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* Editor in Chief * NEWS OF THE SCHOOLS * Assistant Editor J Margaret Gordon * _ ^ tqld Ry ^^?^5 _ Annie Mi?er See,ey ******** ******* WHOl.K HCHOOI. MOt'KXS | A clourl of sadness hangs OTer[ ?ui- entire school and community this week because of the sad accl-j dent which caused the sudden and u:;tlmely death of little Marjorie: Urner Davis. Marjorie was eight years of age" and a pupil of the Special A Third Grade. She had made an average of exrpttent on her school work and had a perfect attendance record. Her room mates are espe cially sad over the loss of one they loved so devotedly. Marjorie was a great favorite with us all, and the very spirit of. life and fun. and yet so loving and i gentle in disposition as to endeari her to all who knew her. Happy | as a bird, lovely as a flower, sweet l as a strain of exquisite music wasj that adorable little girl. Yet thef Joya of Paradise would be less per-! feet were there no little children! taken from earth to bloom in! greater beauty amid the eternalI flowers of that better land. wo snail "never forget MarJ >rle | and in all the years to come we shall j think Vilh affection of our i?arl little friend and school mnto MAM* A I, THAIX1XCJ The Elizabeth City High School Is j greatly 111 need of a Manual Train ing Course. In the many High Schools where It has been Intro duced. It has met with wide approv al. Manual Training Includes many . different things; drawing, wood working. clay-modeling. wood-carv ing. weaving' and painting. You can sec how a pupil would be I affected by being able to take up a|< fev. of these things. >N'ow take a < bey v.ha v.\.3 uninterested in hist lessons, and being uninterested lie. would not study, this boy would have no reason whatever to coni.u ue to go to school and would very ? likely flop. Do you think that tlii-i! woul l liuve happened If he had beei; able to take up something he liked? | I do not, for I think that he would have become so Interested in that one thing, that h- would have stud-! led his other lessor.? In order to continu* to go 'o school so that ho might tike up this alone. Tho value of Manual training '? very threat and the average man o* wouvm. on entering rook. Industrial occupation finds it so, lor nimbi*,: fingers and well train* d hands ate ' demanded in every walk ol life. TU?*. only time that thlj can l?e obtained,! cheaply. Is in their yout'i when they < are going to school, because after that It takes up valuable time and quite a bit ot money to receive it. i' Manual Training benefits stu dents In I heir college work for it teaches them to have clearer notions' and more positive definition* of things, and It also benefits those who are unable to attend college. I know a young man who finished a Manual Training Course in High School, and being unable to attend college, because of the death of his father right along then, he went to work, lie had to st:irt from ihe bat-1 torn and work himself up because of the disadvantage of not finishing college. Today at the age of 21 he Is boss of a gang of men and is build ing a large bridge, which would be a credit to a much older man than he. Ilefore he began on this bridge though, he drew up the plans. Where did he obtain this knowledge? It was during his school days. This same young man is expecting to be drawing a salary of $15,000 by the time he Is 25 years. Of course I do not mean to say that every boy would do the same thing, but I do mean to say that a great majority could and would If they had a chance to develop their talent for a well liked subject while still young, and this Is beginning to be recognized more than ever be fore in all advanced systems of edu cation. If Manual Training has helped students In other schools 1 do not ace one reason why It can not do a i much for the ones In ours, for we have as good a school, as good pu pils and as good teachers as Is found anywhere In the United States In a town of this site. IjKT'H thy By Elizabeth Hawjrer Just think! School Is almost over. We ran hardly believe that we hare only nix more we?>k? of real work. The two weeks are for review and the last week for exam inations. Some children will he glad when school closes, if they want to pass thev will' have to get down and do sowiu n.i.u HludyiiiR. The t^ojr or girl shouts, "school I* out!" Is going to enjoy hl? vacttlon more If he makes his grade. Let's all try. MARCH HAH (iONK By llilllo l/ostrr Windy March has gone once more. I The waves wash upon the shore. | The large ships go out to sea And bring back treasures to me. Now will come April showers To bring forth gay May flowers. The mow and Ice will melt away Then will grow the flowers of May. B THIRD GRADERS SHOW FINE SPIRIT By St'lnui Chambers A few stories. written by Mrs. Skinner's 3rd grade pupiles, who take great pride in their room and arc making a study of civic pride and beauty, each afternoon the good deeds done during the week are given here: OUR CLASS ROOM By Sh<11o Wood Oh! you Just ought to ieejour class -room. We have finished our book case, which we made down In the basement