Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-03-20
STATE NORMAL.
Silver City,

At Tuesdays assembly, Mr..
Varrelman of the science depart
ment talked on the subject, THE
Chairs You are Sitting on Are
Tired; Get Up and Give Them a
Rest" He talked of the motion
a5 manifested in inorganic sub
stances, such as wood and wire.
He explained the use of the
crescograph for recording the very
minute vibrations of plants and
how 1t was found that the plants
grew taller in the day time while
there was q shrinkage at night.
He also spoke of the nervous sys-
tenn of plants and the cruelty in
pairing and cooking them. In con-
clusion he read an extract from
the Green Book" called Suffer
| ing Carrots" 1t was a story of a
tender hearted girl who tried to
! chloroform the carrots before
cooking them. Although Mr.. Var
relman's talk consisted of many
scientific theories from DR.. Bose
and DR., Volvier, which are often
uninteresting, he added many hui
morous remarks that made it not
only educational but extremely en-
pertaining as well.
In a post season game for the
championship of Silver City and
Grant county, Wednesday night,
the Normal basketball five defeat
ed the Silver City American Legion
basketball team by the apparent
lily decisive score of 80 to IL. The
first half was a whirlwind char
.acter, with a great deal of rough
ness, and ended with the score 20
to in favor of the Normal. InI
the second half the Legion put in
q couple of fresh men, and the
Normal let up little on it's effort,
with the result that the Legion
made two points more than the
Normal during that half. The to-
tai score, however, leaves the
championship in the hands Of the
Normal.
The seniors have ordered their
commencement invitations, ap-
pointed committees to prepare a
program for the annual "class
day." and have asked their spon-
sors to select from their number
the two members who are to rep
resent the class on the commence
ment day program. The class play,
The Arrival of Kitty" presented
Friday night at the ElkS theater.
Is the first of the activities of the
class prior to commencement. May
6 comes the Junior prom" really |
a farewell affair for the seniors,
and souetimes in April, between
these two, comes the class day ex-
.ercises. Although nearly two
months away. commencement ac-
tivities are already beginning to |
absorb the attention of both the
graduating classes and the Nor
NAL authorities.
The next and probably the most |
pretentious of the Normal public !
affairs of this school year will be
the Chinese operetta, THE Feast
of the Little Lanterns" to be put
on at the Elks' theater Monday |
night, the 2Sth Of this month. The |
operetta Is under the direction of |
Miss Gladys Collins, the Normal |
music supervisor, and her Girls
Glee club, assisted by the voice
pupils of Mrs. Frederick VIM.
Rehearsals have already proceed
ed to the point at which they give
evidence of most successful pre-
sentation of the affair. 1t will he
marked by tuneful songs, attrac-
tive dances, and a wealth of orien-
tai colors.
In order to complete the re-
CURED number of days in the third
term without breaking into a new
week at the end of 1t, the Normal
ran Saturday of this week, treating
the extra day as though it were a
Monday in such classes as do not
nave the same schedules every day
in the week, such as the laboratory
sciences. One Saturday was thus
used earlier in the year, and with
the one the extra days of this year
are all taken care of, and school
can close with the end of the week
of May 1920. ~.
Normal instructors in cores
pondence courses are very busy at
present. AS the end of the year
approaches, a great many people
hurry through with the compile
ton of work that has been allowed |
10 accumulate through the year.
work in the correspondence de-
partment is chiefly connected with
subjects required for certification,
out this year more people than
usual seem to have chosen subjects
giving credit for graduation rather
than for certification.