The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-27
COURSES OF STUDY
TO BE REVISED
Changes Made by High School Faculty
Track Team Not Going to St.
Johnsbury-Pre Memorial Day.


At faculty meeting Friday after
noon the courses of study offered in the
Brattleboro high school were fully dis
cussed. Some changes were suggested
and approved. 1t is hoped that soon the
revised courses of study may be IN the
hands of high school pupils and of the
incoming freshman class, that each may,
with the help of parents and teachers,
plan next wears work early. This
planning will save much time at the
opening of school next fall and will IN
sure definite preparation for whatever
the pupil plans to do at the close of his
high school course.
In opening exercises yesterday morn
ing, amid enthusiastic and prolonged
applause. Captain Davis presented to
the school the silver shield won by the
track team last Saturday. Upon this
shield are engraved the words:
"Track Meet
Brattlehoro Interscholastic
May "a, 1872
It is the plan to have also engraved
upon it the name of every member of
the track team in recognition of his
hard and faithful practice this spring.
This morning at opening exercises let
| ters were awarded the members of the
| track team who won points at the inter
scholastic meet. all being heartily
cheered by the school. Among them were
| four four-letter men, Plumb, Gibson,
| Austin and Moran. who have qualified
for the letter in football, basketball
baseball and track.
At Shorey's studio today the photo
| graph of the track team was taken.
At a netting of the track team yes
terday it was decided not to go to st
Johnsbury for the meet May 81, as the
| team wants to get all the practice il
can before going to Burlington to the
| interscholastic meet Of Vermont week
from Saturday.
Probably there will be no baseball
game this week, but on Saturday OF
next week, the baseball team will go Il
Ludlow. where they win line up against
the Ludlow nine.
Examinations for credit in outside
music will be held June Z.
j, About 90 interested pupils of th
seventh and eighth grades gathered il
the domestic science room vesterda,
| afternoon to attend demonstration
: given by Miss Marjorie Luce of th
Vermont extension club work service
: Asparagus and rhubarb We're canned b,
. | ~, n
) explained and much interest was shown
) If this meeting is any indication a bus
| and profitable season of canning ma
be expected On Tuesday afternoon
similar meeting is to be held in Yves
5 Brattleboro, where a club of 20 men
: bers is already engaged in canning.
The annual pre- Memorial day exc
cises will be held in the high schoO
| Thursday at 10 clock Following
the program: Medley of Patriotic air
Johnston, high school orchestra; inv,
:, : cation, Rev. DR.. Woodin; welcome to
. 4. R.; music, Taps, Custance, hig
school male quartet; A Memorial Da
Toast, Arthur Barrett; music, Colun
bia 5 Banner On the Sea, Fisher hig
school chorus; reading. The Survivor
Singmaster, Richard Rogers; addrsr
, Capt. Gibson; music, America 5 Ne
, sage, Johnston, grade s: music, Amer
ca for Freedom, House, Grade 4; musi
Star Spangled Banner and flag salut
= high school.
This afternoon at the seventh annu
conference of the Vermont branch
is the National Congress of Mothers OF
4. Parent Teacher associations, Miss Kat
: crime Denning of the senior class W
ID sing group of songs. This evenii
II at 7.45 several selections will be re
d. dered by the double quartet and by t
rs orchestra of the high school.
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