Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-04-07

Miss Annie Suitor of st. Johnsbury
and Pearle Suitor were visitors at
school last week.
Monday morning the girls of the
training class began teaching geogra~
ply in the intermediate grades.
Friday the training class girls
received certificates as results of the
teachers d .aminations they took last
month.
Miss Hazel Harris of the high school
faculty was unable to attend to her
school duties the latter part of last
week because of illness.
The seniors held class meeting last
week, in which the matter of their
exercises for the end of their four
years toll and sacrifice, was discussed.
The training class girls held candy
, sale IN the domestic science room
| Wednesday. 1t was well patronized
and according to all reports the candy
was in perfect health.
| Tuesday of last week the recitations;
were run off on slightly different.
program. the class usually reciting the
| first period in the morning now coming
in the fourth or last period of the
takes the place of the first
| In last weeks issue of the Monitor
we did not have much news because
the school was closed for vacation the
preceding week and therefore nothing
happened about which we could write
Now, however. with the school doing
it's work in full swing, we hope to
have this space full every week.
Some people are bound to abuse a
privilege, others do it unthinkingly;
at any rate when a pupil enters the
school room he must go to his seat at
once. If he does not wish to study.
his neighbor may, which was impossible
when nearly everyone was making as.
much noise as he could; but it may be
done now, with everyone in his seat
! We find that for the past week, two
of our students have not been able to
attend school. They are Miss Olive
Eddy and Gordon Campbell. When,
one is forced to be absent from school
this way, it makes it hard for them to,
go on with their work because they
have lost so much, or have it to make
up We hope that these absent ones
will be able to be in school soon.
/ Nearly all of the high school alumni.
who are attending college. are home for
the Easter vacation. This school is
proud to have so many of its graduates
in college. Many of the alumni have
visited the high school during their
vacation, among them being Maynard
Foster, '13, who attends Norwich ::
Harland Paige, IA, Ralph King, '13,
Amory Seaver, 10 and Frank Corley.
,, '10-all of U. V. M.
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, two interesting debates Thursday.
"Resolved that sewing and cooking
should be taught in the high school"
was the subject of one debate. Nellie
Cooke and Grace Dow argued for the
affirmative while Elsie Chase supported
the negative side. Maryethel Brooks
, was to help Miss Chase but was absent.
The decision was awarded to the
affirmative side. In the other debate
, Clifton Dunham and Alfred Rollins
! upheld the affirmative side of the ques-
tion, Resolved that students who do
? not maintain passing grade in their
. scholastic work should be debarred
from playing on the school athletic
teams" Paul Parker and Leslie Eli
oft gave the arguments on the negative
e side of the question. This debate was
also awarded to the affirmative
The boys of the school went to the
: fair grounds Thursday for the first
, spring practice in baseball. Although
there was keen wind blowing and the
air was rather chilly. the boys had q
good time. The next day there were
many lame backs. stiff joints and sore
Z arms, but We hope to eradicate these
> trivial matters soon. 1t might be said
that the prospects for successful
I baseball team at the academy are not
any too promising. Every high school,
, of this size experiences every four or
five years time when there is a notice.
able lack of athletic material and we
are in just that fix here this year.
There is q lack of baseball material
in the high school: However. the
boys intend to work hard this spring,
to play a few games and to pave the
way for good team next year.
4 The report for writing at the close
of the winter term, from the Palmer
company follows: Those receiving the
final certificate: Lola Hawkins, teach.
er training class; Aline Baldwin. gram
mar school. Those having one hundred
pins: Sixth grade. Doris Tripp !:
seventh grade. Florence Domino.
Dorothy Emerson, Abraham Cohen,
, Harold Webster; grammar grades.
Avis Nye. Geneva Hubbard, Florence
Blood. Marjorie Nelson. Vera Leland.
Thelma Hawkins. Ruth Langeway,
Ethel Lyon. training class: Pearl
Robinson Ruth Freeman. Maud Hub
bard, Pearl Comstock. Those receiv-
ing buttons for acceptance of first Is
drills: Sixth grade Ida Whitcher,
Raymond Ryder: seventh grade, Mil
dred Larabee, Henry Stone, Leigh
Comstock. Harold Carter. Lillian
Langeway: grammar grades, Irene
Langeway, Rupert Tate; training
class. Geneva Whitcher.
Miss Bernice Still of Hardwick, for
long time in the employ of the