The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-01-15
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES

the 27th of February. Tryouts are
being held and the results will be an
nounced later. Miss Gardner will
have charge OF the play.
The Boy Scout meeting was held
Thursday night from seven to seven
forty-five. The troop now numbers
thirty-one with one vacancy. Tests
were held Friday after school and
eleven scouts were suspended Satur-
day because of failure in tests and
failing to pay dues.
The Catholic College basketball
team were defeated Thursday and
Friday evenings, by the Hays High
School. The score Thursday evening
was thirty-six to sixteen, and Friday
night nineteen to ten. The two teams
played again Wednesday evening at
the High School gymnasium.
Coach Carman has made the ruling
that any football man of 1919 not
passing in three subjects, will not be
entitled to a sweater.
The High School Girls basketball
team has a game with Bunker Hill,
Saturday, January II, at Bunker Hill.
The Bunker Hill girls will play a
return game later this month.
Miss Boomer, the junior high
school teacher, who was absent last
week, because of illness, returned
Monday morning. Mrs. Wright taught
in Miss Boomers place during he1
illness.
A number of High Schol students
have shown themselves interested II
the Golden Belt Educational Associa-
ton, which will be held here March
4, 5, 6. Entries will be made il
oratory, short story, music and othel
activities. There will also be a serie:
of scout tests.
A civics class will be organized the
fifth period, and eleven have signifeC
their intention of taking the subject
The Algebra One-A class will b,
transferred to Miss McMindes, ans
I Mr.. MARBLE will teach the civics class
which will not begin until Februar!
, TO-
A picture show will be given Thurs
| day. January 22nd, at the Strani
Theatre, for the benefit of the Bo.
Scouts. An eight reel program VII
/ be given, ''The Littlest Scout" )" an ex
! cellent photoplay in six reels, unde
the direction of ]. Stuart Blaekton
Added attraction, Mack Sennett pre-
sents GA Fugboat Romeo" with Ches
ter Conklin and his bevy of Sennet
girls.
Verne Blakesley, a Junior, Wi
leave for Genoa, Nebraska, soon afte
the examinations, where he will at
tend High School.
Miss Creighton, of the English de
partment, is planning a High Schoo
Newspaper next year, to be issue
every six weeks. Almost every Hig
School of note in Kansas has a news
paper and the H. H. S. ought not t
lag behind.
Sarah Newell, Glen Rumsey an
Ida Hedges are absent this weel
because of sickness. Luella Rhin
and Robert Dickinson returned Nor
day after a brief illness.
The mid-year exams are being hel
this week. The first hour class wa
yesterday afternoon, second and thir
today, and the fourth and fifth wi
be tomorrow.
The Hays High Schol five will NEE
the Ellsworth basket ball team in til
Coliseum, Friday, January Is. Thi
will be the first game for the Hay
Five with an outside school.
Clifford Morrison. of the class c
10, left Saturday night for The Brad
ley Polytechnic Institution at Peorii
Ill, where he expects TO take cours
in watch work and engraving.
Do you know that Hays Hig
School has the best building in Ka1
sas, and fewer patrons visit it tha
: any other school? Why not plan q
inspection of the plant, Mr.. Patron
An interesting debate was held
chapel Friday, by the members of tt
English II class. The question wa
, Resolved that Cramming is Justii
able" Halle Overholser and job
Taylor took the affirmative and E
Madden and Harold Lewis the neg
, tive. Both parties put up good arg
ment but the judges decided in fav'
i oftfe negative. Aside from the d
! bate the program was made up Of
solo by Bessie TiIlotson, reading
! Daisy Beeby, solo by Faythe Loga
story read by Frances Robinson, ar
an article written and read by NJ;
Thompson
The Sophomore class gave a par
!. in honor of Eva Wood and Mildr'
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