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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-03-29
Join the Tennis Club

The tennis courts have been il
condition for some time but they
have not been used as they should
be. Few schools have courts for the
use of the students, and as we have,
we should be duly proud of them
and join the tennis club. The mem
bership last year was rs, this year
only 5. AT this rate the school can
not afford to keep UP the courts and
they will have to be abandoned
Bring your soc and play while the
weather is right
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-03-29
500 Reward. 500

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for
Children relieve FeYerishness. Head
ache, Bad Stomach Teething Disor-
ders, move and regulate the Bowels
ard destroy worms. They break up
colds in "a hours. Used by mothers
for 30 years. All druggists. CSC.
Sample Free Address. Mother Gray
Co. Leroy, y. Y. 12-Iwk
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-03-29

State OF Kansas. Dickinson County,
$50
In the Probate Court Of said county.
In the matter Of the estate Of Ed
gar r Churchill. deceased
TO all creditors and other per-
sons interested Ia said estate. You
are hereby notified that ! have filed
a renort OF my administration OF said
estate In the probate court Of Dick
inson county and that / will make
final settlement of the above named
estate in the probate court in and
for aid county az the probate
iud s office in Abilene in said
county on the 18th day Of April.
1917. and al such time application
wil he made for my compensation.
attorney fees aud other expenses and
Tor NY discharge as such admins
TRAITOR and for an order Of the court
finding and adjudgiug who we're the
heir devisees and legatees Of the
deee4sed
PAUL y. GLEISSNER.
Administrator of the estate OF
At Edgar +. Churchill. Deceased.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-03-29
Patriotism-Love of Country

Are we of A. H. S. patriotic? We
believe that we have patriotism, that
is love of country coupled with the
desire to serve it if need be. There
is little that we can do in the pres
ent situation to prove our patriot
ism even with war apparently so
near. However, when war comes A.
H. S. will enter heartily into any
service that is needed.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-03-29

Witness my hand and the official
seal Of said county this 8th day Of
March, 1917.
tSeal) H. W KING,
At County Clerk.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-03-29
No. 26

and the other girls assist in its
preparation and serving.
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Garfield
The girls of the seventh and
eighth grade will give an operetta,
"Windmills of Holland early is
April. The cast follows Helen Cur
ry, Sarah Brinsfield, Mildred Will
son, May Romberger, Dorothy Luz
cier Cecil Lee, Bernice Rogers,
Florence Anna Fritz.
Mckinley
Miss Mildred Wilkie is teaching
Miss Woodmans room this week.
Miss Woodman was called away by
the death of her grandfather.
The pupils of the fifth and sixth
grades are beginning work in bas-
kerry under Miss Ellis direction.
This work is new and the children
are enjoying it.
Lincoln
The tulips that the pupils planted
last year are coming UP and the.
are eagerly awaiting the
Ilooms. Two new flower beds in ad-
lition to those of last year are be-
ng prepared.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-03-29
Lincoln
The Latin Classes
Garfield

The first and second year Latin
classes are making charts in con
nection with their class work A
"duco tree" has been completed by
! the Caesar class That is, by the
use of two hundred English deriva-
ties Of duco, meaning to lead, a fig
ure in the form Of a tree was made.
The first year class has arranged a
chart, showing all the mathematical
terms which are derived from Latin.
Charts are made of advertisements
cut from papers and magazines to
show the practical uses of Latin, are
rot vet completed
Phormio. a comedy by Terenci, is
to be studied in the third year class
instead of Cicero's sixth grafton
The second year class is reviewing
The Standard Bearer, by White
head along with their Caesar trans
lation.
The Sophomore English classes
will give their plays some time in
May at the high school auditorium.
The four classes under Miss Wolf
viii present decentralization Of
David Copperfield and Miss Pick
nd class will give one Of William
Dean FIowells short farces.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-03-29

published Weekly by the Abilene High
School
Editor in Chief. Frances Curry
Exchange Editor. .Myrrl Rodney
Editsrial Staff
Jessie Arndt Sylvia Hancock
Bertha Hin Madeline Nicolay
Esther Leach
Class Reporters
Senior. Milton Eisenhower
Junior. Leone FOrney
Sophomore. .......... Stanley Engle
Freshman. ..............Pa Paul Kraybtll
Grade Reporters
Garfield ........#...... FRANK young
Lincoln. ........... Helen Romberger
Mckinley. Frances Short
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-03-29
Spring Is Here

