ills walking cane. Even snow rabbits at their play. How beautiful Is the snow upon a wintry day. ON THE FARM lly Helen Parker. Third tirade II Once as soon ns school was over a little boy went in the country to visit his u rand mother. He had nev er been lu the country before and was afraid of the animals. One niulit when the cows came in from the pasture mooing he saw the horns on their heads and cried. "Oh, mother! the cows are blowing- their horns." PINKY GETS IN HAD. lly Pearl Skllcs, Freshman A. It wui Friday and az usual It wills my unlucky day. To tap It all I lied to go ter school which I don't like a bit. And being It wuz our competition day didn't make me like it eny better. Well, I hedn't ev en thout up a story az Miss Dlnder told lis to. Oh! yhe's a grand ol" chicken I kin tell you. Gosh! 1 gess she .list must hate me like ever thing ez she always calls oh mo to tell Jlst what I don't know. Well, today warn't no excepshlon to the glneral rule atall. First thing, sir* sex is. "Now my dear chlldfun we will hear Paul's story;" en she simp ers like everything. Oh! 1 fergot to tell you my name Is Ilohn Paul Robert Fnthlll, Corse nobody don't rail me flint but her. Gosh! I Wuz in a terrible scrape but I don't let her know it. So I Just wnlks up ??/. big ez you please and remembering our Sundsy school less tin I begins. My story Is about David. King of Is rul. So I begins Oncet a long time ago when th" urth wui young en fair ter the eye there lived n great kin.',' en his name wuz David. Now David, lie wui a pretty good old folio so the Rlbl# so* at least, me never liavin seen him. So one day David ho decides et he Is king en all on owns everything he decides to best up Goliath who utve im a black eye one time. So then they gits ter throwing Atones at each other and prezentlv David lilts Oollath kor pkirh! right In the head so hard the stone Jlst sinks right In. And with a mighty roar like the lion In Ills den he falls! Kv erybudv wuz Jlst as quiet but Went ter hollering and cllppln. But ?Mlss Dlnder looks like er thunder cloud en crlrs you depraVed heathen! Ho?> dare you talk like that. You will pleas stay In after school. Deer friends I appeels ter you she didn't treat me fare. Posh! dldnunt MRS. SKINNER'S ROOM 1 HAS AUDOBON SOCIETY Hy Selma Chamber* The pupils of Mrs. Skinner's third i grade room have organized a Audo bon Society for the purpose of study-' ing birds aud how and where they ; live." They have already made a bird \ house, and are expecting to make; booklets soon. These things will be t hung up in the room so as to make, it very attractive to people who vis-1 it it during the rest of the year. The children are taking very ? much Interest In It. and are expect-! ing to know lots about birds when they finish. j TIIK CONDITION OF THE HOt'TH AKTKIt THK WAR Ily GusMle Ijee llarrell It was a gloomy winter evening. The sun had gone down, and an un usual north wind prowled and mournfully whistled through the bare trees and around the little Ten nessee cottage, on the hill side. Inside sat an old. old man of ninety years, in a big arm chair, watching the flames of fire as they leaped over the burning wood, in t!ie old fashioned fireplace. Across I'm room win n ? *n?nll p ji I working bard at her books. Soon she packed them away, and camo clcrse beside her grandfather, her true Confeder ate sc Idler of 1865. Noticing a sad look on his face she asked. "What are you thinking of grandy?" With a sad yet longing smile he answered, as he looked into her bright blue eyes. "Only of the past dear." But Myriam noticed u tear drop that was seeking its Way down the wrinkled cheek, and alio kn??w his thoughts were deep. So she asked that he tell her his thoughts. "1 was dreaming of the Civil War. and the crime of those bygone days." he replied. "l)o tell me about it," she ex claimed. "I have wondered about those days and ltrnged to know more of them." " 1'ho great Civil War was indeed a nah!e tight, amid hardships, toll and pain, yet. ail the Confederate Aoldiers received the message of our ge.ier.il's surrender with, aching hear*.- W had felt that our cause w.? i J u Ft and we pledged our heat nr.d ealod the pledgo with our ser v !<??'