The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-11-05
WEST LIBERTY STATE NORMAL SCHOOL NOTES

On Monday morning. November !. Mr.
james \ l.ak.n Of Charleston h''i"'t
ct Tn" State Board Of control. NdiH Il
visit To the seat OF learning on the NIL
H,. found everybody busily engaged IN
his chosen occupation. During his riS!t
ne. stated that on the following DAY ne
was To attend at Clarksburg, several
years ago. when Mr. l.akin visited Hne
Normal he had TO walk the SIX mrs
from Short Creek. This time he hnu
4 "trusty" from the state prnitentiarE
1t Moundsyille act as hts chauffeur.
Student Body Meet
Wednesday morning the student BODY
met and the constitution was Gl'A,uSseu.
and can meet at any time 10 settle
school problems. The students met
Thursday at noon and voted 70 nave
school Saturday instead of Wcdnes"a!
SO that the weeks work would not De
broken up. \ committee was appointed
by President Joseph Hunt to Interview
President McGinnis. The faculty APP
proved of the arrangements. The state
Education Association meeting at lar
kersburE necessitated the closing OF
school November for the rest or the
week. owing also to Tuesdays being a
national holiday. The school work VIII
lie resumed on Monday, November 8.
Visit Stamping works
Wednesday afternoon, Mr.. {. T. Bog
GesS's Industrial Geography class WIS.,
tied the Wheeling Stamping Works on
the invitation Of Mr.. A. w. I'aull. They
went through the plant and saw the dlt-
f"rent operations in making tooth paste
tubes from tin or lead. They also saw
imp The company sells three car
loads Of tooth paste tubes TO one con-
Germ each month. Each Of the students
WAS given a salt and pepper shaker for
Il souvenir
Halloween Program
On Thursday morning at 10 O'CLOCK
during the chapel period. Miss Harry l..
Yager's class in Advanced Composition
gave an original Halloween perform
ance before the assembly. The setting
for the stage was living room scene
where tho members OF the class gath
cred to do some work. Forgetting all
about the purpose Of the meeting they
pleasing manner. Margaret Gaynor en-
gagged the attention of everyone BY tell
ing. in very interesting way, OF the
origin of Halloween.
During an interesting conversation
Ethel Atkinson told the story Of the
Haunted House" Elizabeth Cowan. the
weird story teller OF the class gave Hen
ry VanDyke's The Messengers at the
Window" The droll humorst. Wilma
Weimer. won enthusiastic applause by
relating the story of The Golden Arm
Florence Evans, in her fascinating MAN.
ner. explained the different ways Of tell
ing fortunes. demonstrating several. The
highly imaginative program WAS appro-
priatAly close with the song blowing
Bubbles" directed by Wilbur McColloch,
who had the assembly join in the last
chorus. 1t was said that such divers
lon from the regular chapel exercises
adds much to the interest of school
work. The class extends vote OF
thanks to Mrs. Jas. W. Mccoy for fur
nShing q very beautiful lamp and
basket of luscious apples for the oc-
CaSion.
Dallas Agricultural Meeting
On Friday afternoon Mr.. d. Is. Rogers
visited Dallas with Mr.. Hunter TO attend
one OF the lutter's farm meetings In
cooperation with the farmers he got
samples Of soil from different slopes or
the surrounding country and tested two
typical samples. He found the one TO
be $50 pure and the second 9ST pure.
He used and explained the '1rsicg" test
to the farmers present. Mr.. Rogers then
secured thc samples of ground lime
stone TO SHOW that # Il was not small
enough for ten percent to so through n
nifty wire to the inch screen, it would
not dissolve in soil acid and would te
OF no immediate value IN correcting soil
aciGity He gave q lecture on the use
of Calcium Oxide (qulckltme) and NY
drafted lime or Calcium HydroNide. lie
showed the farmers that II takes 1857
pounds Of pure ground lime 10 do tho
"
lime. Usually recommend two tons OF
ground lime to be equivalent TO one ton
OF burnt lime. He also brought out tha
fact that the only difference between
burnt lime and $3.50 pounds of ground
limestone Is 1850 pounds OF carbon d.
oxide gas driven of when 1t IS burned.
proving that ground lime is just rs eff
cient as burnt lime when an equal VOL
ume of calcium Is contained. The only
point in burning limestone Is to render
1t in finely divided particles. II acts as
Il quicker stimulant but causes soil 10
A few weeks after burnt
lime is on the soil the agencies of soil
and air have rendered 1t tho same as
ground lima. This was followed by
talk by Mr.. Hunter. the Ohio County
agen, and the farmers formed a cooper
alive union and are planning to buy two
stone crushers for the use OF the farm
ers in the community.
Halloween Masquerade
Friday evening masquerade party
the students of the Normal and their
friends. Tho Grand March began at
o clock, winding through the halls and
ending in mystic room which caused
n great deal OF excitement. Dancing
and games were enjoyed throughout the
evening. 4 buffet luncheon of ginger
cakes. cider. and fruit was served. Mrs.
grated in typical Halloween fashion. In
the afternoon IL WAS found that only
I'VE gallons Of cider could be secured.
In order that there would b" an Ahun-
dance, Miss Virginia Powell. Berlin
Smith. ElwOod Rtll. Charles Hunt. Day
and Lawrence Dixon. un-
der the direction Of Miss Wager. chair
man of the social committee, secured
apples from the Il. J.. FraT orchard and
made six gallons of cider, using Mr.. /