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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-25
MAKE FOR BETTER SPELLING
Indiana Newspaper Pleads for a Re-
vival of the old-Time Matches"
Once Popular.

The winter evenings are long and
there are few people who do not
care for the movies Some of them
play checkers and others tat. few
improve each shining hour by reading
something worth while. Occasionally
some. one thinks of letter, long past
due. He starts to write, and then
he stops 10 nihble his pencil, because
the wcrf he has in mind seems so
hard to spell. That reminds him of
spelling. In the old davs of loud
schools" when recitatioas brought out
the vocal powers of children and when
they studied aloud more attention was
paid to spelling, observes the Indian
apolis News
Since then the schools have taken
long step forward, but the oldtimers
insist that the modern hoy and girl
do not spell as we'll as father and
grandfather did. OF course, the mod
ern school system is more complex.
Grandfather never dreamed of learn
ing how to make furniture in school,
and grandmother had no domestic sci
ence course wherein she learned to
concoct Thousand Island dressing
When reading, writing and arithmetic
We're considered essentials, spelling
claimed almost as much attention as
the three RS.
A few years ago considerable rivalry
arose in Indiana, and there we're de-
bates between the new school and the
old. The elderly people insisted that
the modern youth cannot spell in the
same class with those who went to
school 30, 40 and so years ago. To
settle the dispute spelling matches
were held. The contagion for accu-
rate spelling spread throughout the
state. Elimination contests finally es.
tablished a county champion, and he
in turn challenged the champion of
the neighboring county. The state su-
perintendent Of public instruction ap-
proved the spelling matches and school
authorities generally were Interested
At that time the school officials de-
clared that the unusual attention d.
rected to the subject resulted in bet
ter spelling in the schools. The win.
ter evenings are long and some peo-
! pie do not care for the movies. An.
other epidemic of spelling matches will
not cost anything, and it might pro
( duce a great deal of good.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-25
JAPS DEVOTED TO WRESTLING
tests Which to Western Eyes
Would Be Tame Exhibition.

The wrestling hall covers an acre
and seats 1900 Entering the circular
hall one snatches glimpses through
open doors of greenroom life-wrest-
lers getting their topknots creased and
dressed In most meticulous fashion,
and "geishas" watching the operation
with suppressed giggles. Inside tiers
OF seats slope down to the arena in the
middle. The affable editor takes me
into large empty box commanding
fine view of the arena and whispers
that the box of the crown prince is the
next one to the left, Elsie F.. We'll
writes In Asia Magazine. A vast i'm
personal fusing together of thousands
Of heads, dizzy hum of countless con-
versations firing to unaceustomed for
eign ears, a curious impression of
somberness produced by the enormous
patches of black and mouse-gray and
blue that predominant in any large
japanese group. The people are di-
yiding their time between slipping tea,
smoking their infinitesimaI pipes. eat
ing bowls of rice and watching the
matches.
Down in the center is the arena,
covered with sloping roof like that
OF Shinto shrine, gracefully recall
ing the time when wrestling matches
were given in the court of a temple
TO trample the ground for building and
the proceeds of the contest went to re
pair temples and shrines. Up in the
roof is little shrine to Nomi no Su-
kune, the patron deity of wrestlers,
to whom offerings of rice are made
before the matches. In the firse cen
fury before Christ the emperor of ia
pan had an overbearing and insolent
officer Of the guard, one Keheya. The
emperor ordered the strongest men of
the realm to wrestle with the hercu-
lean bully. Nomi no Sukune chal-
lenged him to bout and trampled
him to death, and received as an i'm
perial reward great estate. AS a
posthumous honor he was deified as
the first to reduce wrestling to an elab-
crate science. The four pillars sup
porting the roof of the arena, each
draped with different color, white
blue, red and black, stand for the four
seasons. The purple curtain with
white wave pattern draping the caves
signifies passion calming the elements.
At each of the four posts sits mo-
tionless, like Buddha, one of the eld-
ers, or ''tOshiyori," retired wrestlers
who have attained champion rank, and
now organize matches, administer
finances, take pupils and receive pen
sion from the wrestling association.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-25
Rebuilding saloniki

