The Holt County sentinel., 1921-04-29
Forest CITY Schnol Nnies.


The Senior class play, "Thompkins'
Hired Man." will be given MAY IS.
1921, at the city hall. The story goes
how Mrs. Asa Thompkins, despair
ing, Of ever having child Of her own,
conceives the idea of adopting d child
and presenting II TO her husband as
his own. She Is obliged 10 promise
the father OF the child that IL shall be
heir to the Thompkins' property, and q
contract is drawn to that effect. The
father, in turn. agrees never to dis
close his identity. Before the adopt
ed child is two years OF age, daugh-
ter is born to Mrs. Thompkins. She
then has a mothers natural desire that
this child should stand first in her
husbands affections, but he loves the
adopted daughter best. The mother
broods over the thought that she has
robbed her own child, not only Of It's
fathers love, but Of the property
which rghtfully belongs Co II,
and which has been willed TO
the adopted daughter. Continued
brooding on this one topic
leads her TO dislike the elder child and
to show great partiality between the
two. II results in the father clinging
still more closely to the adopted
daughter, and the disposition Of his
own daughter Is spoiled by the moth
crs attempt 10 make up 10 her for
having deprived her of so much, The
father Of the adopted daughter comes
to the farm, whore he Is not recogniZ-
cd, and accurcs an opportunity TO work
for his board and clothes. How he
finally rcgans his own daughter and
Is discovered TO be "A wealthy man Is
plainly presented in the play. We will
anpreciatC your attendance and co.
operation. Come and help make the
play n success.
The preliminary dcclamatory aud
oratorieal contest was held ut the city !
hail. Wednesday, April 20. Those TAX. |
ing part from the philo. Literary so.
ciety were; Dora Baker. Jacauetta
Golden, Olcita Weightman. Charlie,
Cas- and Orvillc Coffman. And from
the Metro. society: Hazel Lyons and !
Lewis Shumatc. The contest was n |
complete success from start TO finish, |
and II was a very difficult problem |
for the judges to make their decision. |
This was the third contest ever given
bv the high school. The following
lst OF the selections and rankings of
tose taking part IN the contest; DE.
clamatory, Hazel Lyons, "Thc Sweet
Girl Graduatc:" Jac1uctta Golden.
The Music Master; Dora Baker,
The Hospital Nurse" and Olei,n
Weightman, "lf Were King" Ora n
torical: Charles Cass, "Toussaint
L'overature; Lewis Shumatc, "Tbc
Lost Word" and Orville Coffman,
"Lineoln's Gettysburg Address,, !,
those taking first place in the declam.
atory and oratorical contest will 40 TO
Mound City, Friday, April 20. "a take
part In the sub-district contest, which
VIII be held there, while the one taking
second place in defamation will 10 10
Craig on the same evening 10 take
part IN the county contest. a
Those Of you who wish to take .
tour around the world should have at
tended the illustrated lecture given al
the city hall Friday evening. A q
number Of slide pictures were shown y
OF various scenes all over the world.
Some OF the immense sky scrappers v
OF New York, some Of the d
beautiful snow capped mountains v
Of Switzerland, and still others c
others Of the large cities Of o
Europe, such as Paris and London.
While the slides were being shown, a /
lecture was given, telling the location T.
and history Of the picture. This lee I,
ture was not only interesting, but edu- /,
rational rs well. "
Last Wednesday and Tuesday eve y
ming the high school held n track meet. +
number Of the boys entered, and G
there was quite bit Of competition
among them. All were given the Il
ch nee to enter in any event they I,
wished. Harry Jamison won the meet u
with n total of i5 points. Donald I
Shumate was second with 30 points to n
his credit. Harold Moore was third p
with 20 points and Stratton fourth I,
with with II points. "
Jamison Is exceptionally strong In Jl
he field events and Shumatc leads y
hem all in the trick events, winning c,
all the track events, except the a40- al
yard dash.
Wednesday, the seventh and eighth u
grades competed against the Fresh G
men IN track meet, the grades win Il
ing by large majority Of points. g
Victor Drake was high point man for m
he Freshmen, and Jimmie Randall
vas high point man for the grades.
Randall Is exceptionally good in the c
distance events, running the SS0-yard W
un In 2 minutes and IL seconds. Will OF
iams, of the eighth grade, Is the crack
printer Of the grades, winning all the NJ
lashes except the 440. di
Forest City has strong aggrega- o,
ion this year, but when the men com