The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-25
BEGUN
FOR JOAN OF ARC
Music Department of High School to
Present Operetta - Try-outs for
School Plays-other Notes.

The music department of the Brattle-
boro high school has begun practicing an
operetta, Joan of Arc, the verse by Fred
rick Enoch, the music by Alfred r. 5Gaul
1t is hoped that it may be presented early
in April.
Last Friday afternoon, the first try-outs
for parts in the school play, The Rose o
Plymouth Town, were held, a good deal of
interest being shown by the facts that
there were a number to read each part,
and several interested in more than one
part The second try-outs viii be held to-
morrow afternoon.
A meeting of the Latin club was held
Wednesday evening, Feb IS, in charge
of the junior aediles 1t took the form of
a progressive party, tour of Italian cities.
The life and customs of these cities were
first pictured by the aediles. Then the
party made trip through Italy, stopping
at various cities 1.-THE different rooms at
high SCHOOL,. Plenty of entertainment was
found in each city, where various games
were played. At the end of the tour Es-
Their Hoadley, who most successfully par
ticipated in the games, was presented a
box of stationery. Refreshments were
served and dancing followed The Latin
club again enjoyed hearing the parodies
and popular songs, sung SO successfully by
the sophomores in The Awful Aunt. The
meeting closed with the singing of the
school song.
The school was very glad to welcome
| back Tuesday morning, Mr.. Warren and
Miss Glazier. The teaching corps was not
complete, however, because of the madden
| ing two minutes loss of connection at
| Greenfield experienced by Mr.. Lee and Mr.
| Crosby, who therefore could not reach
| Brattleboro nutil nearly noon.
| The following books have been added tc
the French library at school: Historic DE-
| France, Michelet; Historic de la Littera
| ture Franchise, Duval; La Chute, Victor
| Hugo; La Petite Fadette, Sand; lie Ro
man dun Jeune Homme Pauvre, Feuillet
Robert Helmont, Daudet; Sept grands Au
teurs, Fortier; Straabourg, Marguerite
Trois Contes de Noel, Meylen; La Belgi
que Triomphante, Larsimont.
| A meeting of the Spanish club was hello
Thursday evening, Feb. 49, Spanish games
Mi-Cordero, and Animales legumbres, col
ores, were played. Refreshments were en-
prepared by the chef, Howard Richardson
| A musical program was very much en-
joyed Thursday morning when Miss Ruth
| Frederickson sang, Nanny Little Rose
/ I Al
You Look In the Heart of Rose. Tive
very pleasing piano selections, Brookside
and Hunting Song, by Mendelssohn, wer,
especially well rendered by Miss Iren,
| Cooper.
| The wireless club will meet Thursda,
night at 745. An especially good TIM
| socially is planned, the party TO, be in tn
| form of George Washington party. TIL
club hopes to have the sending apparatu
working at this time 1t has been fortu
nate in securing a new oscillation trans
former to use in sending. This, with tn
half kilowatt transformer and the rotar
spark gap, should enable the club to com
municate with various Massachusetts sta
tions.
4 BY winning from Orange last Frida
/ night, Brattleboro is back again in thir
place in the league standing, while Orang
dropped down a peg This game was
reminder of the game with Greenfield ,fo
it was not decided until the last minut
of play, when Wells hoped one for tn
winner. There was no lacl'of spirit or Ell
thusiasm on part of the cheering squae
Next Saturday afternoon there will be al
other game well worth seeing The stron
Deerfeld team will play in the armory a
I o'clock Brattleboro was severely beate
by Deerfeld a week ago, but will put j
some hard practice this week and fit itse
we'll for the fray.
The first Saturday after the spring v;
'ation. April 10, will be observed as ia
day for the benefit of high school ath
letics 1t is hoped that the friends an
alumni of the school will respond as gel
erously as on the last tag day.
| Recently Ruth Barker of the senior ella:
has received an Underwood certificate ft
speed and accuracy in typewriting 81
wrote SIC words in 10 minutes, making Of
Y four errors #
The annual exhibition of gymnastic VOL
will be held some evening in the week
March s. One interesting feature will