Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-16

day and Miss Frances Andrew of
Livingston, Monday.
A play is to be given soon after
the Christmas vacation for the
benefit of the athletic association,
the excess to be applied upon the
piano debt. At this time the
particular play to be given has not
been definitely decided upon, but
1.-The Cricket upon the Hearth" is
being .favorably considered. 1t a
domestic drama from a novel of
Dickens by the same name.
1t is tradition, that while Tommy
was yet a little boy, his teacher
gave him the word anatomy" to
pronounce. After laboriously
spelling and syllabicating the
strange word he evolved a pro-
numciation which sounded like,
Hannie-Tommy."
Friday, the algebra classes wrote
upon the questions sent out by the
state department. They consisted
of forty examples in the fundament-
al operations, to be solved mentally.
The results of the examination
have not yet been fully tabulated.
The question was asked in the
history class, 'Who was response
BILE for the compromise of 1892" A
bright pupil promptly replied,
Patrick Henry"
A letter has been received by a
member of last years annual board
from the Boscobel high school ask
ng for information IN regard to
the preliminary steps necessary for
the publication Of an annual. We
wish them success in the venture
and hope that they may produce
a work of the value of our Storm
Center"
/ Homer Johnson has entered the
high school for the winter term.
Ralph Muesse will be with us
after the beginning of the new year.
The members Of the football
team are not trying to play sore
head" about that last game with
Platteville, but they are somewhat
incensed over the letter which ap-
peared in last Saturdays Herald
and which they consider as mislead
ing and gigantic game of
bluff. In the first place they do
not weigh 147 pounds as was
claimed in the article The hoavi-
est man on the team weighs only
149, the lightest being about 1870
pounds. Their average is 1876. The
heavy 1902 team averaged but 147.
Moreover a list was shown but men
played who were not on the list and
Platteville knows it. Finally, ex
cept when they kicked off to Lam
caster, Platteville never got the
ball past the 40 yard line mot IN
Guiding the touchdowns) while
Lancaster had the ball in their
territory as stated in the write up.
The challenge to play a game any
place in Grant county was a good
one when they knew that it would
be impossible for us to accept it.
It might have been improved, by
Offering a bonus of 800 to the win
ming team but called for little
more nerve than the writer of the
article could command. Those who
witnessed the other games are
somewhat astonished at the rapid
development of the opposing ag-
gregation.
Did you know that a verb could
be the subject Of a sentence, that
noun could be the predicate, that
an adjective could modify verb,
that an adverbial phrase could
modify a noun? One of our fresh
man English Grammar pupils has
Just discovered the facts.
The following program will be
rendered Friday afternoon begin
ming at half past two o'clock:
Piano Solo,. .................... Arthur Maine
Debate Resolved, that Capital Punishment
is Preferable to Life imprisonment for
Capital OffenSeS Acknowledgement
Sprague. Frank Meyer, Ted Lowry. Mega
tive-Ray Moses, Anime Belscamper, Rich
ard Falley
Piano duet. Emily Cronin, Beth Lisherness
Standardization OF a Statesman
Recitation-Th More's Revenge. ..............
.................-..----... Martha Meyer
Recitation-W olsey's Lament. ..--.;.-.---.,---.
Ghost Scene from Julius Caesar-Pearl Nc
Donald. Paul Damn, Herbert Taylor,
Paul Howell and Claude Sprague.
Boys Quartette-Will Morse. Clarence
Howe. Claude Sprague, Carl "A 1t.
Messrs Newell Garner, Harry Car
thew and Rev. Morgans have been
selected as jury to decide the de-
bate. Visitors are welcome.