Georges Township High School - Georgian Yearbook (Uniontown, PA)

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ended in a tie between Georges and Point Marion, each having won five games and lost one. The deciding game between the two schools was played at Redstone on Tuesday evening, March 20. Georges made a miser- able showing in the test game and their opponents romped away with a 30-17 victory. Five games were played outside of the league. Two with German Town- ship, two with South Union, and one with Redstone. The Redstone game was very disastrous for Georges Township. Several reasons might be given in support of the pitiable exhibition of basketball played by Georges in that game, but the most impressive feature was the one-sided score of 63-23 in favor of Redstone. The German Township games were both exciting and fast, and a good brand of basketball was played by both sides. Each school won their home game. South Union put up the least resistance of any of the outside teams and Georges won both games by a comfortable margin. Although the season closed with the discouraging Redstone defeat, Georges as a whole feels that the season was a very successful one, and the following summary certainly justifies their conclusion : A Date Opponent Where Played. Winner Score Jan. 5, '23 Point Marion Point Marion Point Marion 41-20 Jan. 12, '23 Fairchance Home Georges 40- 8 Jan. 19, '23 Smithfield Home 'Georges 42- S Jan. 24, '23 South Union South Union Georges 32-22 Feb. 2, '23 Point Marion Home Georges 33-26 Feb. 9, '23 Fairchance Home Georges 54-16 Feb. 16, '23 Smithfield Forfeit Georges 2 - 0 Feb. 26, '23 South Union Home F Georges 29-16 Mar. 7, '23 German Twp. German German 33-31 Mar. 13, '23 German Twp. Home Georges 24-20 Mar. 20, '23 Point Marion Redstone Point Marion 30-17 Mar. 23, '23 Redstone Redstone Redstone 63-23 Games won, 8g games lost, 4. Points scored by Georges, 3475 points scored by opponents, 280. -JAMES BLACK. n

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Foreign Languages Much has been said about the importance of languages in the school curriculum. So much in fact that, although it is a part of every school program, the idea prevalent in the minds of people is that languages are non-essential in comparison with other school subjects. A majority of pupils reject the study of languages. Is it because of the difficulty of the study ?. The more exact reason is the failure to catch an insight into the real value of both modern and extinct languages. In speaking of the importance of languages one fact stands out promi- nently. Since the beginning of learning, language has been the founda- tion upon which education is based. A slight review of the past shows the beginning of language study in Greece. The Grecian lad was taught his own language. To learn to read or to write from the Grecian alphabet was as difficult for him as any Latin lesson is hard for the modern pupil. Imperfect as may have been thfs beginning, the Greek saw a need for learning and placed emphasis upon reproduction of Grecian ideas and pro- gress by means of language. The interest in this subject increased. Then Latin colonies began to get a foothold in the Grecian peninsula and con- tinued to do so until Grecian power gave way to Roman rule. But the Roman was just as far sighted as the Greek and learning continued with even more vigor. For a length of time the Greek language continued to keep pace with the Latin but in course of years Creek died out and Latin became the predominant language taught. Roman colonization spread the Latin language to all parts of the then known world. Even after the fall of the Roman Empire it was still spoken. The Barbarians from the north, conquerors of Rome, mingled with the Roman people and from that mingling of dialects sprang new languages. To-day Romanic countries-Spain. France and Italy--have drawn their code from the Latin. In speech they go back directly to the Latin and these languages are the tongues of South American countries as well as of European nations. The Englishlanguage which is spoken throughout a large part of the civilized world, has received so many additions from Romanic sources that to-day We scarcely utter a sentence Without using a 77