River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-12-10
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES

CNCI SlVSu ny t1lSn SCnOOl students
took place last Monday evening be-.
fore large and attentive audience
lat taxed the seating capacity of
tie assembly room. The Misses
Margaret Williams, Clara Nobel and
Helen Dawson played the part of
the lovesick girls to perfection,
while Billy Smith in the role If
page was a revelation Ed Rock
as Lord Thirlmore brought down
the audience in his robbery scene,
as also did the venerable and digni-
| tied butler, Marley Healy Howard
Schwamb as the austere and aristo-
cratic master of his trade as foot
man needs no comments on his
abilities as an actor, while Miss
Williams as coach deserves special
honors for the drilling of the play.
With coach of her ability, coupled
with the promising material on
hand successful plays next spring
are looked for. The stage hands
also deserve special mention for
their fine scenery effects and light
ing system. The aid for the Bel
gianS netted SIP 25.
An Evening of Art given by the
Camp Fire girls last Saturday even
ing was enjoyed by all who attend
ed. The assembly and room six
were filed with articles which rep.
resented various things, the object
being 10 guess their meaning. The
prize for the most successful guess
was won by Helen Smith. Two un-
equaled fortune tellers were inn
ported from Europe especially for
this occasion and many and won.
derful were their prophecies. Two
large fish ponds did a hourishing
business throughout the evening
and dispensed many valuable arti-
Giles from morning caps to a clay
pipe. The long tables in room six
were loaded with an assortment of
candies such as would make a
sugar magnate turn green with
Jealousy. The returns for the even
ing totaled SIP 80. Incidentally,
h Miney atah Ganeshaoh
Camps have received their national
charters and are now members of
an organization including ONE
5000 such camps. On Tuesday
evening the two camps will com
bine with the five camps of the Nor
nal and will listen to lecture Civ
en- by DR.. Allison.
School will close Friday, Dec. 10,
for two weeks Christmas vacation.
The new building will be ready
for occupancy very soon after the
holidays. The boiler room is com
Dleted and the new steam boiler in
stalled. The plumber are now at
work setting up the radiators and
making the connections. The ven
tilating system will be completed
within a week. This is a new sys-
tenn consisting of two fans working
in conjunction. The air is pumped
in and also sucked out Of the
rooms. Each room is a unit. and
opening windows in one room has
no effect upon other rooms, as is
the case in the older systems of
vent1lat1ng. The air passes over
tempering coils before entering and
40 cold draft enters the room. The
ventilating system is entirely sepa-
rate, however, from the heating.
which is done by direct radiatio
from steam coils. For protection
against danger from fire, the new
boiler room has been placed at a
distance of forty feet from the
school building. Eventually
old heating system will be removed
to the new heating plant, TINS re-
moving all possible danger from
fire.
Basketball dominates at present.
with squad of thirteen present the
first night, last Tuesday, under the
criticising eyes of Mr.. Stillman.
Promises were never brighter be-
cause, with new gym, promising
material, good coach, and last
but not least, school spirit, things
ought to hum rather rapidly from
now on Mr.. Crabtree, president
of the local Normal. has kindly
loaned US the use of the Normal
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