Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-02-04
High School News

seventh and eighth grades held rhetor-
leals Friday afternoon of last week.
The program was as follrws:
Song by the choir, America"
Recitation, "Mumfords Pavement.
Edna Olney.
Recitation, Bill Mason's Bride. GLADYS
Benner
Reading, The Newsboy's Debt" Mar
guerite Budde.
Recitation, "rhe Coffee my Mother
Used to Make Elma Baker.
Stories, Guess Who" society.
Recitation, when Papa was a Boy.
Loretta Burns
Composition, "My First Sea Voyage
Francis Brink.
Quotations, Seventh grade pupils.
Reading Bailey, on Putting Up
Stove Georgia Morse.
Round, Landing of the Pilgrims"
Four Girls
Song by tie school, "Dip the Oar
The Athena club will hold its reg ular
meeting Friday evening. The program
which will be rendered is as follows:
Song, "Sweet and Low" Club.
Roll Call. Quotations from Tennyson.
Recitation from Iennyson, Alice
Milett.
Piano solo, "Narcissus,' Ruth Mead.
Sketch of Nervin, Panlina Sutherland.
Recitation, clears, Idle Tears Ina
Sutley.
Vocal solo, "The Rosary Ida Anding.
Sketch of Tennyson, Lulu Notson.
Business meeting.
Parliamentary drill
Adjournment.
The botany class have been busy
with an experiment this week. 1t is
the relation of temperature to germin-
alton. They have arranged beans on
soaked blotters in four different tenn
peratures, and have kept a record of
which and how many sprout first. For
the past week they have been drawing
bean, pea and squash plants in differ
ent stages of growth, and Tuesday at
ternoon they took up the corn plant.
Chester Stewart Of the sophomore
class, has left school preparatory to re-
moving to Huron. He does not expect
to attend high school any more, but
will instead take business course in
Huron college Although having been
here but short time, Chester has
made many friends and will be greatly
missed in the Pierre high school, espe-
clally in the plane geometry class, of
which he was prominent figure.
The South Dakota history class have
been studying about the Bad Lands,
Black Hills and Indians this week, and
have a number of photographs and
specimens of great interest. Christine
Madsen gave the class quite little in
formation regarding the Bad Lands,
she having travelled through that terri
tory.
The January Collegian was received
for the High school reading table this
, week. The Collegian is monthly
magazine published by the students of
the Southwestern Kansas College, at
Winfield. Kansas. It is neat paper,
edited entirely by the students of that
institution, and is an excellent addi-
ton to our reading table,
The West Ward school accumula-
ticns in the savings bank department
for the month OF January was SIP,
while the East Ward school reports
$24O from March, 1903, to February,
1904. The savings bank system has
been in operation just one month, and
much enthusiasm for the plan is evi-
dent.
The high school now receives the Of
fetal Patent Gazette from the United
States Patent Office This periodical
was procured through the courtesy Of
| Congressman Burke. A welcome addi-
| ton to our reading table.
The following is clipping from the
Volante, the paper issued by the stu
dents of the University Of South Dako-
ia: Judge Fuller and wife Of Pierre
were in the city Thursday and Friday,
visiting Howard g."
The sophomores conducted the open
ing exercises last FRIDAY afternoon and
rendered the following program:
Instrumental solo, Dorothy Hutchinson.
Reading, Chester Stewart.
Vocal solo, Ida Anding.
Every Friday afternoon after school
hours, the pupils of the lower rooms
have access to the high school library.
AT this time they may take a book,
which may be returned the following
week.
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