Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-21
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.
Debates Past and to come-Eric H. Johnson to Address Students-Read- ing Courses.

A debate was held at the Putnam High school recently on the subject Resolved, That vocational and scien- | tiff training in secondary :. schools should be emphasized at the expense of the classical"
 The affirmative team was Mary Car penter, Edith Gilson and Margaret Wright. The negative was upheld by Gladys Robbins, Dorcas Bartlett and negative was delivered by Anna Ar mold; for the affirmative, by Edith Gil- son. The urges, Miss Keith, MT. Handy and Eric H. Johnson, decided in favor of the affirmative.
 On Thursday, Jan. "A, a debate will be held on the subject Resolved, That motion pictures are beneficial The affirmative team will be Miss Wheel ock, Ralph Pierce and John Hogan, the negative, Miss Morton, Wilbour Lown and Stanton Ballard. Thursday, Jan. IT, Eric H. Johnson will address the society on The Value of Argu- mentation in Business. The Killingly debating team will submit it's question this week. -.-= -H The commercial and cooperative di-' vision of the freshman English class l is now engaged in a few days study l of the history and work of the Red Cross, basing the study upon a pam | phlet recently issued by the American | Red Cross for the use of Junior Red | Cross organizations. | New outside reading lists in English have recently ben posted. The seniors are to give the winter term to the study of poetry; the juniors will se-. lect their outside reading from a list of biography and other non-fiction; 1 the sophomores from a list of short stories until they begin the study Of l the history of American literature | The third entertainment of the high school lecture course will be an inter- pretative reading of Edward Sheldon's Romance. Although Miss Sage comes as practically stranger, she comes even more highly recommended than Merle I,orrie, whom it was this year impossible to procure. The proceeds, of this entertainment will go to the Red Cross.
 Wednesday morning Superintendent | Mcdonald gave the Putnam High
 school students practical talk on
 Character. It has been planned that
 the high school orchestra shall play
 every Wednesday morning at the open ing exercises.
 | Trolley Traffic Heavy. There was heavy trolley traffic
 through Putnam Saturday, many buy
 CTS making sure to meet their wants
 in advance of the double holiday
 Last Day of Classification Work. | With only 100 more cases to pass
 upon, the local exemption board ex-
 poets to practically complete it's class
 ification work, excepting for struggling
 cases, today.
 Matter Adjusted.
 Stanley Cyczeicwz, arrested in Dan
 ielson for having failed to return his
 questionnaire, the result of a misun-
 derstanding of what was wanted o1 him, was brought here Saturday, be. ing later released after complying witt
 the governments requirements
 There was heavy movement of coa , northward through this city during Saturday, and it is probable, it wa!
 said in railroad circles here Saturday that this movement will increase dur
 ing the present week.
 Mail frcm oversea.
 Many letters from men who are il i the service in France came into thi
 section at the week end, indicatin, that a mail ship has arrived on thi side. Some of the letters, written af ter the holiday. state that Christina F packages promised from relatives ha, l not been received up to the time o writing.
 . Saturday mornings light snow of fered the fox hunters hereabouts on of their best opportunities of the sea ] son for their favorite sport. ... : Putnam High school team defeate :. the Plainf1eld High school basketba :, team 12 to 8 in a game filled with in }, terest.