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' * > ^— ^ - ■ T"" v^^rr" ''T’.-r *7':' •“ V-——=K THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1931, FRDAY, Look for Big Advertisement in Next Weeks Issue ♦> 3 ::: ♦> WEINER BROS. Main Street, BARNWELL ' • 7 • ' > ? X :t: ? ♦> ♦> Barnwell High School News. Pupil Activitien Program Introduced pointed by the president of each home ro. m help to complete the home room oriranizatiun. These committees and their respective duties follow: (1) r<4ll call committee—checking the r:ll each morning, icporting absen- lead in educational advancement, andLJ" an ' 1 ' onu ' ™neideretion in Harnwell High School. Many of the larger high scho:ls throughout the State, of South Caro lina have adopted the plans of other high schools situated in States which have made pupil activities a part of the high schrol curticula. Hence, Barnwell High Sch-ol’.* purpose of in troducing into its curricula a pupil activities program is being effected in order that Barnwell High School pupils may share improvements in the field of education. The distinct purposes of a pupil ac tivity program are (1) to teach pu- juls to do better those things that they wish to do and will do after leaving high school; (2) to reveal higher types of activities and make these desired and to some extent pos sible. Allied with these two purpose? are the following abjectives: (1) to promote the purpose of democracy, (2) to promote the cbjectives of edu cation—health,, vocation, citizenship, worthy use of leisure, leadership and worthy home membership; (3) to train for citizenship; (4) to develop intelligent leadership; (6) to provide for pupil expression. With this chief aim—the -need» -of the pupil— are considered the needs of the com munity. Thi s is desirable, sinc e the schrol exists for the community. Barnwell’s pupil activities, at present, consists of a thirty minute pejyxvd devoted each day to the work cf trfe home room organization. The home rooms are those classrooms to which pupils, who are members of the two sections of the eighth grade, the two sections of the ninth grade, the tenth and eleventh grades, respective ly, report for joll call at 8:45 each morning. Each of these room s has its own officers: president, vice-presi dent, and secretary-treasurer. Work ing with these officers is an executive committee formed of two representa- * ivam r <>W Their the sick; (2) Room committee— erasing blackboards between class periods, inspecting the classroom for tiash on floor, finding lost pupil equipment and adjusting jhade? at the close of each school day;^-(3) Program committee — planning the programs to be presented each week; (4) Social committee—planning en tertainment and programs for all social meetings, meeting visitors who come to the home room. Th 0 program of pupil activities is a s follows: Monday—Study and preparation cf program? to be presented 'Thursday. Tuesday—Meeting of miscellaneous clubs. ^ Wednesday—Assembly peiiod, at whic h cne home room presents a pro- —— Thursday—Presentation of pro grams in home rooms. Friday—Meeting of Glee Club? Or chestra and Athletic Clubs. Home Room Officers—Eight A. President: Polly Fales. Vice-President: Gilmore Harley. Secretary-Treas. Elizabeth Mace. Eight B. President: Ella Mae Peacock. Vice-President: Marie Creech. Seey.-Treas.: Jesse Norris. Nine A. President: Dorothy Furtick. Vice-President: Bobby Dicks. Seey.-Treas.: Ephriam Cooper. p n. duties are to meet wfth two faculty advisers for advice, co-operation and aid concerning such topics as: what to do, in honje room - organization, what are good - programs fo r home, room program day, and _ how to chocse and elect council members.. A number of smaller committees ap- Nine H. ; President: Miriam Baxter. a Vice-President: Jennie Gignilliat. Seey.-Treas.’: Evelyn Still. Ten. President: David Hair. Vice-President: James Hogg. Secy.-Treat.: Hilda Martin. Eleven. - President: Dean* Filler. Vice-President^Terrill Birt. Secy.-Trea^ Keev^g Grubbs. Barnwell High School is using re Australia!^ ballot for the election . +*- of officers in the student body. Elec tion cf officers of the Student Council was held last week. Pupils registered a few days before the election. There were three nominees .for each office, president, vice-president, and secre tary-treasure^ The successful candi dates were: President, Elaine Har ley; Vice-President, Emily Black; Secretary-Treasurer, Carey Martin. These, with ”ohe"repr>-ehtatiV e *fo be elected from each home room, will constitute the Student Council,' which drganization is to have general over sight of the activity program. Timepieces That Are Marvels of Precision * • The most accurate precision time pieces now nvuilahle are the Shortt clocks made in England. The United States naval observatory has three of them. So sensitive are they that the mere temperature of the body Is enough to render them inaccurate ns standard timepieces, and so It was de cided to install them in a vault in the ground below the frost line. There are really two vaults, one within the other. An air space of IS inches between the vaults serves as an insulator and also makes it possible to inspect and clean the Inner van It Is almost a holy rite to enter the sacred inner vault. Since the time pieces must not be exposed to atmos pheric changes the privileged enter tlie inner vault only through an air lock. Electric lamps are so mounted that they can be changed and cleaned w4thout the necessity of entering the inner chamber. — Visitors to Washington who want to see how the nation keeps its time must gratify their curiosity through a periscope. Sophisticated Hem Adirondack liens have become so ex pert at dodging motor cars and they have so jierfected their technique as not only to save their lives, but also to' obtain free rides. A motorist passing through Westport pn his way to Eliz abethtown. in the American Adiron dack?, was sure he ran over a hen. He stop|»ed his machine to look back, but could s<*> nothing of the chicken, fporr arriving at the* county- sent -ir hen thrust her head through the spokes of one of the front wheels with a triumphant cackle. She then hopped to the road from the front axle where she evidently had been throughout the si*-mile ride. Going to the side of the road she awaited the approach of an other car going In the direction of the home roost. * Chevrolet History » x Like Alger Romance Production Grows From Ftur or Five Cars Yearly to Over a Million m in 20 Years. Anne Hathaway Little Is known concerning Anne Hathaway. She lived- at Shottery, a village near Stratford, where her thatched cottage still attracts thou sands of pilgrims. On the settle, where It Is said that she and Shake speare courted, many young travelers now (fit in conformity to the tradi tion that sitting thereon will insure a happy marriage. Anne is mentionctf In Shakespeare’s bond for license of inge, dated November 28, 1^82. She is known to have remained in Stratford during the years Shake : speare lived in London. Anne Shake speare survived her husband seven years. Detroit, Mich., Nov. 3.