Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-11-11
NEW VOL. 55-No. Is.
SHEPHERD COLLEGE NOTES

President White returned the 6rs,
OF the week from Parkersburp, where
ne attended a three-days session of the
state Education Association and
meeting Of the State Board of Educa-
non. Monday afternoon he made m
nt'ei report of the proceedings. Prof.
N"uer barnes, of the Fairnont Nor
maj, was elected president of the as
suviaton for next year and Miss Bess
Anderson of Parkersburg High School
IViSc-preS.dent. Supt. w. G.. Cook. of
MSDowell county, was chosen a MEM
per OF the executive committee. Mem
Inership fee will hereafter be two dol
laSr, and the association will arrange
either to take over the West Virginia
Schooi Journal and Educator or Start
new journal, which publication will
DC sent 10 each member free Of charge,
President White was kent quite pusv
during the four days absent, hayine
been scheduled to address the normal
school section and to speak at the
school masters banquet. About twen-
tiy-hve Shepherd College alumni were
IN attendance, and on Thursday even
ing they held short reunion, in which
they were Joined by Prof. S. o. Bond,
who led them in the singing of Shep-
herd College songs. On Friday thew
mad luncheon together in the dining
room OF the Parkersburg High School.
The following were present: President
W. II. s. White; Maurice Dodd, 1910,
OF Matoaka; Margaret Maddox, 1920,
OF Warrington; Elsie Sutton, 1915, Of
fairmont; Ruth Licklider, 1913, and
Mrs. r. Z. Waid, OF Parkersburg; Cecil
Gates, 1918, of Morgantown; Bessie
b: Licklider, 1897, OF Charleston; F. o!
4. A
komney; Supt. Boyd Randall 1905.
Laura Licklider, 1915, Helen Little,
1920, and Mary Williamson. 1914, Of
Salem; Allen wilkins, of Mooreficld.
Agnes Van Zandt. 1917, of Submission,
Florence Hartley, 1914, Ethel Hamrick,
l9lS. and Earl l.. Daley, 1916, OF
Masontown; and Ada May, 1916, Of
Sistersvile.
Members of the football team went
to Martinsburg last Saturday after
noon TO witness game between the
Martinsburg and Hascrsfown high
schools. They were greatly interested
in the thrilling play of Goth teams and
came back to work out system Of de-
tense which will hold their competitors
10 low score next week.
",o 70 pS'SI SpceCn week through
out the United States, and at the col
icge one is confronted at every turn bv
some striking poster calling attention
to prevailing error in the use Of
English. The Seniors and Freshmen
constitute one group busy noting mis-
taxes IN English made by the Juniors
and Sophomores outside OF the class
room and watchful lest their opponents
| record mistakes against them. On
FRIDAY there will be a spelling match
between selected contestants Of the two
groups. Miss Ella NJ Turner. of the
English department., arranged an ex-
celient program, emphasizing better
speech, which was given Tuesday
morning. One OF her English classes
hrst gave an interesting dialogue ell.
Titled Justice TO Words" after which
me school Joined in singing "Hail.
beuer English" Then President White
spoke at some length on his own per-
sonal encounters with bad English
An essay on "Our Strange New Lam
guage" was read by Hattie Johnson.
and the school sang Good English,
1--WE Love Thee" Two beautiful
poems, "Daffodils' and "L'Envoi,"
were recited by Zenith Wilson and
Isabel Martin. Louise Kable read a
paper on Romance of Words" Louise
Gardner recited Lines to q Water
fowl" and "Unmanifest Desting" was
read by Lillian Buzzerd Miss Freese's
music classes then saying two parodies,
one on Dixie" and the other or "SoI-
omon Levi" Selected orations, "The
American Flag" and the Gettysburg
Address" were given by Charles Har-
per and George Ludwig, while two war
poems were on the program, "In
Flanders Field" being given as a vocal
solo by Ruth Myers, and "Spires of OK
ford" spoken by Vernon Frye.
Better Speech Week will be con-
cluded Friday, when Seumas McMan-
us, Of Donegal. Ireland, and New York
City, will appear in the college audi
torium for an evening of Irish stories.