The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-03-24

Wednesday evening In the X. OF +.
armory the senior class In high school
entertained the debaters with re-
ception. Dancing was the chief at
traction; however, the class stunts
which were given between the dances
ran II close second. First. between
the third and fourth dances the sopho.
more class Knocked the chapel program
which is carried on every Wednesday
morning in the auditorium. Next came
the scream Of the evening, the fresh.
man stunt. After the sixth dance.
and when all was ready, about ten
freshmen appeared in night gowns and
caps, some carried toys, etc. with
them and one had a baby's milk bottle
Lining up at one end OF the hall. each
one in turn said his fayorite nursery
rhyme. After these rhymes several
comic dialogues we're given, and. Civ
ing cheer for the freshmen class.
they withdrew amid a burst of an
Dlause. The next class stunt was the
juniors, which came between the
ninth and tenth dances. This class
represented the senior class twenty
years hence. Among them were such
notables as Miss Dorothy Blair en-
lah Graham), Jay McDevitt Harold
Ahrendp Allen Sapp (Hoy Jenkins)
etc. A program was arraigned and
speeches were made, vocal solos rem
dered, etc. Miss Dorothy Blair (Zil-
lah Graham), who was represented as
strong and exceedingly active suf-
fragette, GRATED at considerable length
and pleaded her cause in a very touch
ing manner. Worthy of note also was
the part to be enacted by Allen Sapp
(Hoy Jenkins). Al" was to have
demonstrated the very latest dances,
but, as he pleaded lame ankle. he
was excused. Last but not least,
came the senior stunt, which was en-
titled the Passing Show. To begin
with, Pugh Hillebrant finally makes
the high school foot ball team, and re-
ceiving the kickoff starts down the
field when with "one fell stroke" he
knocks the entire opposing team,
which is in the shape of ten pins, off
the map as it were. Another feature
of Importance was the showing OF the
three cities, Newark, GAINESVILLE, and
Mt. Vernon, after the debate Mt. Yer
non was to have been pounding New
ark on the head, and GAINESVILLE was to
have been pounding both Newark and
Mt. Vernon on the head. But, as the
trains from Newark and GAINESVILLE
were both late, this scene had to omit
ted. On the whole, the reception was
| a grand success.
Miss Jean Mcintosh. an English
teacher at high school, was unable to
| attend school Thursday Miss Marie
Shireman, the librarian substituted
for her.
Tuesday evening at the Third ward
school building Mothers and Teach
ers' meeting was held. When the
president, Mrs. l. NJ Wolverton,
called the meeting to order, the room
was packed with eager, eXpectant
parents. The two speakers, Messrs.
H. C. Devin and Herbert Smith. de-
livered exceedingly interesting ad-
dresses and held the undivided atten-
ton of their audience the entire time
Mr.. Herbert Smiths, subject was, The
! Home Government of Children. Mr..
| Smiths address was very interesting
! and exceedingly forcible, impressing
upon the minds of those present the
absolute importance in the home gov
ernment of children Mr.. Devin's ad-
dress was divided into three distinct
important portions: Health, Know
ledge and Religion. Mr.. Devins talk
was interesting to the highest degree
and was enjoyed by many interested
parents. He spoke quite a little on
the development of the child and made
it very impressive how important the
development of the child is. The
remainder of the program, which con-
sisted of numbers given by former
Third ward pupils, was exceedingly
good and very well rendered.
O.
Next Friday evening, March twenty
seventh, in the K of p. armory, the