—Twenty years ago ihis past week an infant company destined f^r a hardy growth entered the family of automotive manufacturer-, with the incorpora tion, on November 3, 1911, of the Chevrolet Moto r Company, of Michi gan. That span of two decades covers probably thg most remarkable growth iff this mest remarkable of all indus tries. During the twenty years fol lowing the completion of the first Chevrolet, nearly 8,000,000 unit? had been built—a record unequalled by any other automotive manufacturer in the world. —- Twenty year s ago the cradl e of the infant company was a small work shop on Grand River Avenue, Detroit,’ where Louis Chevrolet built experi mental. cars, not more than four or five that first year. Today the pro duction organization numbers twenty Present-Day Oil Has Been Aging for Many Years Did you ever stop to think that the motor oil you order, so casually poured Into the crankcase for luhri-l •• eating the family car’s engine may i lie derived from petroleum that was mellowing in *the earth more than 100,000,(XX> yours before^ present-day civilization found a way to utilize’ It? “Petroleum products are among the voidest wntnrai l fronMBariitwa l .,-fcLr. t.htt Parting Shot An Irish mistress-who had the repu tation of being very mean in house hold matters had engaged n new cook, and In order that she should not compare notes with the outgoing girl, she arranged that they should have separate vehicles to and from the sta-' tion. But- the girl who was leaving was equal to the occasion, and as the two cars passed each other on the road she stood up in hers .and shouted at the top of her voice: “If yo can’t eat scraps, Heaven help ye!” Books for the Blind wotfid that man uses today,” says u bulletin issued by the American Re search Foundation “Crude oil was being stored away in the ground dim eons ago In the Paleozoic era, Avhfch scientists estimate liegfrn at least 150, Through American RCd Cross Chap ters, 3.827 volumes of novels, class 000,000 years ago.” [’EY A BUSINESS BUILDER braille for blind readers, have been added to libraries, in the past year These books are to be obtained through the Library of Congrbss and city libra rles. This activity, carried on by a great number of devoted women volunteers in Red Cross Chapters, hail its Incep tion in preparing books (or war. blinded. i domestic plants which produced a 4- year average of moie than a million cars a fear. Although operations were started in Detroit, the small 'shop where the fitst car was built soon yielded to a larger plant, also in the Motor City. Here the company remained until 1913, and then transferred operations to Flint, Mich., although New York City and Tarryfrnvn, -ff. Yvr wHo pc* cupied prominent places in the early’ years. As early as 1915 the company enter ed the volume field with the introduc tion of the once-famous ‘‘490” model. named for its price. This was the^J Health May Depend on Proper Color of House Choice of colors In building mate- u rials-may soon be Influenced by re-, suits of exjieriments made in London, by Dr. J. Dodson Hessey, to-determine the effects of various lights upon the human system, says N. E. Stephens of NeW York, secretary of the North York, American Society of Arts. “It Is quite logical to suppose,” de clares Mr. Stephens, “that’the results of Doctor Hessey’s finding as to the effects of colors on the human sys tem, will not he confined entirely to methods of healing. Just as sanitation is today considered as. important as medicine, we may soon find that the proper us£ of color in our city build ing will-decrease the number of cases requiring the remedial ase of color nnd other curatives. V .' “Thus far, Doctor Hessey’s demon- orange have the most powerful Intlu- ences. Blue Is used to reduce inflam matory conditions. Green soothes the nerves nnd lowers the blood pressure. Orange uhd red stimulate the nefvous systems. Yellow is a mental stimu lant.” , . - \dverliie in Ttye l^opie Sentinel lowest pi ice at which a Chevrolet was ever sold until the base price on the 1931 series was reduced, upon the in troduction of this line last fall, to $475. Production of V490’s'’ the first year was 70,000 cars, many times that of any pTevi.ou? year’s output. The company was thu s definitely launched in the volume field, in which it later was to ass'ume leadreship. Since that early time the history of the company read? like a Horatio Al ger romance of,.industry. The story i? one of almost constant growth and expansion. One of the dates Ynost prominent in the development of that Wry is May 2, 1918, when General Motors took over the company. Ex tensive ; changes in personnel and methods followed in the succeeding years. • , . Under the stimulus of new blood and new policies, production in 1925, went over the half-million mark for the first time. Two years later it exceeded a million cars. Up to this time the output of the company fo r many years wa* exclu sively four cylinder cars. On Nov. - . * 1, 1928, the company announced its abandonment of the four cylinder field, where it had won pre-eminence, and brought out a six. In the very first year thi s new type exceeded all previous records of the smaller four, and today the company is leading the The present executive personnef comprises W. S. Knudsen,' president and general manager; H. J. Klingler, vice-president-and general sale s man ager jy’M. E. Coyle, vice-president and general auditor; C, 'E. . \yetherald,- general manufacturing manager, and J. M, Crawford, chief engineer. .L?i» a Vji't ' • V t ■i > -v V v.-t • , ■’