The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-10-12
SCHOOL NOTES
BY Edward 8. RawIIns

lowing program was given:
Song, Duke Street"--School.
Song, "Naomi"-School.
Song, MerriaI'-School.
Song, "The Lord Is My Shepherd"
School.
Prayers.
Song, Flag Of the Free"-School.
Song, Battle Hymn Of the Repub-
lic"-School.
Song, columbia the Gem of the
Ocean"-School.
Song, "Star spangled Banner
School.
Song, "America"-School.
The annual report of the Colorado
state department Of agriculture has
been added to the shelves Of the Mt.
Vernon high school library.
Coach Jacks was called from the
city during the early part Of the
week by the illness of his wife, who
is living at present in Muskegon.
Mich, at which place Mr.. Jacks
taught school last year.
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Mr.. Dan Houck OF the class Of
1915 has returned home from a trip
through the west and a visit to the
expositions to take up his work again
as student of Mt. Vernon high.
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The German Kali works has sent a
bottle containing specimens of pot
ash to Mt. Vernon high school which
will be used no doubt in the agricul-
ture classes in the high school.
Miss Hadley, a member of the high
school faculty, was unable to attend
school Friday on account Of illness.
To date, there have been thirteen
applicants for the high school orches.
ira. The instruments played by the
members or applicants who have
handed in their names thus far are
mostly high. violins and cornets, thus
leaving the prospective orchestra
without any bass instruments which
are necessary to the success of any
orchestra and without which it is
possible Mt. Vernon high school
might have to give up an orchestra
this year.
Mr.. M. ]. Doherty, member of our
high school teaching force, left last
evening on business trip to Cincin.
natl. While there, Mr.. Doherty will
see the Ohio-Cincinnati football
game.
Mr.. w. G. Dyer, a former member
of our high school faculty, who is
now teaching school in the electrical
engineering department of Ohio State
university, is a visitor in Mt. Vernon
for the weekend
DR.. Larimore was visitor at the
Third ward school Friday afternoon
Miss Ruth Day, of the class of '16
has moved to Dayton, where she will
enter high school. Miss Day is a
girl of considerable musical talent, as
all will remember who heard hel
when she sang at concerts last win
ter.
The faculty of Mt. Vernon higf
school and the board of education art
trying to get the means and way o.
taking care Of the three dozen geran
ium plants which were presented t.
the high school by the Essex glas,
plant
Already the teachers have begun
to think and talk about the trip o
the Central Ohio Teachers associa
tion to Cleveland where they will in
spect and visit the schools with tn,
aim to find some better ideas to brini
back and give to Mt. Vernon.
The Senior class is now struggling
with the prologue to Chaucer'
Canterbury Tales" which they ar
translating from the original Englisl
unless they should happen to be O.
the first or second chapel program
for an Grafton, in which case they ar
devoting all their time to the latter.
Mr.. Walter Wood of Mt. Vernon
who is attending the Cincinnai
Conservatory Of Music Will accom-
pany Mr.. Harold Ahrendt, also Of M
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