Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-02-10
SCHOOL notes.

IHe IhdJoIlIy are uolIs sdIioAoSIoFy
work. II"
The tenth grade book keeping class
have started their regular course this
week. after week of Introductory
drill.
The basket ball season will soon be
at an end and those interested in base
ball are beginning to feel touch of
the fever.
Tue column and ajhalf of High School
notes last week shows that the new
rule regarding the newspaper staff has
been profitable.
The seniors have elected Walter Ca
ward as class poet. Bess McCook as
class historian, and Florence Swenson
is class prophet.
A splendid picture of the class of
1909 now adorns the assembly room.
1t 10 the gift of the class and the
Blomquist studio.
The junior class states with pride
that it expects to earn the first holiday
having only two of its members posted,
and these for only few dement's.
On account of the smallness of the
demerit list, the faculty has decided
that the class who shall get the names
of it's members off the list is to be given
holiday.
The eleventh grade English class
which is now studying the "ldylls of
the King" have some interesting dis
cussions which makes the study inter-
esting as well as instructive.
The Senior class claim. the basket
ball championship of the High School
and challenges any other class to play
them. We hope they will have little
sympathy for the opposing class and
not make the score 4l-9.
The samples of the ball suits for the
team arrived few days ago and a
careful selection has been made. The
sum of SIS will have to be raised by
the pupils who will present play at
some future date before the ball season
opens.
The base ball team met in the Office
Friday and were given talk by coach
Tiss. Mr.. Tiss gave them all to under
stand that every man who made the
team next spring would earn his place,
and that it would be his ability to play
fall that would give him his position.
The members of the basket ball team
were highly entertained last Friday at
DEBORAH by the musical comedy Miss
Nobody from Starland. Much talk is
being handed around as to whether the
boys went to DEBORAH for the purpose
of going to the show or to play basket
ball, but it should be strictly under
stood that the Cresco high school boys
always do their best in all athletics.
Friday evening, March II. will occur
the second inter-society program of
the year. There will be music, a farce
entitled IA Dressing Gown" and other
miscellaneous exercises besides the de-
bate between the Roosevelt and Rob-
erts societies on the question of COM
mission government for cities. Silver
medals will be given the winning side.
Admission 10 and Is cents. High school
huildinp SO'clOrk
The sudden death of Donald Church
has cast gloom over the entire high
school. During his two years with US he
had endeared himself to both his teach
ers and his schoolmates by his kindly
disposition and sterling good qualities.
He was a boy that went about his du-
ties quietly and conscjentiously and his
smiling face amcng US will be sadly
missed. To his parents and lovedones
we express the heartfelt sympathy of
his schoolmates and teachers.
The senior class held a meeting We'd
nesday and decided to have a home
speaker deliver the commencement ad-
dress. They have invited Mr.. Carl
Reed to act in this capacity and he has
accepted. Rev. Gammons was also
selected to deliver the baccalaureate
sermon. This is new departure, but
the class feel that Cresco has as good
talent in this line as we could get by
going elsewhere, so it was decided to
start the precedent of having a home
man deliver the commencement ad-
dress.
The members of the base ball team
held meeting Monday evening for the
purpose of eiecting officers for the
coming season. Walter Caward was
elected captain and Earl Gammons
manager of the team. A committee
was also appointed consisting of Earl
Gammons, Harold Nichols and one 9TH
er member to be chosen by these two.
for the purpose Of raising money to
pay off the athletic debt. Every men,
Der of the team forwards their SINGER
est wishes that the persons elected will
have perfect conditions for the per-
forming OF their work, and also that