Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-10-20

Frank Plum and John Mcmillan We're
absent from the senior class the first
part of the week.
Dan Crowley wishes to inform the
public that he is still taking singing
lessons.
ASK Carl Won Tobel how to spell Hazel.
He seems to have been making imprO-
visiations of the spelling of that name
and amused the members present at
the orchestra meeting the other even
ing by spelling it-"Hasel."
Barlow Cheadle has been out of town
with his parents this week, and both
teachers and pupils regret the alb
sence Of SO fine student.
Hazel Akeley, of the F. c. H. s., is
now attending the convent school in
Helena.
Miss Bates believes in breathing and
vocal exercises but not during Cicero
recitation.
Miss Meyersick was visitor at the
high school this week.
On account of illness at home, Mary
Becker has been compelled to leave
school.
Minnie Hopkins and Marguerite
Meagher were on the absent list Mon
udy dIlu ucSudy VI ILLS "cCh
The room that has formerly been
used for the library is now being used
for the physics labratory. The library
has been changed to the main room.
The senior geometry class have now
taken up the last book in solid geOm-
etry, devoted to comic sections. They
are now studying the "parabola" and
find in the pronunciation of the names
| in Vn1vo6 in thiC a praQfar TT the
work.
The senior English class find their
work this year especially interesting.
Although it requires more time than
usual, the general information requir-
ed more than repays for all the labor
spent on it. The class have traced
the growth of the English language
through all the periods of the Anglo
Saxon, Norman and Danish conquests
and have also noted the literature OF
each period. At present they are study
ing the legends and romances which
grew out of the songs of the "TrOu-
badours," brought from France by the
Normans. None of these are more in
teresting than those connected with
King Arthur, his knights and his beau
tiful queen, Genevieve. 1t is from the
literature of this period that Tenny-
son received the information required
to write his 'Idylls of the King"
The Cicero and Vergil classes seem
to be too fond of the dear old school
rooms to leave at the ordinary dis
missal period-"they needs must ling
er longer" 1t must be said in justice
to the Vergil class, though, that they
stayed, not because they had to. but
because they wished to get over some
of the work, which, because of the
shOrtness OF their period, they were
not able to get over at that time. Per-
haps the Cicero class also stayed be-
cause they wished to GU. But one
would have judged it was from some
other reason, to have seen the de-
jected lot of pupils who came stroll
ing out of the school house lust as
the sun went down." with their Latin
, books still under their arms. But,
} never mind, dear juniors, you will
. soon be on the road to conquer and
then Cicero will be all the more in.
teresting because of your trials at first
Each member of the Vergil class
+. has now chosen a certain topic, upon
l which notes are to be taken during
, the year, from the information obtain
> ed from the reading of the wander
5 ings of Aeneas. At the end of the
year. each pupil of the class will be
5 required to write a paper upon his
S chosen topic, from the notes taken
4 down during the terms study. These
t papers will, no doubt, be very interest
e ing. inasmuch as they will be strictly
original. Perhaps the Vergil class viii
be kind enough ca to entertain theil
friends with their work after it il
/: completed. Some of the most inter
n esting of these topics are: Pen Pic
:. lures of Striking Scenes from the Ae
J. neid; Night Scenes in Vergil; Vergi
t. as Poet of Nature; Detailed Accoun
It of the Wanderings of Aeneas. and Yer
glis Life and Character as Revealed II
r His Works.
: The third year English class il