The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-10-13
Hiob School Notes

High School Notes.
Reports. cadet appointments and
football have been absorbing topics OF
interest to the High school students
this week. The report cards for the
first month were given out en- Friday,
and In most cases the marks bear evil
dence of the faithful work that has
! been done by the pupils during the
past four weeks. Al battalion parade
on Wednesday. Lieutenant Webb an
nounced the appointments of officers OF
the cadet corps. and a number of the
best drilled boys were made happy by
receiving an advance in rank. On Mon
day morning at assembly the football
team was enthusiastically cheered and
a few remarks were made by Mr..
Eaton, who urged the students TO turn
out and encourage the team in the
game with the university on Saturday.
Another meeting of the students for the
same purpose was held on Friday
The cadet officers appointed by Lieu
tenant Webb on Wednesday are the
following: Captains, Harold Hills.
company A; lie Roy Bourne, company
B; Harry Bero, company c.; Paul Nell
den, company D. The latter company
II NoiAiRhSFu VI NAAN teNHN HAAN I'll tAeE.
First lieutenants. Mark McChrystal,
who is also adjutant OF the battalion,
company A; Ralph Nelden. company 3;
Frank Manning. company C: Alpha
Manning. company d. Second lieuten-
ants, Lee Turner. company A; VIII
Bateman, company B; Curtis Clawson,
company c. Sergeant major, Harold
Stephens; quartermaster sergeant,
Warren Beless: color bearer, Louis
Farnsworth. First sergeants. Harold
Hebron. company A; Fairchild Sher-
man, company B: Roy Williams. COM
pany c; Frank Dyer. company d. The
other appointments viii be made later.
In the future there viii be parade and
guard mount every Friday. At their
first appearance at battalion parade,
last Wednesday. the recruits were es
pecially commended by Lieutenant
Webb for their soldlerly appearance.
The officer of the day the past week
has been Captain Harry BerO. and the
cadets in charge OF the flag. Win Riley
and Winfield Booker. The uniforms for
the east side cadets have been ordered
and will be ready by Nov. 5.
Owing to the state association being
in session, a number OF high school and
academy teachers from different parts
OF the state have been interested WIS.,
itors at the High school this week.
On Monday afternoon at the university
the high school and college section met
and discussed the subject. How TO
Establish and Maintain State High
Schools"
Although the High school as well as
the grades was granted holiday this
week. II was thought best by Mr.. Eaton
and the teachers to keep the sessions
unbroken. The aim this year Is to
complete a full nine months work. thus
allowing as little time for Interruptions
as possible.
At the meeting Of the senior class on
Monday the following officers were
chosen: President, Fairehild Sherman;
vice president, Louise Bascom; secre-
tary. Eva Dix. Next Monday the other
officers will be elected and the Red and
Black stan appointed.
In the civics class Mr.. Travis is
planning TO give a series OF talks on
some Of the principal governments of
the world, emphasizing the essential
points of difference between their laws
and institutions and our own. The first
talk. given at the sixth period Friday
afternoon, dealt with the early govern
ment Of England. showing how from
the king and council were developed
the later forms Of English government.
The Greek history classes are at pres
ent laying a good foundation for their
later work on Greece, by study of the
Oriental nations.
Mr.. Travis United States history
class has been considering the period
of discovery and exploration in North
America. They have begun TO ill in
the maps relating to this period, and
have also commenced TO outline work
in their note books.
Miss Critchlow's advanced German
classes were especially favored this
week in having an opportunity to listen
10 talks by a native German. Herr
Gerhardt Handtmann of Hamburg
spoke to the first period class on the
subject of German schools and also
gave THE Erl Koenig." To the second
period class, after recounting some in
teresting experiences which he had met
with in America, he recited Die
LOvrelei." Herr Handtmann is on his
way TO Samoa. where he is TO repre-
sent a large commercial house Of Ger
many.
The second year German class will
soon begin the reading of a new text,
''Hoeher ais die Kirche'
In order to increase the vocabulary
of the pupils who are beginning Ger
man, Mr.. Reese has been reading short
stories TO the class and placing others
upon the board.
Mr., Pendergrass' commercial eeog-
Faphy classes are finding some valu-
able material in the government re-
ports on commerce, which are sent out
from the different departments in
Washington. BY the aid of these docu-
ments the pupils are revising. in their
text books. the export and import sta
tistics of 1900. and bringing them up TO
the date of 1901. Once a month the
commercial department receives con-