An ambitious plan for rebuilding Sa-
lonik was outlined recently by Mr..
Thomas H. Mawson at Kings college,
London. Saloniki, he said, had been
devastated by great fire, and it had
been decided to rebuild 1t on such a
scale as to make it one of the most
important cities in the East. NJ. Ven
IzeIos had determined to make II a
more beautiful city. The city was for
tunately situated in regard to parks,
for 1t had at its disposal tracts of land
which would be made into some of tha
finest parks in the world without a
penny Of purchase money being paid
over.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-25
The Chance.

"Ah, what changes one short year
has wrought But II months ago,
standing at the threshold of the new
year, little did l think"
81 sect" interrupted old Festus Pes
ter, little did you think then, and now
you don't think at all. Is that the
idea T-Kansas City Star.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-25
Effect of Whiskers,

Generally it is whiskers and not sick
ness which makes a sick man look so
CHASTITY and ghostly.-Emporia Ca
zette.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-25
.HE Executive Committee and Di-


rectors for the Victory Liberty
Loan Organization in the Third
Federal Reserve District have been
appointed at a meeting in the head
quarters, 40 South Broad Street,
Philadelphia, and the resignation of
Lewis H. Parsons, Director of the Third
and Fourth Loans, owing to the press
of personal business, was accepted
No director was appointed to fill the
vacancy caused by Mr.. Parsons with
drawal. John H. Mason, Director of
the War Loan Organization, which
handles War Savings stamps as well as
the Liberty Loans, will assume active
control, assisted by the Executive Com
mittee and three Associate Directors
The following statement was issued
by Mr.. Mason:
Governor Passmore has decided
the campaign for the Victory Liberty
Loan shall be carried on by the War
Loan Organization, of the Third Fed
eral Reserve District, which really
means there will be practically no
change, except in name.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-25

The Greeks, one of the most IN
tellectual of nations, were distin
guiShed for their small heads,
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-25
Future of Flying

Future of Flying.
"l'd sooner fly" was colloquial
phrase of two decades ago that was
often used to express the impossible.
The magic carpet OF the Arabian
Nights seemed no less fanciful than
the dreams Of Langley and the Wright
hrothers In the light of those days
the workers on the heavier-than-air
machines were looked upon as the
foolish descendants Of Darius Green,
They were the same kind of "cranks
as Jules Verne.
Today billions of dollars are invest
Cd IN the manufacture Of airplanes.-
ouisville Courier-Journal.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-05-25
COMMENCEMENT WEEK At HIGH SCHOOL
Seniors to Present Class
Play on Thursday Evening

