The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-02-28

students. Each one is given certain
typewriter for a certain period. Miss
Ryle does not have any difficulty in
knowing who is here and who is alb
sent.
The Office and typewriting room
were so cold Thursday that it was inn
possible to keep warm and almost i'm
possible to write. We, the typewrit-
ing students, hope that this cold
weather will not last long.
Five per cent is deducted from
typewriting grades each day missed
and the work is not made up.
Two periods must be spent in type
writing each day if full credit is ex-
pected.
= The Commercial Geography class
had a test Friday on the subject of
"Coal," the subject studied the past
week.
The bookkeeping classes have now
finished the first set of books and are
now taking up the second set of prac-
teal Office work.
The psychology class is now hav-
ing some interesting experiments, de-
tecting sounds with the eyes closed
from different parts of the room, etc.
We are also trying to make new hab-
its and break old ones.
The Latin iii class is about to fin
ish the fourth book. The class will
finish in two more lessons. The class
sometimes finishes before the per-
iod is UP and is permitted to play
Latin games. The games are both
interesting and helpful in Latin
study.
The Chapel program Friday Feb. %
was not in keeping with the one whose
was celebrated on that day.
The English class gave few num-
bers pertaining to Robert Burns who
was a Scoth patriot as Washington
was an American patriot. The
school sang GLOW Gently Sweet At
tom, a Burns song. Lelah Dunlap
gave few live, interesting remarks
about Burns the Man and Poet.
Rachel Brewer in real Scoth- ac-
cent gave two poems written by
Burns. Mildred Cure from the
eighth grade played a piano solo,
'Tam O. Shanter," which pictures so
we'll the poem "Tam O. Shanter."
The largest order ever sent in for,
a single classic was handed to Mr.
Smith, Tuesday. Every English
student in the high school is going to
spend few weeks on the study of
Democracy Today.
The book is composed of articles
to the presant time. The
"War Message, "Reply
TO the Pope, "The School Of Cit
are included. Articles by
David Lloyd George Robert Lanning
Frank X. Lane are given. 1t is the
purpose of the study to help the
students to understand the situation
in which the country is finding it.
self today. It is to be study of in
tensified patriotism.
The Geometry II classes are study
ing similarity, proportion, and trigo-
nometry at present. They find that
they should have studied harder on
ratio and proportion in arithmetic
and algebra in order to fully under
sand the work at present
The Geometry pupils are glad to
see Vernon Morrow and Alva Cain
back in class again. They were alb
sent on account of measles.
Irma Martin, Ralph Stricklin,
Louie Young, Lewis Morrow, and
Herman Smith are absent from &C.
ometry classes with either humps or
measles.
Mr.. j. N. Hammer was taken to the
Methodist Hospital in Hutchinson for
IN operation. He is improving but it
nay be quite a time before Sc is with
Is again. Mr.. Hammer is quite
friend to all high school folk and we
,ave missed his pleasant "Good morn
n.y."
Music classes recited in the grade
'oom last week becauie of the grades
oracticing in the study room.
The music department has OBJ
served Patriotic Week. The classes
study the origin and composition of
patriotic songs.