The Dickinson press., 1917-04-28
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SCHOOL NOTES

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Ralph Baker has discontinued his
high school work and will assist his
father in the grocery store hereafter.
The championship banner won by
our basketball boys in this district
last fall was put up last Friday. 1t
hangs on the wall facing the audi
forum.
The new members in the Order of
Artistic Typists are as follows: Della
Sanderson, Delry Webster, Calvert
Gibson, Ignatius Brown, Theo. Rudi-
selle, Forest Wyman and Joe Nolan.
The annual sermon which is deliv-
cred to the graduation class toward
the close of the school year, will be
given at the high school auditorium
on Sunday, May 9th. All the church.
es usually unite in the service. The
speaker has not been chosen at this
writing.
Announcements were received in the
city the past week of the birth of a
daughter to Mr.. and Mrs. Hervey
Hazen at Denmark, Ia. Mrs. Hazen
is better remembered here as Miss
Ethel Beebe, who had charge of the
English work in the Dickinson high
school for several years.
About seventy Of the school boys
r being drilled every day after
school by Recruiting Officer Kunz,
on the grounds, formerly planned for
the baseball diamond. All athletics,
including baseball and track work,
will be suspended and military train
ing continued in it's place until the
close Of school.
The school children will take an
active part in the patriotic parade on
Loyalty day, next Tuesday. It is I'M
derstood that school will close at 8
o'clock on that day and that the
children will join the parade at that
time. The Boy Scouts will figure
prominently as will also the boys who
are now taking military training.
The program given jointly by tn the
high school literary societies last Fri
day evening in the high school audi
forum was very successful. The
playlet "My Aunt's Heiress," showed
real dramatic talent. Every n en-
ioyed Seibert Snyder's reading, eliot
Music On a Half She'll" Pauline
Singer gave the selection "Ruggles'
Christmas Dinner" The solos rend-
cred by Werner Delaney were fine. AS
an encore he. sang "A Perfect Day."
The receipts taken in amounted to
$12.95, part of which will be used to
pay for the high school victrola and
part for records. "
An elaborate exhibit was prepared
the past week in the grades and in
the high school to show the work done
in each room and department. The
schools closed at 8 o'clock on Thurs
day and the parents invited to come
and inspect the work. In the recita-
ton rooms in the high school, one
exhibit from each class was put up
this including German essays, maps
chemistry diagrams and note books
charts in history of notation and de.
velopment Of the piano, note books If
Harmony, etc. Miss Harris has a fine
display Of garments made by her sew
ing classes. In the grades, each room
presents a pretty array of drawings
and neat papers in various subjects
The primary rooms in particular arr
very pretty, showing much careful
work on the part Of the little tots
In the seventh grade, the pupils made
a collection Of patriotic posters ant
cartoons that show originality ant
humor. These exhibits will remain
until the close of the Slope Teachers
Association meeting on Saturday.