?? or our lives If they were de m.'nded. "Soon after the surrender the I n Ion troops threw down their arms. save a lew who wore 1? tt i*> guard the South, and mount ed i tilroud coaches and started homeward. On arriving they found the Union in comparatively good cm iluiou. Their industries soon wt-iv nourishing, improvements in creasing. "Far different was the liomo com ing of the Southern soldier. About nine out of every ten of the men were clad in the Confederate Gray. Humble with bowed head and clt/uded brows. The Confederate soldier turned his face homeward ? i from some union camp, prison or. some bloody battlefield. Slowly j and painfully they Journeyed, halfi ? starved, ragged and discouraged. I Plodding over a land ravaged by | war, leaving fathers, friends, loved ones, and Confederate brothers on a j hloodv battle field. "Vet all this was not so bad as to see the soldier draw near his home | only to find homes burned or va cant. parents, wives, and children j scattered, cities once prosperous now pillaged and in ruins. Ware i houses deserted, mills and factories desolate, even the fields in weeds, or 'torn asunder hy the cruelties of war. Their piers and wharfs destroyed er rotten bridges scattered, no trace of boundaries only marks of war on : every hand. The only possession left was the land and years would . be necessary to build the Industries of the section, with no help from I their slaves now free, their money worthless. Indeed this was a scene of despair. Words cannot express the agony which the Con federate loldlor faced. Disappoint ments met him* on all sides. "So, he did not sit down and mourn the defeat, nor did he keep the spirit of war save as a protec tion. Hravely and early he real ized the great task that confronted him. They were no longer soldiers on a battlefield hut soldiers of toil and strife of reconstruction. "Burly they set to work to rebuild their homes, to prepare the desolate fields for crops, and In June fields that ran red with human blood. In April w. re waving with green crops. "And all this was not the end of strife. The North so repulsive in her attitude toward the South kept soldiers posted here. hIho allowed the hated carpet-baggers to invade the land, encouraging the negroes In riots against the whites and also in shameful plundering. The South was plunged deeper and deeper In debt by the Union men. They were oppressed in endless way. "In spite of all this disaster we find the Confederate soldier always ready to agree on Just terms of peace with an enemy. "Brave men they were nnd honest lads, who stood so sturdy and true to the cause that they believed to be right. And the South today Is the reward of their toll, and blood shed. "Surely, dear, you should appre ciate your Southern homeland more, since you know of them, who fought for It In the past. And the demor alizing conditions which once spread over our Southland." By the end of the story. Myriam too had a tear-?talned face as she' j placed a kiss upon the old man's forehead she said, "I wish that I i was a brave true Confederate sol-] dler like you." COACH DWIGHT HAS FINE LOOKING SQUAD By Thoma* Johnson Candidates for the E. C. H. S. varsity nine have been putting In Home real hard afternoon practice during the last two weeks. The disagreeable March weather has thrown the boys* practice a lit tle behind, but by hard work Thurs day, Friday and Monday we expect to overcome this handicap and to be In reai good jjhape for the opening game Tuesday with Chowan. Coach Dwight has a line looking squad of candidates out for this year's nine. The main problems con fronting him are second base and the pitching staff. He will have a hard time finding a capable pitcher to All the shoes of Julian Ward, last year's pitching star, who kept E. C. H. 3. consistently, in the winning column until the final game, by turning back opposing batters with great frequency and regularity. Marion Harris is the only pitcher left over from last year's nine. Hut in James Hall," a new left hander has been discovered Hy Coach DwluhL Hi*" slrows the makings of a real pitcher, but whether he and Harris can get into sufficient shape for the open ing game Tuesday with Chowan Is a largxi- question to .be answered. j Besides the pitchers there are five other letter men as a neuclus for this year's team. Marvin Trueblood, who hns been holding down first base . for three years; Wilmer Hal lard. shortstop; Marvin Mann, third baseman; Lister Markham. catcher, and Marion Seyff.ert In the outer garden. This leaves only second base and two outfield berths to be filled. Coach Dwight hopes to train an other winning nine like we had last year, which reached the semi-finals in the Eastern championship series. With the' school and town support w?? expect to give to Elizabeth City some real good baseball, starting; Tuesday and lasting probably until the last part of May. BASEBALL SEASON IS BEGINNING OPEN IIP lly KIkIii Willie Haseball season has started, we have been practicing very hard for the last week. Many have come out,1 and the chances arc we will