The Detroit times., 1915-12-03
School Happenings

Through tbs charity OF the civics
classes of Central high. ~ Of the
lnost reedy families OF the city were
provided with Thanksgiving dinners.
Automobiles were loaned for the dis
tribution by students OF the school.
The December number OF the Stu
dent" Central high paper. will be
out &c. 8. Editor-in-Chief Harold =.
Christian promises an excellent Is
sue with the usual number Of stories,
poems. pictures and grinds.
Resolved. That the divorce laws
be made federal" was the topic Of
debate before Central high school
House OF Representatives. Thursday
afternoon. A large number of rep
resentatives were present and par
ticipated in the discussion of the
bill Practically every phase OF the
question was brought out In the
course OF the debate. Election will
soon ne held for participants In the
uhhbat IuOACh kuCNblhB. thC
close OF those semester. The Ber.
ger mccall donated annually by En-
manuel T. Berger will be awarded
At this meeting to the best speaker.
and, also the Groesbeck scholarship,
donated by Alex. J. Groesbeck. TO
The representative who in the minds
Of the House." established the best
oratorical record during the term.
The ninth grade students In George
Junior high school are contemplat.
ing an entertainment in their room.
some time ne,o:e the school closes
.or the Christmas vacation. Recitals
by the students are expected to be
on the program. A grab bag contest
viii also be held.
Resolved, That trusts are a men
ace to the community" was the sub
tect of the debate OF the Eastern de-
batting society, in Eastern high
school, Wednesday. Otto Sielaff.
Herman Barcus and william Bige-
;ow upheld the affirmative, while the
negative was discussed by Jacob
Pearlstein, George Coke and Walter
Denstead. The Affirmative easily
won, by q vote OF 13 to 4. The sub
ject was then discussed by most of
the members Of the organization.
while the debators were criticized
by the faculty advisor. Miss Marsh.
The organization decided to hold o
defamation contest in the near fi-
ture. All members are eligible TO
enter the contest. Miss Marsh an
rounced that besides the regular
prize, to be offered by the society,
she will award q special prize OF her
own TO one OF the speakers.
Tickets for the monthly supper of
the Eastern club In Eastern high
school were issued. Thursday. for
Dec. Q. The usuai large crowd Of
members 10 expected % attend.
James Couzens will be the speaker
of the evening.
At this weeks meeting of the Ro-
man Senate In Eastern high school.
II was planned 10 give q sleigh. ride
IN connection with o theateY party.
This event VIII be nne Of the best
given by any pociety in the school
this year. AMI wiil tske rlsce about
Dec. IS. The membership Of the club
was limited TO 80. A. the number
OF members nearly reaches that to-
tai nov. few new applications for
membership can be considered untfl
the FIRST Of noxt semester.
A new webster International die
tionary has been ofRersd to the stu
dent IN Highland Part high school
who makes the most progress IN his
studies during the present semester.
The average OF each students marks
for October viii be taken from his
average for January, and the die.
| 0ur New JuyeniIe Dep't.