El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-10-28

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This is the final week before exam
nations at the high school and
review is the order Of the day.
A new scheme Of examinations VIII
be tried so that all of the teachers may
get part Of their papers TO grade the
very first day Of the examination The
old way Of holding the examination for
each subject separately necesS1tated
some Of the teachers getting their pa
pers at the end Of examination week
The Wednesday morning lecture Of
this week was delivered by DR. O. O.
Young, the Karakul sheep man. his
subject was Russia In his lecture ne
dealt with the great race question.
Mr.. Hansell, the whistler from Dixie,
also appeared this week He VIII rem
der his whole repertoire Saturday night
November q, under the auspices on the
High School Athletic association
The football team goes TO Mesllla to
play the first team of the A. & NJ. col
leEe Saturday. About IS rOOters will go
along TO keep the team jolly company
and cheer them on TO victory
The Sam Houston Debating society
met in open session Friday night and
discussed the question. should New
Mexico have an educational qualifica-
ton for the exercise Of the franchise
The debaters showed that they had
given the question considerable prepar-
alton. The decision was given the az
firmative.
The Carmen Literary society OF the
FL PasO High school entertained the
members of the Wallace society, Fri
day afternoon. First on the program
was an address by the president, Frank
Ross. followed by song The Jlnga-
boo Man." by four Carmen boys. The
main feature Of the program was the
pleasing little playlet, His Old Sweet
heart"
The Interesting Carmen paper was
read by Charles Kuburu, which was
followed by chorus. The next pro- l
gram viii be given by the Wallace So /
ciety.
The junior club Of the Y W. c. A. 4
al the Mesa school was reOrganized Fri /
day afternoon at the Y. W. G. A. rooms /
BY Mrs George lie Baron and Mrs. W. 1
alternate Wednesday and elect a leader [
and appoint committees to conduct the I
business Of the club, instead OF the usual I
corps OF officers, the election viii be [
held at the next meeting, November 8. /
Refreshments were served.
The high eighth grade boys and girls
and the boys OF the low seventh at
Mesa school were granted half holi-
day because OF having had no tardfes
for two months. These were the only
rooms In Mesa. school 10 have no tar
dies since the beginning Of the term.
At recent teachers meeting OF the
Mesa school IL was decided not TO eL- 4
empt pupils on quarterly examinations,
but 10 DO so on final examination,
where the general average in scholar
shin would warrant IT,.
Miss Alicia Swan, principal OF High
land Park school, is again on duty
after a weeks absence, caused By sick
ness
Miss Ruth Forsyth Of Mesa school is
on the sick list this week.
The Parent-Teachers' association Of
the Sunset school held its regular meet
inc Fridsv AFTERNOON. The RESIGNATION
Of Mrs. j. j. Ormsbee as president was
accepted and Mrs. ". D. Howe was
unanimously elected president. The as
ISOLATION voted to send delegate to
the convention OF the Texas congress
OF mothers in Waco, November s. and (
TO- and Mrs George Rutledge the (
former president OF tne ASSOCIATION was {
elected by reclamation as delegate.
Seven new members have been received,
ma king a total Of 50. Printed pro- :
grams viii be distributed -t the No I
in her address Mrs. George RutIedge
gave "a resume Of the work done by the
in Sunset since its Or~an-
cation last February and told Of the 7
-itaI questions discussed by the inter s
national congress Of mothers, held in z
Washington, D. C., last spring. The
next meeting viii occur on November
The Parent Teachers association Of
the Mesa school viii hold its regular T
meeting next Friday afternoon at
o'clock. +
The Parent Teachers' association OF
he Villas school met Friday afternoon I
1t 8 o'clock at the Villas school Mrs /
Frank r. Stone was elected president Z
At the September meeting the follow
ng were elected Mrs. Mamie Patter-
.on. principal Of the school vice presi- Z
lent Miss Mona Frank secretary Mrs. I {
Herbert p. stevenson, treasurer. The
title folks from the first grade enter
aimed the members and friends with a C
Mother Goose" play. Mrs. T. Dempsey z
cad a paper on "Children's Rights" A
,ianO solo by Miss Helen MurdOck was
veil rendered i
The next meeting Of the association s
VIII be held Wednesday before Thanks
living at 2 o'clock at the school.
bitter sweet chocolates at McCuI1ouEh's.
Prize Halloween Masked BAH o
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