Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1921-02-11
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; *SHOSHONE HIGH SCHOOL
NOTES
Ninth Grade Notes


We NAV be green but we'll tell you,
RI you don't hurry up, Wen make yot
blue.
livlier class you never saw
Why, even those icy Seniors thaw,
From their frozen depths they feel a
thrill,
HorHthe Freshman class that's climbing
still
You'll take off your hats when you
know
The Freshman Glass that's never
slow;
You'li thrill with envy thru and thru,
And wish you were a Freshman too!
Our English class has been writing
short stories for the last week. and we
have discovered that Mable Mason has
some ability along that line.
Last Friday the Ancient History
Class spent very pleasant period, the
lesson being Shades of Old Romans"
Each one in the class represented one
of the shades and told of his life in
Rome. We find that human nature wa
the same then as now.
In recent spelling examination
given by Mrs. Burnside. thirty nine
Freshmen made grades of 80 or over.
six made grades below 90. Tres bien.
n est-ce pas?
Cathryn Werley. the Freshman rep
resentative on the basket ball team,
made a good showing for her class at
the recent game.
Mr.. Belford, engineer OF State Rec
lamation Services. visited several
classes Tuesday. Mr.. Eelford was
formerly a teacher in Boise High
School.
Friday afternoon real lively Hpep"
rteeting was held in the High School
Great controversy arose whether lady
teachers or the men teachers were the
best yellers. 1t was finally settled that
the women having the majority. should
lead the yells that night
Ruby Crothers entered school last
week. She is a member OF the Fresh
man class.
The Algebra class in taking up
fractions
Monday night the Shoshone Health
Association gave program in the
High School auditorium. A little play,
The Imps and the School Children"
was put on the Public Speaking class
and pupils from Miss Gilmore's grade.
The Imps of Handicap, Snuff1es, Weak
eyes, Sore Throat Toothache, Mumps.
etc. had bothered the children until
the parents were forced to ask the
schooi-board to take steps against
them After placing the serious situa-
ton before the board, doctors, nurses,
and medical assistance were called for
and the Inps were effectively routed.
After this play Mr. Wesson gave
talk on public health work in Sho- |
shone.
Thunder is one of the ioudest noises
we hear: yet in the silent lightning
lies the power. (Selected)
class, like a chain, is no stronger
than its weakest point But it is diff
ferent from the chain in this-When
strain comes. all can concentrate upon
the threatened point lending strength |
till the danger is past This renders
the class invincible. (Selected)
The Freshman Class regret that they
have lost Sadie Anderson, who has gona
to California to finish school.
Owing to the fact that some mem
bers of the Freshman Glass received
unsatisfactory slips last Friday, the
work was very much better Monday.
Last Friday evening Wendell came !
TO Shoshone with the intention of win |
ming two games OF basket ball. But
alas! their bright hopes were sadly |
blghted. The Shoshone girls added
another victory to their list by defeat |
ing the Wendell girls with a score of
35 to 19 in favor of Shoshone.
After the games the whole high |
school danced for a short ime antd then |
the four teams adjourned to the school
building where delightful lunch of
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served to them by several of the High
School girls aided by Miss Carpenter,
Miss Jones and Mrs. Anderson.
The teams wish to thank them for
their kind and generous assistance.
FOUND:-A bracelet, owner may
have same by applying to Miss Mills
and describing property.
Last week the Sophomore Glass had
an extemporaneous debate, the ques
ton being: Resolved that the open
shop is better than the closed shop
The students each had five minutes in
which to think of their points. Those
on the Debating Committee spoke last
so as to give the other students a bet
ter chance as the committee had given
the question some thought before. The
Following pupils Affirmative, George
Haddock, Paul Flanner. Florence Mill
saps. Thelma Gwin; Negative: Lloyd
Crothers, Muriel Landsborough, Made
line Hanafin, Helen Johnson. The per-
iod ended before all the participants
had canoe to speak and so the out
come of the debate was undecided.
Saturday February 18th. is Abraham
Lincoln's birthday. On Friday after
noon the American History Class, un-
der Miss Mills. will give a program in
the auditorium of the High School.
Stories of Lincoln's life. stories told
by him and such things as we never
tire of hearing about the great Ameri-
can will be the chief numbers of the
program. The public is cordially in
vited to attend.
Harold Wheeler was the author of {
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