Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-02-08
q HIGH SCHOOL NOTES q
:. EDITORS
CHARLES GRIPPE,
IDA CROWLEY.

Florence Mcmillan has returned to
school after a two weeks absence.
The second year class in English
is beginning Sir Launfal.
The senior class has again taken vi,
the study of English literature, hav
ing finished their rhetoric for the year
Archie Farnum and Antionnette
White have returned to school.
The high school glee club and OF
chestra will render several selections
at the meeting of the Woman's club
in the near future. At this meeting,
which will be held in the Presbyter.
ian church, Mr.. Frank Smith will give
lecture on the history and traditions
of Russia.
The programs rendered by the lii
erary societies, the Star and the Ores.
ent, last Friday afternoon, were very
successful. The visitors at the exer.
cises were Misses Edith Stephens, Ma
bel Holman, Mamie Cook, Mrs. Hill.
ger, Clare Acley and Oscar Anderson.
These exercises are always interest.
ing and well worth going to hear. The
next meeting will be held Feb. 18th.
We hope many will take enough in
terest in the doings of the high school
to come and visit us at this time. All
are cordially invited.
There is some talk Of basket ball
game between the high school and
the Y. M. c. A., to be played in the
opera house in the near future.
The high school will soon be the
possessor of very fine museum 1t
will occupy the large room on the Sec
ond floor formerly used for the library.
Two large specimen cases arrived this
morning. These, with the old cases
and shelves, will make ample room
for the many fine specimens and cur
los which we have. To make room
for the museum, the library has been
moved to the room formerly used by
the biology class. An addition of
twelve books on defamation and ora
tory has been added These books
will be of great help to the literary
societies and to the students who en-
ter the declamatory contests. With
its well filled library, museum and up
to-date class rooms and Laboratories
and beautiful building throughout, and
with it's thorough courses of study, the
high school can now we'll rank high
among the high schools of the state.
Friday afternoon, the literary soci-
cites, after rendering their literary
programs, held their meetings for the
election of officers. The following are
those elected for the Crescent society:
Harry Eldridge, president; Irene
Johnston, vice president; Dan Crow
ley, secretary; Bessie Hogeland, as
sistant secretary. For the Star soci.
ETY. the following were elected: Mary
Campbell, president; Anna Hoben-
sack. vice president; Jacob Holzemer,
secretary; Frank Wright, assistant
secretary.
The first declamatory contest to be
held in preparation for the Missoula
meet in May will be held March 3.
1t is the purpose to have three pre-
liminary contests and to choose from
each the two best speakers for the
final contest to decide which shall rep
resent us at Missoula.
On Thursday morning Mr.. SillOway
gave us very interesting talk on the
ruler of Japan. The ruler is known
as the Mikado. The present ruler is
Mutsuhito. He can boast of belong
ing to the Oldest family of rulers in
the world. He can trace through the
long line of kings back to his one
hundred and twenty.first ancestor,
long before the time of Christ. There
fore, one can account for the reverence
of the people for their king. Many
welcome him to be descendant of the
sun. Formerly the rulers with their
families were confined in palace by
themselves and the mayor of the pal
ace, called the Shotgun, ruled in his
name. But the present ruler soon
displayed his greatness and assumed
the reins of power himself.
During the fifteen minutes study
period after school opens Mr.. SillO-
way often gives us talks on current
events or upon anything which would
be of interest TO us. Last Tuesday
morning the following facts were call
ed to our minds. The Gear of Rus
STA is Nicholas II. The King of Eng
land is Edward VIII. Mr.. Joseph Can
non is speaker of the house of repre-
sentatives. The speaker of the house
of commons in England is Mr.. Gully.
A curious custom has been handed
down in connection with this office.
The speaker, when on duty, wears
white wig and black gown. Nobody
is allowed to interview him except Oh
certain occasions, and when he passes
from his residence to the commons
chamber he is preceded by sergeant
at arms, at whose APPROACH everyone
must clear the way. When he issues
invitations the invited must come. The
speaker is allowed salary of $4,000
a year, besides his residence, which
is wing of the commons building.