The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-05-07
INF ORTANT EVENTS
TEACHERS AND PUPILS OF PUB.
Lie SCHOOLS PREPARING
FOR COMMENCEMENT.
Program Outlined--Contest With
Mound City High School Today
Some Changes in
Teachers Promised.


annual commencement exercises OF
the Cairo high school will be held a
! the Cairo opera house Thursday even.
| ing, June 9th, as has been the custom
for several years past The speaker
| for the occasion will be Prof w. G.
| Bagley, head of the Department OF
Education at the University of Hi
nois.
The Sumner high school will hold
| its commencement exercises in the
opera house on the night of Frida,
June 49, and the speaker for this oc
| casion will be DR.. j. H. Jones of Viii
berforce, Ohio.
Some plans are already set forth
for commencement at G.. III. s. be.
| sides the above. The graduates will
go to the Cairo Baptist church to
hear the baccalaureate sermon by
Rev. C. S. Ohrum, Sunday night
June 5.
On the night of Monday, June G.
an inter.society program will be
given at the high school between the
two literary societies of G. H s. TO
this the general public will be in.
vlted and the work that has been
going ON in their organizations will
be shown to good advantage during
| evening.
| On the afternoon of Tuesday, June
| I, the first annual field day of CHS.
will be held on the campus of the
local high school grounds. This will
include various athletic events and
will be participated in by representa-
tive athlete of the six classes at the
| high school. This will be of much
Importance inasmuch as it will be
| the last athletic event of the year
and then some of the boys who go in
for any event will do so for their
| last time as G. II. S. students, quite
a number of them being in the grad.
luating class.
On the night of the same day win
occur the annual Junior reception to
the Senior class. This will be held
at the c. II. S. building and is to be
elaborate this year.
Wednesday night, June s, the
Seniors will have their class exer-
cses which includes the class play,
prophecy, will etc.
The exact program for all these
different affairs hhas not been com.
pleted up to date but will be given
out some time next week.
Meet Mound City Today
Rather hurried negotiations were
carried on yesterday afternoon and
as a result the c.. Fl. S. track team
will have dual meet this afternoon
with the track squad of the Mounds
City high school. This announce
ment comes as surprise because it
was only thought of and perfected
yesterday afternoon. 1t will give the
C. H. s. team chance to show their
metal and also give them some ex
cellent practice work. Coach Allen
arranged the meet for this purpose
because it serves as preliminary to
the big meet at Carbondale next Sat
urday.
Every feature of real meet will
be had this afternoon and some rec
ords should be made Not much is
known regarding the Mound City fell
lows, and they may spring sumo sur
prises.
The C. Fl. S. fellows have had
strict training and much steady prac.
tice during the last two weeks and
there Is no doubt that their every eft.
fort will be up to Coach Aliens ex-
pectations.
The meet will be held at St. Mary's |
Park beginning promptly at 1880. |
Every one Is invited and no admis-
sion will be charged.
The Mound City people are taking |
much interest in the contest and ex-
pect to bring large crowd of en-.
thusasts down this noon on a |
specially chartered interurban car to
witness the meet.
Changes In Teachers.
1t Is rumored that several G. H. S. |
teachers will resign at the end of
the present school year to accept
more lucrative positions elsewhere.
This leaves the task Of selecting
their successors to the Board OK Edu-