El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-11-18
STANDARDNy5T
Be HIGHER NOW
High School Pupils Who Do
Not Try May Be
Dropped.

higher standard of scholarship will
pc required of all high school athletes
neI ca er' Beginning December 1, no
STUDENT may represent the High school
IN any athletic contest, or contest of
any KIND unless he has had a passing
craze Tor the entire term in four sub
4fecIs owing, to the crowded condi-
llou OF the school building all students
VINO continue falling in two subjects
anu VINO after being duly warned, do
not snow marked Improvement will be
tnueIlhlteIy suspended from school at
tendance, giving the room that they oc-
cupy at school to some other student
VINO is more anxious to take advantage
OF the opportunity the school offers.
Forum to Discuss War Topic.
a comparison of the fighting nations
of Europe will be one Of the subjects
discussed at the meeting Friday might
OF the High school forum debating So
clety. Leonard Goodman will make an
address upon this subject Solomon
Stolaroff will talk on the iIliteracy test.
w wayne Taylor will discuss the value of
cadet corps. Manuel StolarOff will
uIScuss reasons for the high cost Of
llVlng. James Bush will take "Prepara-
non Tor champion" as his subject.
6ODerL Hare will deliver the Lincoln
gettysburg address. Frank Brown will
TAX on the progress Of the Forum So
Sam Houston Society Subjects.
american relations in the future with
the south American republics will be
the topic of an address by Fred Hardy
at the meeting of the Sam Houston De
Datlng society of the High school. The
american constitution in comparison
with the English constitution viii be
discussed by Pearly Kennary. Manuel
EscaJeda will talk on Uncle Joe" Can
non and W. J. Bryan as public
speakers. H Becker will speak on the
progress toward the conservation of all
the United States natural resources.
Avis Cochrane will talk on the New
M an ha bav. On q
gram will be defamation by Paul Nc
Queen.
Prepare for TryOut Contest.
Inc three debating societies of the
HlSh schooI are beginning to plan for
the tryout contest to select a High
school debating team to meet the A. &
NJ. college Of New Mexico. The final
tryout between the three societies will
be held December IS. The subject to
be debated is: Resolved, that the pow
er of the federal government should
be paramount to that of the states in
the conservation of natural resources
limited in the forests, water power and
minerals" Each of the societies, the
Sam Houston. the Forum and the PhilO-
nathan society, will hold elimination
contests before the tryOut
New monitors have been elected for
the sophomore class for the students
council These monitors are Robert
Wulff, Werner MOeuer, Earl Johnson,
Herman Silberberg and Harold Wright.
Interested in Ell PasO Plan.
The FL Paso High schools form Of
self government for the school children
has aroused the interest of the Uni
versity of Texas. In the university's
student publication a long writeup is
given the methods employed by the FL
PasO High school, which is the only
high school in the state of Texas to
give the disciplining of the students
into their own hands. The Texas uni
versity was one of the very first col
leges to start the college system of
self government
Night school at the High school will
begin Monday November % at 1880
o'clock Students are being registered
for the school work this week. Upon
the number desiring work along certain
lines will depend the number of teach
ers on the night school staff. If there
is a demand for it laboratory work in
science will be added.