The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-06
NEWS AND GOSSIP
OF HIGH SCHOOL

sorrow in her death The news OF the |
death of such a bright and agreeable |
class-mate was a shock to every pupil. |
Esther Craig was beloved by the pupils |
who knew her Besides being the !
brightest scholar in her class, she was
always ready to aid her fellow stu T.
dents who were backward in their !
lessons. At the first period Monday |
there was abundant evidence of the
grief that Miss Craig's tragic death
had caused. AS the girls entered the
class room and saw the unoccupied
seat of their late class-mate they
could not hide the outward evidence of
their grief.
| When Miss Gregg, the teacher. en-
tered the room her eyes were red from
weeping. 1t was sometime before the
: pupils and teacher were sufficiently
composed to begin the duties of the
day. A meeting was held after the
close of the session by the members
| of Sophmore Latin Scientific, to ar
! point committee who will draft suit
able resolutions expressing the deep
+ sorrow of the classmates of Miss
Craig.
On account of the death of Miss
Craig, the banner which is usually
brought to the platform when victory
has been won by the foot ball team.
was kept in the locker room and carried
up at the close of school. The present
ing of the new foot ball which was
given to the boys by Superintendent
Howell because they won the game
Thursday, was postponed for the same
| reason.
| o. 4.
is one of the best that can be pro-
cured in the city and is a thing which
was greatly needed by the boys, as
they were almost destitute of a ball
for practicing. Tropp will no doubt
be able to kick more goals with the
new ball than with the one the team
has been using.
The regular bi-monthly meeting OF
the literary society will be held Fri
day at the close Of the session. This
meeting will no doubt be a very elab-
crate affair, as the programme COM
mttee has been working extremely
hard and has secured a very fine pro-
gramme for the meeting. A very large
gathering of the pupils is expected by
the members of the society These
meetings are becoming very neces-
sary in school work and are looked
upon by most of the pupils as an hour
well spent. A considerable amount OF
knowledge can be gathered by the
pupils from the coming meeting as a
fine debate is to be on the programme
Paul Williams, who is a member OF
the Sophmore class and who has been
|
he sustained during a small foot bal
game, was able to be out Friday. AS
he was returning home in the evening
of that day, the steps being made
slippery by the recent rain, he fell and
again strained his ankle. This will
force him to be absent from school the
remainder of this week. Although he
suffers considerable pain yet he man
ages to get his lessons and forward
them to his respective teachers. This
will enable him to keep up with the
class better than if he did not study.
; The game with Binghamton High
school on Thanksgiving, came out as
every one expected. The score Of SO
was earned by hard pushing and
genuine playing. De Bow and Vaughn
undoubtedly played the best games
DeBow especially did some fine run
ming and as usual made long runs
around the end; he made the star rnn
of the game. Vaughn also played 4
very fine game and the way in which
he hit the interference and tackled
proved that he has not lost one BIT
) Of his usual pluck. Oliver Williams
the full-back, is as good as ever at
smashing interference.
There are many humorous and
sometimes very absurd things found
written on the covers of books at the
school, For instance, one of the writ
ings which was found on the cover of
-, 4 Caesar reads as follows:
'Tis midnight, and the setting sun
! | Is rising in the glorious west;
The rapid rivers slowly run,
The frog sleeps in his d"wny nest;
The pensive goat and sportive cow
). Hilarlously leap from hough to bough
:. This piece of twisted poetry was
n signed Shakespeare"
John Price. a member of the Fresh
man class, while hunting in Pike
!, county last Wednesday. succeeded in
Il killing a large deer. Mr.. Price although
: very young is a very enthusiastic
. sportsman. Besides shooting the deer
he also obtained a considerable amount
of smaller game. John is very joyous
t over his first deer and looks upon the
;. deed with a certain pride which an old
o backwoodsman usually possesses.
The boys had considerable fun at in
termission yesterday sliding on tbs
pavement on Vine street. The snow o
the night before made the sport very
fine. They had long slide across the
street, There We're many falls but NJ
one was hurt.
Two days vacation has thrown thu
work back a little but every pupil 4
q working hard to make up and put ev
erything in good working order.
The committee on the programme fol
the meeting Friday. will hold a meet.
ing today for the purpose of selectinG
suitable programme.
FOOT BALL.
The Mysterious Eleven of Hyd
Park challenge the first team Of Dun
~ more High school To q game on tn,
formers grounds, on Washburn street
l. near. the air shaft. @. Williams. cap
| tain.