The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1915-12-16
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
c. c. H. S.
SPELLING contest.

the Freshmen English classes under
the direction of Miss Russell, con-
Quoted a spelling contest. The names
of the twenty individuals making the
fewest mistakes were posted on the
bulletin boards. These students COM
peted for Individual honors at the
regular chapel exercises Monday morn
ing and the words misspeiled Friday
afternoon were used. The winner,
Ruth Ross, was awarded Enos Mills
latest book. THE Rocky Mountain
Wonderland" Principal C. E. Lauter-
bach offered the prize and It is one
to be valued by any student Of C. C.
H. s.
Latin Vocabulary Contest
A preliminary vocabulary contest
was held between the first and second
divisions of the Freshmen Latin
class recently under the direction of
Miss Hall. The final contest occur
red Thursday afternoon, chance seem
ing to favor the second division OF the
class. The first division was rather
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number of its members were absent
from school at the time of the con-
test
The winners of the individual honors
in the preliminaries namely were.
Francis Biddix and Evelyn Hoag and
they challenged Gladys Hickey and Al
bert Seffns, the winners OF the last
contest. to a contest to be held Monday
afternoon.
Interesting Essays in Cicero Classes
Every two weeks the members of
the Cicero class. with their instruc-
tor, Miss Lee. conduct a "trip" to
some ancient city for a study of the
ruins, excavations and other interest
ing features. Every student of the
class writes short essay. using as
his material, the descriptions and
facts of interest, which are read to
the class. Last Friday "Trip was
made to Naples and Pompeii. Many
interesting items as well as excellent
pictures made this travel study a de-
lightful one.
Sickness In School.
On the average, there have been
about thirty cases Of absence every
day of the past week, and great
majority of these have been due to
sickness. C. c. II. s.. however. re-
ports fewer cases of absence in pro-
portion to the enrolment than the
other schools Of the community.
VIM. Kennedy M.
VIM. Kennedy OF the Senior Class
has been confined to his home the
greater part of the past week with
Gus for time, is now greatly improv-
ed.
Margaret Evans Improved.
Friday evening Of the Boom. Marga-
ret Evans. high school reporter for
the Leader, was taken seriously i'll
with la grippe. She was confined to
the hospital for a short time. We are
glad to know that she is improving.
Christmas Vacation.
School is to be dismissed Thursday
afternoon, Dec. 23rd for Christmas
vacation, and the new session will be-
gin on Monday Jan. 3, 1916. Many
of the instructors as well as students
are planning visits with friends and
relatives elsewhere. during the holi-
days.
Teaehers' Party at High School.
The teachers OF District No. !. en-
joyed a children's party at the high
school building Friday evening, all Of
the guests appearinA in fchiidren's
dress, representing various ages from
six years upward. Youthful games
were enjoyed and at the conclusion OF
the fun, each little one" was given
a present from the Christmas tree.
Delicious refreshments consisting OF
sandwiches, hot chocolate. and ice
cream were served to the delighted
children. Everyone fortunate
enough TO be present reports q de-
lightful evening.
RiP-RAPPINo OF RIVER BANK is
COMPLETED.
The rip-rapping with stone Of tho
south bank OF the Arkansas river in
the Hot Springs addition. on which
a gang OF men have been employed by
the city for some time past under
supervision OF Street Commissioner
Tom Parker, was completed few
days ago. About two hundred feet
Of the river bank has been protect
ed from further erosion by the cur.
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