~'asket-Ball Brilliant Affair By this time we heard the call of the ’’cooks" and we knew that he annal basket-ball banquet was 7 the time had come for the eats. eld Tuesday evening in the aining There was a pile of fish t ai loom of the Qomestic Science Depart- feet high and with a circumference ; ent. The basket-ball boys and of 21 feet. The corn cakes made their guests assembled at 7:30 a mound that would make Stone at girl’s dormitory and in a few Mountain ashamed; an immense tank minutes the big parqde began. of lemonade was sittdng on one of.the two ton trucks. This The dining room was tastefully refreshment was attacked with decorated in blue wistaria and much gusto by the pic nicer.0- and ’white spirea. After a delightful after much eating and drinking, four course was served a arxl joking the crowd began to rogram was rendered. Mr. Barnes, disband slowly, for we were all acting as toast-master, called loath to leave this pretty place. upon several of the boys and Before we left, however, all the teachers present to say a few paper had been picked ip and the words in behalf of the boy's usual ’’twelve basketfuls of basket-ball team. Mr. Barnes fragments” were gathered up and was praised highly for his wonder- brought back to the boys dormitory ful sportsmanship and for his to the Baseball boys who had had unerrigg skill in basket-ball. to practice. The boys had a most successful , being proclaimed as This was the best that has Champion of South Georgia. Mr. ever been staged by Georgia . ells gave an interesting talk Normal&chool. on the qualities of the team and the future prospects of the school. Trees Bliss Carman. ’afore the program the boys voted >r 1930 basket-ball captain. In the Garden of' Eden, planted ;orge Mathis was elected. After by God, the program the big parade began There were goodly trees in the s walk back to the Girl’s springing sod- s rmitory where Mrs. Henderson serenaded them with a most beauti- Trecs of beauty and height and grac ful song. To stand in splendor before His fac

Baptist Sunday School Pictaic Apple and hdekory, ash and pear, Oak and beech and the tulip rare, )n Thursday, March £8, the Baptist ’.unday School staged a picnic The trembling aspen, thgfaoble out at Lott’s Creek. They left pine, Georgia Normal at 3:30 in the The sweeping elm by the river line; afternoon and'' went to the scene of the picnic in different cars. Trees for the birds to build and sing, .his picnic had been planned for And the lilad tree for o/joy in nme time and everyone had been in spring; ookingiforward to it with the . -tmbst enthusiasm. Enthusiasm Trees to turn at the frosty call as not lacking when the crowd And carpet the ground fear their "rived at Lott’s Creek. The Lord’s footfall; ood were beautiful and every- le spent two or three hours Trees for fruitage and fire and .naming the woods and picking shade, me different flowers that are Trees for the cunning builder's i bloom at this time of the year, trade; ^ter this there was a period v rest which was spent reading Wood for the boy, the spear, and i Inscriptions on the tombs in ; the flail, e Lott’s Creek church graveyard. The keel and the mast of the .n an hour was spent on games. daring sail- • cop the Handkerchief” was played ud also ’’Capture the flag”. In Ho made them of every grain and ,v,e latter game Mr. Wells was girrh, ,hr own for a ten yard loss by (continued page 2 col.2) ’ll McDaniel . 'continued next col) Science Club. everyone enjoyed although he. couldn't find his scripture in Spring is celling on every side Mr. Well's Bible. and the science club caught its spirit Thursday night in their Wednesday morning'at our chapel program on birds. It was alto- service we had with us Mr. Paul gether fitting that ■ now viion Muse, pastor of the Methodist there are so many birds to b a church at Dawson, Georgia. He studied the program should deal was the pastor who conducted the with that theme. Revival at tho Methodist Church At Statesbofo which ended last Frances Brett gave a very interest- Wednesday night. Besides a ing history of ornothology from very splendid scripture lesson its earliest beginning to the he gave us a great deal of ore sent day. Francis Mathis information on our ov.h statc- discussed, '’The Adoption of Gcorgia, "The Empire State of Birds”; t';at is, the ways. nature the South". has provided for birds in regard to meeting their environment. ©.vie Banks gave. some interesting facts about the songs of birds On Tuesday afterhoon 'the Oglethorpe and the birds that one considered Sob icty ‘enjoyed ah:-outaJig- dovn- the best singers. . She brought 'among the Pinos. The picnic out the fact that all birds have - was given by the Catamounts to a series of calls, that a person the Go-Getters as the result of may learn to recognize. Such a contest between the two divisions as, the mating call, the dagger of the society. The left call, the mother call, and