work room, and one part of our class room Is used as a read ing room. Only the children having perfect lessons each day are allowed to go to this and get u book and read for a while. We like this because it helps us to know a lot of stories not taught In our books and it also teaches us to enjoy reading. OUR ROOM By I>orlH Hopkins If you don't think it is Spring? Just come in our room and you will change your mind. We have birds, parrots, butterflies, rabbits, chick ens, spring flowers, and everything to make you feel gay and happy. We carry sunshine where ever we so. KEEPING ( LEAN When we came in our room to day we found on our desk a little cake of Palm-Olive soap and a card that read like this: I promise to wash my face and hands with my . little cake of Palm Olive soup before overy meal and be fore going to bed unttl It is used up. We all signed this, of course, for no one likes to see a dirty boy or girl. Dirt brings germs, and a pupil is known by the way he looks. .Mrs. Skinner likes to see us look 'lean and nice ami she says that there is plenty of water and no ex cuse for dirt. This is a truth that all >f us know is right, so we are going o live up to it. SPBINCS By IU'nhIo Willie I.ong winter days arc past. Spring has come at last. Soon the blue bird* will be seen. While the earth with grass is green. Many long warm days are coming. The bees are softly humming. Good news?the birds are bringing. When to us they are singing. By Kli.se lla.sting The Girls* Athletic Association >hnwed their sporting spirit last *eek, when they backed up the Boy's Baseball Team by selling lokets for the game. The Asso Jiatlon was divided Into two sides. Mildred Perry was head of one and Katherlne Hathaway of the other, rhese sides worked to see who could *ell the most tickets. Though there were not ns many tickets sold as we hoped, the girls did very good for a great many of Elizabeth City pu pils went to Hertford and Kdenton that day to hear our debators. The girls will have another chance be fore long and then It is hoped that they will s<*ll n* least four hundred tickets to the pupils and to the town people. THK CARDINAL lly I*?mhIo Muo JcnninKN A cardinal id a very pretty hire?. Ho Ih red with a yellow breast, blue eyes and a long tail. Hi* natural food is wild fruit, grapes, mulberries. cedar berries and seeds of grasses, and he some times carries some to the young ones. Tho cardinal builds hli nest of leave , bark, twigs and grape vines, and lln?s it with dry grasses. His nest is aV'Ut eight or ten feet from the ground end mostly in thick vino . or bushes. He is very useful to tho farmer In de. ttoying the inserts, beetles and bugs that arc harmful to the crops. KXJOY MKKTINU H)' Annfa Miller Neelrv Tli ! Girls' Literary Sr^nv had a meeting Monday night Ju the High Schorl Auditorium wit!? an encour (tfifif i<J'ondcnc??. After business matters were discussed, an l.itoreat lug propr.ltd was enjoy* :l **!i?ch ? ?n 'istcd ? f. A ?tory?V. i On- r.s, J ok ?s?Manha White, ?Hen nit William*, and a recitation by Mloi.se A-'a'itt. | The hoiteiy recently contributed a set of t"?okn to the ?>cluol | Library. The fund for lH?se tanks *va* a r-iiFt of the proceeds from a r*ay given by memberi of the ,?? clc ?> ?..cintly. THK rilOUIIK lly Doris Wllklns The Phoebe Is a little brown bird. Ii?j has a white breast with white ? >ots on his wings. He eats many I.etles, weevil*, grasshoppers add wasps. Phoebes build their nests In a gn it variety of places and are found (on the hoists of barns or other out j buildings. Their nests are made of mud so they can plaster It to the 'wall. Four white eggs sre laid In the nest. Theae have a few brown I spots. The Phoebe Is a true fly catt'taer. He lies In wait for his prey jerking his nail nrrvnualy calling In his Im patient way until some Insect comes flying along. Then out he darts seises his prey In his beak and re tarns to his perch. CONSERVATION Minnie Uf Brockett?? 10th Grade A nation's riches He both In its people and in its natural resources. The United States has been par ticularly fortunate in its abundance of rictus of soil. forest and mines. .Probably this Is the reason that the Government, until the last few years, had not given very much thought to saving some of these riches for the future. I When America was first dis covered it seemed as if there would be a limitless supply of natural resources. Forests .extended over most all the land, the soil was fer tile, the minerals were found in great quantities and there was plenty of game in the forest. While conquering the wilderness and build up the industries of the United States our people gave no thought toward conserving these resources. They made vast areas desolate by destroying the forests in places where the land was suited only to the growing of timber. | Many times trees were cut where ther** was absoulutely no reason for it. In the early days our fore-, fathers werq wasteful In mining and using coal and metals. Worst of all they depleted the fertility of the soil by careless methods of farming. What will happen to our country! if these practices are