Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-11-19
OMAHA HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.

OMAHA HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.
The Lincoln society on Friday afternoon
| held one of the most successful meetings
| carried on In a most dignihed manner, we'll
worthy of comm ndd ton. This IN lch needed
reform has been enected by few earnest
! members OF last years society, VINO aimed
| to the support Of their well-intentioned and
| very able president, Herbert Potter. The
| afternoon was further prohtably spent IN
debating a timely question: Resolved, chat
| the numerical system be used in register
ing grades in the local high school"
its first meeting. at which officers were
elected for the ensuing year. George Graz
| ham called the meeting to order ana was
I Ryan was chosen president. BY a close
| margin Ruth Mcbride was chosen vice
president The mere mention of Eleanor
| Jaquith's name sUficed to ensure hei
unanimous election as secretary. The office
or treasurer was closely contested by Joe
Barnes. The one first named finally was
| elected. Harry De Lamatre was elected
sergeant-at-arms. On the second ballot
| sergeant alarms The meeting of the class
was characterized By great enthusiasm and
| splendid decorum
Immediately upon the close Of the foot
| ball season basket ball will be taken up in
earnest; The schedules are not yet ready
| for publication.
on the afternoon Of November 10 the
| hrst preliminary debate of the year was
held for the selection of a team of three
and two alternates to represent the Omaha
High school in a debate against the West
Des Moines High school on December 20.
a departure has been made this year from
holding one debate before the holidays.
The debate with the Des Molnes High
school VIII be omaha.s greatest debate this
year. II Is in the form Of a return de-
| bate The one last year was held at Des
Moines and the local team suffered defeat.
This year the outlook is very hopeful for
the home team. The question proposed for
debate by the Des Moines school is: Re
solved, That American cities should own
and operate their street railway systems, -
of which Omaha has chosen the negative.
This question was debated at the prelimi-
nary debate by John Latenser Alvin Ltv-
ingston, Carroll Burkhard. Ware Hall and
Frank Peltier on the Affirmative and Car
roll Belden, Harold Thorn, Harry Blixt,
the negative. The team as chosen by the
judges, Messrs. N. p. Dodge, jr.. Charles
Mcdonald and p: ]. Riley, is composed of
Herbert Potter, Glenn Wallerstedt and John
Latenser; the alternates are Harold Thorn
and Carroll Belden. Before the opening
of the debate the High School quartet,
composed of Joe Dorward, Bred McCui-
Tough, Fred Hoffman and Walter Holman.
sang Pale In the Amber West" and as an
encore Under the Shade of the Old Apple
Tree At the close of the debate Mr..
Walter Hoffman sang THE Capture OF
deiphis." Miss Alfrieda Powell entertain aimed
the audience further by two very delight
fully humorous Rotations.
stockholders of the Register Stock com
pany will hold their annual election OF
class editors One girl and one boy are
70 be elected from each class. The candi-
dates. whose names will appear on the
printed ballot are as follows: Senior class
Sarah a Martin EIha Ed'th sanborn Fred Ho
Alice Mccullough and George Graham;
sophomore class, Caroline Harding, Lucetta
Donald, and freshman class, Varda Scott
Philips Lehmer and Reynolds over.
The pemosthenian Debating society held
a meeting on Friday afternoon, at which
much business was disposed Of The con.
stitution, in revised form, was adopted
after considerable discussion.
The Ciceronians had a brief but very
interesting meeting on Friday afternoon
The Margaret Fuller society on Friday
afternoon gave a Japanese program, which
was very original and beautiful. For lacl
OF suitable accommodations in the class
SUM OF the school. There are some gooC
things in store for the members of IN,
society. Miss Mandelberg and Miss Nc
: Sague are to entertain the society at theii
! homes in the near future. Mrs Jaynes
? also has extended an invitation TO the en-
tire . society to meet at her home on EN-
met street in the near future. Miss Van
entine, one of the society's teachers las
r year, has sent tot he society a beautiful
gavei OF laurel wood of exquisite work
! The program of the Latin society fo
the coming Friday is as follows: iPiai
and Description of a Roman House." b,
Mabel Anderson; Household Furniture
by Elizabeth Anderson; Heating an,
Lighting, by Louis Glickman; THE Ro
man Cookery" by Florence Sherwood, an,
recitation by Edith Hatch.
Inc meeting OF the Frances +. WilIar,
society was purely of business nature
The matter OF pins. after a thorough dis
, sussion, was left over TO the next meeting
The soclety's teachers are Misses HilIiard
mcdonald and Haunting correction 4
r the news or the last meeting, as reportet
y 4 IN these columns, Is that Ethel Sawye
! is president OF the society instead ~ ~ !,
y TO De given by this new society will be Ii
the nature of a Thanksgiving program frl
: or interesting parts on Friday next
The Priscilla Alden society rendered ,
delightfm program on Friday afternoon
The Pleiades society on Friday afternoo
rendered delightful Scotch program.
| The Hawthorne society presented on F1-
: DAY afternoon Latin program.
= The Webster society rendered a Yer
. creditable program on Friday Afternoon
! November H. Before the program was take
. up little necessary business was ira ms
acted. A debate was held between WilisT
Il Randall on the affirmative and Isaac lev
/. on the negative on the question: "ResolyeC
: That military drill should be taught jn m
/ public schools of America"
< The Browning society gave a deliphtft
n program on High School Life" on Frlda
: afternoon.
d The Elaine society did not give its regr
u lar program Friday on account of the 81
+ aminations and a Encouragement of teach
ers, but Il Will be given on the Friday 10
lowing Thanksgiving. The regular time Z
y the meeting was devoted TO business ma
l. tiers.
r. The usual interesting meeting of the I ir
!, niger travel club was held Friday after
y noon, November II.