Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-03-23
SOME SCHOOL NEWS
The Senior-Junior Reception
and Other Notes of
General Interest

j 1t st. Patrick could have seer
the students and teachers in
high school with the masques
they wore at the Senior. Junior
reception Friday evening, he
would have concluded that the
world had gone topsy-turvy in
deed since he lived in it. Invita-
tions we're required at the door
and it was we'll they were, for
even their mothers would not
have known the youngsters in
the garb they wore. Some stu.
dents we're not able to figure out
even their own classmates until
masques were removed. The
hall was beautifully decorated
and lighted so that every feature
of it was shown up to the very
best advantage. Blarney Castle
was represented so perfectly
that some of the youngsters
thought they could actually climb
to the kissing stone. In Dublin
Bay, through the kindness OF
Frank Beach, was placed an ele
CANT grafanola and as the guests
approached st. Patrick's land
beautiful strains If Irish melo.
dies greeted. them and lent a Pc
culiar charm TO the scene. Cecil
Brazeal and Herve Coday. presi
dents of their respective classes,
were masters of ceremonies and
did their full share to make the
evening a delightful one for all
present. After masques had
been removed and each one knew
who the other was a series of
contests were given one of which
was to write one part of tele.
phone conversation when the
other side was heard. Velma
Hylton and Hazel Burney were
the winners and we're informed
that they had the reputation OF
Spending much time at the phone
Prof. j "A. Hylton was given a red
bandanna for making the most
words out of the letters in st.
Patrick. Delicious refreshments
were served, the last course con-
tanning bricks of ice cream with
a green shamrock design in the
center. Music and games, new
and old, were enjoyed until late
or rather early hour without in
terruption except when jeff and
Mutt would occasionally get into
a dispute which required the
services of the policeman to set.
tie it. The characters represent
ed by the Mosques were surpri'
sing for the variety they showed,
not more than two persons Sc
lecting the same type. Wade
Rippee was an excellent circus
clown, Mintie Avery and Alice
Tombleson were typical gypsies,
Mabel Coday with her shepherds
crook was Little Bo Peep, Cecil
Brazeal and Ruth Hoover pro
trayed the negro character, Mr..
Hylton represented the 18th cen.
tury knight in full armor, Opal
Hoover and Ollie Chance were
fine types of 1O.year.old girls,
Mabel Hoover was perfectly dis.
guised as a rustic lass on her
first visit to town, Herve Coday
was fine specimen of the Amer.
lean soldier, Lois Beach was a
real little Red Riding Hood, Will
da Stephens looked like a lassie
from Scotland, Nora Ross typitied
the Irish colleen, Jasper Craig
was mutter than Mutt himself
and Ben Grover was more natur.
al as jeff than he is as Ben. The
best representation of the list
was probably Clelland Hitchcock
as policeman. He not only looked
like a cop but he acted like one.
Velma Hylton was good as Bar,
bara Worth, Hazel Burney and
Earl Cauble made quite good In
dians, Sidney Grantham was 8
real porter, Lelah Cole had a per
feet makeup for a nun, Locke
Craig was cute Buster Brown
Irmey Kennedy made an excel
lent Dutch girl, Charley Chaplin
was taken on we'll by Roy Nor