have a flu" team this year. All the boy's show much enthusiasm In the sport ;mM v. - are hoping they will con tinue. Owing to the recent bad weather \v<- have not had any practice for the last two days. We are hoping the weather will clear up now and give us a chance. Our first game will be with Chowan High School, and we are determined to give them a hard fight. We want your support. Come out and help cheer us to victory. Tit l*K rOUItTKSY i Ity Louise White, 10th A I Courtesy and politeness are two I factors of a true lady or gentleman, i Wo can trace courtesy back to the j time of the medlcTval knights. when ! : some fair lady wan in trouble th*? , j knight would almost always come! i immediately to her rescue. Then we j come skipping a few centuries to the; i Elizabethan cavaliers. Some very ! excellent examples of these cavaliers' are Sir Frances Drake and Sir W'al- 1 ter Raleigh. What one of us had] not heard of tho story of Sir Walter j UaleiKh spreading his coat of velvet ; across a dirty London mud puddle for the stately Queeh Elizabeth to pass without soiling her dainty slip- j pers. This example is truly cour teous and can be applied today very easily. I saw an Incident in the; New York Herald the other day' : which impressed me. It reminded : me of that immortal and beautiful poem "Somebody's Mother." This incident was ? An- old woman, who sold matches was anxiously looking up and down Broadway trying to; : cross the street. She crossed and too late she paw a yellow and black tax-' icab coming down the avenue at a reckless speed. The car knocked th?? old woman down and flr*t to her rescue came a newspaper boy of j about 16. The old woman was not) seriously hurt but only stunned forj a while. The young boy took her to i her shabby home and saw that she, received necessary -Attention. It nev er hurts to do some friendly art and i surely the person benefitted never! forgets n kindly act of some young, gentleman or lady. Courtesy and politeness can also 1 be applied to the home, school and church and other community centers. When one sees a polite child one'; knows that they have been reared in a l?ome where courtesy prevailed. The well mannered child Is always popular ai.d attractive among the: elders# It Is the authority of anyone to be , polite. To be rich does not signify you are a gentleman. The woman with the many diamonds and furs is not necessarily any more a lady than | the poor match woman. It is not what you are or what you have been hut what you do that wins a smile and praise from everyone. A Tit 1 1* TO Kt ltOI*K By Robert Anbury Instead of our regular geography lesson we are taking a trip to Eur ope. We started at Washington. * passed through New York and ex pect to take in most of the countries of Europe. Our class is very 'interested In It. We all have our note books, and are' pasting in pictures of the different | places as we write letters back home. Some of the best ones will be sent, tA #?l. I FRENCH CHEF IS AT SCHOOL CAFETEKI V | Ily Margaret (iortlon Mr. Alderic Kiendeau, a Freneh' i chef, for the past week has been giving interesting lectures and dem onstrations in the new high school cafeteria. Many housewives avaHed themselves of this opportunity to; j learn more about cooking, so there 1 was a good crowd out both morning and afternoon. In the morning, his time was tak : en up by the cooking classes he was holding, but the afternoons, during i his lectures, was the time when any jof the women attending could ask ihlm questions concerning 'some ol 1 the problems which every one meets every day when oue is cooking. j Each afternoon he gave out a few precipes which if followed closely will not only be more economical than those generally used, but will be very good. j Though Mr. Riendeau has been! holding these classes to advertise aj new make of gas ranges which have] all the modern equipment and which in the long run are well worth the1 money paid out for them, he has1 been of much help to many women in showing them how to remedy d i f flmlHen In their hread pie and cak? makings, and he told them what! were the best things to be used In them, along with many other help ful things. | Que of his most interesting dem-| onstratlons was icing the cakes. Ev-j eryone knows that this is a very', hard thing to do in order to make them look pretty, but he seemed to j have no trouble, and in a few mln-t utes could have a cake very artist!