Alma record., 1913-09-25

of 40 voices this year, which is much
larger than in previous years, and
nothing but good work can be ex-
pected.
Physical training classes for girls
are now organized. These classes
meet once each week.
A lively mass meeting was held in
| the high school room last Friday at
ternoon, the majority of the school
attending. Eddie Mahr officiated as
| cheer leader This is the first OF a
series of mass meetings which will be
held this year One suggestion is,
that the boys and girls learn every
verse of their school songs.
The high school enrolment last
week numbered POS. OF this num-
Der, 81 are non-residents. The bot
any and zoology classes are so large
it has been necessary for the school
to buy new microscopes. Thirty-six
students are taking first year book
keeping and twelve fourth year Latin.
| These are the largest bookkeeping
and fourth year Latin classes ever
held in Alma high school. The SEN
ior class is also much larger than be-
fore. Thirty-eight people expect to
graduate in June.
AT a football meeting called by
Coach Collins, Lawrence Hughes was
elected captain for this season. The
squad consists OF about twenty-three
regulars. Mr.. Collins is busy show
ing many new points while Mr.. Crisp
is putting the line through stiff work.
The high school expects to have
good team this season and hard
schedule is being arranged. Hughes
men are working hard and a success
full season is anticipated.
All classes met and organized last
week. The officers are as following
Seniors President, Lawrence
Hughes; vice-president, Frank Bitt-
| ner; secretary, Hollis Clark; treas
urer Ruth Dutt;
Junor-President Malcolm Smith;
vice-president, Ruth Bennett; secre-
tary, Edwin Mahr; treasurer, Verne,
| Handley.
Sophomore President, Donald
Blaisdell; vice-president, Mildred
Cash; secretary, Vida Greig; treas
urer Howard Rogers.
Freshman-President Lee Sharrar;
! vice-president, James Howe; secre-
tary Ethel Street; treasurer, Ray
mond Medler.
A special meeting sof the Junior
Class was held Wednesday The class
| at this meeting decided to buy class
pins this year, and a committee was
appointed by the president. The COM
! mittee will report in about thirty
| days, as to what they can get in the
pin line, and where they can be OBJ
| taintd.
The football team is having its
! daily grind over at the old school
field. This week is the third week
of regular practice; the college scrubs
and ST. Louis being listed as oppo-
nents. Saturday last was to see
spirited contest with the alumni, but
just as the boys were ready to get
on their togs, there came the news
! that six inches of mud was too much
for the old boys, so the game was
called off.
Now that we have come to the
fourth week of school, we can look
around us a little, and say something
about ourselves. In the first place,
the high school intends to do things
this year; and it wants your interest,
your attention, your support, your
hearts, and your lungs That means
the interest, attention, support, heart
and lungs of everyone in the city Of
Alma You built this high school;
it is a beautiful building; you are
proud Of it. But we mean to make
you prouder. You are not proud
enough We want you to visit the
school, inspect the school, attend the
classes, make criticisms, suggestions
and anything else you like. 1t is
your school; your boys and girls are
here at the school. We want you to
help us make them proud of the
school. They, too are proud now,
but they are not proud enough. We
want you to help us to help them
become imbued with the real, true,
live school spirit that makes the
boys and girls "get into things" and
hence realize what happy, happy
life school life is, after all. This is
our foreword. Next week we shall
have something else to say.