The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-11-05
BETTER ENGLISH. week
OBSERVED BY PUPILS
IN RICHMOND SCHOOLS

While the all absorbing presidential
election was holding the attention OF
the public the Better English week has
slipped by with less observance than
it would have otherwise, had 1t not
been for the anxiety and interest in
the election Nevertheless every
school child in the city has entered
into the celebration Of Better English
week with much enthusiasm. Con-
tests, campaigns and play writing
have been very few of the things
they have done.
The gay posters displayed from
school windows and from a few store
windows in the downtown section are
the work Of students in the art de-
par,ments Of the schools. Friday
chapel exercises in Garfield and High
school were given over to the observ-
ance of the movement. At the high
school play was given in the audi
forum Friday morning and Friday
afternoon the junior high students
from Garfield presented four one-act
plays in the auditorium, three Of which
were written by English students.
The four-act play. for the Better
English movement given at the high
school was 1.-THE Conspiracy" by Row
ena X. Reyes, and was presented by
members of thee Dramatic society.
Music for the play was composed by
Miss Mildred Whitley. student. The
cast included:
Richmond Youth, emperor and ma
gician, Daniel VanVoorhies; Good
Usage, the king, Edwin Ross; Pronun-
citation, the kings daughter, Mildred
Whitley; Courtiers: Enumeration,
Norman Hoeffer; Ears, John Edwards; ;
, Tongue, Alice Lemon; Teeths Mark
Shredder; Lips, Marguerite Taggart.
Speech Improvement, the constable,
Richard Peed; Saw, servant OF Ears,
Gertrude Williams; Seen. servant OF
Enumeration, Helen Cowgirl; Careless
ness, servant of Richmond Youth,
Lourie Brown. Ladies in Waiting:
Dorothy Churchill, Mary Frances
Churchill, Virginia Harris. Words:
Recognize, Flora Bishop; Doing, Reba
Morgan; Going. Elizabeth Price;
wash, Keith Crum; Surprise, Mar
garet Coe; Government, Lois Ward !;
For, Irene Bishop; When, Julia Burr.
Time-Possibly the present. Place
Kingdom of American Speech.
Act 1.-The courtroom of the kings
palace. Act 1.-THE Clubs Head
quarters" Act III-Before the castle
of Richmond Youth. Act. IV-Court-
room as in Act l.
Four Plays BY Garfield
Among the four playets given by
Garfield Junior High students was
1.-THE Bad Speech Family" which was
written and presented by the TBS
English class. The cast of characters
were:
Mother Bad Speech, Thelma Bos'
well; Amt, Robert Robinson; 1 Come,
George Shartle; We Was, Gladys Lib
in; l Done 1t, June Matthews; Fairy
of Good English, Flossie Johnson.
Good English, an Able Servant
: was written and presented by stu
dents of the TAI English class. The
cast was as follows:
Mr.. Smith, a Business Man, John
Jones; Mrs. Smith, Kathleen King;
Helen Smith, Their Daughter, Helen
Heitbrink; Jimmie Smith, Their Son,
James Hibberd; Good English. Serv'
ant, Orren Mohler.
miss Columbia Has Headache
was the title Of the playlet OF which
Catherine Eye was the author. Mem
bers of the S-A class who took part in
the playlet were:
Miss Columbia, Catherine Eye;
Nurse, Elizabeth McLear.
The S-A English class presented
"G's Hardships" and the cast was as
follows:
Father Alphabet. Richard Lancas
ter: Grocer, Lewis Miller; Farmer
Horton Cowles; Farmers Wife, Elsie
Stoddard; twenty-six letters OF the
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