-' cally decorated. Each day a cake, which Mr. Rlendeatl Iced, was given I away to some fortunate housewife j whose name was drawn. No one ob jected for his cakes were ns good as they looked. Studying Birds and Building Bird Housm Ily John IVele. The following compositions werej written by eight year old boys of the I Audubon Society of Mrs. T. 15. Cooke's room. These members study j and observe a different bird earli i week. In connection with their i study they are very happily engaged) in building bird houses. THK CI tOW By Blades Foreman. Tlie crow Is a medium sized bird. He Is black all over. He eats May beetles, Juno bugs, grasshoppers, lit tle baby frogs, corn, turnips, pota toes and many other things. Crows build their nests in the I spring high up in the trees and they make them of strong sticks and twigs and line them with grapevine, bark, grass and moss. They lay blu ish green eggs with brown markings. They say "caw" when they warn their friends of dagger; then they! fly away. The crows are useful in one way only, and that is by eating insects, but the farmers don't like them because they pull up their; young corn. By Terry On vis. Crows are hip and black. They eat wild berries. Insects, frogs, tur tles. corn, pumpkins, and potatoes. In the winter they eat dead animals. They have great roosts up high in the trees where th*?y sleep at nlghf. They pre the first birds that build their nests in the spring. Then th.-y are near their nests they are very quiet so nobody will find them. They help the farmer by killing the insects that eat the corn in the early summer. Ily Itillle Lester. The crow Ik a black bird. He likes corn and pulls It up as soon an It sprouts. He is a great enemy to the farmers. He Is one of the wisest birds of our country. Crows lire one of the first bird* to build their nests in the spring. They like to have their homes in trees. In April you will find fresh ly laid eggs. Tlie crow is not a bnd bird and eats many harmful Insects. DKItATK ON VACATION'. Ily Frances Pendleton. Miss Linda Del^on's room bnd a 1 debate Monday and Tuesday which | was very interesting. I The subject was "whether or not we should have a longer vacation." The judge* were Bobble Lewis, Tom White and Kenneth Munden. The room was divided into two parts, the negative and the affirma tive. Lach child worked hard on his pj.rt. and tried to do bis best. The Judges, after careful deliberation an nounced that the affirmative side had won. although the negative side bad put forth good argument foi I their side of the question. Lac h one | seemed to bo glad that those In fa vor of the longer vacation had been victorious. I >\ I / WONDKItlNO. fly Pearl Sklles, Freshman A. I wuz setting here a wondering. If the world would still go round. If t ho earth was tlpsv turvev. And the house* upside down. If the honey-bees had stingers. Like the needles on a tree. If when you no out in the orchard n rains wux all that you could see? I guess this old world. Is a funny place to stay; , But how It makes yer heart ache With Ita beauty In tha heart of I u.. EACH DAY THE Diamond and Platinum Ring IS It EDUCED S.i.OO TODAY' you can buy this Handsome Ring for $180.00 TOMORROW may l?e loo late. ACT NOW 1 H. C. Bright Co. % & THE OLf HOME TOWN BY STANLEY Ml Announcing for | | Early Publication 1 THE LIFE OF W00DR0W WILSON By JOSEPHUS DANIELS Former Secretary of the Navy and Intimate Associate of President Wilson Joscjilins Dtmicls Kays: This Ixiok will be a life of Wilson, the man. :-s I saw him and knew him. 1 am familiar with the life of the former President. Besides the eight years I was under him as Secretary of the Navy, 1 was also associated with him wh n he was in Paris as the world's greatest figure. There arc and will he many more lives of the war President written, all from different viewpoints. It is my aim to present the life, the whole life, of the man ? not a book merely for politicians. 1 shall deal with his charac ter, surroundings, environment ? what ho em bodied. I want to lay bare the true Woodrow Wilson as man, politician, teacher, father, President, to. the world. The Authorship of this Work is a Guarantee of Its Authenticity Cloth. 388 Pnges. 32 Full-Poffv Illustrations The Advance ha* made arraitfietvnt* with the publishers to handle this hook for Kli/aheth (iily's territory. 'Hie price for the hook alone is S2..>0; hut The Advance will give a ropy of the hook as a premium for a new 12 months' subscript lion to this newspaper, provided the subscriber is in Kli/aheth City's trade territory comprising the 10 counties of the Albemarle. To old sub*cril? ers in the above territory the hook is offered with The Advance 12 months for S.>.(M). Publishers: THE JOHN C. WINSTON COMPANY Philadelphia (DDUdismsimi Trv The Advance For Jnh Pnntm
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