The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1915-11-18
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
ax Hunter Palmer. Jr.
c. C. H. S.

chapel period Monday morning, AS
usual a song was sung and all re-
peated the Lords Prayer. Instead
of the usual scripture reading, Prof.
Lauterbach read little fable by Rob-
ert Louis Stevenson, entitled, Know
Faith, Have Faith, and Hold Faith"
This fable was a discussion of our
religion by means of narration. The
story was short but impressed all.
After this short prelude. The Rev.
Van Keuren was introduced to the
assemblage. In his address he dwelt
chiefly upon the practicability of
making peonle good by making them
happy. ~
He also spoke upon miracles, and
said.. Our attitude toward miracles
is. very natural especially Tn the
light of scientific investigation. He
showed, however. the possibility of
miracles by an example. He told the
audience. that he held in his pocket
an article which no one. not even
himself had ever seen and none.
five minutes hence. would ever see
again. The audience was very
skeptical. He promptly broke a pea
nut from its shell and at it. In this
simple manner he showed that If we
read the Bible in sympathy, we might
be able to understand its mysteries.
He endeavored to show the influ.
ence of God upon earthly things. even
upon economic changes.
He said some people judged Chris
tianity as parastical and a god many
are in their hearts atheists He
said this was perfectly natural and
said to try to work ourselves out of
such a mood.
Lastly he dwelt upon the character,
personality, and physical being of the
Christ. He said: do not think of
Christ as a sickly, dyspeptic man, be-
cause that could not be SO. Most
of his life he was a carpenter, and
carpenter those days not only worked
in his shop, but also procured his
material from the native forests.
Christ was an athlete. a man Of charm
and personal magnetism. He was,
besides being a man of wonderful
ability. a jolly good companion"
The school has been looking for
ward to this event for nearly two
weeks and it was with pleasure that
they heard him Monday.
The faculty wishes to impress upon
the parents and patrons of the school
that they are always welcome at
these chapel periods ON Monday as
well as any other time they wish to
visit the school.
Books To Be Read.
Each of the various classes and the
Freshmen are to be given books to
read this year as usual. The books
are by standard authors, such as
Scott, Dickens, George Elliott, Poe.
Shakespeare and others. The student
is given the option of choosing the
books he prefers to read and may,
upon permission of the teacher, choose
some book or classic not on the lists,
il standard.
Each book counts SO many points.
Ten or fifteen points are necessary
for semester's work. Some books
are worth more points than others.
Such books as the Tale of Two
Cities" David Copperfeld," are
valued at seven points, while others
such as Shakespeare works are valu-
ed only at three or four points.
In addition to this, these lists of
books read must be given to the
school. The first list is to contain the
books read since Sept. until the
present date. The second, those read
during the summer and the third.
those read during cne's life time or
as many as can be remembered.
There is a saying that next to
good friends comes good books The
school is endeavoring to create a de-
sire for good reading and it is very
likely that they will succeed. 1t is a
very creditable attainment to be well
versed in literature and 1t behooves
the students to take advantage of the
opportunities offered.
The Boom.
A definite date for the Annual High
School Boom has been determined up
on. The day is Friday, Dec. 3. Dur
ing festival week. The chamber of
commerce has designated this certain
day as High School Day. This is a
fine thing for the Boom and will no
doubt give tie school a large amount