The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1917-10-11
CANON HIGH
SCHOOL NOTES
BY Madeline Shoemaker.
Glasses Nicely Arranged.

Al the classes are fairly well ar
psnged now. and We hope that no fur
ther changes will be necessary.
Miss Miller is our new commercial
teacher, and takes the place of Mr..
Enos Lauterbacb, who has been draft
ed for the army. The commercial
course is one of the most important
in the High school, and Miss Miller in
tends to make it also one OF the most
successful this year
The new course OF penmanship and
spelling which has been introduced
this year has become SO popular that
the class has had to be divided into
three periods. This speaks well for
our business course.
Impromptu PIayiet-
An impromptu playlet was staged
Friday afternoon under the direction
of Miss Monohan.
1t was a representation OF ancient
part in it were the following (select-
ed from the English and M. and NJ.
history classes studying this subject) !:
Newton Merriam as Lord Thiebault;
Cleo ames. az the Prior of the Mon
astery, of st. Anthony. and James
Witcher as Jocelin the Serf. These
three performed the ceremony of
homage and feaity. and the ceremony
of investiture, and were Immediately
followed by Clarence Wilson, Moses
Lewis and Harold Miner in the same
parts. All those who took part in the
play were appropriately costumed.
and though the acting was entirely i'm
promptu, il was excellent.
Manual Training
Manual training classes are full !:
there are sixty High school students
taking it as regular subject, and about
ninety grade school students having
their classes once week The -
vanced course consists of elementary
bench work. cabinet making and car
pentry. and The drawing course takes
up elementary drafting. machine
drawings and simple architectural
drawings From this II may be seen
what Mr.. Rricker has before him, but
we who have known him for two
years feel sure that he will make the
course worth great deal to every
.student enrolled. "a
Domestic Science Class.
The Domestic Science class under
Miss Linkins numbers sixty girls. and
the grade school girls under Miss
Sprinkle number about eighty. The
work, especially in the advanced
classes. is delightful and yet highly
instructive. and the girls have taken
up their dressmaking and cooking
with great interest.
Disappointment.
To the disappointment OF many. the
vacant corner opposite the High
school building has been sold and will
no longer be available for a tennis
court. There will consequently be no
tennis tournament this tall. but
hope TO have permanent court some
where on the gronds by next spring.
Unexpected Chapel Period.
On Friday morning. September
twenty-frst, c. c. II. S. was excep-
tionally favored by an unexpected
chapel period. Lieutenant Command
er McCandiess, formerly Florence
High school boy. and a graduate Of
the University of Colorado. spoke to
US for an hour and half. He was in
troduced by Mr.. Olin Diegert, of South
Canon High school. The Commander
is man who has sdone things" he
was for some time aide to the Secre-
tary of the Navy. and was also placed
in charge of the gun construction de-
partment.
At this time he is on his way to
take charge OF submarine destroyer
somewhere" Because he is the mar
he is, his words made deep impree-
sion on every one. especially when he
told us how much his High school and
college courses had helped him when
he was in training at the Ma,
school. and in his later work
He gave MS something to think
about when he stated emphatically
that the government cannot AFFORD TO
make mistakes. and the individual
cannot afford to make mistakes.
There is no room for the failure
our busy national life. and he will be
told to step aside and make room for