The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-10-07
AN ARl0N LET TER,
Mrs. Conrad is quite sick.

Mrs. Conrad is quite sick.
Q. G. Trip is moving on to his farm
one mile east of here.
Roy Roup, of Charter Oak, rode to
Arion on his wheel Sunday.
Mr.. Smythe, of Ute, preached an in
teresting sermon Sunday evening.
E. B. Hoeffer and family, of Beetree
Grove, attended services here Sunday.
Mrs. Vengrovitch and children, of
Dow City, were seen in Arion Tuesday.
This week the pupils in our school
are taking their monthly examinations.
Misses Downs and Austin attended
the lecture in Denison Wednesday eve
ming.
The horse races in Arion last Satur-
day were close and exciting. Jesse w.
won the purse.
Mayor Evans and Marshall Green
have been quite busy of late, taking
charge of those who have pugilistic
tendencies.
In the absence of Rev. Kennedy, Mrs.
Evans led the prayer meeting on We'd
nesday evening. The attendance was
larger than usual.
Mr.. Hyman's department store is one
of which Arion is justly proud. The
popular clerk, Miss Curfal, and Don.
Talcott seemed very busy last Saturday
waiting upon customers.
Mrs. Ira and Ohio Underhill attend
ed the official meeting of the M. E.
church in Dow City Tuesday evening.
Rev. Wordsworth will continue his APP
pointment here for the present at least.
We are glad to welcome Frank Boil
ton and his family as citizens again.
He has been residing on farm for the
past two years, but will now occupy his
home here and work at his carpenter
trade. Frank is good workman, and
will find plenty to do.
The M. w. A. is a hustling society.
Their hall is fitted up in modern,
neat style. They have purchased new
carpet, with which the entire hall will
be covered. We expect them to give
banquet and invite their wives some
time during the winter.
Some of our teachers were disappoint-
ed in not being able to attend the
teachers meeting in Dow City Satur-
day. We have not learned when the
meeting will occur in Arion, but as
this is a convenient point for all the
teachers in the county, it will undoubt-
eddy be sometime this season. The
people will give them hearty welcome
and insure good entertainment.
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.
Prof. Failor read quotations from
''Lucile' Friday morning.
Harold Romans injured his arm in a
game of foot ball Thursday.
There is no organization whatever to
the teams as they are now lining up
against each other, there sometimes be-
ing thirty on each side. Mass plays
and force alone win the games, and &C.
cidents are very likely to occur. When
the teams are fully organized and the
rules of the game followed, there will
be comparatively small degree of
danger attached to it,
The written reviews which were
given monthly during last year, will
not come so often this year, but an ex-
animation (and such they were) will be
given at certain points in the work.
These reviews, though seemingly of
little worth, occupied much of the
teachers time which could have been
placed to greater advantage.
The new report cards were received
by the pupils Wednesday. Rules regu-
lating the method OF marking have
been changed, letters being used to
denote rank instead of figures as here
tofore. Formerly from 80 to 100 per
cent was considered excellent, so to so
fair etc., but under the new form, SEP
denotes excellent, "G'' good, s'F'' fair
etc., and the pupil is practically in the
dark at the end of the term, as to his
standing, being unable to determine
whether 70 means 80 or 9s. or whether
"P" qenoting poor, means q or69. We
will discuss the subject farther next is
sue, giving the advantage of this system
Charged with Embezzling.
Cincinnati, Oct. Ga warrant wa.
sworn out Thursday afternoon for tht
arrest of William Schmidt, a prominen