The Dickinson press., 1916-12-16

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Helen Cuskelly was out of high
school the past week on account Of
: illness.
The Freshmen will give a class
party in the high school gymnasium
on Friday evening, December 18th.
! The high school faculty will also be
guests.
The Seniors have selected their
class pins. They will be small gold
\ arrow heads with the year and school
4 across the face in different gold.
: They will also be secured with safety
: clasps.
/ Miss Hillcsheim, president of the
: Modern Language department of the
\ N. d. E. A., is preparing a two half
! day session program for this particu-
{ lar branch of the association work for
! ! the next meeting.
{ The December number of "The
Gregg Writer" published in New York
and we'll known in best business cir
\ cles all over the world records the
fact that two of our high school
! pupils, Alice Leary and Rose Bleth,
: have been admitted to che member
! ship of the O. A. T.-Order of Ar
! tistic Typists. Membership being
based upon examination as given in
the Gregg Writer.
The. Freshman physiology class
have been writing some very inter-
esting papers on "How to Make Dick
lnson Better Town to Live In."
The Public Speaking club have for
their program this afternoon debate
on the subject "Resolved that Women
Should have Equal Voting Rights"
Joe Nolan, Mary Pasca al.d Anna
Pasca are taking the affirmative.
They will be contested by Woolf
|; Guon, Phoebe Smiley and Beulah At
ins.
Under the O. G. A.-Order of
Gregg Artists-it will be noted that
Miss Hildegard OFT, director of the
Commercial Department, is the sole
representative for North Dakota this
month. The shorthand test passed
by Miss OFT is the same as published
! in the December number, page 178,
entitled "How Beecher Learned Self
Reliance"
Supt. Berg was in Bismarck on
Tuesday, arranging tie dates for the
next annual meeting of the North Da-
kota Education Association meeting,
which is to take place at Bismarck.
The dates were set for October 31st
and November 1st and End. The
committee in charge is planning on
having w. j. Bryan as principal
speaker, if he can be secured.
Following the programs today (Fri-
; day. Miss Harris will conduct sew
ing exhibit in the high school sew
ing room, where the work of the 7th
and 9th grade classes as we'll as that
of the high school classes will be
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3:45 to 500 o'clock. All the towns
ticularly the parents of the girls who
The "Loyal Six" of the Junior
{ class, Ethel Tillqu:st, Agnes Moe,
Blanche Flanagan, Mclba Garwicl1,
Bernice Frye and Frances Palmer, en-
y tertained the Junior basketball team
Of the Junior class, Monte McCutchan,
George Tillquist, Charles Eldred, Leo
! Mullaney, Woolf Guon and Leroy
: Scharf, at TOO o'clock dinner party
! at the home of Blanche Flanagan last
: Saturday evening. After splendid
! dinner the evening was pleasantly
: spent with games and music.
Spelling Test
+ In g recent issue Of the Journal of
Education a list of words taken from
) the "Correct;on Of Themes" and
called the "Hundrcd Worst Words,"
appeared. In commenting on these
! words, it was stated that they were
! probably more often misspelled by
: high school pupils thai! arc any other
one hundred words in the language.
! Without any warning or preparation
these words were given to the pupils
! of the high school rs test. The fol-
lowing pupils received 80 per cent or
\ \ over on the list:
Agnes Moe, 80; Otis Lee, 80; Daisy
Mitchell, SO; Bernice Frye, 81; Edgar
I Berg, 81; Ruth Mascr, 81; Minnie
Angliss, 81; Beulah Atkins, 96; Lucy
: Armstrong, 96; Thora Jessen, 95;
Elsie Marr, 95; Leo Mullaney, IS; Fa-
|. Dora Drury, 81; Jacob Mininberg, "a;
Helen Cuskelly, SO; Marion Coffin, SO;
Han Tennis, 90; Edward Shaw, SO;
Ruth Candee, SO; Florence Cooke, 92;
I gan, 90; Lamoin RAIDER, 81; Seibert
: Snyder, 81; Winnifred Eyer, 81;
Frances Walsh, 81; Carol Cameron,
80; Helen Belsheim, 90; Theodore
Rudiselle, 30; Phoebe Smiley, 80;
Lucy Bailey, 30; Rosa Hornstra, 90;
Mildred Heffron, 30; Hilda Peterson,
80.
The average mark for the alumni
was 95; Seniors, 1913; Juniors "a;
Sophomores, 70; Freshmen, 77.3. It
was found that all right, occurred,
william, seize and weird were the
hardest words.G
+ Dramatic Club Program
Il The dramatic club will give in
, closed performance on Friday, De-
cember 10Th, the following program:
:. Trials of Xmas Shopping
CHARACTERS
, Grandma Barton, Catherine Mckinley
John Barton ................. Jack Lefor
: Mrs. Barton - Tekla Peterson
Miss Edith Barton 90. Bernice Pelton
The True Xmas Spirit
CHARACTERS
Mrs. Richly ................-..... Eva Nelson
Mrs. MOnta que - Mabel Marsh