The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1912-03-26
Students Of B. H. S.
And Their Doings

The freshmen or Room s, taxing
English in the fifth period, will have
a debate Wednesday morning on the
topic, Resolved, That Women Should
Re Granted Equal Suffrage with Men. .
The freshmen have developed novel
in the class should receive some of its
benefits. Two sides are chosen, each
having twelve speakers who are al
lowed two minutes. and two leaders
who have the privilege to speak for
three minutes each. The leaders for
the affirmative side are Robert Pha-
len and verna Plumb. and for the
Louis Cole Benjamin Gilman will
act al chairman.
The idea Of allowing those on the
Honor Roll to purchase a distinct, in
dividual, neat little pin is finding ia
vor among the students. The pins
ought to consist Of just the two Eng
those on the Honor Roll once, but
gold for those who have been On the
roll for four successive years.
The best debaters Of the Junior
Academic Debating club are to go on
trips with the team for out of town
debates. A debate has been arrang-
Gu Will SAC IOoH VI SAoSOy AAAoLA
school in Waterbury.
The members OF the Criterion board
are working diligently to turn out
an Easter number of the paper which
Will be the best ever. This will con.
tain the second prize winner of the
story contest. and also all the rules
governing the poster and pen and ink
drawing contest.
Written rules concerning the Barnum
prize essays have been distributed
among all the Seniors interested.
Many Of the Seniors are working on
their essays at every available OPP
portunity.
With all difficulties settled or for
gotten. the Juniors and Junior Conn
mercials will have their debate in the
Assembly hall, a week from Tues
day at Ais p. m. The Commercials
are On the affirmative side and for
women suffrage. while the Academic
are on the negative side and against
granting women the right to vote.
On week from Thursday evening,
that is April 4, there will be Boos.
ters' Banquet at they Y. NJ. G. A. for
all the fellows at the school This
banquet is to celebrate the close of
the successful basketball season. and
"B's'' will be presented to all the
players who made the team. A crowd
of $50 is expected, and, it goes without
saying from past banquets. that all
will have ripping good time. Mr..
Tremble of the faculty will speak.
Also arrangements are being made to
have some prominent Yale speakers
present.
James Jensen ~. the prince of the
Senior Glass Play, Criterion Board H.
and all around popular Senior return
ed to school yesterday after short
absence due to illness and was heart
lily welcomed by his schoolmates.
The sophomores ought to have
more pride in their class meetings
1t is disgracfeul to have the mem
bers of a class. after an importan,
meeting is called. depart after do.
ing nothing because no one had the
nerve to take the chair If the So.
phomores are incapable to mana 90
their own meetings and business. they
may obtain, for the asking, the helL
of the teachers Of the school.
There will be a Senior Glass meet.
ing for the election of the Gloss Day
speakers, Friday after school, ir
Room Is. The Seniors are deliberat-
Ing WHO WOulQ make the pest class
prophet and also the best class poet
1t Is very likely that many Juniors
will attend the Freshman debate. to-
morrow morning, during the fifth per-
iod in Room on Resolved, Thai
women should be granted equal fran
chise with men, The Juniors haze
the same subject for their debate witt
the Commercials and ought to be able
to get few pointers from the Fresh.
men.
Mrs. Ayerfll Of the afternoon facu1-
ty is to have all the students of the
German classes at her home some
evening for the singing of German
folk songs.
All the exchanges arriving at the
school are unanimous in their praise
of the Criterion. Another fact which
is not generally known is that nine
tenths of the High school papers OF
the size of the Criterion retail for ter
centE or more. There is no disputing
of the fact that the Criterion is one
of the best high school papers in the
country.
Joseph Howard, IL, was back Il
school yesterday, after short abb
sence due to tonsilitis and not "the