usual talent is assured Of one scream
after another. "A Pair of Lunatics'' has
proved one OF the most popular Of the
comedy playlets and was made famous
by the English Kendalls
Especially appropriate to the present
time Is the scene depicted In Act III IN
which is embodied great artistic beauty
with refreshing and charming original
ity. 1t is moving tableaux of Patrio-
tism in which the entire Senior class
Of about seventy girls and boys take
part.
AS the curtain rises in groups on either
side of the stage Red Cross girls Yoe-
manettes. soldiers and sailors with math-
ametical precision will change positions
giving wonderful effect. On steps
erected back of the stage viii be seated
representatives of different nations with
| Uncle Sam and Columbia as the central
! figures. A fitting climax to the lovely
scene presented will be when the spirit
or Peace descends In the form of a beau
tjful Peace Dove personifIed by Agathe
/ Borchgrevink, which occupies the center
Of the stage.
Those taking part in the tableaux are:
Red Cross Girls-Mary Beggs. Marie
Born. Evelyn Lewis, Francis Morey.
Amelia Zirklebach, Ida Wilhelmi, Pauline
Gander. Vistera Jones. Louise Jameson.
Mayne Abrams, Dorothy Burrow, Irma
Dewberry, Mary Holt, Isabel Mcclellan,
Mary Thorn Adele Berlin.
Yoemanettes-Gladys Vaughn, Beatrice
Brown. Margaret Brown. Mercedes Cafe
70. Dorothy Friederechson. Matilda
Gear. Maude Hardy, Elinor Melton. Flor
ence Helmke. Ida Merriwether, Mildred
soris. Joyce Wilder, Hazel Williams.
Nations presented-England, Effie
Lively: Italy. Bertha Goldsmith: France,
Amelia Berlin; Japan. Nellie mcconnell;
China, Janice Kahn; Belgium, Beth
Bronson; Scandinavia, Bessie Brown:
spain, Dorothy Holmes; Russia. Martha
Penn; Greece. Thelma Mcmillan. Uncle
Sam, Chandler Rozear; Columbia. Doro-
thy Hess.
Soldiers-Claude Kugelman. Craighill
Brown, Sigmund Solomon, Oliver Will
Hams, wallace Purdy. McHenry Jones.
Sailors-Alex Olsen, Harold Jones. Ed
ward Lurton. Chandler Rozear, Frank
Beovich, George Oliver.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-05-25


Much interest is being manifested in
the Alumni banquet to be given Saturday
night of commencement week when the
10 graduating class of the P. H. S.
will be welcomed into the Alumni assoc
CITATION.
Elaborate arrangements are being made
for the banquet by the II class menu
bers represented by a committee COM
posed of Misses Rhoda Benn. Julia
6.reary and Elizabeth Lind, assisted by
Miss Julia Bowes, president OF the AL
unni association.
Miss Norma Holt. of '16. will be toast
mistress and Craighill Brown will respond
for the graduating class Gail Binkley
responds for the class of IS and Dixon
Garter for ,16. Professor William Tyler
will speak for the faculty.
Members of the 1917 class who are
arranging for the banquet are: Vera
Hasletine Beard. Franklin Beard Rhoda
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-05-25
Alumni Banquet to Close the
Festivities of Pensacola High

Rebecca Benn, Dorothy Bingham (Mrs.
Phillip Kohn), Elsie Burres, John Giles
Burrow, Julia Emma Creary, Alberta Lee
Davis, Montrose Edrehi. James L. FuIg-
hum, Ethel Cordela Gilmore, George
William Hartman, Tobias Herschkovitz
Hilda Margaret Hallmark (Mrs. j.
WILSON,. Mebel Clara Hiliard, Silvia
Kahn, Marion Keeling, Tom S. Kennedy
Marion Laney. Mary Elizabeth Lind,
Ethel Mcdonald (Mrs. w. A. RawIes),
Vivian Mcclellan. Hazel Morrison, Oliver
K. Perkins, Myrtle Rice, Edna Viola Rie-
del Mrs Arthur X. Pounds), Price Ro-
zear, Lucille White Runyon. Lucille Es-
Their Sellers. Louis Jeter Tatum. Media
Taylor, Mamie Turner, John A. VanPelt.
Graham yinson, Adelaide Yniestra (Mrs.
H. K Bulb, Carrie Louise Yniestra.
Officers of the Alumni Association
are: Miss Julia Bowes. president; Miss
Vera Green. vice president: Miss Marie
Creary. secretary, and Miss Kathleen
caro-, treasurer.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-05-25
PENSACOLA HIGH TO GRADUATE
LARGEST CLASS IN ITS HISTORY

