The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-12-26
BY Benjamin w. RawIlns

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Monday mornings chapel program
was as follows:
Essay, Christmas Customs in Other
Lands.-Martha Richert.
Recitation, "Joe's Search for Santa
Claus-Dorothy Swingley.
Piano solo, "a Wedding Day at
Troldhanger" by Grieg-Ethel Powell.
Reading, "The Thin Santa Claus"
arranged from story by Ellis Parker
Butler-Inez Cornell.
"The Watcher" an original story
Stanley Haines.
The visitors at chapel we're: Mr. and
Mrs. Hannum, Mrs. Powell, Mr..
Strang, Mrs. Stevens. Mrs. Cornell and
Colt Mitchell, ex-17.
Hoy Jenkins of the class of rs and
John McLarnon of '16 visited school
Monday afternoon
Because of the low pressure of gas
Monday morning, the high school was
dismissed after the chapel exercises.
Last Thursday night the debaters
OF the Mt. Vernon high school held
their first practice debate, at which
time they showed great debating abili.
ty. The speeches we're not written
and learned, but entirely made up on
the spot. The purpose of these extern
poraneous speeches is to give the
teams practice in rebuttai Both the
negative and affirmative teams showed
excellent work and knowledge of the
subject. They presented their argu-
ments, summed them up and rebutted
each other with great smoothness and
skill. Coach Cunliffe asked the opin-
two of Mt Vernon's alumni stars on
the debate platform, who were pres
ent. They both agreed that the high
school had the material for one of the
strongest debate teams Mt. Vernon ev-
er knew; that ii they continued the
way they had started they would hang
two more banners on the wall of the
Mt Vernon high school, i'll spite of the
fact that GAINESVILLE seems so sure OF
victory.
William McBroom OF '16 is home
from Aurora, ILL.,, where he is attend
ing school
Russell Eastman OF '16 and Kenneth
Harper exile, who are attending
school at Kenyon college, are spending
Christmas with their parents in this
city.
Charles West, Mt. Vernon alum
nus, and student of the Ohio Wes-
leyan university, is home to spend
Christmas with his parents.
The speech given by Supt Wilson
Hawkins of Newark was well received
by the teachers. His subject was
Teaching for Power" which he made
very interesting. Anyone listening to
him could readily see that he utilized
the rich experience acquired by a
number of years in the work.
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All the grade schools of the city gave
| Christmas entertainments for the ben
eft of the patrons
Miss Baird of the First ward was
out on account of sickness one day
last week. Miss Headington was out
one half day on account of sickness.
' There was a postponed program in
the high school auditorium Friday af'
ternoon entitled Dogs" 1t was in
charge of Miss Mcintosh. 1t was as
follows:
Reading, Dogs aud Men-Hallie
Beamer.
Essay, White Fang-Elton Faddis.
Music, "Elegy on the Death of a Mad
Dog"
Readings, Power of Dog" by Kip
ling and ITO My Dog" by j. G. Hol
land-Helen Shaffer.
Reading, Dogs in Literature-Madgt
Shellenbarger.
Reading, Xmas Night with Satan
Mabel Fobes.
Music-Male quartet.
A number OF excellent speeches wer'
delivered by some of the alumni Those
who spoke are as follows: Dan Houck
Palmer Barnard. Jay McDeVit'
Charles West, William McBroom ant
Dale Porter. The visitors were Dal
EIouck. Palmer Barnard, Ben West
Kenneth Harper, Bishop Dickinson
| low Mcpavikk William McHrnOm. Dali