The Yale expositor., 1897-02-12
FROM TIE CASTLE OF LEARNING.
Sakie r. SCOTT Records the Events
of the Past Week.

of the Past Week.
There's music in the air."
We are happy to have Miss Franc
Hydorn with us again.
The fifth, sixth, and seventh grades
had examination Friday.
Miss Eva Francis is editor from the
Second intermediate department.
Grammar is the subject for the Nor
NAL Review Class this week and next.
All the teachers are pleased to report
much better attendance and less tar
diness.
Charles, Anna, Christopher and Al
bert Vanassche are new pupils in the
Primary room.
Last week at the fourth grade geo.
graphical spelling match Minnie Or
chard was champion.
A call on the Professor is the dread
of the pupils in the lower departments
who are tardy without excuses.
The pupils of the Second Primary
department are proud to commence
their first lessons in their new drawing
| books.
Miss Rhea Hisey occupies the organ
stool in the Grammar room and Misses
Louisa Andreae and Sally Williams in
the high room.
Ina Palmer, Rose Elebner, Irwin Bow
man, Russell Scott and George Windsor
are back in school after absences on
account of sickness.
The people of Yale will have the
privilege of hearing the most popular
lecture, "American Nuts Cracked and
Uncracked," )" Feb. II.
The High School is the happy pos
SCISSOR Of a new organ. This is one of
the many benefits Of the High School
Course of Entertainments,
A young authors pathetic lines on
"Unayailable" aptly express the senti-
ments of the pupils in the ninth grade
grammar class, who are writing essays.
The organ which has been in the
High room the past few weeks Is now
in the Second intermediate Depart
ment with Miss May Fitzgerald as or
ganlst
The tulip and hyacinth bulbs the
teachers planted last fall are meeting
with various degrees OF success. Miss
Browns are especially fiourishing and
the Grammar room will not long be
without flowers.
Miss Brown has invited the High
room 10 listen to an excellent pro
gram provided by the talent of the
Grammar department for ;'eb. 10. L
is needless 10 say that the lnyitatior
has been gratefully accepted.
Mr.. Campbell has ordered, through
Mr.. Palmer, a new Chapel organ from
Chicago for the primary rooms. W.
> are very glad Mr.. Campbell encourage
singing and does not mean to let u
"dle with all our music IN u.s."
The anniversaries of the birthdays o.
three of our greatest men-Lincoln
: Longfellow and Washington-occu
during the remainder of this month
4 Some of the departments are makint
preparations for their celebration.
2 The Atheneum Society meets, 70
the first time this term, Friday after
| noon. An attractive program, consist
ing OF recitations, readings, essays ant
. a quartette has been prepared. Autho
= of and quotations from faYorite hymn
. are the roll call responses.
y Last Tuesday some pupils from tn
. ninth grade were Unexpectedly callet
upon to draw free-hand maps. Harolt
: Hart, In fifteen minutes, drew an eX
: cellent map illustrating the points o
the Ciyil War. 1t was unanimousl
It agreed to be the most accurate AM
: complete.
Mr., Macy's entertainment Thursda,
y evening was well received. All enjoy
e ed good laugh and we do not thin
anyone went away disappointed. Tn
|, next in the course is by the renowne,
r Rev. Morgan Wood. No one shoult
miss hearing the man who attracts tn
largest congregation of any minister il
Detroit.