Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-14
LITERARY SOCIETIES BUSY
Interesting Programs Given by Young
People Friday Afternoon,
YOUNG MEN STUDY DEBATING
Girl OTEn nizatiOns Put on Vaudeville
stERts and Give Real Plays
Military Band is Wen
Interpreted.


The literary societies of the high school
held regular meetings Friday afternoon.
The girls organizations gave interesting
plays, but the boys are working hard
practicing debating in order to show up
in the school debates coming soon. Mr..
Woolery announced that a joint meeting
Of the societies OF the school will be held
about March l.. The committee, composed
OF Principal Graft, Miss Hewitt, Miss
Turner and Miss Pritchard, to Judge on
the society bulletin boards, decided that
the d. d. 8. board, holding a poster drawn
by Victor Gilbraith, should receive the
prize, a ribbon, this time.
The girls Of the Browning society gave
an exhibition OF advanced vaudeville, under
the management OF Gertrude Weitzill and
Mary Marston, as musical director, The
program follows:
Fanny Rosenstock and company in a
playette. 'The Initiation"
Viola Pierce and chorus in variety sing
ing and dancing.
Ruth Ogle, Dainty EuTopeanut Come
dian.
Mabel Mandleson and famous Ladies'
Military band uake-off on Cadet band).
The girls of the Priscilla Alden society
gave a play, Getting Ready" The char
acters were; Mr.. Neverslip, Lucille Fei-
lers; Mrs. Neverslip, Lucille Nelson; Pat
rick Dolan, Marie Cleman; Biddle Crogan,
Helen Hart; Miss Spugall, Birdie Tribile-
cock.
A play, AN Afternoon with the Doctor
headed the Hawthorne program: The
characters were: Dr. Cure, Nellie Prit-
chard: Grace Dare, Margaret IIeyman;
May Hart, Mildred Walker; Mirandy, Paul
ina EnIa.r Cwatah.n NvotYo DN,h.. NFrg
oHalihan. GaEella Rodman; Lettle Girl,
Ena Hendee. The rest Of the program
included a vocal solo by Alice Gideon, a
piano solo by Florence Rhodes and three
essays on women by Hanna Muskin, Irma
Giwitz and Julia Anhauser,
Elaine Society Program.
The girls OF the Elaine society gave the
following interesting program: Plano solo,
Gertrude Aiken; recitation, Laura zim-
norman; monologue, Isabel Jones; boys
and girls at church, Marthena Moore, Dor
othy Carlisle. Laura Zimmerman. Lucille
Wolcott, Catherine Wilcox. Damar Paul
son, Gertrude Aiken, a~ccompanlst.
' The program of the Pleaides society con-
sisted OF the following numbers: Amer
team Women In Literature" Gertrude
Pheiffer; recitation, Barbara Fritchie,
Isabel Shukert; original poem on American
types, Mary Roche; recitation, When
Huidy 'spects Her Beau, Irene Kenny;
paper on PocahontRs, Eleanor Lear;
American Girls Follies.'' Ruth McIlvaine
and Dois Duncan.
Demosthenian Debating society program.
Current topics, Barney Kulakofsky.
Debate; Resolved, hat suffrage in the
United States should be restricted by an
educational qualification; affirmative, M
Peterson and II. Kulhkofsky; negative. A
Kennedy and + Fernal,
The Omaha High school foot ball team
MRlcom Baldrige.
Webster society program;
Current events, William Bauman.
A report of the Lincoln game. Harold
Hsvland.
Debate; Resolved, that a board OF ar,
bitration with compulsory powers be es
tAblished TO settle disputes between EN-.
ployer and employees, open to the society
AtheniSn;
Current events, II, Mogmosson.
Jokes. J. Berger,
Essay L. stiles.
Debate Resolved. that Immigration
should be restricted by an educationa
test; affirmative B. Newman and G. Cor
man; negative. ID. Tracy and n. Trimby
Story n Wilson