Voting The most important duty of a citizen over twenty-one is the vote. This takes only a small portion of a person's time. A good citizen takes constant interest in the government. A citizen should vote as honestly and as wisely as he knows how. No democracy was ever a success unless its voters voted wisely. Only about one fifth of the people of the United States who are of a voting age do their duty as to voting. Velma Pitcher - 8th grade.
Basketball The basketball teams are looking forward eagerly to their first games which will be played with Huxley November the sixteenth. New suits have been ordered for both the boys and girls teams and arrived in time for the first game. This will be a great encouragement to the teams as they will have a higher spirit wearing new suits than they would wearing old ones. They were able to purchase these suits through the sale of season tickets. The per cent of tickets sold among the members of the different classes is as follows: Seniors 95%, Juniors 100%, Sophomores 50%; Freshmen 50%.
November 23, 1923 Collins Quill Sophomore Editors: Editor-in-chief - Ilo Carver; Associate editor - Alice Heintz; Literary editors - Maude Hale, Marie Holland, Howard Stier, Eva Franklin, Opal Harsh, and Harold Sinnott; Music - Macy Mullihan; Athletics - Everett Halterman and Gerald Chambers; Society - Leona Keagle and Velma Myers; Joke editors - Glen Morrison, Jessie Thompson, LaVerne Halterman and Ramah Pointer; Calendar - Pierce Sinnot, Mildred Lafferty, and Leona Sumpter; School notes - David Ozmun, Alta Barbee, Hazel Sumpter, and Myrtle Tiffany; Business manager - Donald Wade; Art Editor - Wayne Heintz; Faculty Advisor - Miss Shomler; Publisher - Miss Thomas.
Historical Loan Exhibit The children of the eighth grade were asked to secure from their homes, if parents were willing, anything they might have in the way of heirlooms and relics. It would be impossible to enumerate the many interesting relics that were displayed, but a few may be mentioned by way of illustration: a spinning wheel, cradle grain, many old and rare coins, Bibles and books of the long ago, soft and beautiful silks and garments worn by the grandmothers and great-grandmothers of the school children, old china, curious old pictures, old guns, swords, newspapers, and various other interesting things too numerous to mention. To the children the exhibit was of intense interest and of positive educational value. Teacher - Miss Clara Signs
Dissolution of the General Agriculture Class: Begin Vocational Agriculture The school board and some of the parents have been interested in a vocational agriculture class in the high school for some time. Until recently this new subject had been deemed improbable. Mr. Hollingsworth and Mr. Hield worked out a new school program and obtained the approval of the state board of education to put this new subject into the high school course. Thirteen of the pupils from Mr. Hollingsworth's general agriculture class have joined the vocational class with Mr. Hield as instructor. Mr. Hollingsworth still has about half of the Sophomore class for general agriculture. He is endeavoring to teach the pupils to really appreciate agriculture. The pupils in the vocational agriculture class are starting home project work and will get real experience. Those taking the hog project are: David Ozmun, Pierce Sinnot, Glen Morrison, LaVerne Halterman, and Everett Halterman. Those taking up cattle projects: Harold Sinnott and Myrtle Tiffany; The poultry projects: Velma Myers, Jessie Thompson, Alice Heintz, Ilo Carver, and Macy Mullihan.