Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-11-06
Central High School
Activities

Central High school reopened yes
terday after the four weeks quar-
antine for the Spanish influenza.
The epidemic, although affecting
many of the students, CAUSED few
deaths among them. The funeral
of Charlton Troxell new student,
was held Monday.
Several High school boys left dur
ing the vacation to do their bit in
cleaning up the Hun. Those ieav-
ing for the Red Cross ambulance
training corps at Fort Scott. Chi
cago, were Hard Eaton and Dave
Noble, star athletes; Don Mahaffey,
Ellison Vinsonhaler, Jack Krebs,
Roland Jefferson, second lieutenant,
Company F, of the cat regiment;
Edmund Peterson, Allan Clarke,
Roger Moore, president of the Stu
dent association and captain of
Company G, and Edwin Moser. cen-
ter on the foot ball team. Four
Others left Monday night for Kelly
Field, San Antonio, Tex, where
they will become airplane mechan-
les. They are Paul White, Walter
White, Dan Lee Miller and Deonisi
M. Sirca. Wallace Craig, president
of the Commissioned Officers club
and captain of Company l, request
ed and secured his immediate Undue
ton into the army.
Principal Matters announced yes
terday that the time lost during the
epidemic would be made up by elm
mating a week of Christmas vaca-
ton by eliminating the spring vaca-
ton, by doing more intensive work,
by emitting less essential portions
Of the courses, by going to school
the Friday after Thanksgiving and
by holding the teachers convention
during the Christmas vacation. The
fall term will last II weeks.
Edwin Pulls, debating coach, has
resigned to enter the training camp
at Fort Smelling. He will specialize
in bayonet drill and instruct the
members OF the Bellevue S. A. T. c.
in this kind of fighting.
Miss Ella Van SAINT Jenkins. Miss
Ethel Fullaway and Miss Esther
Thomas have been accepted for Red
Cross work. Mrs. Fullaway will
probably assume her daughters du-
ties as supervisor of the High
school cafeteria.
Students were urged yesterday by
Principal Masters to give more than
the S. asked of them for the United
War Work fund. About $4,000 is
expected to be raised at the school.
Teachers will give two days pay.
Miss Laura Bridge, Miss Anderson
and Mr.. A. ]. Wedeking have been
named to have charge Of collecting
the subscriptions at the school.
Bronze medals for boys of the
boys working reserve who worked
on farms last summer have arrived
and will be given to the boys in a
few days. Miss Caroline Stringer
is planning with Principal Masters
to enroll all Central High boys
above 10 years of age in the reserve
on November IA. Because most of
the boys possess cadet uniforms it
is likely that the United States B.
w. R. cap will not be worn. Boys
registering for agricultural work
will be given a "plowshare" pin and
boys wishing to do industrial work
will wear an "anvil" insignia. The
boys will fill out cards and check
their choice of certain essential oc-
equations listed. They will be
urged to choose. farm work.
The October issue of the Register
will be distributed Friday.
Night school at Central High will
open Monday night.
!. Students studying music outside
of school will be given school credit
upon application to Mr.. Woolery.
HINA REMISS