Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-23
High School Notes.

The special exercises held in the
High school last Friday afternoon
were a great success. The follow
ing program was rendered:
Debate Resolved, that Capital Punishment
is Preferable to Life imprisonment for
Sprague Frank Meyer, Ted Lowry. Mega
tive..Ray Moses, Anime Belscamper, Rich
ard Falley.
Piano duet. Emily Cronin, Pearl Wright
Recitation-Ambition of statesman
.............. .......,......... Geo Carter
Recitation More's Revenge
Recitation olsey's Lament
Ghost Scene from julius Caesar-Pearl Nc
Donald. Paul Damn; Herbert Taylor
Boys Quartette-Wi Morse. Clarence
Howe. Claude Sprague. Carl "A 1t.
/. The jury, consisting of Messrs.
Newell Garner, Harry Carthew
and Rev. Morgans, decided the
debate in favor Of the affirmative.
A large number of visitors were
present at the exercises. Among
them were Mr.. and Mrs. Meyer,
Mr.. and Mrs. Howe, Rev. Ralph,
Mr. Belscamper, Newell Garner,
Harry Carthew, Mrs. Ralph Kin
ney, Mrs. Baldwin, Mrs. Garner:
Mrs. Harry Barnett, Mrs. Mccoy,
Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Will Walker,
Mrs. Carrie Walker, Alonzo Aup-
perle, Jimmy McBrlen, Stuart
Whitney and Misses Elsie and
Lydia SCHNEIDER, Helen BROKER,
Minnie Wright, Petty Bracket,
Minnie Block, Mildred Ivey, Hazel
Kingwill, Blanche Burr1s, Edna and
Verna Walker The grade teach
ers, Misses Warren, Medley,
Howell, Smith, Carter and Bieg,
we're present during the latter part
of the program after their own
classes had been dismissed. A
number of others were present
who have either been missed or
whose names could not be OBJ
tanned.
The question was asked in one
of the upper classes one day,
''What is the difference between
the Active and Passive Voices?"
The answer was given, ''The
Active Voice is the present tense
and the Passive Voice is the past
tense" The Freshmen may be
green but pity them if they conld
not give a better answer than that.
1t is very curious how. twisted
our tongues may sometimes be-
come. An amusing example of
this was given in the Freshmen
Literature class the other day
when one Of the pupils said 1.-The.
Highlanders of Scotland were a
very stupersitious people.
The pupils of Miss Mary Smith
showed their appreciation of their
teacher by presenting to her as a
Christmas gift a beautiful bon
bon dish.
A test was given to the Physical
Geogra ply class Thursday on the
subject of volcanoes.
Why is it that pupils are still
tardy at school? Because they
crave the novelty of riding on the
freight" train.
The members of the Freshmen
class may be pleased to hear that
news has been received from their
old classmates, Ward and Clare
Totman. They are probably
digging away at their books again,
as we are by this time.
One day one of the seventh-grade
pupils wrote for his composition
lesson the biography Of a mouse.
He ended it with the sentence Il
was caught in a trap and that was
the last of me-" Evidently he wrote
the story of his life after his death.
The High school teachers have
all left Lancaster to spend the holi-
days elsewhere. A merry Christ
mas and a happy New Year to each
of them.
Friday two of our boys were
honored by receiving special in
vitations to attend Rhetoric class.
Both cheerfully accepted. Miss
Fuller thinks that it might be an
excellent idea to have number Of
engraved invitation cards on hand
to be kept for the benefit Of those
who make it a habit to skip
classes.
1t may seem queer that the High
school notes should appear in this
issue as this is not a school week.
But the truth is that if we left this
news until school begins again l
am afraid that it would be ''stale"
by that time.
Notice.