Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-02
TRACK MEN WORK
April 2o Set for Inter Class Meet,
FIRST of Season by the
High School.
SOME GOOD NEW MATERIAL
Committees for Commencement
Girls Orchestra to Give
Concert.

There viii be track practice every
Afternoon at O'Clock next week. The
boys are at work each afternoon on
the straight-away back Of the high
school, training for future track
meets. There is some especially good
new material in the lower classes, and
the interclass meet promises TO be
the best held for some years. Of old
men who have held places on the
team in former years there are Hart,
Lift. Souders and Ehrhorn for weight
men; Hoffman. Griffith and Souders
in the hurdles and dashes; Sullivan in
the mile run: Marquis and Henderson
i'm the jumps. and Nicholas and Ehr-
horn in the pole vault. These are all
men who have won high places in
former years. Add to these gOOdly
number who are training for the first
time and already show themselves to
be promising material. and the meets
are sure 10 be interesting this spring.
The date for the interelass meet
Will be April 20. if the team is in suit
able condition at that time; if not, il
will be held May Z. Then May IA, the
same day as the interschoiastic meet
meet with Moline. in which members
of other high schools. such as Musca-
tine. Kewanee. Aiedo. Cedar Rapids
and West Liberty. will he invited to
participate.
The meet at GaleshuTg, which this
year is under the auspices Of Knox
college alone. will be held MAY p.
The local school has been represented
| there for number of years past and
will show up as well this year. 1t is
regretted that Davenport will have no
track team. as that does away with
the dual meet with Davenport and the
| tri-city meet as well.
The high schools contribution TO
the st. Louis exposition is now ready
to be forwarded The art. manual
| training and baskctry departments
have specimens of their work ready to
send and the photographs of other
work and of the building and various
rooms are waiting to be packed. The
school is proud of its exhibit.
Last Literary Meeting.
The last literary meeting was con-
| Iucted by the Bellies Lettres society
Friday afternoon. The program. II
very pleasing one. was as follows:
Piano solo-Roy Jensen.
| Recitation-Hazel Mauzy.
| Vocal solo-Lillis Kerr.
| Essay-Kenneth Frazer.
Piano duct-Bessie Bein and Minnie
Barthel.
Recitation-Mary Streeper
High school paper-Harry Thomp-
son.
| Piano sulO-Minnie Nolkers.
The net profits of the Evening with
shakespeare" held a week ago in the
assembly room. were $75. This will
greatly tighten the mortgage on the
ASSEMBLY piano.
Commencement Committees
The senior class has appointed the
following committees to take charge
Of various duties connected with com
mencement and class day:
Invitations and Printing - Frank
sullivan. Mamie Murrin. leila Barrett
School Present - FreGa Larson
Holmes Fry, Gertrude Seimon.
| Present to Juniors-Oscar Ohlweil-
or, Oscar Frazer.
| Glass Motto-Faith Channon, Guy
Munger. Alice Bledsoe.
Theatre Arrangements-Ha Harry Co
>ad. Frank Sullivan.
| Decorations - Walter Hart. Robert
Hoffman. Cora Van Calder.
Concert by the Girls.
The Mozart orchestra. composed of
20 high school girls. has been practic-
ing and getting ready to surprise the
school with n concert. This musical