The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-11-24
SCHOOL NOTES

Chapel exercises were held In the
high school auditorium Monday morn.
ing. The usual program was carried
cut after which Faye Strang led in
some cheering for the football team.
AS the seniors have not started to de-
liver their orations yet, the chapel
period is taken up mostly with the
praticing Of the music that the singing
class is working on.
Rejoice and be exceeding glad"
Why? Because two of the three of
last years debaters who are still in
school, have finally decided TO join
the ranks again this year. This will
strengthen the debating team great
deal this year, as the squad was en-.
tirely green" before these two put in
their appearance. Let us hope the
third member of this triumvirate will
change his mind also, and add more
strength to the team. The squad, at
present, consists Of exactly twenty.
five candidates, all willing to pitch in
and do their best to help give Mt. ver-
non "Hi" two banners this year. Work
was begun earlier this year in order
to study the question thoroughly and
to avoid the rush which comes later.
Maurice Mitchell, a member of the
graduating class of 1914, was a visitor
at the chapel exercises Monday morn
ing.
Gloom was spread over the high
school the first few days this week as
a result of East from Columbus can
ceiling its game with the high school
team of this city. However, perhaps
it is for the best as it is, since Jones,
who was injured in the Coshocton
game several weeks ago, would be un.
able to play the entire game. If he
were able to play at all. Hadley, who,
in Jones' absence, is drawn back from
tacke to full play, is not as heavy as
Jones, and is not as fast, and since
the high school team relies, mainly,
on its speed to win games, this is q
very great handicap. AS soon as
word was received of East's cancell-
alton, calls were put in by the man
agement, to Ashland and Shelby to
secure game. As result of this, a
game was scheduled with the Ashland
high school team for this afternoon to
be played in that city. For some un-
accountable reason, though, Ashland
cancelled Before taking any further
steps toward securing a game, the
matter was thought over, and 1t was
decided not to schedule a game for
today, but give the team a rest in
prepartion for the game with Della
ware high school on Thanksgiving
day. Delaware, at the first of the sea-
son, looked--to have nothing at all in
the way of winning team, resultant
Of which, it lost quite number of
games. But a change has come over
that team in the last few weeks and 1t
has trounced it's last two or three op-
ponents, last week triumphing over
the strong West eleven from Colum-
bus, by score Of to 0. Taking into
consideration that West, earlier in
the season, defeated the locals 81 to
0, and then considering the fact that
the locals have improved greatly since
that game, anyone wishing to see a
battle royal should be at the Athlet-
ic park, Thanksgiving day at $3.50
o'clock.
Agriculture trip! How sweetly those
two words sound to the ear Of the
Freshman. 1t means this: practice
in walking, tramping through fields,
climbing barbed wire fences, etc.
These trips not only promote the
health of the Freshmen, however;
on the other hand, they are both in
structive and helpful. Last Wednes'
day afternoon, Mr.. Doherty took one
of his classes on trip and 1t proved
SO successful that he repeated this ac'
tion Friday afternoon with another
class. These trips are very helpful to
the student as It allows him to see
different things pertaining to agrl.
culture. as they are, and in some cases
this is entirely different from what the
text gives him to understand.
The Forum staff is working hard in
making up the material for the next
issue of the Forum, which will make
its appearance about the middle OF
December.