The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-21
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Yesterday in the Senior American |
History class committee was chosen |
to decide upon the subjects given
by Miss Smith for the debates which !
are to be had in the class in the near
future. A vote was taken the class |
being divided into five parts and the
personnel of the five different teams
of debaters was thus determined. The
following make up the committee to
decide upon the subjects and also the
persons taking the affirmative and
negative sides of the subjects: Rus
sci Reed, Jack Castleman, Tenny
Goldsmith, Dwight Ohrum, Edward
Hill, Chester White. VIII Neff, John
Lynch, John A. Hofheinz.
The aggregate number of days OF
attendance in all the Cairo public
schools for the year ending June 4th
1909 was 361,025; number of days of
school 1871; average daily attendance
1894; cases of hardness All; per cent
of punctuality .00051.
The regular Monday teachers
injecting convened at C. H. S. yester-
day afternoon after school session.
The Seniors had an exam yesterday
afternoon in Literature under Miss
Wilson. This was had in order to
give the class better chance on the
grade sheets which are to be issued
the latter part of this week.
The Manual Training, Domestic
Science and Art exhibit which was to
be held at the high school beginning
today has been postponed until
Thursday of this week This with the
counter attraction of the program on
the afternoon Of the same day will
be the occasion it Is hoped of bring.
| ing large number of patrons and
friends to see what is doing at the
school,.
The attendance record at G. Fl. S,
which numbered 213 students at the
first part of the year Is now down to
1879, IA having quit school since the
| first semester began.
| c. II. S. had its quota of visitors
yesterday quite few former students
who have been attending college and
who are home for the holidays. The
following familiar faces were noticed
and received the usual cordial greet
lings: Hugh r. Johnston, '0S, who is
attending Lake Forest University al
Lake Forest, H.; Simpson Bondurant
ex-'10 in attendance at Castle Heights
lschool, Lebanon, Tenn. Stafford
jackson, ex-'11, who is cadet at the
/ Tennessee Military Institute al
Sweewater, Tenn, and Miss Virginia
| Halliday, ex'12 who is a student al
Monticello Seminary, Godfrey, Ill.
| The third number of the Egyptian
Alumni Associations Lyceum course
will be Mr.. Arthur J. Fisher in i'm.
presentations. 1t will be given at the
Cairo opera house next Monday even.
| ing, Dec. u, 1909.
Quite confident look ON the face
of "Footie" Metzger, IL was notice
able yesterday. 1t was Leroy's first
day to don long trousers, thus the
air of confidence.
The fifty-seventh annual meeting OF
the Illinois State Teachers Associa.
| ton will be held December 28, 20 and
| 80, 1909 in the capitol building at
Springfield. All of the teachers of
the state are urged to attend and a
| large number of those most prominent
in the educational affairs of the state
are on the program for addresses per-
tanning to the work At the memorial
exercises during the second day OF
the session Supt. Clendenen will give
a eulogy upon the life of the late
superintendent of schools in this
county, John Snyder.
AS result of the recent art ex.
hibit held at the Elmwood school sew.
eral weeks ago the following pictures
have been placed upon the walls OF
the various rooms in the building:
Deer in Forest at Twilight, by Bon
heur; Spring Flowing, by Davis
Horses OF Achilles. by Regnault; The
Knitting Lesson, by Millet; Dignity
and lmpudence and Monarch Of the
Glen, by Landseer; The Mouse, by
Kualback; Children of Charles |. and
Baby Stuart, by Van Dyck; Ange
With Lutte, by Carpaccio; Hear a
Voice, by Earle. These cost trifie
over $50 the net benefit of the ex
hibit. Every picture Is photo
graphic reproduction of some master