The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-02-24
SCHOOL NOTES

Miss laura Stermer, third grade
teacher, visited the Watertown schools
Monday.
Miss Florence Keller was unable TO
meet her classes Monday on account
Of an attack of tonsilitis.
Zaida Coulter, a sophomore, is out
of school, being confined to her room
with a well developed case of measles.
Miss Marie Vahle visited home folks
at Tracy, Mimi, over Saturday and
Sunday, not returning to Brookings
until Tuesday evening.
DR.. Stewart addressed the hign
school students in general assembly
Monday morning. The address was
full of suggestions and was intensely
interesting to all.
The basket ball team went to Lake
Preston Saturday where they net the
quintette of hat school in a contest
at shooting the hoop. Our boys proved
too much for the Lake Preston team
as the score II to 7 in our favor would
indicate.
The last game of the season to be
played at home will be with the Madi-
son high school team Saturday even
ing at the college gymnasium. The
Madison team has been playing some
fast games and as the local team has
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exciting and intensely interesting
game.
A parents-teachers meeting for the
first four grades will be held at the
school building Friday at the close OF
school. The subject for discussion is,
Cooperation of Home and School"
The meeting of parents and teachers
give a better understanding of home
and school conditions and all should
have a personal interest in the meet
ings.
The manual training boys are now
framing the school pictures purchased
at the time of the Elson Art Exhibit.
There are 26 of these pictures and as
soon as they are all framed it is plan
ned to have an unwilling or exhibit
with a study of each of the pictures
that the public may have an opportun-
ity to see the collection so their value
may be better understood. These pic
lures when hung in the rooms of the
building will add much to their attrac-
tiveness.
The new" teachers, those teaching
their first year in Brookings, entertain
ed the "old" teachers at a theater
party Tuesday evening in return for
the reception given them by the odd
teachers last fall. The generous hos
pitality of the new teachers to the
"old" did not stop at the theater, but
after the play were served to refresh
ments at the Candy Kitchen. This
ings the teachers have had together
during the year as all expressed them
selves as having had the best time
ever.
The debate at the high school Fri
day evening between De Smet, afirma-
tive and Brookings, negative resulted
in a decision of two to one in favor Of
the Brookings team. Hon. Philo Hall
presided during the evening. Prof.
Bates, Attorneys Alexander and Han
son acted as judges. The visiting team
made a good showing. Their construc-
tive argument was we'll organized and
the speeches we'll delivered but they
were not able to make good in their
rebuttal. The local team which is
composed of Robert Yule, Lydia
Schultz and Earl MINER all handled
the subject in a very convincing way
and their speeches in rebuttal won for
them the decision of the judges.
The high school chorus will present
"The Captain of Plymouth" a comic
opera, at the Grand opera house Friday
evening, March the 3rd. THE Cap.
tain of Plymouth" is a comic opera in
three acts and founded on that beauti.
full poem. "The Courtship of Miles
Standish." 1t preserves the charming
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