All interest centers just now in the
commencement exercises for the coming
week when diplomas will be awarded TO
one of the largest classes ever graduating
from the Pensacola High School
The exercises Will be held in the High
School auditorium on Friday, May 80, st
Is p. M, when the awarding of diplomas
and medals will be made
The class honors have fallen to Miss
Agathe Borchgrevink as valedictorian,
Miss Adele Berlin as salutatorian; Miss
Marguerite Borchgrevink. Claude Kugle-
man and Margery Pierpont were given
honorable mention, this being the third
successive year that this honor has been
given TO Miss Pierpont.
The class probably has to it's credit
greater achievements than any previous
class They have organized Senior
Booster eClubwhicll has been instrument
tai in the movement to secure new
Ugh school, have upheld the established
record of the P. II. s.. in debating. saw
the successful establishment of military
training in the P. II. s.. has the first
class to graduate. in Gregg shorthand,
has been Instrumental in sending the
first track team to the State Inter-H
track meet at Gainesville, is the first
that has maintained four years
npionship in girls athletics, Is the
II It class to do eight months work in
six months and live through it. and is
twice as large as the largest class that
ever graduated from the P. III. S.
Seniors who have contributed in
great measure to. the success of the term
are r. CraighilI Brown who is president
of the Senior class, president of the
students council. a member of the
Booster Club which has been instrument
society. Edward Lurton, who is presi-
dent of the Boys Athletic association, a
merlber of the Booster club and director
of the p. H. s. orchestra. George Cali
noun who is business manager of the
4.rrattler." and Adele Berlin, who is ed
iitbr-in-chief of the "Tattler," treasurer
Of the Girls Athletic association and
president of the Shorthand club. Mar
r-orv Pferpont who is editor on the
sTattlers staff and president of the Lit
erary club. and Wallace Purdy editor of
the s.Tattler' Ruth Pfeiffer, who Is
Reconnaissance of the Senior class
and a member of the executive board of
The Shorthand club. Sigmund Solomon.
High school reporter, member OF the
Tebating club and director of the Min
sfreI Agathe Borchgrevink, secretary
treasurer students council, exchange ed
Iit6r of the .eTattler," and reporter Girls
Athletic association. Marguerite Borch-
greyink art editor Of the ."Tattler,' sec
retary-treasurer First Aid club and cor
respondent secretary Shorthand club.
Alex Olsen. who is Boys Athletic editor
of the sTattIer'' and sergeant-at-arms
Of the Students council Gladys Vaughn
Girls Athletic editor of the "Tattler,.
and president OF the Girls Athletic as
ISOLATION. Claude Kugelman. alumni
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-05-25

rsurzday night at 8 o'clock In the
VI auditorium, the Seniors Will
Z. The class play and indications
II Is going to be one of the
sfs nj hest ever given at the PEN
iine,s high school. The play will be
sseo. tbe able direction of Mrs. A. G..
1no a,. ND music will be furnished by
s y pensacola High School orchestra
A., the curtain opens on a lovely
~ 7yben eight of the Senior girls
,.ssass in the costume of the period
49, beautiful rnInuet Of Paderewski
18th Is exduisitely interpreted all Of
-,,btle charm, strength and beauty
80 which so distinguishes the art
4, podArewski from that of his fellow
,sic,ans Especially interesting at this
80 Is the work of this noted Polish
-.,,. Who is the man of the hour in his
I.,nntrv lust now and has proved to be
1. vreat a. patriot and statesman as well
4. wonderful musician.
Thoss who will take the boys parts in
M rnInuet are Carlise Bliss, Marguerite
|poroherevink, ONEIDA Hoyt and Grace
Jacobsen. Those who have the girls part
- Mstorie Pierpont, Ruth Pfeiffer, Ruth
ballard and Lupah Thomas.
Following this scene OF exquisite artis-
N loveliness will be delightful comedy
raylet, "A Pair of Lunatics' in which
r. leading parts will be taken by Mary
MARSHALL Wright and Craighill Brown.
he action takes place in a small room
N the assembly room of DIR. Adam
Lsvlura for feeble-minded and insane.
me- story opens with the musings of
captain Fielding, who has come to he
|ooun to escape attending lunatic ball
Il which he has been invited. There
Idter a time comes Clara Manners who
|lso seeks to escape from the ball.
through the misunderstanding of eacr
linking the other a patient a most lu-
|tuclous situation arises and after nu-
zerous complications comes a happy
nding.
All those who have seen Miss Wright
the different roles she has essayed and
nioyed the sparkling wit and droll hui
Dor which seems an innate part OF her
citing. have predicted for her a bright
lHture and with Mr.. Brown playing OPP
PosIte her the audience knowing his un-
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Miss Mary Macarthur, who has ar
rived in America to attend the con-
vention of the National Women's
Trade Union League, to be held in
Philadelphia next month. is the gen
eral secretary of the British Women's
Trade Union League and has probably
done more than any other woman of
her time in organizing women in in
dustry. At home she is known as a
level headed and energetic worker,
who combines sound common sense
with a large hearted humanity and
sympathy with the workers. During
the war she served on several govern
ment commissions and worked tire
lessly in the interests of the great
army of women munition workers.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-05-25
Class Day Exercises to
Take Place on Wednesday

