State Normal School - Crystal / Levana Yearbook (Athens, GA)

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EARNEST BOYS SOCIETY GFFICERS. First Semester. E. B. DAVIS ..... ......... P resident J. C. WIEEKS. .... ..... X fice-President J. R. RQACH ..... ...... S ecretary B. T. BEASLEY., .. .... Treasurer OFFICERS. Second Semester. J. VVQFFURD CQLES., .... ,. . .President MARVIN A. ACREE. . .Vice-President H. GIBBS WTILEY .......... Secretary ERNEST P. AIKEN. ........ Treasurer RQBERT F. FREEMAN ..... Librarian

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I 4 ll l. 7. H li i N v T 1 l X. N, L1 rl ,+ C lil 4 Q ll TRE5 rj , gf , Q . 0 5 X .X A 'N ,e xii Q DEBA f 17 0 X ' ' i V if b Q SUUE T it f C Q, , I - ,QA , . ff 1 ' E.N9.C. Q :yn -2:-'1':'r' Q THE FREQSHMAN DEBATING SOCIETY. This Society was organized, in the fall of 1906, by a band of enthusiastic Freshman boys. Prior to this time there was only one debating society here, the jeffersonian, the membership of which was so large that each member could speak only about once. every six weeks. ii The Freshman boys realized that they would not have an opportunity to speak often enough to develop their powers of expression as they should be ily developedg and that, in order to debate with the boys of higher classes, they it needed training in addition to that given by the ,Ieffersonian Society. To meet this need, the present Freshman Debating Society was organized. It it has flourished from the beginning, and the membership grows larger every -' term. No membership fee is charged, but a fine of live cents is imposed on ., every member that is absent without a good excuse. ,, All boys ofthe Freshman and Review Classes are members of the Society. The programs are varied from time to time. We often have debates on such subjects as the following: Resolved, That America VVill Fall as Other. Great Nations Have Falleng Resolved, That the VVorks of Nature Are More Beau- tiful than the XfVorks of Man. Sometimes we have impromptu debates on subjects like the following: Resolved, That a Drunken Husband is a Greater .. Nuisance than a Quarrelsome 'VVifeg Resolved, That Pursuit Affords More Y Pleasure than Possession. fl , Our work this year has been very gratifying. Our boys have become so ,, self-reliant that they have challenged the bestspeakers of the Senior and A Middle Classes to meet them in public debates. lb The officers of the Society are President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, Critic, Chaplain, and Sergeant-at-Arms. They are elected every quarter and 'serve the ensuing ten weeks. xl' The standing committees are the following: the Program Committee, whose duty it is to post a program at least one week before it is to be ren- ll dered: the Membership Committee, whose duty it is to induce every eligible young man to join the Society, the Tribunal Committee, whose duty it is to S collect all fines. V I Wfe hope the Society will continue to grow and to flourish, and that it may accomplish great good in the future. -4-nl '..,..pQ

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, tl X. l g X fa I T' J A ,fb JL. . A N ig: 1 I . V X. , -- xx- xx l-i l fm ' ,lit 1 ' T . 1- , ' ' 'HQ ' gl fl ' fifil. fr i f 7 xi We are coaclle cl '7 Table entlue'-nic' 6 l f I l 1 It 'Ir' I l 'Q . . , I V ,iq I.. I ffl. - 'xi ii' C ', 1 K XX 6 -.A Q ' ' ' .1 AWA we ave- GTWCY5 Cl1lVm5u5' Q9.f.a.., J:-PA453 fyyxjb S. g C5-o...T, TYux,. Q-0-Jwfffv-N11 ru- U QD-IVL4 Li .I Q., .- EARNEST BOYS' SOCIETY. This Society was planned and organized by one of our boys, whom we all love. Un Qctober 23, 1906, Mr. Wofford Cole called a meeting of the Normal boys in the Library to organize a society. After the organization, the Society was named the Earliest Boys' Society, in honor of our most loved teacher, David L. Earnest. The purpose' of the Society is to teach good manners, and everything else that goes to the making of a true gentleman. A h The Society holds its meetings semi-monthly in the Library, immediately after the Round Table adjourns. We have talks by some of the members on such subjects as these: How to Act at the Table, How to Carry Ourselves in, Publicf' and Traits of a True Gentleman. After the speaking, We have friendly criticisms of each other. V Politeness pays a high rate of interest. We can tell a man,s character by the things he laughs at. From time to time during the year, We have lectures from members of the Faculty on such subjects as Groups, Dress and Cleanlinessf' How to Become Popular, and Conduct as a Fine Artf' Vlfe believe in those traits which are the character- istics of a true gentleman. We do not believe it is gen- tlemanly to ride on a car without paying the fare, to tell a falsehood in a business deal, to neglect to pay debts, or to see the old and inhrm mistreated without resenting it. VVhen the Society was founded, a movement was started to get up a library. Now we have a small library, to which all the boys contribute willingly. ' i We hope to make the Society mean to the boys what the founder intended that it should. H Q FQ,- :QT ,fire 'V QW l S-if h N--.fx .. ka f i rn 19,5 AX ll g i ' K7 H X S fl. .then -1 ':.fZ1 . xux 525 O 'ff ff . . 1 N-A I Z' ,5 I X 111 ll Smnlpvod I H 3- 1 -T ff l ,ly Q . X' ' - --T -.4 Q- 1 . ima' 'li l A'-bi' -DTE I Eavneif BOYS W I 'T I 4 1- , Soe.ieT7- r Cf hive a S?7.e n-is cl Qahrw-x..-pus,-, Ce-uvte