Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-05-08

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they never appeared.
GrinnslI and Vicinity.
Special to Times Republican.
Grinnell, May S.-The graduation
exercises Of the Grinnell high school
will be held in the first week of June.
The class play is to be "The Girls OF
Pallas." The sermon to the class will
be given by Rev Elias Handy on Sun
day evening. June 2. Glass day exer-
cises will be held at $3.50 Wednesday
afternoon, in the high school auditori-
UNI. and graduating exercises will take
place in the Congregational church on
Wednesday evening. Following Is the
evening program: Invocation. Rev.
P. f. Marston; salutatory, Ernest Mar
tin: grafton. "Italy's Social Cancer"
Gladys Howell: grafton. 1.-The Iowa
Band" Edith Meacham music: ora
ton, 1.-The Lumber Trust" James Nc
Coraghie; grafton. Military Manias."
George Mcdonald; music: grafton. "The
Shasta Daisy" Della Garrett: Grafton,
what We Owe Our Forefathers." Les
lie Wilson,: music: Mantle GRAFTON.
George Nelson; response, Paul Proctor:
valedictory. Waldo Norris: music;
presentation of diplomas w. T. Moyle,
president Of the board. The class day
program for the afternoon is as fol-
lows: Glass history. Willard Ray; class
prophecy Bertha King; class poem,
Beu,ah Golden: advice to the juniors.
Glare Woodland: response, member OF
the junior class: class quiz. Mae Ham
mon: class song. Helen Mckutchan;
class will. William Smiley.
Out of sixty students who entered the
lists to contend for the Spaulding prize
for most effective public speaking re-
peated trials have weeded out all but
seven and these will present their
claims before the public at the Colonial
opera house on Friday evening Of this
week Their names and subjects are
as follows: D. D. Needham. "Alexan-
der stephens: w. A. Stackable. THE
American Infamy:" Harl Eslick. Pro
gress": Joe Carter, THE Battle OF
Gettysburg:" w. c. Boyer. IAN APP
peal for Cuba" H. H. Pittman. Cen
tralization in American Politics" Be-
cause Of the large number who elected
to try for this prize and the fine quail
tications of those finally chosen the
contest viii have unusual interest this
year, altho this is always the most
popular of all the spring literary pre-
sentations The prizes are given by
Mr.. H w Spauldins and are three in
number and paid in cash sums Of $50
$50 and $40 respectively. The one point
made prominent in this contest is the
effectiveness of the speeches.
At the regular meeting of the school
no
teachers were elected for the ensuing
year: High school principal, George A.
Brown, Elizabeth Fisher. Harriet
Korns. Pearl Cessna, Georgiana Hollo-
way. Hester Sanders, Hannah Mc1rath,
Mary TAYLOR. G. w. Garrard. Rose
Rule, Bess Harrington, Flora Smith.
Crane Sara Warner, Lillian Bray. Ed
ma Davis, Emma Bobzin, Ada Sweezy,
Maud Nisslcy. Myrtle Parks, Fannie
Sanders, Kate Zimmerman. Effie Con-
ard, Clara I. Smith, Ada B. Smith.
Mary L. Dornon, Ida Woods. Lizzie
Davis. Blanche Lyle. Ina Spragae.
Gretchen Greene, Bessie Wallace. Helen
Thomson.
AS a result of the mass meeting peti-
ticns were handed to the members of
asking for an adequate inspection Of
milk sold in the city and of the con-
ditions surrounding the COWS OF the
dairy herds and also for the proper
disposal of the city garbage. The milk
inspection ordinance. which has been
dormant in the hands of the council
for some time. received some amend
ments and was then. by majority. Of
one member. passed to its first reading,
councilmen Gannaway Bailey, Edge
and Lyman voting in favor and Nc
Blain against and Dreamer being alb
sent.
The specifications for the bridge on
the north road leading into the Hazel
wood cemetery were changed from 81
feet in width and an 8 foot rise, to a
so foot width and II foot rise, and
so sent to the county supervisors. The
mayor was authorized to employ
man and team for work on the streets
at salary of 500 per month.