ne Class Day exercises to be held on
Wednesday, will be one Of the most in
tsresting parts on the program for COM
nsncement week and one of the prettiest
features will be the Flower Walk when
hs presentation of the Senior ak will
ne made to the Juniors by Craighill
Brown, Miriam Olsen accepting in behalf
|a the Juniors. The Senior classes will
km in line and enmeshed in ropes of
iowers will march to the campus where
|as impressive presentation ceremonies
VII take place.
he following program win be carried
crt for the day:
PART L H
Professional. ~
Class Roll.
Piano Solo ............ Mary NJ Wright
Cass History .......- Gladys Vaughn
Song Legends of the Bells 1890.
.''s''...... senior Class
Cass VIII (Alex Olsen) .........
.................. Mr.. w. c. Stapleton
tsno Selection ........... Ruth Ballard
9eaaing ................. 1upah Thomas
Class Song edith Cooney) Class of ~
PART II.
Flower Walk.
Fascination Of Axe -. craighill Brown
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-05-25

Behold at the left. CONNECTION of
ret over-dress is tucked. and set with
white cotton net-fine net made over
princess slip of white organdie. The
broad landings of filet lace. The ruff
fled fichu of organdie matches the or
candle ruffles that peep from beneath
the net skirt. A belt and sash of velvet
ribbon and knot of silk flowers lends
a touch of color.
'Tother side of the picture, the maiden
at the left wears a more elaborate frock
of white chiffon, with a becoming lace
bib, and many tiny tucks. Worn over
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-05-25
Comic Opera Opens Festivities of
Commencement Week in Pensacola

saves her by declaring that she is his
fiancee-just as Captain Bradford APP
pears. Hearing Scoops announcement,
no goes sadly away, before Dorothy
catches sight of him.
ACT II.
Dorothy, as cheerless a ffiancee" as
Scoop is an awkward happy man. is
taken in by Mrs. Whoffin and her girls
a relief worker. Unexpectedly ner
father arrives, travelling on a special mis-
sion. He stops at the inn for dinner. and
there discovers that his wallet, contain
ing his money and credentials, has been
stolen. Ezra ged, he has a row with the
waiter, whom he cannot pay. The
waiter summons the military police;
Fischer, protesting in vain that he is a
congressman. is searched and found
be carrying blueprints of airplanes. While
he is being pronounced a spy of the most
dangerous character, Dorothy appears.
exclaiming Father That settles them
both. She is taken to be searched by
Nine. Verve.
Bradford arriving shortly afterwards.
is handed some discriminating docu-
ments found on the female enemy
which he discovers to be letters that he
himself wrote to Dorothy and which she
has been secretly measuring. He at once
releases the innocent Fischers and is
welcomed as son-in-law.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-05-25
Commencement

