Evening star., 1900-09-20
LAUREL NEWS.
Nick and Mudd Club
FOrmed-SchOOl Notes.


Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
LAUREL, Md, September 10, 1900.
meeting was held by the local republic
cans Monday night at the Free Quill Hall.
at which time a Mckinley Roosevelt Mudd
club was organized. Mr.. G. B. Timanus
was elected temporary chairman and Mr..
T. H. OBrien secretary. After briefly stat
ing the object of the meeting the chairman
called for nominations for officers of the
club. The following officers were unani-
mously elected President G. B. Timanus;
first vice president, William H. Dorsey;
second vice president, Robert White; sec
retary, T. H. OBrien; treasurer, Charles F.
Shaffer, jr.; sergeant-at-arms, John r.
Griffith.
The following committee on bylaws was
elected: Mr.. James P. Curley. Mr.. F. c.
Dezendorf and Mr.. D. c. Fithian. Messrs.
A. NJ. Bond. NJ. F. Schooley and ]. P. Cur
ley were appointed to act in conjunction
with two members to be appointed by the
colored republican club Of this town on
committee on registration.
An executive committee, consisting OF M.
F. Schooley, f. H. Knowlton, F. G. DeZen-
dorf. d. c. Fithian and ]. P. Curley, was
elected to secure funds for the coming cam
paign.
A letter was read from Representative
Sidney e. Mudd urging prompt and ener-
getic action on the part Of the local repub-
licans and also chiding the republicans Of
this town Ior tnelr apparent ldCh OF inter-
est, and for not organizing sooner. Among
other things it was decided that the club
should attend the barbecue to be given by
the Riverdale Republican Club in the very
near future.
Speeches were made by several members
Of the club, all indorsing the administration
and predicting an overwhelming victory for
the republicans all over the country.
Meetings Of the club will be held every
Monday night at the assembly rooms, the
use of the hall having been donated by
President Timanus. 1t is the purpose Of the
club to have prominent speakers from out
of town to address the meetings.
The second term Of the Laurel High
School was ushered in Monday, with Prof.
Roger I. Manning, principal, and Miss e,
Cronmiller, first assistant. The school staff
will consist Of four teachers, two of whom
haye not yet arrived. but are expected to be
here in a day or SO. The number Of pupils
for the advanced studies has reached about
within the week. A language course and
business and manual training courses Will
mark the improvements made in the course
of studies over that Of last year.
The outlook for the High Schools foot
ball team is exceedingly bright, and with
the material at hand a good team ought to
represent the local school. Practice was
started Immediately after the dismissal Of
this week at which officers will be elected
and a schedule prepared.
Mr.. George w. Waters, jr., democrat. and, a,
Mr. Robert Frye. republican, have been ap-'
Benjamin C. Pritchard. democrat and Mr.
Luther Brashears. republican, have been
appointed clerks.
The ladies of Trinity M. E. Church South
gave an oyster supper and entertainment at
the Academy Of Music here Monday night,
which was largely attended, and proved to
be a financial success. The program rem
dered was well received.