Important indications of spring
are here when the Freshmen begin
to write poetry They will continue
to write it at different times
throughout the year. The principal
subjects chosen were birds, butter
flies, and flowers However, one
Freshman much excited oxeited over
the present condition of the school,
wrote the following:
abilene with its many scholars,
Put the school board in an awful
plight,
II voted bonds for many dollars,
But can't decide upon a site.
English Club
The fourth meeting of the Eng
lish club was held in the d. A. room
last Monday evening from Z to g.
The American literature of the revo-
lutionary period was the subject
around which the program and in
III Nal Ql6CuoSlOu CCnltiCQ llC lOA-
lowing program was given;
Characteristics of the Revolution
airy Period Dorothy Dodge
Benjamin Franklin.--Iren Graham
Charles B. Brown. Frances Curry
Other Writers of the Revolution
airy Period Frances Fengel
Part of the arrangements for the
rest of the meetings were made.
The club decided to elect the mem
hers who are to take the places of
the outgoing Seniors, at the second
meeting in April. The new mem bers
VIII be invited to the last meeting
which will be a social affair.
The Domestic Art classes have
taken up the study of designing cos
tunes for different types of people
Each member of the class is given =,
a picture of a girl, for whom she G.
designs suitable styles of clothing h
z q !
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-03-29

sometime soon. They Will give David
Copperfield
Suggestions for Study
Mr. Stacey has given in chapel
from time to time throughout the
year suggestions on studying He
has given psychological explanation
cf them and conclusive proof that
the theories are correct. He urged,
first and second, that the pupil ac-
quire the habit of time and place for
study. That is, that one time and
one place be habitually devoted to
The study Of a particular subject.
These two lead to better use of the
third requirement, concentration.
The practice OF concentration de-
stroys the tendency of the mind to
wander He made the fourth sug-
eestion in chapel Monday morning.
He spoke Of the use of the corrected
summary in preparation. This sum
marizing OF the lesson with neces-
gary reference to the text will fix
the subject matter in the mind as
nothing else can. The actual value
of this last suggestion has been
found by experiment to be great
and coupled with the three habits
of time place and concentration in
studying will make for the best re-
suits in the least time.
Alice Mustard is i'll at her home I
near Manchester with the measles.
Miss Nellie Simpson Of Ottawa
arrived Thursday night, to assist
her brother in the concert tonight.
During her stay here she will be
The guest Of Miss Resting.
The big flag in the chapel has
'een arranged on two pullies by
which it may be taken down or
tut up. Before it was fixed in this
,ay it had TO be fastened by nails
which made it inconvenient to move.
The faculty is giving waffle
upper at the high school Saturday
Yening.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-03-29

the Booster that the Sophomores
will give the play julius Caesar
sometime soon They will give David
Copperfield,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-03-29

(Fir-t published in Abilene Weekly
Reflector March g, 1910
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-03-29
A Patriotic Chapel

This mornings chapel program
was a patriotic one. The school sang
Star Spangled Banner" and
America" Talks were given by DR.
Blayney on Patriotism" and Miss
larger on "T'he Flag Miss Nellie
Simpson of ottawa gave two piano
numbers.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-03-29
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That the boys new caps prove
that there is 20 shortage in dye
stuffs after all.
That the band is going to play
soon
That the new black board in the
chapel is handy as well as artis-
tic.
That Mr. Hege will soon have his
room converted into hot house.
That der Vaterland" is perma-
nently eliminated from the roper
toire of the German classes.
That the faculty would like to
have their snapshots in the annual
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-03-29
school Gardens in Miniature

The agriculture class has started
miniature gardens by planting
seeds and bulbs of various vegeta-
bles and flowers Also, the class has
decided that the garden in front OF
the school will be in the shape OF
q fiyepointed star, planted with
cannas, scarlet sage and fire on the
mountain.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-03-29
Booster Change

Booster Change
The Big Booster to be issued next
week will appear in the Reflector
for Saturday instead of Friday as
it usually does.
We wish to correct the statement
which appeared in the last issue Of
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-03-29

Administrator OF the estate OF
Edgar +. Churchill, Deceased.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-09-20
CLOSE TO ENGLAND
Foundation for Intimate Relationship
Laid by Royal Marriage In the
Eleventh Century. 1;

