The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1917-03-01
MobridSe High School

| OllVoT IOOpcf reLurIleu 10 SCHOOL
Monday. He has been suffering
from an attack Of pneumonia and
has been absent for about three
weeks.
The third year English class have
been studying the various forms
of tragedies and Shakesper's S
X ing Lear" has been the last one
toe lam their attention.
The civic class have finished the
study of the laws of the United
States and will now study the
history of our country from the
landing of the Pilgrims to the
present. They will also study tire
political history.
The members of the different
English classes are writing class
histories and histories of Mobridge
besides other stories on various
subjects. The best histories of
the classes will be placed directly
after the class picture in the an
nual and the best history of Mo-
bridge will be the opening article.
Next years freshmen haye
number Of fine booklets on the
life of Lincoln on display in their
section Of the assembly room.
They are appropriately bound in
red, white and blue water cOlors
and ribbons, with design. on
the front symbollical of the great
Americans life. One design that
particularly struck our fancy is an
original pen and ink drawing OF
Lincoln, behind which is drnped
an American flag in water colors.
The sophomore class has taken
up the study of novels, studying
them for construction, general !,
characteristics, and the authors
purpose in writing them. They
study a chapter each day and
-reeite on it as they read it. In.
this way they cover the ground
more thoroughly than they would
by simply reading the book and
handing in q written review when
they finished it, as each student
has different viewpoint concern.
ing certain passages snd 1t always
happens that someone has the
right idea. In this way they see
the book from all angles and get
a lasting impression of the best
points of the story.
The Kangaroo court staged at
the high school last Friday was
a scream from start to finish.
Arnold Running was accused of
petty larceny or stealing the news.
paper of the Delphian Literary
Society. He was ably defended
by Dorothy Ritchie and Grace
Morrison and was finanally acquit-
ed. Ken Lindel was the chief
witness for the state and by his
witty replies to the attorney for
the defense convnlsed the court
with laughter again and again.
After Sheriff Bugbee had taken
the jury from the court, the
prisoner made a dash for the door
and continued his headlong fight
downstairs four steps at a time.
All would have turned out as the
prisoner had planned and he would
have reached the front door where
his coat and hat were waiting for
him. had not the sheriff turned
the corner just as the prisoner
reached the last flight of stairs.
Unable to check his headlong fight
he decended the stairs in It wo
jumps and precipitated himself in
the sheriff's arms which had been
opened to receive him. He was
then returned to the court room
and deposited in the prisoners
chair. A few minutes later, see
ing no one watching he again at
tempted to escape. He reckoned
without his host, however. for the
sheriff had locked both doors and
after vainly hurling himself at the
door, he resigned himself to his
fate, and prepared for the worst.
In spite of these two acknowledges