the the campus about 5:30 in gay happy contented song. IToxt spirits. For the first part Ernest Kennedy gave a very of the program games were played interesting presentation of bird end just before time to return to study and why study birds. .He the school the social committee discussed 'the value of birds in served sandwiches, pickles, relation to tho economical wel- crakkers and lemonade. fare of tho South, the habits of birds, the best time to study ffihbyMothcr Tolls Her Story to . birds, the main division of ' the Children-Continued birds, ikE men and birds and their relation to nature . ■ Then "That skinny gawk is driving all each member of the club was the healthy stock away’." called upon to imitate a bird of But somehow I'd grown to like him ,'ome kind. This was lots of fun. And I marveled that I could very one is urged to at tent. evcr3r For he never tried to kiss me— meeting as a lot of good may though I often wished he would, be got from the programs as well as a great d^al of enjoyment. Now that's all there is to tell you--by next June I was a bride, Hiking Trio • Bat bbfore that. I Had made him part his hair upon the side; A group of the Normal students And I'd made him change his collars spent a most emjoyablc day last and I’d slicked him up a lot, Friday on a hiking trip. They For I taught him what he should do, left about eleven o’clock and and the things which he should not hiked out to the Lake View Country But not; don't tell I've told you— Club. On arriving there a most the way I met your dad. delightful picnic dinner was Would I do the same thing over? spread which everyone enjoyed Well--he hasn’t boon so bad'. to the utmost. After the a short time was spent in kodaking and boat-riding. Then the trip How to Get a Cherry from the $ homo was begin and everyone Bottom of a Glass. arrived tired and fatigued with, Hypnotize cherry. Tell chErry it the days . Every- is a Mexican jumping bean. Cherry one was thrilled over tho good will leap for joy. Grab cherry time she had although two of the whe n in mid -air . lembers had to come homo wet >. ■ Inform cherry that folks who live after an unfortunate dip in the in glass houses shouldn't throw ater. The grou$» consisted of: stones. Cherry will climb to rim ildred Jones, Ruby Brannon, Ila of glass to drop stone over side. yaock, Virginia Kenan, nloise Catch cherry in the act. lith, Ruth Edenfiold And Sara Sing "Merrily We Roll Along" . berts. Tilt glass up. Cherry will respond

to the lilting verso by rolling donn f incline. Grab cherry. Tell cherry you think it is a f ake. This will jar cherry. Falls from bottom of glass onto roff of your mouth, Swallow chorry. Make funny feces at cherry. Cherry will shake with laughter and lose its grip. , I Tho Staff Can’t you see my brain must grow Ed itor Virginia Louis i Just as yours did long ago? Ass't Editor Eli McDaniel You need not talk os if I lay Nous Editor Sara .Roberts lar beneath yourm own pathway. Campus Editor Catherine Brett You need not tell of the things Alumni Editor Clifford Grincr you've done Joke Editor Clyde Greenway Of the grades you made and the Manager Sidney Boswell medals you've won. Faculty Advisor Miss Cloy It just won't go for I'm no dunce Typist Virginia Kenan. My dad says you wuz a boy once. So can't you be just what you are? ,Tihe first of JSpril, some do say, I sure I'd like, you better by Is set apart for All Foil’s day; far. But why tho people call .it so Can't you see I'm just a boy Nor I, nor they themselves, do Full of life and healthy joy . know." And not a thoughtless worthless Poor Richard* s Almanac lad Whose thoughts and duds are mostly J "All Fool's Day’* has been cele- bad? brated for many years in America So can't we go clasped hand in and for many more years in forcigh hand, countries. There have been many To seek adventure . in life's uhcories held as to the origin strange land?'"" of this custom. Grinin, says that it was introduced into Trees (continued.from pagel) . Germany from'France in modern times. Ono. theory of the origin For tho use of man in the garden of th.is day traces the custom to of Earth. the miracle- play, formerly pre- sented'at Easter, which at some- Then lest the sould should not times showed the sending of Christ lift her eyes from Amias to Cavaplias, and From the to the Giver of from Pilot6 to Herod. Othors Paradise, trace the custom to some "pagon where tricks were On the crown of a hill, for all played. Some of these were the to s ee , Huli held by the Hindus God planted a scarlot maplo tree. ' on March 31, and the Feast of - the Fools, cllabratcd by the Romans on February 17. in The Mother Telle Her Story To different countries, the victims The Children. of the *'A11 Fool's" tricks arc E. A. Guest. called many things . In Eron.ce he is un poisson d* April; fn When first I met your father, it Scotland he is a gowk or a was at a , dears, i cuckoo. And he wore a