The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-05
A Day With Students.
The High School Field
Day Program Of
Events.
other News Notes of Interest
isrthered ana Reported bV One OF the
High school who Was
the writerg-Laconics.

The events for the high school field day
exercises, which are 20 be held at the Cal
umet park on June u, are az folio So
Fiity-yard dash, SS0-yard dash, 100 yard
dash, 220-yard dash, 440-yard dash
IO0-yard dash (opeD), 1-mile run, 100
yard hurdle race. running broad jump,
running high Jump, pole yaultlog'
1-5-mile bicycle, emile bicycle (open),
I mile bicycle (open), 2-mile bicycle.
Entries must be handed in on or be-
fore June 9TH to C.. j. Light. Contest
ants, except in open events, will be limit
ed 20 members of the high schools OF
Houghtoncounty, who have been enrolled
rs regular students during the last six
months
New executive committees have been
selected 70 see that. the rules OF the "telf'
government" system are enforced. The
committees are Daisy Danielson, Anna
Quello and Mathew Sembla, of the senior
class; Nina Varsop, Anna Sincock and
Stuart Mclean. of the Junior class; Clara
Light, Lizzie Allen and Oscar Bruins, OF
the sophomore class; and Catherine Sui
siyan, Wallace Nelson and Will Lyons,
OF the freshman class.
The sophomores held their picnic last
Saturday and although it rained and
was very cold, they said they enjoyed (?D
themselves immensely,
The freshmen expect to have their pic
mic next Saturday. We hope they may
have better day than the sophomores
had, for we would not know what TO do
IL the poor freshies got drowned or fro
zen.
Someone, q suppose it must have been
one Of our digni6ed seniors), informed
me that the southernmouries (sopho-
moref) enjoyed themselves very much
last Saturday. The sophomores had
better teach that pc son now to spell
sophomore.
A student 10 the physical geography
class, knowingly, informed the class that
the present weather would last until July
- and then would come famine.
The library il again open, TO the Joy OF
all the high school pupils.
The geometry class will finish their
Text next week aud are very glad to get
through with il.
The seniors are & ing 10 get a new
picture because they think they havs
"outgrown their landscape painting.
The seniors are rehearsing daily an
seem 10 enjoy it very much.
An epidemic prevailed in the south haIf
OF the high school on Wednesday after
noon, IL see ms to have originated with
"A junior boy aud spread rapidly until
nearly all the juniors and the majority
Of the seniors we're afflicted before it was
discovered. Steps were Immediately
taken in the matter and it was soon sup
pressed.
Mr.. Dayid McCarron has left school.
Miss Emma f. Larson has been absent
on account of illness.
The high school enjoyed their vacation
immensely, especially the bicycist the
air was so clear and refreshing that it
HVst braced them up and they, Of course,
were extremely alive with their work
Tuesday morning.
The literature class are studying Amer
ican writers and enjoy their work very
much.
The weather has been 80 miserable
that tie botanists are not able to 90
into the woods to seek flowers and there
fore they have had nothing to do these
last few days. They hope the weather
will soon clear up and the woods get a
little drier.
The junior physics class are now study
ing the rainbow and the subjects, spectra
and chromatics.
The general history class are studying
the French Revolution" which they
find very interesting.
The sophomores have finished Homer's
@Jliad"
The algebra class nov recites TO Miss
Boggs after school, because Miss Rogers
has taken Mr.. Browns classt in the de.
partmental schools.
Those pupils who were back in any of
f3seir work are studying very hard in
order to leave ali their work in good
shape at the close Of school.
The Oberlin college has sent us word
that we may now also enter that institu-
ton without further preparation and
you may be sure we are very proud Of
the fact.
FIVE DOLLARS REWARDS
our Kewcenaw Correspondent Not 10
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