El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-06
SchooLMotes

Miss Ora W. L. Slater and Miss dig;
TafeI entertained the members Of thu
! faculty of the FL Paso School for Girl
/ at the school at luncheon on New
! Years day. The color scheme Of greer
/ and, white, the school cOlOrs, was effec-
] lively carried out both in the decora'
/ tons Of the table and refreshments
I The center piece was punched mistletoe
/ and the place cards small affairs, tiec
! with mistletOe.
A six course luncheon was served ia
l the following guests. Misses IsaDe-
/ Norton, Rebecca Robins Mack, Lillian
/ HUggett. Beatrice Morse, Virgins
/ Nichol, Melita Tafel Ora w. L. Slater
/ and olga Tafel and Mrs. NJ 5. Rich
/ ardson.
School opened on Jan with a good
T, attendance. There were few absences
chiefly on account Of sickness Lessons
! were assigned Immediately and school
work proceeded in its regular routine.
Alice. Grace and Frances Brown and
Else Reese are. absent from school on
account Of sickness
The intermediate grades began a new
series Of captain ball games on Friday
afternoon. Visitors were present, and
the contest was close and exciting
The Y w. c. A of the Sunset school
will present "The Sleeping Beauty on
Jan. lS at and 1880 p. m in the High
School auditorium The cast OF char
acters viii be:
Princess Beauty, Ethel Crawford;
King. Mary Noble. Queen. Phyllis Rout-
ledge; Prince, Pauline Anderson; Flor
eta, Katherine Foster, Loretta, Helen
Mcmillan, Ardetta, Gladys Harvey. ia
retta. Katherine French, women OF the
court; Tresen, Blanche Fuller, GaveL,
Ella Mcdaniel, courtiers; Azar, a page.
Virginia Howe; Lenar, page, Alma
Armstrong; Doris, peasant girl, vera
Armstrong; Old Womanni Ruby Pons-
ford; Fairies, Carmina, Gladys CARRIED
Aura Marguerite Gillespie; Blanchet-
ia, Dorothy VOllertsOn; Chrome, Marion
Howe; Verda, Mabel Polvado.
The Sam Houston Debating. society
of the FL Paso high school viii hold
debate with the New Mexico agricul-
tural college on January - The Ques-
ton to be debated is Resolved, that
the System of Direct Legislation
Known as the Initiative and Referen-
dun should Be Generally Adopted by
the Several States" tn affirmative
will be defended by Temple and Fife,
Of Mesilla and the negative by Francis
J. Lyons and hubert Gillette, OF III
Paso.
The debate promises to be a good
one. as Temple and Fife are known to
be the best products Of the college,
and Francis LyOns's ability is well
known, as he represented the high
school at Austin, in which his team
captured the silver cup. hubert Gillette
Is also a very promising debater. The
debate viii take place at the FL Paso
high school
The sam Houston Debating society
had a very interesting program Friday
night and the feature Of the evening
was a debate on the subject. Resolved,
that the Steel Trust Shiuld Be Dis
solved The affirmative side was de-
Tended by Maurice Norcop; his coll
league being absent, he debated by
himself The negative was taken by
The debate was a very interesting
one and the judges decided in favor
OF the negative side.
Those present were A H. Hughey.
Harry Ginsburg, Manuel Ssch Wartz. Ir-
vim Schwartz. Keynote Hunter. James
Nolan. Robert Mullin, George Johnston,
Maurice Norc0p, Robert Gillette, Pearley
Price, Harold DetWilder. Frank Peach,
Russell Price, John Burch, Edgar Yer
den.