The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-07
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
Elective DayShop Work Exhibit
Nght-AnnuaI Promenade June IL


Next Friday will be observed as cleo
tive day when each pupil of the three
Hover classes will definitely plan his course
lof study for next year. Only these three
classes will report for the first two pc
RODS. The heads of the modern language,
lScience, Latin, history, domestic science,
and commercial departments Will give
brief talks practical advice upon the adj
visibility of pupils elective courses in
| their respective department. For instance,
pupils who have very low marks in fresh
imam English are rarely wise in eIecting
a modern language course for the second
year. and the boy who can barely pass
| junior year bookkeeping may find senior
| bookkeeping too difficult a subject. On
| the other hand, these talks viii give def
| mite encourag cement toward other Selec- |
| tons by showing clearly the value of GER
| tain courses in combination. Students
| will be asked to fill out blanks and to
| take these home on Friday, that the
blanks may be signed by parents and re-
| turned to school the following Monday. |
| The approval of principal. teacher adj |
visor is also to be designated, but after |
the record of this years work is known. |
The new elective blanks viii include the |
program of this year. record of success |
or failure in each subject, and the course |
as planned for 1922,
AT 900 on Friday the seniors also will |
report. Then the regular Friday sched |
ule viii be followed, all the periods being |
shortened that school may be dismissed |
at the usual time.
Everyone is reminded that the high
and graded schools will hold a shop-work !
exhibit at the high school building
| Wednesday evening Of this week at 40
o'clock. This exhibit will be of special
interest as the pupils have made many
useful and attractive articles during the
| year. A fuller account of the exhibit
appeared in yesterdays Reforme1I 1zaAsa
Yesterday the senior class was invited
to attend the annual Junior Promenade.
to be held Friday. June II. in Lawton
| Frederickson. Laura HOadley. Truxton
Britain. Frank Subway, Howard Rice.
The prom Is only for students and
alumni of the high school Alumni desir-
ling tickets are asked to secure them from
lone of the committee, as no canvass is
to be made.
This is the last full week of school this
year. Examinations will begin next
Monday afternoon and continue through
Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday of
next week. There viii be no school on
Friday. Glass day will be observed Sat
urday. June Is. and baccalaureate sun
: day June 10. On June 20 pupils will re-
turn all books. There will be no session
on Tuesday, but on Wednesday at 10
lo'clock there will be the final assembly.
Graduation exercises will be held Tues
day evening, June p.
Yesterday morning. Mrs. f. w. Pier.
chairman of the Windham County Junior
Red Cross. spoke very interestingly at
school. She presented the Brattleboro
high school a Junior Red Cross charter,
and said that r. II. $. is the only school
in the county that has membership 100
tpcr cent strong Mrs. Pier showed that
though since the war was over there has
been tendency among people ia forget
the Junior Red Cross. the Red Cross con
tribution should be Just as much a part
of the school budget as should the daily
paper subscription a part of the family
budget She characterized the Red Cross
aS the most democratic organization in
the world. having for its motto. To serve
and render aid i'm time of suffering. such
as fire. flood or famine" She also spoke
about its value in school life, its encour-
agement of good times in being good mix
erS and working with everyone, and of
school spirit. Her closing words were:
A school without school spirit is a blot
upon the landscape"
At opening exercises yesterday morn
ing, Henry Lawton. captain of the track
team, presented to the school the cup
won at the invitation track meet in Brat
tleboro May -. He spoke lnodestly of
the success of this years track team In
referring to its increasingly fine records
he said that the team had not weakened
with old age. In accepting the cup. Mr..
Warren said that in spite of the opinion
of few people that our team is over
trained. the boys show surprising pep
for a WORKOUT" team. AT burlington.
BrattiebOrO ran away with nearly all the
events she entered" he said, besides
equalling and improving upon records
made by college men" He also spoke
highly of the dependability and faithful
ness of the boys on the team. .
The Student Activities society feels
grateful to Oscar Benson. Howard G.
Rice. Harry L. Emerson and julius War
rem for the use of their cars to bring the
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