Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-30
HIS. GIRLSHAVE MEETINGS
Societies Talk of Halloween and Its
Origin.
TWO SMALL PLAYS GIVEN
BOys' Debating Societies Also As
SembIe Yesterday and Hold
Discussion of Various
Topics,
SMALL PLAYS GIVEN

Attractive Halloween posters announced
the meetings of the girls societies of the
high school yesterday afternoon Mem
bers OF the Lininger Travel club gave the
following program: Reading of ''TalmAge,"
Jessie Emblem; recitation, Candle Light
ing Time Gladys Line; reading Of essay,
The Origin OF Halloween" Gertrude Nc
Donald and selections from magazines on
I Halloween, Mae Gaester After the pro-
gram the society adjourned to the gym
nasium, where the girls played games.
/ The Hawthorne society gave the follow
/ ing program: Theresa HOkansOn told of the
origin of Halloween; Emma Kavan de-
scrption Of how Halloween was formerly
celebrated original story by Elizabeth
Gould. Margaret Herman gave a weird
recitation entitled That Awful Ghost ."
Eva Hendee and Ethel Reinshreiler gave
! recitations.
In the Margaret Fuller soc.ety the mem
bers discussed the heavenly bodies Lula
Goodrich recited Eugene Fields poem on
the stars. Blanch Busk gave some inter
esting facts on the same subject Irene
johnson told OF the Great Bear. Glen
Dickey rected "The Night Has Thousand
Eyes" Ruth Bowling gave the Dickens
"A Child's Dream of a Star" Ruth Kaoh
talked Of the milky way and Margaret
Nsttinger spoke on the Omaha High
School Zodiac"
The Francis Willard society had per.
haps the cleverest poster and its members
gave this program: Margaret Weyman
recitation; Lila Galley and Helen johnson
readings on The Old-Time Halloween
Eleanor Gillian, piano solo; original stories
Elizabeth Fullerton and Elizabeth Field
huser. Rhoda Lincoln gave recitation OF
the founding Of Hallowee en- Ida Brodkey
played beautiful piano solo
Alden Society Gives Play.
The girls in the Priscilla Alden society
gave their program in two parts In the
first Helen Cosgrove read an essay, Jennie
Hislop and Adeine Gibbs gave a clever
dialogue, entitled, "A Touch of Humor.'
Loa Howard gave a reading and Madeler
} Elson a recitation. AS the second part o.
the program the girls had a little play
Irene Loomis gave the prologue.
The Browning society did not observ,
Halloween as the other societies did, but
gave very interesting program, notwith
standing. Bessie Heaton told Of CONVERSE
! ton in high school and brought in var
ious amusing traits as ascribed to tn
average high school girl. Helen Pogue CAV
q recitation entitled "As Others See U.s.
a Latin lesson" and Myrtle Hall recite
e Merely a Hint" Dorothy Lack read
"a story entitled People on the Platform.
, Gertrude Weitzell read the society oracl,
Il The Elaine society had an artistic poste
drawn by Catherine Woodruff In the pre-
u gram Of this society numbers were frs
II given by Marie Book Marthena Moore an
" Laura Zimmerman. Theses were folowe
. by a play The Singles Family"
=, which took part Eleanor Patrick, Mildre
= Ann Laura Zimmerman, Ann Purd
y. Mareme Burchmore, Katherine Crook
= Dorothy Carlise and Katherine Fearon.
- Two boys societies also met In the NEE
- ing Of the d. D. S. a debate was take
- part in by Fred Rypins. Maurice Peterso
, Philip johnson and Park Larmon Hem
Mayer and Alfred Adams were also on Il
- program. In the Athenian society Willal
"a Cooper and Charles Peterson held a debat
"a Alfred RittenhOuse, Emil Bedlock and Me-
,e Block were also on the program