The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-04-17
PUBLIC SCHOOL NOTES

PUBLIC SCHOOL NOTES
The Grades are practicing Cantata
and dances for an entertainment for
the Music Festival Week, under the di-
rection of Misses Mitchell and Craig.
Glenn Bissing was absent from school
several days last week, helping his
brother in the store.
The Ellis High School agriculture
class attended the Station roundup
Saturday, April II, in body. Several
of the Hays boys and girls helped at
the Station.
Lloyd Wilson, alias BLUE, according
to the long established custom, phoned
and asked to be excused Monday, be-
cause of the manual labor connected
with putting IN the glass in Oshant' s
window which had been previously fill
ed with dollar bills. Blue succeeded in
getting through the window, but the
bills were gone and the boys dug labor
iously in their pockets to pay for dam
ages dene.
All the students who did not want to
ge home for dinner. Wednesday, the
day of the snow-storm, ate at school.
Miss Morgan and the freshman domes-
tic science class prepared the meal at a
very small cost.
Rev. L. A. McKeever and wife ar
rived at Hays, Thursday evening,
where they will live. Rev. MeKecver
is the District Superintendent of the
Hays District in the NJ. E. Church.
They will stay at the home of Rev.
Snapp until a suitable house can be
found. They have two children, Frank
lin and Laura, who arrived Sunday
night. They are both High School stu
dents, Laura Sophomore and Frank
lin Senior; they began their work at
school Monday morning. The McKeev-
or family are from Belleville, Kansas.
The ex-high school students, Raleigh
Ransom, Paul Bush Gross, and
Claude Wilson, have arrived home
within the last three weeks. These
boys have seen service In France. Sew
eral Of our service stars have returned
and we are wishing to see the rest
back. We are hoping to have a visit
and speeches from those already back.
The Boy Scouts have been meeting
the night trains and taking the A. o.
U. w. delegates to their rooms. The
scouts are: Ashba Hedges, Joe Addison,
Earl Barry, Lawrence Bemis, Albert
Nickles, Carl Blender, John Sites,
Donald Meade, Jake Felten, Ernest
Ruff, Devere Collman, Carl Malmburg,
and Ira Rhodes.
Plans are being made for furnishing
the north room, number nine, for re-
ception room. The estimated cost Is
about S113. The proceeds from the
Princess Chrysanthemum' will prob
ably be used for this.
Miss Mary Oliver and her sister, Jo-
sephine, from Russell, as represent
atives Of the A. o. u W., visited the
high school Monday morning, April IA.
The botany and shorthand classes
have finished their books for the year.
The shorthand class has taken up letter
writing and the botany class is going
to take up the study of flowers and
buds
The School Board held a meeting last
week and arranged to have school close
and the Commencement exercises on
the 21st of May.
The Alkulana Camp Fire have decid-
ed to have q social meeting once a
month. The first one will be held Tues
day evening In the Boy Scout room
Arbutis Wise, Hazel Strailey, and Mil
dred Howie are the committee to serve
refreshments.
The Seniors received two rings and
pin Wednesday. This completes that
part. of their order. They are Inow
awaiting the cards and announcements.
Miss Sewer went to Topeka, Satur-
day, on business. Mr.. Shively is teach
1ng her classes during her absence.
There is a movement afoot among
the Scout leaders to have the twenty
two counties in the Sixth District get
together and hire q Scout executive
with his home here or at Beloit. They
are writing to the school principals and
newspapers to get everybody interest
ed.