Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-03-01
high School Notes

The second Inter Society program is
to be held this Friday.
Nothing but praise is heard regard
ing the program last Thursday.
The Hawkeye Society will give its
second program week from Friday.
Mr.. Nearpass called meeting of the
"Boy Scouts" last Monday night after
school.
Everybody remember the second in
ter-society program to be held in the
high school assembly room, Friday
night.
This is test week. Many are the
groans when the instructors request
that paper and pencil be taken to the
class room.
The Seniors look more like Seniors
now, for they are wearing their class
pins. There is nothing slow about the
Seniors this year.
The Reading class will take up Di-
dactics the latter part of this week.
reading having been completed. Mr..
Nearpass will also conduct this class.
! The Senior English class are taking
series of examinations on Milton's
life and his poems L'Allegro, II Penser-
oso. Comus and Lycidas which they
studied.
The patriotic program was given
Thursday morning for the grade child
ren who were not taking part, and
they seemed to enjoy it fully as much
as1the older people in the afternoon.
The Civics class have started with
vim on their new subject. An inter-
esting discussion arose about the
Referendum and Initiative Law" also
as on the Election Oh Appointing of
Judges.
Mr.. Nearpass examines his pupils by
a series of tests on what they have
gone over. This is not to see how
much they have remembered or how
much they have forgotten, but it is to
see if they ever did know anything.
There is a prospect of having very
good base ball team this year. The
pitchers staff will be reinforced by two
new recruits. The infield will remain
the same as last season with the ex-
ception of second base, Donegan TAX
ing the place of GammOns.
The patriotic program last Friday af
ternoon was very good. The program
consisted of drills. dialogues, etc.
from the grades. while farce given by |
the c. H. S. boys ended the program.
We were glad to see so many of The !
old soldiers and Woman's Relief e,. rms
here. ~~
The High school pupils we're relieved
from their routine of work Tuesday af-
ternoon to enjoy a short lecture given
by DR.. E. H. White. the evangelist.
He gave us something we cannot find
in books, something of the real life of
the Cubans and what the American
troops had to put up with while there.
He had the pupils shouting with laugh
ter at some of his jokes and they felt
better all the afternoon for it. One
fact worth remembering. in his speech,
was an instance where it took twelve
hundred and fifty men only forty eight
minutes to get ready for action when
he, t., /
Farewell Party
As the Alfred Gesell family is about
10 move to Westbourne, Mar, Canada,
4 number of their friends and neigh
oors gave them pleasant surprise on
Tuesday evening Feb'y goth, spending f.
he evening in dancing. playing cards,
social chatting, etc. At midnight a
,ood supper was served, after which
he guests departed for their homes
Wishing Mr.. and Mrs. Gesell all kinds
# good luck in their home. A purse
If money was presented to them which {
vas appreciated. Those who lwere /
present are: MIR. and Mrs. Chas.
frank, Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. Malek. MIR.
md Mrs. l.. " Svestka. MIR. and Mrs.
ohm Nohale, MIR. and Mrs. w. J.
Walker and family, Mr. and Mrs. John
Barnes and family. Mr.. and Mrs. P. J. t
iesell MIR. and Mrs. Ed Stander and Il
amily, Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Frank, Mrs.
;. Jensen and family, Mrs. P. Hansen +,
nd family, Mrs. c. }. Reis and fam 9
y. Adam Frank, Mike Derr Jr.. Phil
lcCarville. Chss. Malek. Frank
'vorak and sister. Chas. Fish. Emmet p
Lass. Jas. and Mayme Miller, Jessie I
ouska and cousin. Miss Hastings,
cslie and Cora Sebastian. l.
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