The Cairo bulletin., 1910-05-03
SIX WEEKS LONGER
SENIORS IN CAIRO HIGH SCHOOL
PREPARING FOR COMMENCE.
MENT WEEK.
Chester White Tells of Europe's
Famous Colleges--lnteresti
Experience in Sound Waves
General School Notes.

and consequently there are only SIX
more weeks of school. The week OF
June clio is commencement at c, II.
s. and the Seniors are busy thinking
about this momentous occasion OIL
their lives. They will have their tinai
examination during the third week Of
this month and BY May 10th they Will
know whether or not they vii grad
uate. Then the class roll will be
forwarded. to the engrayers for space
in the graduation invitations.
The thesis of each Senior must also
be in By May 20 SO the graduates will
lie kept busy from now till com,
mencement time.
Europes Famous Colleges.
Last Friday morning following Mr.
Mdkiff's plan to have some member
of the Senior class start the session
with a talk of some kind. Chester
White told of several of the most
famous schools and colleges that he
Aad seen on his visit to Europe last
suemr. He had the pleasure OF see
ing three OF England's most noted
schools, Oxford, Cambridge and
Eaton. In Germany he saw the
famous old Heidelberg. He told OF
the customs there both in study and
sport. OF the latter it Is common
tor those in attendance there to have
a students DUEL In this melay
they engage with all the ardpr OF a
real sword fight and the more sears
and wounds they receive as result
the more they are thought of.
At the University of Leipsic in the
city of that name in Germany Mr.,
White had the pleasure of witnessing
flute a notable event At the time
this old school which has educated
Germans for hundreds of years was
celebrating with much pomp and show
of spelndor its 509th anniversary.
This was the occasion for the pres
ence OF the German emperor and also
the King of Saxony and Chester was
fortunate enough to get a glimpse OF
both of these monarchs.
Outdoor Experiment.
The Senior Physics class under Mr.
Carlson had interesting out door ex.
periments in that subject yesterday
finding the speed Of sound in its
course of travel through the air For
the first experiment steel triangle
mas used. Il vas hung Gil one ef tbs
fence posts. one member sounding il
while the remainder of the class
stood at distance of $50 feet By
the use of a stop-watch the sound
when it had reached the students
ears had travelled at the rate of g.;
seconds with the wind and So sec
onds against the wind for the sait
distance making an average of o.
seconds. The theoretical speed fol
$50 feet is 0.45 seconds 50 the elias:
got very good result.
The second experiment Illustrate,
what is known as the Dappler's prin
ciple namely that the pitch of not
is determined by the number of i'm
pulses which reach the ear per sec
| ond.
An electric bell, which was ringinf
was taken on a bicycle and as thu
rided receded from the place whert
the class was standing a lowering 0
the pitch of the bell was distinct,
heard, while when the ringing bell ap
preached the students a higher pitcl
was heard. This was due not to an,
change in the bell but to the fact tina
rings or pulses reached the ear of tn
hearer at shorter intervals when tn
bell approached the nearer than whei
lit receded from him.
General Notes.
| c. H. S. yesterday welcomed bac
one of its most popular teachers
Mrs. Clara b. Way. Mrs. Way ha
had quite spell Of sickness whic
necessitated her absence from schoc
about month. Naturally every on
was glad to see her again.
The new cement walk has ne'
been completed about the south sid
of the high school grounds. Leadin
into the boys entrance which is o
the south side the building cemer
stairs have been built because of tn
slope of the ground. at that place.
The flag pole that vas blown dow
in a severe wind storm of sewers
weeks ago has again been placed
an upright position. From now on
will be held by cable guy wires an
there win be little danger of Its bein
blown down. again.
On the front lawn several MOI
flower beds have been dug and Sc
eral different kinds OF plants hay
been put into the ground.
! Walnut street along the front
rapidly being paved and VITA d
these improvements G. II. s. can riv
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