Does Elihu Root know Russian9 By
no means. But the knowledge of Eng.
lfsh is so widespread among the edu-
Gated classes of Russia that we begin to
understand the reports about the en-
thusiastic reception of our ambassa-
doris eloquent address by his audiences
in Petrograd and Moscow, says an ex-
change. =,
There is not a notable play or novel
produced in London which is not acted
or read in Russia. The Russian in
tellegenzia knows not only French and
German, but also English history and
literature thoroughly. 50
Glytha, the daughter Of King Har.
old who was slain at Hastings (1Oe6),
through her marriage with the Rus
sian Prince Of Tchernigoff laid the
first foundation te the close relation
ship between Great Britain and the EN-.
pir6 Of the czars: The real English
"discoverer" Of Russia is. Of course,
Richard Chancellor. who. through his
voyage to Moscow in 1858. established
solid commercial connections between
the two countries. t!:: .it:s!a, = !:
And why should we not be remind.
ed. on this occasion. 6f the interesting
fact that Peter the Greats mother was
brought up in a Scottish household?
The Wahpeton times., 1917-09-20
GOLD IMPORTS SET RECORD
Shipments From Foreign Countries to
United States In Fiscal Year Are
Nearly Billion Dollars.

The total movement Of gold and sill
yer between the United States and for
eign countries during the fiscal year
1917 reached the Unprecedented total
Of $1,382, ,3S0.745. According to state
ment issued by Uncle Sans bureau of
foreign and domestic commerce the i'm
ports Of gold were $977, ,176,O26 and of
silver $35 .563. Gold exports amount
ed to $291 921 .225, and silver exports
to $7S.279,931.
The net imports of gold during the fis.
cal year aggregated $685., ,254, 4,SO1, a
striking increase over the net import
Of S403, ,759,753 in 1916. $25344.6O7 in
1915, and the net export Of $45, ,499, so
In 1914. .~
The net exports of silver showed an
increase in 1917, but this metal is pro.
duced In great quantities in this coun-
try, and is sold abroad in the same
manner as other commodities. An ex-
cess Of exports, therefore, has no such
significance as is sometimes attributed
to similar movement in gold. '.--
The Wahpeton times., 1917-09-20
what one Knot Faster Would Mean.

Whist One Knot Faster Would Mean.
For every soldier that we land IN
France" says the Scientific American,
''25 tons Of shipping must plow back
and forth at steady ten knots to
supply his needs clone For 25.0o0
zen this means 100 shlps@d number
that Ee you'd be hard pressed to find.
And THIS means curtailment Of the
vital supplies to our allies. .+ss.:.--...t9
"Now, could the average speed Of
this deet be faised to II knots and
could tie time il port be reduced 10
per cent, We eopld release for other
service some edsoo tons Of shipping.
In other words. VIC could create i'm.
mediately that amoun< Of extra tom
mage aud add It to our merchant ma
rine, not IA 1918 but today: And to.
day may ~ the day, the real Day the
iay the ba4apce. Mill .sprinR." E
The Wahpeton times., 1917-09-20

;.-. 6sn 10 Not Man Vet.
Progress Is tie law Of life; nan u
not man Wt.-Bfuwning:
The Wahpeton times., 1917-09-20
,;,laI
Joker Dressed a Bear:

Representing himself as bear which
Is said to have annoyed the residents
Of Reddon, DEL, q young man Of that
village was shot at and badly beaten
before his identity was discovered.
For several weeks residents of Red.
den declared that they had seen see a bear
in sections Of the village; Taking ad.
vantage Of the fright IN tie little town,
one young man dressed himself up to
represent q bear aid starred out to
startle the villagers. HIS Practical
Joke took the wrong turn When d mum:
bef Of men with guns and clubs started
to chase him. Before he could ten Who
he was be was badly pounded @lth'
clubs and canse very near being shot.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-09-20
BOARDS ARE MORE efficient
This 10 Explanation Given by British
Officer Of Acceptance for Service
Of Men Once Rejected.

