Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-02-07

street in order that Frank Pinkham
can get to school on time.
Mr.. Pellets Pupil-"Many ignor-
ant people ask questions no wise per-
son could answer"
Freshman-"Probab that's why
so many of US fiunked out on exams"
Lillian Harrington has returned to
school.
Miss Travis lin English -"What
were some of the uses of the Parthe-
Thane Lambertson - "Why, the
Turks once used it for a powder
horn"
Etheline Thayer was a visitor at
the high school last week.
H looked at his watch in ply
sizes class Monday and said, cts time
to quit D"
His watch said 2:30 o'clock. He
hadn't set it since it ran down at 2:30
last Saturday morning.
Lost.-My way to algebra class
last Thursday. ELLEN Blair.
Frederick Sage has returned to
school, having been absent for some
time on account of illness.
Ernest Wittenback, who is attend
ing M. A. c., was a visitor at the
high school Monday morning.
Henry Post of Chicago has enter
ed Belding high school as junior.
Tuesday a. M, about eleven o'clock
everyone in the high school was al
lowed to run out doors. The occa-
sion was a fire drill.
Supt. l.. w. Fast of Albion was a
visitor in the Bedding schools Tuesday.
Mr.. Reed. Lester Jersey, and
Clarence Altenburg represented Beld-
ing high school at a meeting of the
County Athletic Board held at Ionia
last Saturday. Base ball and track
schedules were made for the spring
season. Some changes were made in
the Eligibility rules. An election
board was appointed which will re-
port on county officials at some future
date.
Friday morning the tenth and elev-
enth grade English classes organized
into literary clubs which will meet
once month at the regular class
hour. The programs will consist of
some work in extemporaneous speak
ing, parliamentary drill, debating,
defamation. The best compositions
and some original papers will be
read. 1t is hoped that the class clubs
will stimulate an interest in literary
work which the whole high school
will share in another year. A presi-
dent and secretary were elected
from each class as follows: 1912 A.,
president, Margaret Wilbur; secre-
tary, Glenna Cook. M
1912 B., president, Merrill Peter
son; secretary, Viola Hudson.
11-2 A., president, Vivian Steele;
secretary, Lester Jersey.
lip B., president, Theodore LAM
bertson; SECRETARY, Helen Lapham.
DOings of the Seniors
One very cold morning last week
some member of the senior class sud-
denly awoke to the fact that the
class hadn't had sleigh ride as yet
and that both the freshman and the
juniors had. A class meeting was
called and it was decid-
ed that the seniors should have a
sleigh ride the following Friday
night.
The class engaged the Lady Mac
cabees at Smyrna to prepare a sup
per for them, and also rented the
hall for the evening (and early morn
ing). Friday night came bringing
the thermometer down below zero
several degrees. Nevertheless the
class, nearly all all of them, met at
Ruth Edwards home and started for
Smyrna about seven o'clock in Fales'
hobs. They enjoyed most delicious
supper of potato salad, sandwiches,
pickles, hot coffee and cake, after
which they went upstairs and play
ed some interesting games prepared
by Doris Mulholland.
About eleven o'clock they began
dancing with Miss Vivian Steele as
the orchestra. At very good hour
the jollification broke up and the
seniors started for home, everyone
having had perfectly grand" time.
Miss Eaton the seniors Patron Saint,
acted as chaperon.
Edna Brownell, who was a member
of the senior class, has left school.
Chittle School Notes
Leslie Hall is now at the head of
the fifth grade spelling class.
Leeta Brown was absent Wednes-
day on account of the toothache.
The sixth grade have finished the
small physiology and have started on
the larger one.
Leeta Brown is at the head of the
sixth grade spelling class.
Walter Olger is monitor Of the
fifth grade for the month of Febru-
airy.
There was no school Thursday on
account Of the stove having to be
cleaned out and moved.
The first, second, and third grades
are learning the poem, "The Old Man