Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-10-29
OMAHA HIGH SCHOOL NOTES

Now, with the officers Of all the literary
societies OF the nign scnool electeu, IN
thuseu ana broken IN; with all the superVts-
ing teachers appointed and with all the so
ctetles in goOd swing, a marked improve
ment can be seen IN the program WOrk
Last Friday marked the besinnins of teal
literary labor tor most of the sucteties. Tne
promise OF valuable literary work IS sreater
tnan 1t ever has been in the history OF
the high school.
The giiis literary societies had. in the
main, hallowe en- programs. The Margaret
Fuller society gave the following entertain
ing program!
Violin Solo .................. Jennie Unde and
"Hallowe en- superstitions" Florence Payne
Reci!.at,on-AsllOwe en- Mary a A., si Sow !,
Originai story-Fairy Godmother.
=, .,..,.'..'''''''''.''' Ahce McS uii1ue "a
Famous Ghosts Of Literature . o'".
The Pieiades society opened with Sur
ring address to the new members by Irene
kessler, The more, formal part OF the pro-
gram then followed:
Recitation-seein Things at Night. -.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Gladys Thompson
Original ghost story ......... Gladys GastOn
Reading-Orphan Annie, Buelah Whitmore
current topics '..'.'..'.''...' margaret fost
tiIi.owe en- story -, Janet , Mue ef
all, since Il consisted in the distribution Of
the good things Of Halloween in a some
what more substantial form than speeches
The Lininger Travel club, the coming
girls literary society OF TIE nigh school
gave the following grewsome program:
Ghosts Qrom "Hiawatha'O .".., ....s...
.....,........,....... Pauline Rosenberge
"Celebration Of Halloween in Other
Lands" ......;....;; Katherine Dunnigan
Original story-A Halloween Parity.
...........................t Hulda Anderson
Reading-Irish Halloween stoTy:;:.,ta,.,,.;, 80.
Original story-Autobiography Of
Pumpkin ...................... Helen Cook
"A Halloween Scare" 49,. Helen Lindquist
After the program fortunes were told In
the following mysterious and original man
ner: Dainty Halloween cards, bare Of writ
ing, We're handed to each girl. However,
dies fame with many hair-raising incan-
tations, letters appeared upon the blank
surfaces, telling the holders fate. After
the fortunes were learned fudge was served
To stray boys who wandered in after the
program the president Of the club kindly
presented the crumbs Of fudge left in the
The Browning society has developed a
novel idea in the holding of its programs.
A certain number Of the society's members
are appointed for each meeting TO form the
makers and participants In the program for
that meeting. Last Friday the participants
were: Leader, Elsie Bolien; members, Caro-
Ign Bache, Ann Brown. Nell Carpenter
Lula aCrson and Eloise Dietrich. The so
ciety paper, the Oracle, was read by Kath-
In a room artistically decorated with
jack-o'lanterns, the Frances Willard So
ciety gave the following program
Original story-How the Boys, Did It..
Readine-Johin S. Sargent Laura UirieR
Reading Of the Crescent. :Mergery Beckett
How Ruby Did f.. Evelyn Mortensen
Current Topics ...,,.........E Ethel Sawyer
Origin and Sports Of Hallowe,en"
Observation-Disclosures. Lillian Parson
Song-Hallowe'en ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
...,... Grace Steney and Helen Ostrom
After the program an octet was formed
OF the girls OF the society.
The boys literary societies. being OF
more formal nature than those of the girls,
did not depart from their usual routine of
debates. current events and the like since
their high ideals, great purposes and large
and oppressive dignity did not permit them