The Glenwood post., 1916-10-14
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES

from list OF one hundred elghty-
two most commonly misspelled words in
the American language, the following
per cents were made by the various
classes in recent test: Senior, 95;
93%; Junior, 92h; Com
mercial, IS; Freshman, 81 1-3. Of the
words missed "all right took the
lead, it being incorrectly spelled on
forty four papers. Rodney Bell, senior
did not miss a word Sara Loser SEN
ior- Sadie Weir, Junior, and Wallace
Rawles and Wesley Curtis of the sopho-
more class each missed one word. The
list of words with several additions
will be studied and another test will be
given later in the year.
A letter from Florence Kob of the
class of 1915 states that she is attend
ing Denver University. She expresses
her satisfaction in having had our
course in shorthand and typewriting
She holds the position of secretary to
the dean and registrar of D. U, thereby
earning neat little sum in addition to
expenses. She is also much pleased
with her class work and anticipates a
pleasant and successful year of work.
Several fine specimens of work have
been completed by the freshman class
in manual training. Howard Hubbard
and Paul Oldenburg have made book
racks. Warren Hollingsworth screen
and Stanley Curtis book and maya
zine holder.
The freshman girls are doing as good
work in their cooking class and the
boys have nothing to boast of. Some
thing of their work will be told later.
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messenger boy and has been busy this
week delivering the world series base
ball messages to the Western Union
subscribers. These messages are deliv-
cred every ten minutes each afternoon.
Most of the high school students are
Boston enthusiasts and eagerly look for
the results on the Magnall-Ford bull
letin. NT
1t is still undecided who will repre-
sent us in the coming tennis tournament
with Aspen on October 81. as the rain
has made tryouts impossible.
Mr.. Cross has obtained some much
needed apparatus for the laboratory.
The masculine element of the sopho-
more class held a get-together in
the gymnasium last week. The first
fisticuff argument was three round
90 between "Cudlv' Peabody and W.
Hollingsworth. Later "Bob Cat"
Doneean and x. o. King staged ten
rounds of an interesting fight which
, resulted in a draw. Mr.: Underwood
was general manager. r..
The juniors have the following Off
GERS for the year: Douglas Cross. pres-
ident; Gladys MacRae. vice president;
Alex Allen, secretary and treasurer;
Helen Patterson, editor. The class
colors are blue and gold.
Tests are coming thick and fast for
the juniors. Cheer up! The worst Is
yet to come. Quarterly examinations
are not far off.
The Glenwood public schools will OBJ
serve Columbus day, October 12, with
patriotic exercises. In the high school
Father Carrigan viii give an address
and the various chorus classes will
furnish music
Superintendent Underwood has COM
pleted the PROGRAM of the high school
section of the Western Colorado Teach
crs' association to be held in Grand
Junction October 30 and 81 and No
vember |. Mr.. Underwood is president
of the high school section and Miss
Allen and Miss Mahoney will represent
the Glenwood. Springs teachers on the
Flags are flying from both seho j
buildings today in commemoration of
the anniversary of America, and ,patri,
otto exercises are being held in all the
grades. Father Carrigan addressed the
high school on Columbus this morn.
ing. It was appropriate that he should
give the address as an associate Of his,
Mr.. Noche of Denver, was the orig
inator Of Columbus Day as legal hol-
iday in Colorado. Colorado was the
first state to make Columbus Day le-
gal holiday but thirty other states
have followed her example. Father Car
rigan gave a vivid description Of the
landing of the little. band of white men
among the tropical verdure Of the New
World. ..u.
program. Ia .,l a.- .l.s.. ..I