Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-01-21

the record Of things done or under
n detail follows:
! ing more data and reviewing her form,
er work
| The result of her work was embed
led in complete report of the condi.
tons prevailing in Ottumwa and was
given to our citizens at an open meet
ing at the association rooms during
September This meeting authorized
the organization of the Associated
Charities of Wapello county, appoint
ed officers and directors and instruct.
ed the committee to Immediately pro
coed to appoint additional committees
for the solicitation of funds for the
Associated Charities work. Approx
mately $4,000 was secured which has
been deemed sufficient for the first
: years trial
!; Miss Sara A. Brown who has had
| extensive experience in this line of
work, was employed as secretary, and
now has her organization in active
| work. With the proper support by our
citizens and the cooperation OF other
charitable institutions, the county
| board and city commissioners, this Or
ganization will be success and a
great benefit to the community. The
committee III charge of this work is
certainly entitled to the commentator
J of the public for their successful eff
| fort
Record Enrolment.
! The enrolment OF the school at the
| beginning of the semester was SIC,
the largest in September in the his
tory of the school. The following sub
! jects We're taught by twenty-four
members Of the faculty: Latin, mathe-
mates. solid geometry, English, his
! tory, German, music, drawing, domes-
tic science, sewing, manual training,
mechanical drawing, physical geogra-
| ply, general science. botany, chemis-
try. physics, economics, ciyics. bust
ness English, typewriting, bookkeep,
| ing and shorthand. A new course OF
elocutlon under Prof Adrian Foley
will be instituted next semester, and
arithmetic algebra and commercial
! law will also be taught. The classes
in domestic science and sewing under
Miss Boyle have been crowded, and
her time has been fully taken up. A
ldISS utIuUSl VI oluOChAIo nav ~Aoo
taken advantage Of the opportunity Of
fered them in commercial way IN
the business English. typewriting,
short hand and bookkeeping classes.
Some School Features.
In addition to the regular routine,
the Lincoln and Mckinley Debating
societies and the Clio and Philo Lit
, erary societies have been active, a
large number of good debates and pro-
grams having been given by them
The Dramatic club recently gave
successful presentation Of the com.
edy drama six Sharps and One Flat
and is now working on another play
The local institution was represent
ed in a creditable manner during the
season by, the football team captalneo
by Sparkling Anderson and coached by
Carl Heidi who was employed to take
charge of the squad by the alumni.
Fifteen games have been scheduled
for the coming basketball season ana
the members of the team are deter
mined to make a good record.
The subject for debating this year
is "Resolved that immigration into
the United States should be further
restricted by literacy test. Inc
| following debaters under Coaches Nix
on and Foley will represent the hlgh
school this season in the interscho,
]astic debates: Affirmative. Lloyd
Carter John Davis and Harold Chap
man: negative. Vernon Downs. Ben
iamin Ellsworth and Kenneth Baker;
! alternate. Hugh Riley. The negative
team was defeated by Mt. Pleasant IN
it's first debate but the 0. II. S. deoat
ers clearly surpassed their opponents
! in organization and delivery and maze
good showing.
An Accredited School.
The local high school is accredited
by the North Central Association OF
! Colleges and Secondary schools. or III
other words graduate OF the Ottum
wa high school will be admitted WIN
ont entrance examinations TO any
school which is a member OF that as
ISOLATION. Only those schools whose
standard of scholarship is considered
high epcuqh to warrant 1t are glVei
! this privilege, so that OttumWa shoult
he nroud of the high esteem In Whlcl
| the local school is held elsewhere
| Active for Good Roads.
The good roads work of the assocl
alton has been continuous Throughout
the entire year. Fully realizing th'
! value of marked roads. the commltte'
has been in the forefront to get new
routes through Ottumwa. and mas con
ctantlv urged that these roads d.
pIainly marked and kept in sooe
shape. Complaints from out OF toWi
visitors that the roads within the cat!
and for a short distance beyond I'M
limits were not as good as countr.
roads. we're at once taken up with I'M
commissioners with the result tnat
marked improvement was made II a.
Of the roads leading out OF the Guy
The organization at Ottumwa cary u
the ear of the Great North ana oou''
highway from Cedar Rapids to Jetlef
son City Missouri, gave TO Otluii" WI
q marked auto route between ines
cities and filed long felt want 10
a direct north and south line, connec'
ing at the southern end with a direc