El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-10-18
HIGHLAND PARK SCHOOL CHILDREN
To HAVE UNIQUE CACTI GARDEN
Superintendent Tighe Finds Attendance Good Sunset
Kindergarten Has New Victrola; Aoy's Waiting List
Is Filled; Alta V ista''s Rooms Are Crowd
ed; the Highs Form Debating Board;
Footballers Hold Rally

meeting of the society will be held
Monday afternoon.
Live Chamber of Commerce.
With a perfectly organized chamber
of commerce, and all its committees,
and a Busy Business Booster" trip to
Ysleta planned in the near future, the
bunch of live wires" in the CONNER
cial club of the High school are start
ing out their school year with great
amount of energy and enthusiasm. The
date for the boosting trip to YSleta
has not been set, nor the souvenirs
decided upon, but the plans are IN the
hands of the committees. The clubs
weekly meetings will be devoted 10
competitive adwriting. In the book
keeping department, the firm of J. M
Adams, tea, coffee and spice house,
figures prominently, so the ads Will be
written to extol the products of this
firm. It is expected that a prize will
be offered later on in the season for
the best ads. Another feature planned
for the future is a contest for the best
letter boosting FL PasO. The officers,
board of directors, and committees fol-
low:
Mervine DarnaI, president; Alfred
Woods, first vice president; Mary Cliff
ton, second vice president; Henry
Welsch, jr., secretary treasurer. Board
of directors, Elsie Shepard, Eugene
ThurstOn, Sophie Ravel, Pearl Foster,
Helen Van Alstyne, AeOlian Stapham,
W. 2. Settle and Jesse Haywood. En-
tertainment committee, Eugene Thurs
ton, chairman; Helen Van AlStyne,
Elsie Shepard, Billy FlatO and George
Mcclure. Finance committee, Henry
Welsch, jr-. chairman; Claudia Brawner
and Agnes Hangar. Auditing com
mittee, Aeolian Stapham, chairman;
Clifford Gaylord and Jennie Olson.
Publicity committee, Pearl Foster,
chairman; Mae Ellsworth and Albert
Tatum- Improvement committee, W. L.
Settle, chairman; Sophie Ravel Lloyd
PetticOlas, Jesse Haywood and Harry
Shannon.
Parents to Meet.
The Parent-Teachers' association of
the Bailey school will meet on Friday
afternoon, October "a, at 3;15- Dr.. c. 7.
Race will present a paper on The In
fluence of the Home and School Life on
the Child" Music VII be rendered and
a social hour enjoyed when the parents
may become better acquainted with
the teachers.
ImprOmPtu Meeting of Forum.
A business meeting of the High
School Forum was held Friday night
at the school. Idus Lambert reported
for the program committee, James Cor
man reported for the membership COM
mittee and read the treasurer's report.
Following the business meeting an i'm
prOmptU program was given
Manuel Schwartz acclaimed Oar
rows jury address in defence of Hay
wood" Elgie Means gave Whites
Murder Trial" James German gave
Happiness and Liberty" and Idus
Lambert, 'LincOln's Gettysburg Ad-
dress" A talk on the preliminary de-
bate next Friday night was given BY
Earl WeisigeT.
The judges for the preliminary de-
bate to select the debaters to meet the
Sam Houstons will be principal a. H.
Hughey, s. S. Ulrey and a. o. Sayles.
Invie Prominent Men
At the meeting of the Sam Houston
Debating society Friday night at the
High school committee was ap-
pointed to secure local men of prom
lnence to speak before the public
speaking class. Harry Ginsburg is
chairman, and Frank Peach and Fred
Hunter are the committeeman.
book on debating societies parli-
mentary rules Roberts rules of order.
was donated to the society by Robert
Mullin, charter member.
There were about 80 members pres
emit The balance of the meeting was
devoted to discussing the preliminaries
Of the Forum-Sam Houston debate.