In recent investigation by a COM
mittee from the house of commons,
Gen. Sir Alfred Keogh, director general
of the British army medical service, de-
clared that while the department had
been laboring under difficulties i'm
posed by the lack of experienced army
examiners, he was aware Of no irregu-
larities In the examination of men un-
der the military service (review Of
exceptions) act.
"When the war broke out men were
taken for medical examination to To-
cal practitioners, who could not pos
sibly know the requirements of the
service" he said, land the consequence
was that large number of men was
recruited whom the authorities would
not have thought of considering in
peace times" r.
With such corps Of examiners,
Sir Alfred declared, it was impossible
to attain q common standard, and this
explained the fact that frequently men
rejected by one board were accepted
by another. "'Many men were pass
ed who ought not to have been pass
ed," he admitted, "but, on the other
hand, a great number Of men were
rejected who ought to have been pass.
ed Under the category system. It was
very difficult to get the medical practi-
TONERS to understand that man who
could do anything in civil life could
do that thing in the army."
The fact that the proportion of men
passed by later boards. after having
been rejected by examiners at the be-
ginning Of the war, steadily has in
creased during the war, Sir Alfred at
tributed to the increased efficiency Of
the boards, but vehemently denied that
there had been any lowering Of the
standard for acceptance.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-09-20
PRISONERS WENT ON STRIKE
Refused to 90 Back 20 Jail Until One
Of Their Number Was "Fired" by
Workhouse Superintendent.

Perhaps the queerest strike on rec.
ord was that Of workhouse prisoners
in Delaware county, Indiana, recently,
when they refused to return to Jail un-
less one Of their number received his
freedom. And 1t was not that they de-
sired him to be free, either, but be-
cause they wished to be freed of his
presence.
Il had my gang Of prisoners way out
by Yorktown, working on a country
road that needed repairing" said
James Cole, workhouse superintendent,
according to the Indianapolis News,
when I noticed, about time to load
them into the automobile and bring
them back, that the prisoners were
hanging back and talking among them
selves. Finally one of them came to
me with the story and his demands.
"The boys here won't go back to
Jail with you unless you fire Danny,
there said the spokesman. 'They won't
ride back in the machine with him be-
cause he has vermin in his hair and
on his body. You either let him go or
no more Jail for US. We've agreed to
make a run for 1t If you don't, and
you can't catch all of u.s.
"Of course, had no right to allow
the man his freedom" Cole continued.
"bttt the fellow jumped UP and ran
away Just then and I'm bound to admit
we didn't try very hard to catch him.
Anyway, that broke the strike"
The Wahpeton times., 1917-09-20
SKILLED MEN NEEDED
Uncle Sam EnIists Aid Of voca.
tionaI Schools Of Country.
Training Of Mechanics and Hiah.G Grade
Helpers Held important Step In
National Preparation.

Training skilled mechanics and high
grade helpers is the next step in ma
tional preparation. according to Uncle
Sans department Of the interior,
which has sent broadcast, through the
bureau Of education, an appeal to trade
schools with shop-work departments,
to prepare to meet the demands that
will come for semitechnical workers in
the metal trades and other industries.
President Wilson, Secretary of Com
merce Redfield and other government
officials are also vigorously behind the
effort to enlist vocational schools and
classes everywhere in the establish
ment of this second line of industrial
defense.
ut is impossible" says the depart
ment's statement, "to forecast def
nitely the numbers of mechanics and
operatives of various kinds that will
be required. Officers Of the army,
navy, and civil service commission are
agreed, however, that there will be an
unusual demand for capable foremen,
mechanics, bakers, blacksmiths, boat
builders, chauffeurs, cooks, craftsmen,
electricians. engineers (steam), en-
gineers (gas), machinists, motorcycle
mechanics, painters, pipefitters, rivet-
ers, saddlers, shipfitters, shipwrights,
tent-makers. textile workers, wheel
wrights, stenographers, typewriters.
1t is pointed out that the demands
for these workers will come from the
regular enlisted corps of the army and
navy, from the enlisted reserve corps
Of the army and navy, from the eligi-
BILE registers Of the civil service COM
mission and from private employers
whose workers are called into govern
ment service. After the war there
will also be a continued demand for
similar workers in the reorganization
and rehabilitation of industry.
Maintaining school throughout the
summer months, encouraging students
between sixteen and twenty years Of
age now already enrolled to continue
their training, and discouraging pre-
mature entrance into industry, are
urged as necessary. The bureau
warns particularly against any relax
alton of standards. pointing out that
half-baked mechanics will in the end
inevitably impair the efficiency of any
branch Of the service. "Young persons
now enrolled In technical courses
should be urged to continue their
courses, even at the cost of some tenn.
porary sacrifice, If necessary, in order
that they may ultimately contribute
the maximum Of service when need
3D." say bureau officials.
There are over 500 special schools
available for service Of the kind indi-
Gated now on the lists of the bureau
Of education, according to the depart
ment's statement, and these schools
have been asked to notify the commits
sioner Of education at once as to the
plans that will be adopted for carrying
out the suggestions Of the govern
ment.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-09-20
Movlsr Film ~ Evidence. =.

