The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-12-17
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.

HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.
Red Cross seals on sale at the Higl
School. Seal your Christmas gifts will
Red Cross seals.
The Domestic Science Club met il
regular session Tuesday evening. Be
fore discussing the regular subject, I
brief program was given consisting of
Chorus-by members Of the club.
Vocal Solo BERTHE Silvers
Reading Josephine Simpson.
Piano Solo Doris Wyatt
Vocal Solo Nadine Reavis.
Several visitors were present. The
club always welcomes the ladies of the
town who care to attend their meet
ings.
Thursdays chapel program was ex'
cellent. A vocal solo by Miss Marga-
rette Snider was the first thing to de-
light the students. Then Rev. Ticknor
addressed the assembly on self Made
or Never Made at All"
Next Thuraday the music class as
sisted by several other people will gave
a program concentrating the birthday
of Beethoven. 1t will consist chiefly Of
stories Of the life of this great compos-
er and several of his compositions.
Last week as the members of the OBJ
servation class were starting to visit
the room of certain young lady teach
er they were accosted by Senior. The
Senior being naturally of an inquisitive
nature desired to know the victim of
that days visit. On being told that it
was - this certain young lady, the
Senior expressed 8 great desire to visit
her too. The class gladly invited him
to join them in their expedition, but the
Senior, fearing the wrath of the princi-
pal, should he ask permit to go and
thinking the teacher might forget the
lesson in hand, with a great effort de.
clined.
The High School furnished part of
the Thursday evening program at the
Farmers Short Course meeting. There
was:
Piano Solo-Doris Wyatt
'Barcarolle" Misses Greenup, Nc
Gregor and Silvers.
Violin Solo Merlin Fields
Last Night" Girls Glee Club.
Recitation on Corn by the Agricul-
ture classes conducted by Mr.. Coonrod.-
The Story Club met Thursday eve
ming of this week. The second grades
were invited to be present. .
Senior Notes.
To some is given the honor of the
creation of wonderful poems from just
a little soap of an inspiration, to some
the art of connecting dainty dishes from
a meagre supply of ingredients and to
others IS given the task of sitting down
with blank dismayed mind and in five
minutes of frantic scribbling produce
series Of supposedly perfectly sane
notes from the daily routine of classes.
Last week the observation class OBJ
served sixth grade physiology class.
The topic under discussion was tuber-
culosis. 1t was well handled, many
phases being discussed. We enjoyed
the lesson from start to finish and would
be glad to visit the same class again.
Red Cross Christmas seals have been
distributed among the various classes.
Nearly every pupil has taken from one
to four packages to sell. The proceeds
will 60 to aid in the stamping out of
tuberculosis. 1t will take but little of
our time and surely we can afford to
spare that little for the advancement
Of such worthy cause.
After the Convention" a test and a
few miscellaneous lessons in American
History We have to at last dropped
back into the regular routine of lessons.
We are given problem for each chap
ter. We read the chapter or portion
there of carefully then answer the
problem given. If we are able to an
swer it successfully, we are sure of
having good History lesson.
We have taken up the study of 1.-THE !:
History English Literature" in English,
and very interesting it proves to be.
Miss Fenton told us very frankly that
The was experimenting on US in this
,hase of the English work. We don't