Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-12-04

Normal Dramatic Club, which will put
on two classical plays during the
school term. These young ladies are
both Juniors and this extra work will
entail much mental labor, but they
are very fortunate in attaining this
membership as they will be thorough
ly drilled by talented teachers who
Rave made this their life work. These
classic plays, well rendered in elabo-
rate costumes, will very nearly satisfy
the many cultured people of Cape Gil
rardeau.
VIM. Depew, one Of our most sue
cessful farmers, was in to see us last
Wednesday. He told us that a few
days before his son, Ezra, sold a COW
and nine months old calf for $92. 80;
he received $3.50 for the COW and SAC
for the calf. In view of the dire ca
lamities that were prophesied when
the Democrats took charge of the gov
eminent, Mr.. Depew thinks these are
very fair prices, and is perfectly viii
ling for things to go on as they are.
Mr.. Depew made a trip to Pennington
recently and bought a yearling Here
ford bull from id. Rion, superintend-
emit Of the Stoney Island Stock Farm,
paying therefor SIS. He is a fine ami
NAL and his owner thinks he got a bar
gain.
The boys. basket ball team in the
Ironton High School arranged for a
game with the high school team at
Pennington on Thanksgiving day.
Miss Shane the.principal of the school,
issued an edict that the proposed game
should not be played and forbade the
boys participating therein. In this
she was sustained by Superintendent
Loomis. 1t seems that it is a rule oil
the school that no student shall par
ticipate in the athletic contests who
has not attained a certain grade in his
or her studies. In this respect some
of the boys who wanted to take part
in the Pennington game were def
cient; hence the PRONUNCIATION OF the
order that the contest should not take
place. But the boys took the view
that as Thanksgiving was a holiday,
and there was no school that day they
were not under the teachers charge
and, hence, it was none of the teach
ers' business what they did that day
So, bright and early Thanksgiving
morn the basket ball players and root
ers, a score or more in all, journeyed
to Pennington. Imagine their cha
grin and disappointment on arriving
there to be told that the Pennington
team would not meet themin contest,
Some one had "put them wise'ato the
fact that their visitors were there
without permission, and even against
the protest, of their teachers. The
Pennington team'is entirely too pre-
else and well disciplined to risk con-
tamination by entering into contest
with such an unruly bunch. So, there
was no game and the Ironton lads
we're madl Nor did the passing o.
Friday, Saturday and Sunday mellow
their anger or lessen their discomfort
And when school convened Monday
morning the members of the board
were present to aid in pouring oil OF
the troubled waters. The Board sus'
tanned the teachers in the ruling tina
no student shall take part in the ath'
letics who does not make a required
grade in his studies. An order wal
issued f%orbidding all athletics for the
next two months. After much dis
cussion, equilibrium was to some ex'
tent restored. 1t is hardly accurate
to say the white wings of peace how
cred over the scene; but much is hop
ed for the futurel