Morris tribune., 1916-11-03
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS
FORM CLEE CLUB
Bigelow to Lecture Next Thurs
day First Debate Held
Other School Notes.

Inc successful enOrCS OF the nlgn
school girls glee club encouraged ten
of the best singers among the high
school boys to form a Boys Glee
Club, the latter part of last week.
and to commence practicing at once.
Although the parts have not been as
signed by Miss Minnie Hanson, in
structor in Latin and German, who is
directing the boys glee club, the
following high school boys are practi-
cling regularly: Thabes Caine, Robert
Kruger, Harold Lund, Harvard o.
son, Sylvester Flatner, Oliver Os-
trem, Charles Scobey, Oswald Dolven,
Carl Opheim and Roy Jacobson. Off
GERS will be elected for the definite
organization of the club early next
week. Superintendent Simonds and
Prof. C. j. O'Connell are assisting
Miss Hanson in directing the club.
Herbert S. Bigelow, for nineteen
years pastor of The Peoples Church
of Cincinnati, Ohio, will lecture Nov
ember 9, the second number of the
lyceum course. Mr.. Bigelow is al
most as we'll known for his political
accomplishments and work of social
reform as for his record of pastor of
one of the greatest churches in the
United States. He is a member of
the Ohio Legislature from Cincinnati
and in 1912 served as president of
Ohio's Fourth Constitutional conven-
ton.
The teachers of the public school in
Morris are in St. Paul today attend
ing the annual meeting of the Mime
sofa Educational association. The
schools closed Wednesday morning in
order to make it possible for the
teachers to reach the city in time to
attend the first meeting of the session,
Wednesday night. Superintendent
Charles Simonds went to St. Paul ear
ly Monday to transact important bust
ness connected with the Morris schools
before the opening of the convention.
The principal speaker of the session
will be w. w. Writ superintendent
of the public schools at Gary. Ind.
"The Gary" Plan is at present one
of the most widely discussed of all
plans for management of public
schools.
The opening number of the high
school lyceum course was held
Thursday night in the high
school auditorium before large audi
ence. The Chicago Male quartet with
a we'll selected program of quartet:
solo and instrumental music appeared
as the first number of the course and
We're we'll received. Their selections
were judiciously chosen from classic,
semi classic and popular musical num-
bers. The Chicago quartet have ap-
peared before Morris audiences at diff
erent times, but never to better adj
vantage than Thursday night.
The first literary program of the
1867 year at the Morris high
school was given Friday night in the
high school auditorium. The program
was featured by spirited and we'll
rendered debate between the Junior
and Senior classes on the popular sub
ject "Resolved That Immigration
into the United States be Further
Restricted by Literacy Test" The
close decision was given to the Jun
Tors, who were upholding the negative
side, and were represented by Amanda
Dolven, Margaret Burpee and Roy
Jacobson. Florence Ringness, Dor
othy Geenty and Robert Kruger COM
posed the Senior team which expoused
the affirmative cause. The judges of
the debate were: Rev. Stever, Mr..
Johnson, and Mr.. Newton.