Washington Township High School - Maroon and Gold Yearbook (Iberia, OH)

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THE MAROON AND GOLD Page31 ---4. gfggn 1 n62Q:f9E'elr - l -0 -- READY TO GO HOME AT THE WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP SCHOOL From left to right-Mr. Gr-ay's truck, Mr. Stoneburner's truck, Mr. Curtis's truck, Mr. Seif's truck, Mr. Baird's truck and Mr. Patzer's wagon. It has been something like eleven or twelve years since transportation of pupils was begun in Washington Town- ship. The first were the wagon routes and brought pupils from the Tuttle and Hunter school district. A little later pupils were transported in a spring wagon from the Maple Grove district. In 1917 the nrst truck was put into use and served the Nelson school district and Iberia road. In this same year two new wagon routes were laid out to bring pupils from the Davis school district and the neighborhood of St. James. In 1918 the east wagon route was laid out. In 1919 a truck displaced a wagon route to the south and in 1920 the wagon route to the Hunter district was made a truck route. In 1921 the State road truck was put into service and the last truck so far bought was put on the Tuttle route in 1922. Foye Craley was the first truck driver in Washington Township. Of the present drivers Mr. Gray has served six years, Mr. Seif four years, Mr. Curtis one year, Mr. Patzer one year, Mr. Baird three years, Mr. Stoneburner sev- en years. In all the time pupils have been transported in VVashington Township, only one accident has occurred. In this case a child got off the truck at St. James and was struck by an automobile, The child recovered. -saw' wean ' --' Bi'

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I Page3O THE MAROON AND GOLD -.--0-ggi a - ueesgfgyifau ilcgeal--U DEBATING TEAMS Standing, left to right-Carol Strahm, Eugene Auld, Margaret Sorensen, Mr. McCoy, coach, M1'. Zulauf, coach, Elizabeth Truex, Charles Ott, Doyle Rusk. Sitting, left to right-Elizabeth Richardson, Avis Garfield. Affirmative Team- Negative Team- Elizabeth Truex Elizabeth Richardson tC.J. Doyle Rusk Carol Strahm. Avis Garfield CCJ. Eugene Auld. Charles Ott, alternate. Margaret Sorensen, alternate- Mr. Zulauf, coach. Mr. McCoy, coach. PRELIMINARIES On March 19, the negative team motored to Chesterville to put their arguments against those of the Chesterville team. The local negative team won by a score of 262-174. Miss Ethel Elder, Probate Judge of Morrow county, judged the debate. On the same evening the negative team from Chesterville came to Iberia where they debated against our affirma- tive team. The Chesterville negative team won by a score of 193-184. John Dean, a senior of O. W. U. judged the debate. Iberia thus won the preliminaries by a margin of 79 points. SEMI-FINALS On the evening of March 26, our negative team went to Johnsville where they debated Johnsville's affirmative team. The score was 247-238 in favor of Johnsville. The County Superintendent of the Delaware county schools judged the debate. The same evening Johnsville's negative team came to Iberia and debated with our affirmative team. The score was 267-264 in favor of Iberia. Miss John, of Galion, judged the debate. The result of the semi-linals was in favor of Johnsville by a margin of 6 points. No one of either of our teams had ever debated before and we feel justly proud of them. The question for debate was. Resolved, that all property should be classified for the purposes of taxation. wil IICQEQQDII - e UE-

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Page32 THE MAROON AND GOLD -c 3291- rlfxgiwfpis- - - e fllfzsfbir EDITO Next Years Staff Editor-in-Chief ....................-- Carol Strahm Associate Editor --- --- Avis Garfield Associate Editor --- -- Charles Ott ---- Carol Auld ---- Thelma Hillis Joke Editor ------ Athletic Editor --- Society Editor --- --- Vivian Close Alumni Editor .... --- ----- Gladys Wilson Exchange Editor .....----------- Marjorie Rinehart Advertising and Business Manager, Clarence McClurg Assistant Advertising Manager ------- Eugene Auld Assistant Advertising Manager ........ Burton Cass Assistant Advertising Manager ---. James Hindman Circulation Manager ..------------ Elmer Burggraf Assistant Circulation Manager -... Margery Thomas We feel confident the newly elected staff will be able to continue the publication of the Maroon and Gold. Business men tell us that this is the most practical work the high school gives to its pupils, educating us in real life work, as newspaper work is one of the greatest industries of the country. May success attend you. Movies in School Considerable progress is reported in connection with the introduction of moving pictures into the school room, especially in New York City, where the department of visual instruction is gradually in- stalling a definite system. Pictures are now being employed in such sub- jects as geography, civics, science, biology, history, nature study, and hygiene. A short talk on the les- son is first given, after which the appropriate picture is shown, this being followed by further study of the textbook. This method is said to be meeting with marked success, through stimulating the interest of pupils and giving them a more practical understanding of the subjects taught. The educational value of good moving pictures can hardly be overestimated, and this applies to adults as well as to school children. In many subjects a moving picture can convey more information ina minute than could be gained in hours of poring over a dry text-book. No doubt the next few years will see the wide employment of visual instruction in our schools ev- erywhere. Our community hall would be an ideal place for the installation of a moving picture machine. This would be a fine piece of work for the Parent Teacher association to take up, by having plays, markets in near-by towns of home products which could be donated by parents. In numerous ways money might be forthcoming for such an enterprise, which would be of educational value not only to FQIAL. the children but to adults as well. Many people go to near-by towns to picture shows. Why do you not keep them in your own town? Why do you not boost Iberia? No one else will if you do not. Not long since a speaker told us we should capitalize our fame as having had a part in the education of a President of the United States. Who is going to have the vision to do this? Social Education of the Farm Population The United States has always been proud of the independent spirit of its farmers. From this sturdy population has come a continuous stream of strong upstanding personalities to our growing cities. Dur- ing the early periods of our history most of our important men were reared upon the farms of the country. Our farming population has been looked upon as one of the safeguards of the nation and a bulwark of democracy. It is true for a long time the farmer was looked upon as less cultured than his city cousin-he and his family were known as Hayseeds, but their sturdiness has always been recognized, The American farmer had not kept pace with the city cousin in culture. The telephone, radio, auto, mechanical helps, centralized schools, have taken away the seediness. helping him to come into his own. There is great need for the farmer to be edu- cated on his economic problems. The difficulty here lies mostly in the lack of a spirit of cooperation. One of the most serious charges against the farmer is that he will not cooperate. The farmer needs to learn that he is a part of the great people of these United States of America, that its problems are his problems, in so far as they affect his general welfare. He must learn cooperation. If we can get the people to cooperate in social undertakings, like a school, church, a club for so- cial purposes, or a rural community center, or a program of health for rural people, we shall devel- op that social nature in the rural population that will assist in economic cooperation. Independence of the rural men and women must not be forgotten. Their ability to do things rather than have things done for them must be remembered. The leaders must lead by suggestions. Creating new situations and using new methods. Their problems can not be solved without co- operation. People should awaken to the problems of those who till the soil before it is too late. A long road is this one to be traveled, demanding patience, time, and hard work, this bringing into unity of thought and purpose the different organizations and industries. 4.290 - - nebgoi ,awww L c . lA. 1