Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-05-02
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
Edited by the Students Un-
der the Auspices of the
English Department.

the Tau Kappa girls last Friday,
April twenty-fifth was specially en-
tertaining The first number of
the program was the life Of Burns
given by Harriet Van Drielen, it
was very interesting and showed
careful preparation The second
numpber "Burnsi Address to a
Mouse" was recited by Leila Ogilvie
The third number Twas a talk on
Mary Queen of Scots Owing to the
absence of Dorothy Paterson, who
was to have given it, Miss Koch
took her place and gave us an in
teresting talk about Mary Queen of
Scots as well as few facts about
Burns The fourth number, paper
on Scottish scenery was exceedingly
we'll given by Ruth Johnson The
Blue Bells of Scotland was sung by
Margaret Hesson and Muriel Little
field in costume This added much
variety to the program and was
enjoyed by all Next was a review
of some of Burns poems by the
president, Zelma Carroll She gave
us the story of Tam O'Shanter This
was followed by the musical inter-
pretation of Tam O'Shanter on the
piano played by Mrs Lothrop
Burns poem" Man was made to
Mourn was read by Alta Byrne
The society sang "My Hearts in
the Highland" The last number
was the Glover Leaf by Estella
Wines which was exceedingly good
Next Friday the progam will con-
tain several numbers about Ancient
PompPii and facts and readings
from the elder Lytton's who is the
famous author of THE Last DAYS
of Pompeii," AMI comment on the
life and work of Lytton's famous
son Owen Meredith" author of
Lucille
So many of our girls are out of
school on account of sickness that
we who are left must work hard to
fill the vacant places
Our classmate Gladys Kennedy
has been sick for some time, and
now comes the sad new that her
grandfather hiss passed away We
hope that our friend will not be
called upon to bear much more tri-
bulation at present and that she
will soon be with us again
We are much grieved to learn
that May Jewett will not return
to school She will take treatment
for her eyes We trust she will be
with us again next year
Friday, the 25th, the Boys Par
liamentary law class met and besides
the Current Events there we're sew
eral interesting papers Mr. Rein
hart gave an excellent article on
Child Labor: The Children's an
swer Mr. Harold Fernald gave q
article on p Morgan's Life which
was excellently written. Mr. Ray
Bryan also gave an article on Leg
ends of the Yosemite and Glacier
National Parks. Mr. Hunt ncted as
critic and made several good
criticisms Mr. Ogilvie had an arti-
rle on Mark Twain and his home
town, but owing to the lack of
time his was not given.
Next week MIR McFarlane Mr.
Ogilvie, and several others will
have papers on some interesting
topic.
One Of the most successful social
affairs of the year was given at
the High School Friday night
April 25 when the Freshmen gave
their annual party. The room was
decorated in green and yellow and
beautiful cut flowers were much in
evidence. The table where punch
was served was decorated in Cali
fornia poppies, Callas and iris
were arranged in vases on the book.
case. The music was furnished
by Mr. Mayer, violinist, accompan.
led by Mrs Bryan, pianist. The re-
freshments were ice cream and
cake. The arrangements and details
for the entertainment were per-
feet and reflect honor upon the