The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-03

The disappointment at the cancella
tion of the basketball game with Turner's
Falls was particularly keen, because on
the Wednesday before the Brattleboro
team played with Greenfield, the closest
game on the home teams record and
showed the teams most marked i'm
provement. At a meeting of principals
Saturday, it was decided that since the
game was cancelled by Turner's Falls at
short notice, the game should 90 to Brat
tleboro, by default, , to o.
Much interest in interclass basketball
was stirred up ON last Thursday bv the
challenge of the junior class to the school
for a game on Friday. The sophomores
We're the first to accept the challenge
and their acceptance was followed by the
seniors challenge to the freshmen The
results of these games were: Seniors II.
freshmen 4 juniors TO- sophomores s.
The freshmen are to be complimented
on their craftsmanship in playing against
men of greater weight and experience
Their spirit and playing is indicative of
the strength they viii bring to next
years team.
In the meeting in Greenfield of the
principals, it was also decided that the
expense of the official referees should be
divided pro rata among the schools on
basis of school membership on December
/. This was necessary, for otherwise
Brattleboro high, which is not the larg-
est school of the league and is the farth-
est from Springfield, would have to pay
the largest share of these expenses.
On Wednesday, Feb 4, the B. Fl. S.
basketball team goes to Deerfield, where
it will play its first game of the season
with Deerfield academy From the teams
hard work in practice, b. H. S. is hopeful
OF Deerfield's scalp.
On Friday, Feb. 6, Athol high school
will come to Brattleboro with the hope
Of winning from b. H. S Get behind the
home team and help them win.
| Last Thursday morning Justin Moran
talked to the school about the Student
Council, expressing its desire by cooper
alton with the faculty to make this school
model school. He urged the pupils to
show their interest by giving to their
class representatives the problems and
grievances which they would like dis
cussed and acted upon. He compared this
work with that of the nation in which
the students would, III few years, be
voters, showing that this interest would
be the beginning of real citizenship. Ger
tain definite minor improvements were
pointed out. He closed his talk by say
ing that no subject was too large or too
small to be considered seriously by the
Student Council.
By the canvass for Dial subscriptions
among Brattleboro high schools recent
graduates who live in towns nearby, 10
more subscriptions have been added. 1t
is expected that other names will be
brought in within few days.
Miss Glazier has been absent from
school this week on account of illness.
The sophomores are planning to give
party in honor of the seniors on the
evening of Feb. A. The entertainment
is to be in charge of the following COM
mittee: Mary Buttertield, Mildred
Greenwood, Dorothy Miller, Cedric En-
Ierson, William Moreton, and the officers
of the class eN-officio.
A very interesting and close debate
took place in the senior class this morn
ing with the following proposition; Re
solved, that the United States should in
tervene in Mexico at once The affirma-
tive side was upheld by Charlotte Rob
bins and Mabel Baker, the negative by
Thyra Morrill, and Elizabeth Davies 1t
was one of the best debates that has been
held during this school year The mega