The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-11-10
High School Notes.


At the senior class meeting Monday
afternoon the president appointed Harold
Heffron. Eva Dix and Reuben Smith as
a committee on pins. A number of sam
pie designs have been received and are
con exhibition in the office. The class
elected as committee on arrangements
Erie Daveler. ChestuS Tripp. Robert
Marsh. Louise Madison and Maude Nc
Cargar.
Guard mount was successfully con-
Quoted Friday afternoon with Captain
Harold Hills as officer of the day. The
past week Lieutenant Will Bateman has
been officer of the week and Frank Nc
curtain bugler- The recruits are now
making good progress and each Friday
of the week
classes had a contest Friday afternoon
IN giving the correct spelling and prin-
opal parts of verbs of the fisst coniuga-
ton: The winner was Ruth Beesley-
All the beginning German classes have
taken up the new reader 'Ciiuck Auf.'
Mrs. Jennings fourth period class will
begin next week reading at sight La
Petit Chose" by AlphOnse Daudet.
- The advanced Greek class is reviewing
and reading metrically the first book OF
the Had.
The Virgil classes have completed the
first book of the Aeneid, and took their
examination on Friday.
IN addition to their work in translation,
Miss PetersOn's Cicero classes have writ
ten some very good papers upon the sub
ject matter and style of the Grafton
against Catiline. Besides outlining the
written word pictures of the scene in the
senate house, compared the style OF
Cicero with that of Caesar, selected fig
ureS OF speech and some of the best pass
ages, and given parallel thoughts from
other authors. The papers are especially
credltable in the neatness and good form
with which they were prepared.
On Friday at the first period Miss Yard
ley's freshman class had an oral con-
test in multiplication and division. At the
close of the period those who had not
failed in any example were Irwin
Gaumer, Lizzie Davis, Emma Groesbeck
and Florence Burt.
Miss Stokes physiography classes last
week enjoyed an interesting trip up City
Creek canyon for the purpose of studying
river donations.
DIR. Behle has very kindly loaned to the
scientific department his valuable his
biological slides
The students in physics have been at
work upon test problem in falling
bodies, which Mr.. Raymer gave them last
handed in, these being the work of Annie
Christensen and Robert Hartley. The
classes have shown commendable interest
in their laboratory work and a number of
the students have performed more than
the required number of experiments
Those who have the most laboratory work
to their credit are Ellis Block, Ina Both
well and Harold Heffron. Next week the
classes will begin the subject of Work
and Energy"
Next Thursday Mr.. Clark will give the
first Of series of four or five talks be-
fore his chemistry classes. The first sub
ject which he win consider is The His
tory and Theory of Ordinary Combus-
ton"
To provide for the large number of
chemistry students. the board has or
dered a new laboratory desk, which will
accommodate fifteen pupils.
This week Miss ,Corbin's sophomore
classes in English. have engaged in con
tests in quotations, definitions and in
placing speeches from acts l and IL
of the Merchant of Venice" In the sec
ond period division, the greatest num-
Der Of quotations was given correctly
defining words and illusions was done by
JOveta Laubly. Ruby Wealth, Florence
Smith. Gertrude Kelly and Isa Hunter.
In the placing of speeches, Ruth Main
and Burdette Parker were the most sue
cessful. In tSe third period class Isle
Bradford gave the most quotations, Viola
Burreu the largest number of definitions
and Ruby Scranton and Gertrude Gay
tom were the most successful in placing
lines and speeches. In the fourth period
class Eta Fink and ElinOr Stewart were
winners in the quotation. contest. Howard
Tibbals, John Kiphart. Marie Derge and
Maynard Brown did the best work in
definitions, and Jed Woolley was first
and DolIie Tanner second in the placing
of speeches. In the fifth period division
Warner Thompson was the winner IN the
definition contest, with James Alley sec
ond- In this class the, other contests
Will be finished next week.
Classical A and scientific D divisions of
the sophomore class will hand in next
week their note books containing para
graphs on Shakespeare life.
On Friday the scientific and classical
freshmen divisions finished the study of
the different Greek and Roman gods
These pupils have given number of IN
the work in mythology.
Next week Mr. Eaton will give a talk
on Mythology before the freshman
Miss Dukes English division of the
junior class did some good work this week
in writing word pictures of the dagger
scene in Macbeth. The best papers
We're those of LOreen LeaTy. Harold HIS,
Miriam Brooks and Traddles Patterson
Mr. Travis classes in Greek history
handed in last week their historical TAD
lets containing some very good maps OF
the Oriental countries
Mr.. Rays classes have spent the past
week reviewing the ground they nave
The board of education has purchased
five reference books on Roman history
for the use of the East Side classes.
The art classes have been continuing
their work In sKetching poses. From now
ON Miss TeastieI will devote. Friday to a
study of the great artists and their Works-
beginning with the early Italian painters.
Readings from Mrs, Dallin's sketches OF
Great Painters" viii be supplemented oy
talks and pictures of the artists works
on Friday Miss Teasdel took up Giotto,
the father of Italian art"
Two new pictures were placed in the
shadow box this week. An oil painting OF
..Spring" with delicate coloring ard
plea sing design, is the work of Miss Caro-
iSne YardIey. who has been for some time
studying art in New York. The other
is a Dutch water color of "A Mother and
Baby" by Miss Laura Muntz, Canadian
Miss Reese spent Saturday and sun
day at Spanish Fork and Santaquin- At
the latter place Mr.. Reese lectured before
the pupils of the public schools on MS
Experiences in Germany
Ellis Black. has gone to Chicago for
weeks visit.
Mrs Whitaker visited English and
French classes OF Monday.
Edith Cornell OF the class OF 1902 WAS
a visitor at the High school Tuesday.
Superintendent Christensen visited the
chemistry classes on Wednesday.
Fred Dusterburg of Chester. Utah, en-
rolled in the commercial department this
week.
Alice Brooks. Winnah Hobart, Jennie
Miles. Jennie Earl and Percy Browne,
who have been absent on account Of Ill
ress. returned to school this week
Carrie ,Craddock of the sophomore class
has withdrawn from school on account
of i'll health She hopes to re-enter at
the midyear-
At the East Side Fannie Breeder, Eva
Thomas and Lulu Mccartney have re-
sumed their studies after being absent
because of illness
Miss Rowe visited the East Side Latin
classes on Friday.
Mr.. Pendergrass has changed his resi-
dence to Fourth North, between Second
and Third West