A moviIg-picture 1lm is to be intro.
duced into court in Paris as evidence
in divorce case.
The plaintiff in the action saw on a
screen on the boulevards pictures of
the procession Of Italian delegates
through the boulevards to the Place De
Ia Concorde to lay q wreath uDon ti,e
Strasbourg monument.
The procession was followed by q
taxicab In which, to his astoniskment..
the spectator saw his wife, seated With
q stranger. he bought the nlm, to be
used as the basis Of his action for'1afjI
y0xce. -.-----. -.----.-
The Wahpeton times., 1917-09-20
King H.. Many Name.ake. Now. j.

Ills majesty has sundry namesakes
In London now that he has adopted his
new surname. says the London Globe.
There Is a solicitor in Bishopsgate and
a cabinetmaker in Dalston, to name
two. There is also q Miss Windsor,
who has 9 respectable business in
SOUTH Kenslngton. Likewise a Mr..
Cornelius Windsor lives In North Lon
don, and another Windsor h&s 4 gf6-
cery shop in Lewisham. A firm of
ironaongers at Roehampton and some
clothiers at Finsbury Park can also
claim the same surname as the royal
family. .iifsa.-
The Wahpeton times., 1917-09-20
Aruentins's Wheat croa.

Reports from the Argentine state
that weather conditions are ideal for
the growth Of wheat. The ofticiaf pre.
liminary Estimate Is for crop Of 24ec
100000 bushels: The large crop Of
1856 was 17s0oo.Coo bushels, and
the average for the i've preceding
years was 149 9OOO, ,00o bushels. Domes.
tic requirements are about 10000 900
bushels. The large crop Row growing
will be available some tfde after Janu.
aTy I II transportation is furnished.
The Argentine oats crops lis estimat.
ed at Ss.OOO!000 bushels. or 12,Qoo0O0
bushels more than the crop az 1918. Of
which 5000 600 bushels were expoffed.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-09-20
"ToMMIEs" CALL 1T "wIPERs"
British Soldiers Have Given Their Own
Pronunciation to the Little
Belgian Town Of Ypres.

The little Belgian town of Ypres is
sure enough place in history; but,
in England, at any rate, 1t will always
be specially sure of it under name
which no cloth worker of Flanders ever
heard, and would certainly never rec.
ognize. The British Tommy" who
for over two years has held up the
German forces around the famous
Ypres salient, insists on calling It
"Wfpers," and the name has "taken
on" as he would say. It Travelled over
to England, and "Wipers" began some
how to be associated with 'hot cor.
ners." The present prime minister. in
the course Of one of his speeches,
some months ago, alluded to the place
by this name, and "Wipers" it is likely
to remain, and as "Wipers" it is like.
~ to be discussed for many years to
come, says the Christian Science Mon.
ttor. -. ,rs..s. s,.s,, =. ss.>s
Curiously enough, it is not the first
entry Of Ypres into the English Ian
guage in this, or at any rate a SIM
liar form; for it was in the looms of
Ypres that was made, in the middle
ages, the famous "toiles d'yper," the
costly table linen, or diapers.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-09-20

most OF whom aoe . putro
es @ Of training that their physical the bs.
officials are training Of Walter CAMP
'e snete Those shown In the oht
Secretary OF the Treasuy William Attorney
Gregory Assistant Secretary and secretary a, .h ~.
liam Wn They shown going
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-15
TALKOFTHETOWN


New values in coats at Abbott's.
Special values in tailored suits al
Abbott's.
S, B. of A. will hava en- korgfest Dor.
dagen den IL Nov. Clan Gordon hall ALA
inbjudas.
Charlie Chaplin in his latest and best
picture, "The Adventurer," at the Park
to -day.-adv.
Attend the supper at the Universalist
church Friday night from $3.50 to 7. De-
lieious fish chowder.--adv.
Beef and veal for sale by the quarter
or in smaller quantities at old fashioned
prices; also few yearling fowl, dressed
upon order. Tel 527-W. c. R. Wood.
Aprons, fancy work, etc, on sale at
Clan fair in Rowland hall Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday nights. Don't miss the
dancing each evening. Carrolls orches-
ira. Concert each evening at 1880.
Alexander Watt and William Braman
returned this morning from Groton pond,
where they have been in camp since
Saturday. Although the Groton pond
grounds are favorite stamping ground
of hunters, scarcity of venison is re-
ported in that sector this year.