high white collar which stretched right up to his Whatever the origin—"All Fool's ears; Day" is ce lab rated almost uni- And I didn't like the way ho versally. It is a day dear to dressed his hair a little bit; the children's h arts, on which He was thin and short and nervous they ploy many pranks rarely and his -coat didn't fit; played otherwise without some It was parted in the middle and punishment. It is the day on it lopjscd across his browp which pranks, play, and mis- And I never dreamed that evening chievousness reigns supreme. I'd be married to him how. A Boy to His Teacher. I knew a dozen fdlowws who were handsomer than he, Sidney Boswell. And all of them were richer, and they thought a lot of me; You're my teacher, but can't you And they brought me flowers and be, candy every time they c amo to cal Just a bit more of a friend to me? So this meeting with your father Can't you step from your perch didn't mean much after all; up the re , And besides his ways annoyed me Down to my level to breathe tho I'd have told him if I dared, ai'r That I didn't like fchis manner Of friendship? Can’t you look and tho vulgar way he stared. and understand My heart is aching for a friendly Well, next Sunday after dinner hand, he came up to call on me To load my ignorant footsteps Andstayed so long that Grandma tnme, then invited him for tea; To help me pierce life's mysteries After that he came so often that through? . (cont.top of next col) your Grandpa used to say: (continued page 3 col.2) .you **•» ,\jtraAjrr•U'uw* Campus Notngt Jokes. Mrs ^•.“>2 - T. J. Buck© visited Evolution.- r-A -■he lr'daughter, .Pauline, on the l campus last, ubek-ond . Dhe .1 %Grandma was a Flapper s Sh'e dress d like 'Mother Hubbard t-arle Spell visited her Barents But Grandma’s Flapper daughter near Lyons for the -,eck-efd! more like her cupboard. Tiny Mann spent the week-end at Whoppers’. ker home near Lyons. Aurt Jame: "Well, Ethel, I see you’ve landed a man at last." Angler’ s Daughter: "Yes, atnt.ie , ? Ei ldS Spent v.mthrith hherPT parents° + near Garfield.week-end but you ough^ to see the ones that got away."

oiarkcS?kD ?irfor the?Jf hineweek-end. Visited Louise Wii ling to Trade in. Fortune toller: "Your husband Dickey Brett was ’the guest of wil. be brave, generous, hand- Sarah Smith for the week-end. some and rich.” Rut I , the Chinawaro Saleslady: ■ Alumni Kotofi. "Ho\ wond or ful ’. Now tell me, how can I get rid of the one I have now?" (fiss Ruth Coleman, one of our former students spent a while with us this week. Standing Pat: "Rembmber , " said" the serious man, "that money is Miss Hazel Deal visited us one not the only thing to be striven day this week. for." "Maybe not1,’ answered the other, Mr. Loy Wafers, of Graymont-Summit "but a v/hble lot of people think was a visitor on the campus it is, and I’m not egotistic Friday. enough to try to set any new fashions. " Miss Kathleen Harmon spent the weck-e nd he^e. Mighty Huntress. The Sld-fashinoned girl certainly Miss Johnnie Clyde Riner visited knew how to get a dinner. us Friday. The modern girl docs too, but she uses a different method. Mr. Monroe Warren was a visitor here Friday. Mess of Junk. "Yes, do ctor, my head is like a lump of lead, my neck’s as stiff as a drainpipe, my chest's like Jokes. a furnace, and my muscles con- It is more blessed to give, tract like bands of iron." : Will you donate some- Doctor: "I’m not sure you should thing to the ojd Ladies Home?*' not have gone to a hardware Generosity: "With pleasure. Help dealer." yourself to my mother-in-law." Protecting the Lizzies. Ihe Proper Order. County Policeman Grizzle requests Waiter (to patron who has been &S to state that all persons kcP$ waiting for some time) caught running a car under 16 fiWhat is it you wish, sir?" years of ago, or a person running Patron (sarcastically) "Well, a car drunk will be prosecuted. what I originally came in for was breakfast, out if dinner's ready Cat* s Rival. now, I’ll take ." He firea four times, each shot striking the prowler, and A Woman’s Way. killing him. If at first you don’t succeed, cry, cry, again. Spilling the Beans. At a reception in Washington the T.vo .deaf men met on the same rood lion of the evening was a dis- one day: tinquj.slied Arctic explorer, A "HOT/ do you do?" stout old lady said to him, "It "How d o ytJu do ?" must have been terrible uw there IVGo.ing fishing?" can you must have suffered un- 0 d Ho , I’m go ing fish ing . " ^ -- , kardships and privat ions." Oiif. I thought you said you wore 'D-M-l, I can’t say that exactly," going fish ing " rejoanod the explorer with a smile. "u]e x-ct is, I’ve been telling them o.lJ tnis season to large GUO; "Too bad we didn’t bring 3/our * audiences." mahogany bureau." 'Don ’ t get funny. ’’ Diner: "Waiter, what \7as in that "We.il, that’s where re Jolt she disk I just ate.?" tickets. Jo it ;.r: cculdn ’ t say, sir. I’m a stronger here myself.