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ward, three at the fourth ward and
one at the Davis building were ex-
cused all day Monday for the same
reason.
The Forum was out last night. 1t is
in all probability far superior to any
other issue which has been produced
this year, especially in the rub de-
partment and the editorial branch of
the paper.
There will be basketball game to-
night between the Mt. Vernon high
school and Cumberland high school.
The Cumberland team is reputed a
very strong team and since it is a
well-established fact that the Mt.
Vernon team is very powerful, it will
be very fast game. No one can af-
ford to miss it.
The students and faculty of the
high school are practicing the debate
songs In preparation for the triangu.
lar debate between Mt. Vernon, Zanes-
vile and Newark which will be held
the 9th of next month. There are five
new and very snappy songs this year,
written by the students of the high
school. The debaters are being drill
ed on their speeches and are working
on rebuttal. They are rounding off in
splendid shape.
The Mt. Vernon high school basket.
ball team was defeated last Saturday
night by Mansfield high school by
score of 39-41. Although the team
was defeated, they are confident that
they can defeat the Mansfield bows in
the game which will be played here
the 10th of March. Mt Vernon held
the big end of the score throughout
the entire game, until about five min
utes before the close of the game,
when Mansfield surprised herself and
| the Mansfield rooters by making
number of very lucky shots and ran
the score ahead. But even at that
late date Mt. Vernon rallied and was
piling up the score when the pistol
went off. Had there been 80 more
seconds to play, Mt. Vernon would
probably have won, or at least tied
the score.
| The question for debate between
the two debate societies, the Jaw
bones and the Athenaeums, has been
picked. 1t is: Resolved, That War Is
Necessary. The Jawbones chose the
question and the Athenaeums picked
the sides. The Athenaeums have
chosen their speakers who are: Miss
Eleanor Hobbs, Miss Dorothy Lazear,
and Miss Mary Crider. The alternate
has not been picked yet. The Jaw
bones will pick their team in a try.
out before the faculty next week.
Although this has been a very Sc.
we're winter, tfes-board has not been
called upon for so many pairs OF
shoes and clothing for the children as
usual. There has been a more regu
lar attendance of children than usual
also.
The west side building held its us
ual Friday morning exercises yester
day morning in the form of mus
icale. There were II visitors, an in
crease of 10 over last week.
There will be a patriotic program
given by the first and fourth grades o.
the fourth ward next Wednesda,
evening. This will be followed by
the regular monthly meeting of thC
School and Home club. All patrons
of the school are cordially invited.
, r. r. Blosser will attend the Lohen
grin production in Columbus tonight
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Athens to visit some friends at Ohi'
l university over Sunday.
Miss Devoe of the Davis building
8 was out three days last week an
Miss Strang of the Fourth ward wa
out 1 1-2 days last week on account O
3 sickness.
Several of the churches and tn
public schools of the town have gon
: together and will have one OF the rel
: resentatiyes of the Elmendorf Traye
ing Talks Co. speak in the high schoC
auditorium on the 2Sth OF Februar!
Elmendorf is the worlds greatest a
tist and traveller on the platform I,
day. The speaker will be assisted b
pictures, both moving and stationar!
There win be q matinee at s:se fc