The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-12
HIGH SCHOOL NEWS

There will be a debate well worth
hearing in a couple Of weeks when
the best debaters of the Junior Aca-
demic and the Junior Commercials
classes clash In wordy combat. The
Junior Academies have their record
of last year for having beaten all the
other teams including the Girls Ii,
erary and Debating Society. The jun
Tor Commercials have the record for
being the best in every line, be it
debating or anything else.
The Athletic Association presents
its minstrel show on March IA and
Is, and it is expected that enough
profit will be realized to carry the
team through the baseball season.
the Athletic association gave a nice
B. H. s. dance open to all the stu
dents and their friends. enough
money would be realized to pay for
the expenses of the football season
and rake it unnecessary for the as
ISOLATION to resort to the unpopular
method of subscriptions.
Walter Heating ~ has informed
his many friends that for recreation,
he will work this summer as base
ball umpire. His friends are trying
to persuade him to enter less dan
gerOuS field.
A Senior debating club ought to be
formed There are some excellent de-
Ia terS in the Senior class especially
among the Greek students, and they
ought easily to be able to down their
rising, underclassmen, the Juniors.
Anyone having a difficult problem
to solve may have his wish gratified
by calling upon the Junior CONNER
cial fourth Period Arithmetic class Of
course the problem will have to be on
arithmetic as the class does not vol
untter to work out any food or So
cialistic problems.
There will be meeting of the High
School dancing class, this evening at
Halls dancing academy.
The Senior and Junior Commercial
fellows have gradually lapsed into the
habit of wearing loud, unusual tinted
manifold colored socks to school
Though there is nothing wrong in the
habit, it is talent displayed in the
wrong direction.
The reports for the first mcnth of
| the new semester will be distributed
| to the respective students tomorrow
The records for these reports closed
] on Friday.
The fellows of the school would like
| to see a series of pool games arranged
| between William Browsna, afternoon
| champion, and Joseph Howard, B. H.
S. champion. If at the same time ar
! rangements could be made for the
games to be played. between James
/ Lucey. president of the Junior class
and James Shannon, winner Of the
Junior Pool Tournament cup. a large
attendance would be assured.
| The afternoon baseball players prac-
| tice together in the empty lot near the
| school every morning. The first game
| for the team mas been secured and the
local boys will journey to Derby, to
play the high school team of that city
| on April 13.
| Hallen IA would like to have it
known that his first name is Frederick,
| and not Steve as one Of the morn
ing papers had it.
The boys who will are in the chorus
for the minstrel show are nursing their
voices carefully. Just little, gentle
practice in chapel every morn ng is
keeping their voices in fine trim.
| Yesterday morning there was a new
| teachers desk in Room 10. Perhaps
this Is the first result of the measure
providing for a new high school,
Some of the students in Room II
have formed an anti-German society.
| They have elected as officers: Presi-
dent, William Coulter; vice president,
Walter Heating; secretary, James Jen-
sen; treasurer, James Dargan.
! The last, important dress rehearsal
of the minstrel boys in preparation
for the show on Thursday and Friday
! evenings will be held tomorrow even
| ing at Warner Hall.
! At the last test of the Senior Arith-
nnetic class, go per cent of the hoys
received 100 whereas but about 10 per
cent of the girls received that high
mark. This ought to be ample proof
Of the superiority Of mind.
] A question to be settled by the Sem
fors az their next class meeting is
whether the Senior Commercials should
/ be invited to participate in the first
annual Senior dance or not
The boys Of the school would be ex-
! ceedingly grateful to anyone who
would bring them together in some
/ suitable place, for some congenial
sparring matches. At the present
/ time there Is great deal of talent in
the manly art going to waste at the