Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-02-27
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES

HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
The Engineers club will meet this
evening in the high school auditorium
at 1880 o'clock The principle feature
of the program will be an illustrated
lecture on Engineering in the For
estry Service" by Mr.. Parkinson, as
sistant forest supervisor. Mr.. Parkin-
son will also give demonstration with
the heliograph, field telephone, large
protractor and various other instru-
ments used in the location Of forest
fires. The program will be completed
with a couple of musical numbers by
the McFaddcn brothers.
Monday afternoon in tho high school
auditorium the first try-out for the
state oratorical contest was held. But
two departments the humorous and
dramatic, were represented. This is
the first time in several years that the
oratorical department has not been
one of the best sections i'm the Boise
try out. NHaIG
Eight contestants In all participated
in the tryout. The tx students dis
playing the best talent were chosen
and second try-out will be held to
select the one pupil to represent Boise
at the annual declamatory contest to
be held at Caldwell sometime in the
spring. The six students chosen in
yesterdays contest Wore: Dolald
Davidson. Eugenia Pennington. Emma
Martin, Vera Shaver, Frclric Bartlett
and Evadna Tucker These people
will commit new selection before the
last trial. Miss Martin who spoke in
the dramatic department Yesterday will
give a humorous reading at the next
try-out
The program for the afternoon was:
Dot Boy Fritz ........ Mhrjory Davis
Whitewashing the Fence. Mark Twain
Donald Davidson
Little Boys Bear Story . ..........
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. felhn Hardness
Eugenia Pennington
Dramatic.
] Usta Know Your Ma
Emma Martin
The Revenge ........... . Tennyson
Raymond Russell
Cremation OF Sam MCGEE ..........
................ Robert w. Service
Fredrc Bartlett
The Man and the Shadow .........
Observation-Disclosures. r.. w. Childs
Evadna Tucker
GLORY ................ j. L. Long
Vera Shaver.
The judges for the try-out were Miss
Minis. Miss Slick. and Miss Stevens.
The student council held its weekly.
meeting Monday afternoon. a small
sum of money was appropriated in
order that the baseball enthusiasts
may begin practice sometime next
week. The election of the track, base
bali and annual managers was post.
poned until next week.
The senior rings and class pins have
arrived after long delay. The design
is very neat being carried out in black
enamel and gold.
The high school orchestra under the
leadership of w. French is preparing
the score of the operetta "Bulbur' to
be presented by the Caldwell high
school on March . and 10. Al the Cald-
well school has no orch estfa, Mr.. Cliff
ford, principle of the Caldwell schools,
made arrangements With Mr. French
to procure the Boise orchestra for the
two presentation nights. The local
students will remain in Caldwell from
Friday until Sunday and elaborate
preparations have been made to en-
terrain the visitors. A large number
of Boise pupils expect to attend the
last night. "Bulbul' Is n comic opera
by Naude L. Inch and w. Rhys- Her
bert. 1t is the conventional story OF
the prince who DISCUSSES to win the
heart of the rebellious and heretofore
unseen princess.
Mr.. French liz taking a picked or
chestra composed Of Henrietta Peas
ley. Minnie Addison, Phyllis Sheridan,
Bryon Bedwell. Reul Smith. Irwin
Lamb, Everett Ruick. Ruby Smith.
Stuart McArtor. Charles Forbes,
George Phelps, Walter Barton and Rex
Barnes.
The Boise high school bas ketball
team will meet the Emmett team on
this coming Friday night. The game.
which Is the first away from home, will
be played at Emmett.
RHODE ISLAND Red and Barred
Rock Matching eggs; from prize
stock. ]. II. Hopffgarten, Boise, 2166J.