Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1910-10-15
HIGH SCHOOL NofES
Agnes Bailey.

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dents We're surprised to find two
beautiful statues occupying ele.
yated positions in the assembly
room. These statues represent
William Shakespeare and Henry
Longfellow. The life-size busts
have been purchased and installed
recently and are the gifts of the
two latest graduating classes.
They add very much to our at
tractive school room and the dom
ors may well be proud Of these
memorials which they have left
for the enjoyment of their sue
cessors. In speaking of the sta
tuary Professor Warner remarked
that in future graduating classes
will do well to follow the fine ex-
ample set them in this respect.
Last Friday afternoon Liter
ary and Athletic Society was Or
ganized in the high school and til
following officers were chosen.
Ray Marhofer, president; Emmett
O'Niel, vice-president; Reva Rey-
nolds, secretary; Ralph Reynolds,
treasurer; Lois Swan, girls ath-
letic manager; Vernon Marhofer,
boys athletic manager; Josephine
Evans, assistant treasurer for
girls; Lyman Longfellow, assist
ant treasurer for the boys. 1t is
the object of this organization to
keep up the social, literary and
athletic interests in high school.
Literary programs will be given
every two weeks and teams will
be organized for playing basket
ball, base ball, etc. The third
floor of the school building i be-
ing finished off and will make on
of the finest gymnasiums in the
state of Idaho.
Verginia Chattin is back in
school after an absense of two
weeks, caused by her illness and
that Of her aunt, Mrs. r. P. Chat
tin.
Lucy Pool has been out of school
for three weeks on account of
illness.
The high school is larger than
it was last year as both the
Freshman and Sophomore classes
are large. Many extra seats wera
put in so that the assembly room
seats about eighty.
Our high school is much i'm
proved this year and students
are now offered three distinct
courses of study, the classical,
scientific, and commercial.
Roger Rogers left our high
school week ago and has gone
to Detroit, Michigan where he
will be a member of the Freshman
class in the Detroit High Schol.
The Senior German class is en-
joying "Der Neffe ais Onkel," a
pleasing little comedy.
The high school teachers are:
Professor Warner, Mr.. Hansen,
Miss Skinner and Miss McKa
We hear that another teacher,
who will teach type-writing, short
hand and bookkeeping, is on the
way here from the east.
We attempt to sing in the high
school but you could scarcely hear
us and, if you did hear, it would
be quite painful to you. The rea
son is that Mr.. Hansen has be-
gun to teach us a few selections
from the opera while we would
much prefer something less clas-
steal.
Several boys of the eleventh
and twelfth grades killed two
birds with one stone. They are
absent from school attending the
Boise fair and in their absence
the unfortunates who had to stay
at home are enduring two days
examinations.
Since we all love examinations
our kind instructors have decided
to give them once every six weeks
instead of every eight weeks as
formerly.
Professor Warner has a large
and rather mixed class in first
year German; it is made up of
Freshmen, Sophomores, and Jun
iors.
We have not yet decided wheth
er to pity the tenth grade Algebr
class, their teacher or the student
who have to listen to that recita-
ton. But It is a sad time for all
The first program given by the