The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-10-22
HIGH SCHOO Oh NOTES.

Did YOU ever wander past the study
hall doors on Monday afternoon wher
shool has been dismissed and being At
tracted Tor perhaps distracted) by the
strange sounds emerging from within,
stop and wonder what could be their
source and purpose? Pass on and won.
der no longer. Miss McGregor and the
Girls Glee Club are tuning up" that's
all.
Thursday morning Mr.. A. H. Culver
in brief and very interesting talk,
gave the students view Of Butler
from an angle from which we are not
accustomed to see our town. He told
US Of the needy people who must be
helped by those more fortunate. Pre-
ceding his talk, Theresa Mead played q
piano solo on which we need not COM
ment for Theresa is one Of the best
pianists in the High School.
The Teacher Training department is
organizing story club. The purpose
Of this club is to give the members
training in telling stories to children.
The pupils from the lower grades of
the Public schools will be invited to
come and hear stories. The meetings
Of the club will be fortnightly at $50
Thursday afternoon.
Junior Notes.
The Juniors have been very busy this
last week with both work and play.
We are struggling thru 1.-THE Idylls of
the King" now in English class. We
now know all about the love affair of
Arthur and Guinevere, Gareth and
Lynette, Geraint and Enid and are just
starting on the romance of Lancelot
and Elaine. Now it takes about all
the brain force we can generate to I'M
derstand the construction of that poet
ry. It's hard when giving the thought
in our own words to leave out inele-
giant expressions which would doubtless
cause Lord Tennyson to roll over in his
grave should he hear them.
The Juniors delightfully."- entertained
themselves last Friday evening at the
home of Miss Helen Stith. The rooms
were beautifully decorated in those
dear old colors, pink and white. By
the way have you heard our little rhyme
about pink and white.
or classes four in Butler High
There'sone that's truly bright
And that's the dear old Junior class
That claims the pink and white.
We were entertained by music from
Miss Doris Wyatt, Miss McGregor,
Miss Davis, some readings by Joseph
inc Simpson, and various games which
aroused great deal of fun and amuse-
ment. After a dainty lunch consisting
Of sandwiches, salad, cake and hot
chocolate, we elected the king and
queen of the evening. Miss Snider and
Mr.. Coonrod received these high honors.
The chemistry class got together and
around the king and queen
and cried in unison IA Boon! Sir King!
grade on chemistry papers. But Mr..
Coonrod, unlike King Arthur, does not
believe in granting boons. After avery
pleasant evening, which all present en-
Dyed, the young people departed at
he safe and sane hour of eleven.
Freshman Notes.
The Freshmen are progressing nicely
n latin and have added to their vocab-
llaries quite collection of latin words.
Many words, however, are found very
lifficuit to pronounce correctly.
The Freshman basket ball team has
'een doing some good practicing and
rom the way they have started out we
'rophesy they will do splendid work in
he near future. The hall is being
quipped SO it will not be long until we
how the other classes how to play ball.
What? A party? Yes, the Juniors
ad party. The best thing the rest
t US can do is to send them bunch of