kept up? Some; effort to check this waste had been made but there are still many; things that are left to be done. In generations to come what will the people do when there are no min erals. forest or fertile landr^ This is what will happen unless the Gov. lament passes stricter conser vative laws. One of the greatest of President Roosevelt's many valuable services to his country was to check this threatening waste and Inspiring a Movement for future conservation. Conservation does not mean the lock-1 ng up our resources nor a hindrance :o real progress in any direction. It neans only wise, careful use. The conservation of the natural ?esourcea of the country has various lieanings. In the case of coal, oil, j' ind gas. which when once used are; 'one forever, it means the elimina-l ion of waste in their production! md economy in their use. In the I 'use of metals, which like coal and!, oil, are limited in amount, but un like them, can be used again and again until they are worn out, it j means the reduction of waste In' mining ore and in extracting the metal from it. and then a careful use of the nietul to make it last as long as possible for navigation, for irri-l nation and as a source of power.! It also means that big corporations shall not be permitted to monopolize the water power of the country, but ? that this important resource shall be kept in the hands of the people ind managed in their interest. The! soil and the forest unlike fuels and metals, when exhausted or destroyed may be slowly renewed. In many places In the United States one may sec abandoned farms, left because tho land is no, longer fertile. It Is the farmers' fault for they can conserve the soli by cultivation In such a way as to, restore and preserve in it the "ele ments which are necessary for plant food. Much waste land may also be made useful by the drainage of swamps and Irrigation of arid regions. The forests are conserved by not using lumber more freely than it can he grown. t0 s?cere these young trees must be planted; forest fires must be prevented or fought; and ouly such tlmbr must be c' . fill'...- JcVw'.j;.. \ To; It was found that the best way to rnn?nrve the forest Is to fc??ep tbem In the hands of the national Gov ernment. Not only has a large part of the public lands been granted out to corporations, but private Interests had al?o secured control of most of tli" coal, lumber and water rights. In 1S91 Congress passed a law au thorizing the President to reserve forest lands for the use of the nation. Presidents HnrrNon. Cleveland, and McKtnley began to establish forest reserves, and Pres 1 Ident Roosevelt reserved the larger part of the great forests in the Pacific and Rocky Mountain states. ; which were still a part of the pub He lands, as national forests to be I held forever as property of the peo ple and managed In their Interests. In 1902 Congress passed the New lands mil which began the great ! work of national Irrigation. The act provided that all money received from the sale of public lands in rer ttaln western states to be set aside i sneclal fund In the treasury to to be known as the "reclamation i fund." to be used for tho construc ? t'on and maintenance of Irrigation ; works. In order to prevent private ? appropriation of water rights In localities suited for Irrigation, about 43.000,000 acres of land were with drawn and reserved for homesteads after the completion of the Irriga tion projects. Under the operat ion of this act millions of acres of land will he brought under cultiva tion and provide homes for hundreds of thousands of Americans In 190R President Roosevelt Invite^ the governors of all the states to a con ference at the White House, at 1 which they were urged to cooperate with the national government In the great work of conservation, j We owe a great debt of gratitude j for our splendid forest reserves to Theodore Roosevelt and to Olfford j Plnchot. chief forester of the United i States 1898 to 1910. E. C. H. GRADUATE WINS COLLEGE HONOK By Margaret Gordon The new presidents of the four ? literary societies of the North Car olina College for Women, have been chosen as was seen in The Caroli nian. a paper published by the Student Government Association of 'tha' college. We are glad to note that the j "Alitheians" choose Sas Hathaway as their president. She is a graduate ! of old E. C. H. S. and a very popu lar and well liked girl throughout ' the town. Quoting from The Carolinian: Sas Hathaway was seleeted to go from the Cornelian Society to the > Alethian Society as a charter mem f her. when the Alethein Society was -organized in the spring of '23. This alone proves her interest in society work for only some of the best mem bers from other sections were chosen as charter members of the new society. As a Cornelian, Miss Hath away entered into all Boclety inter ests. and as an Alethian. she is an active member. She was secretary of the Cornelian Society. She Is outstanding as an actor, having had leading parts in some of the best plays which have been given at col lege. She is now president of the Dramatic club and a member of the ??Masqueraders." PIT ON GOOD PROGRAM By Klgln White The boys literary society met Tuesday night. April 1, with a very Intf ??nlrr: program, T e pi tram was a humorous de bate, Resolved that each bachelor should be forced to pay half of his income for the support of some old maid. The negative won by a unanimous decision of the judges. The program for the next meeting is: Resolved that the conduct hall .should be abolished. Those on the program for the last meeting were as follows: Affirma tive. Earl Dean, Vernon Chappell, and William Mettree; those on the negative were Robert Williams, I^awrence Aydlett and Francis Ja cocks. KASTER HONG By Hilda Berry We go to church on Easterday, The people sing, the people pray. The windows sliine all holy-bright. The Utiles stand so cool and whit. Too good to whisper or to nod, Like angels round the throne of God. Rut out beneath the laughing sun. The yellow chickens cheep and run. And common flowers wink and dance And funny bunnies frisk and prance. They are naughty like you and me, Nobody taught them how to be. But God I think smiles like the sun And calls us babies every one. PINKY FALU4 IN LOVB lly Pearl Hykm A new family moved in next door ter us yisterday and they hnv got ther dandlst girl . Yaller curls and purty, blue eyes. So I decides she's going to be my curl. Now .I'm axin you as a friend not to go and blab this fer if tho boys get hold of it, I Cash, what a racket they would keep. I seed her out in their back yard so I walks around in ours whlstlln' likQ everything. Did she fall fer me? Well to tell the truff fer onct in my life I wuz lucky. She 1 smiled Just like yer emagin a angel would und sex to nie "Oh. so you are Pinev, I've hear dso much about you." Co?'?. i like fivln ov??r ther moon but I only sed modestly Oh, I gtfess I'm ther guy yore looking for alright. Then we perseeds ter have I the nicest littl" talk yer ever heard. Fore I leaves she's done promised to go ter the movies with me. My but I wus proud as ever thing. That night Pa he sez ter me. "I wonder what In the name of time Is the mat ter with Paul. He's .sitting here a grinnln like or monkey." "My hea ven. Pa," Ma exclaims, "can't you let the poor feller alone?" "Well who's botherin him?" Pa sez.. "You are. and further more you alters are." I thought it wuz time ter skiddo, so I hikes it out In ther orchid ter- dream. Doggone It, I didn't ferglt to tell you her name, (f'ish aint it awful romantic souitdln? Arnhilda. That's, right, course 1 ask ma how to spelf, it. J, Course she didn't know who I was (talking about. 1 want tomorrow to herry and come awful bad. I'll tell , yer fellers all about it next time. I gotta go peep thru the crack now ter soe if I kin see her. For Spring THE NEW Dobb's Caps You will like them. D. Walter Harris The City Tailor and Clothier Let Experts Overhaul Your Car! If you don't know your car and its complicated workings, you'll have a hopeless job on your hands trying to "fix" it. Conic io this shop where only the host mechanics are employed and only the finest materials are used. Y ou 11 g6t satisfac tion plus at a very low price. Buick Co. NEW GASOLINE AND SERVICE STATION Corner Water St. and Camden Bridge NOKTH C AROLINA STATUS COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND KN(ilNKKHI.\(>. State College Station. Raleigh, N. C. SUM M K R 8~C H O O L, June 10 to July 22. 1924. College Credit Courses will be offered in General Agriculture. Science, Economics, Education, English, Geography, History, and modern languages. Professional Courses for High School Principals and Teachers, Teachers of Agriculture, Science. Industrial Education and Manual Arts. Special Courses for Home and Farm Extension Agents, Specialists and Experiment Station Workers. Emphasis will be placed upon Methods of Teaching Science in High Schools, Trade and industrial Kdnratinn nnfl ?of?Teaching Manual Arts. For catalog and other information, write T. E. BROWNE, Director.. ALKRAMA Today EDMUND COBB Sting of the Scorpion Also IIUTH ROLAND in "RUTH OF THE RANGE" | Capita! Stock $250,000 | ?!? Member Federal Reserve X X HERTFORD COLUMBIA KI.IZAHETH CITT -j X Dr. A. L. Pendleton, Pre*. j?o. R. Little, Cashier. *:* f Surnev P. Hood, Vlco-Pres. R. C. Abbott, Vice-Pres. i CAROLINA BANKING & TRUST COMPANY ? 1 !* i ?J | Yours truly, John Smith ALL the world despises an anonymous letter. We like a man to sign his name to wliat he writes. Rut did you ever think that unknown merchan dise is anonymous? Nohody to voueli for it. No name signed. Notice the advertisements in this paper. There [i] in hold print are the names of those who slake |i] their reputations?stake your good-will towards them on the truth of what they have written. s !i ii The maker of advertised goods realizes that he S GO might f?>ol you once?hut never the second time. His success is dependent upon your continued con fidence in what he says in the advertisements. licad the advertisements with confidence. They tell truths thai you should know. ?? The measure of satisfaction is larger in advertised products
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