El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-03

plays the thing" at the
high school just now and the
4 senior students Of the NJ
Sigma class are devoting all Of their
spare moments between class periods
to studying or rehearsing their parts
in the senior class play of "Milestones-'
Rehearsals are being held daily and
everything is progressing in most
satisfactory way. The characters for the
play have been particularly wei cast
In The first act. John Rheac. the
progressive man who believes IN IRON
shfps instead OF wood. Will be acted by
Dewey Carson Mrs Rhead, MS
mother. will he acted by Nerna Altman.
Gertrude Rhead' is TO be portrayed
by Helen DePue- The conservative
stand patter, Samuel SiDley. VIII be
acted by Fred Humphreys Rose Sib-
lev his sister. is in the hands OF Nell
lie smith. The English dude. Ned
Pym.' VIII he portrayed by Charles
l. OVerstreet. jr- The maid Marian
is TO be acted by Winifred Jackman-
In the second act which introduces
another milestone. John Rhead has be
come the conservative stand patter and
he will be acted by Erwin Schwartz
Gertrude Rhead. who has nov become
an old maid. viii be impersonated by
Carrie Adams. Samuel Sibley' Is 70
he acted by Russell Mills Rose Sib-
ley Will he acted by Frences Earle.
". II. Peticolas. jr-- Is to be Ned Pym-
Emily Rhead.' the progressive girl.
will be acted by Helen Murdoch and
James Goggin will be Arthur Preece.'
the progressive boy who believes IN
steele ships instead OF iron Mary Kelly
has the role Of Nancy Sibley ana
Regina Carson Will be the maid
In the third act William Bias IS TO
act the part of the progressive "klch-
ard Sibley." who believes in airplanes
and Frances Oppenheimer VIII De the
- Nnr~rrr ~ I'm
Rhead." the stand patter. will be acted
by Jack Vowel Mary Eppstein is to
be Gertrude Rhead." Marion Burt viii
be Rose Sibley. Mary Noble mas the
part of Emily Rhead" John savage
will be Arthur Preece." Gladys CAT
field. Nancy Sibley." Lyman HOagland
viii be Lord Monkhurst. and Hubert
Sharp has the part Of w ebster- Ine
play is one of the most ambitious
productions yet attempted by the stu
dents and they are going into the pro
ductfon with a great amount Of enthu-
siasm- y. E. Reeid is directing the
performance.
With the close Of school approaching,
a number Of interesting events to the
students viii occur Thursday the hlEh
school students will be addressed by
dean : II. Worrell. head OF the Texas
School Of Mines. Dean Worren VIII
talk about the courses Of study offered
in this college and also the junior col
lee-e DEPARTMENTS. OF English, history
and mathematics. The annual decla-
nation contest Of the grade schools
will be held on Saturday. The SLIDER
berg oratorical contest for high school
students viii occur April % On April
IL an illustrated lecture on the devel-
Opment Of the southwest viii be given
by James W. Erwin in the high school
auditorium. The lecture is a part OF
the geographical educational work OF
the Southern Pacific railway system
The class play. ''AIilestones. VIII be
given April % and d The last OF
the month will mark the departure Ior
Austin Of the school representatives 10
compete in the interschOlastic contests.
Mott Rawlings and Willard Brown VIII
be the high school debating team Fl
win Schwartz is to represent the nlBn
school in the defamation contest
SCHWARTZ is the winner Of the Eugene
Harris medal for this year. Joe Wright,
winner Of the recent spelling contest
a the high school. will represent the
school IN the spelling contests On
May 30. Memorial day. the annual re-
view Of the cadet corps by the COM
handing general OF the Fl Paso ais
trict. Cen George Bell. jr-. VIII be held
in the stadium. At this time the com
petitive drills. both individual and ~
cOupanfes will be held and the various
medals and prizes for the drills and Tor
the years work will be awarded The
commencement exercises Of the NJ
Sigma class will occur May 81.
LOYALTY DAY was observed IN a most
inspiring way by the students Of the
Alta Vista school. Monday In the
morning at 10 o'clock the students OF
the school. 500 strong. marched out OF
the building TO the school grounds ana
surrounded the flag pole. where they
sang America" Then the salute to the
flag was given and the pupils repeated
the pledge OF allegiance TO the rag:
and sang The star Spangled Banner.
There are four patrols Of Boy Scouts
al the Alta Vista school and one patrol
each week is in charge Of the raising
and lowering of the flag The Panther
patrol is in charge this week At l-4o