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HIGH SCHOOL NOTES

HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
Editors: James Johnson, Laurence
Chickering, JOY Curch, Isabelle Chick
ering.
After having had a week CT spring
vacation, everybody is back at his
work with extra vim and ambition
Too bad vacations don't come oftener!
Miss Blekkink in M. and M. history
class, reciting the short speech Glad
miral Nelson to the English fleet,
said, England expects every man to
DO HER duty" She explained the
ksstake by saying that she had been
thinking about woman's suffrage
Last Friday the first yell-meeting
Of the spring term was held in the
high school assembly room before the
afternoon classes passed. /. V. Num-
by took charge of the meeting and
showed real ability as a yell-master.
The meeting was TO arouse enthusia-
ism for the baseball game Friday
afternoon. Short impromptu speech
es, given by "Fat" Brown, "Tomn
Doyle and Pete Peterson, were
loudly applauded Following these,
nine rahs We're given for each mem
Der of the team. To close the meet
ing, Erwin Hanson lead nine rahs for
the new yell-master's splendid SER
vice
The Senior class have decided upon
The Lion and the Mouse" as their
class play. Parts win soon be as
signed and work will begin.
This year a number have "come
out" to play tennis. The boys have
been working on the court after
school and moons getting it in shape
to play upon. A fence has been
placed along the west side in an effort
to keep cff those who would damage
the court Tennis practice viii start
very soon.
B. H. S. baseball team played it's
first game of the season last Friday
at Leonard Park with a combination
team from Lyons and Muir. The score
was one to two in favor of Belding.
Lyons and Muir gained their score
during the first half Of the third in
ming, while Belding made its scores
during the last half of the seventh
and the ninth. The batting order is
as follows: Childs, G.. +; Skellenger,
80; Ring, 2B; Peterson, l.. F.; Dehn,
S. s Outman, c.; Condor, r. f; Doyle
1B; Coyle, p. The team as a whole
did good work, this being their first
game
The next game is to be PLAYED with
Gainesville ct Gainesville next Fri
day afternoon.
Mr.. Fris.~~ { Belding has offered
to buy + DOZEN baseballs and a
half dozen bats for the high school
team. These are to be returned to
the store each night after practice
and each game. The high school APP
preciates the interest shown by Mr..
Fristoe in athletics.
A meeting of the high school Y. M.
C. A. was held at the home of Gordon
Riker last Tuesday evening. Nearly
all members Were present and they
had a very enjoyable time. A set of
boxing gloves helped to make the
meeting lively one.
The Tschtuka Camp Fire Girls gave
a program at the North side Teach
ers' and Parents association week
age Monday night. The program
consisted Of a ceremonial meeting,
a motion love song interpreted by
Beatrice Simons and an Indian legend
by Miss Little.
In the same week the juniors lost
one member and gained another. Ed
win Thompson answered the call CT
the farm but hopes to make up his
work and re-enter next year Mar
jorie Conner who came from the state
of Washington is a welcome member
to both the class and high school.
The juniors regret TO say that the
ratio of p+irls and boys is.
All high school functions of a So
cial nature have been suspended I'M
til the week after April 25. the date
of the operetta Consequently the
society editor of the school notes has
lost his Job.
The fact that the sophomores have
4 finished their study of the newspaper
is no sign that they have lost inter-
est in the school notes. With the
publication of this issue every mem
Der will have served on the staff.
Look at the advertisement for the
operetta in the Banner-News. IL was
written and ARRANGED by Aileen Arm
strong for an English assignment
The class has been STUDYING the adj
vertisement as part of newspaper
work.
~ Fer the benefit Of the Athletic as,
psociation and those who attend, there
will be something doing at the high
school Friday evening. May g. Re
serve this date. Further particu
lars will appear later.
Friday afternoon Mr.. Hockstad an
nounced that the junior program
would not be given. One member
Of the class. who was to take part
found it necessary to leave school
Another junior refused to take a
part the last minute. Those juniors
who were willing and ready want i
understood that they were unable t.
put on their program because few
failed to cooperate and stand by tn
class.
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