Presentation of Medals
Blount Composition Contest
Girls Defamation Contest
Boys Oratorical Contest
Alumni Scholarship Medal
Girls Athletic Medal.
VaIedictory 1900. Agathe Borchgrevink
presentation of Glass Prof. j. NJ Collier
Awarding of Diplomas.
Glass Song edith Cooney) Glass of 10
MISUNDERSTANDING Robinson, chairman;
Jack Brown, Kenneth Calm, Sam Rose
neau, Monroe Smith. Richard Saunders.
Jesse Edwards, Byron Campbell. oliver
Semmes, Campbell Barrow.
Manager of Commencement Week Acc
tivities-CIaude KugeIman.
Property Mapager-Alex Olsen.
stage Manager-Jack Brown.
Program Committee-Craighill Brown,
Edward Lurton. Mary Beggs.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-05-25
ny BETTY BROWN,

Her graduation gown!
The first really beautiful. elaborate.
fluffy creation a woman chooses for a
public appearance is a rite-and should
be "a triumph
In these days all other matters are OF
minor Importance to the momentous de-
csion of what that graduation gown shall
be- and how it shall be finished,
Here are three uggestions-which, IN
truth, deserve the name of inspirations.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-05-25
ACT /.

.
Dorothy Fischer, daughter of pa
triotic American congressman who hap
pens to be of German descent, goes to
France with the aim of doing relief work.
She is not member of any organiza-
ton and she has left home without let
ting anyone know of her intentions.
What impels her is the fact that she is
in love with a certain Jack Bradford,
whom she rejected because of her fathers
dlsapproval and who is now a captain in
the American Expeditionary force.
Arriving alone in village behind tue
'front.' she is suspected of being a spy
by Nine. Verve. the mistress of the inn,
where she applies for lodging. Mrs.
Whoffin. the matron of the Relief Assoc
citation in the village, upon being told of
the suspicious, undertakes to question
the girl Dorothy's answers are confus
ed and unsatisfactory. At the climax of
her ordeal. Scoop, a war correspondent
who happens to be staying at the inn,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-05-25
Speech of Acceptance 49,, Miriam Olsen
CLASS NIGHT EXERCISES.
Wednesday,. May %. 1919. at 8 p. m.
High School Auditorium.

Girls Defamation Contest for the +. X.
Yonge Medal
Isabel Mcclellan 3..... s'The Forty Nine
Lots Mcclellan ........ Banks Medley
Lupah Thomas ............
............ The Earthquake Makers
Mary NJ. Wright 49,. "Nellie's Prayer
Jazz Medley ............ McHenry Jones
II.
Boys Oratorical Contest for Medal pre-
scented by w. C. Diffenderfer
Claude Kugelman 80. ..Jean D'Esprez.
Ralph Hoolsema ........... $1,000.
..... Exordium in Knapp Murder Case
Sigmund Solomon OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
..... Grafton on the Grave of Napoleon
III.
Glass Prophecy
Part I........... Louis Mcclellan
Fart II .s...s...-...-. Slgmunu solomon
".
Decision of Judges.
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CAST.

Captain Jack Bradford. young Amer
lean officer ........... George Calhoun
Herbert Scoop, war correspondent
.................. Powell Lindgren
Alphonse. pacifist waiter ............
.......... Graham White
Hon. Otte Fischer, a Western Con-
gresham .......... Sigmund Solomon
Sergeant Mugs, a man of duty .......-
Wallace Purdy
Dorothy Fischer, the Congressman's
daughter LOIS N1CLeiiAA
Mrs. Whoffin. matron of the Relief
Association ..........-. Frances Morey
Madame verve. a young widow and
proprietress of the inn Elinor Melton
Red Cross Nurses-Kathryn Wehmier.
Lucille Pulliam, Marye Tryon, Ida
Meriwether. Effie Lively. Gwendolyn
Mcclellan, Juanita Hancock, Isabel Nc
LelIan.
Soldiers-Jaek Brown, Arthur Bowman,
Oliver Williams, Henry Hudson