The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-03-10
SCHOOL NOTES


stirring four-act drama of early Col.
onial days, has been selected by the
Junior class for it's offering to the
public this year, and preparations fol-
its early production are well under
way. This play highly recommend
ed by the American Playground As
sociation for this Pilgrim Tercenten-
airy year has been one of the mos.
pop ular plays of the present year. II
contains much interesting action and
character delineation and so empha-
sizes the human side of the life
of our Pilgrim ancestors as to deep
en- the sympathy and quicken the
understanding of all who see it.
TIE following cast has been select
ed:
Rose de la Noyes, Edith Newman
Philipp, her brother, Jack McKil.
lop.
Miles Standish, Earl Brown
Barbara, his wife, Dorothy Covert
Miss Resolute Storey, his aunt,
Henrietta Kuehl.
Miriam Chillingsley, Barbara s
cousin, Vera McComb.
John Margeson, LaVerne Miller
1oAANl 4 OolGit DOIdlu
But the actual acting of the play
is only part of the work. For the
rest, the following committees have
been appointed:
Music, Murray Gillett
Business Management, Helen La
Due and Beatrice Gates
Costumes, Anna Doyle, Ruth
Pound and Naomi Pound
Properties, Florence McLain, Mar
garet Murphy, Isabelle Tracy
Sittings, Charlie Sheridan, ROLAND
Covert, Harold Acheson.
Miss Helen Camburn was a High
School visitor, Monday.
The Chemistry class are finishing
their regular work, hurriedly and will
soon take up original work.
The Class Honor Students per
centage have been determined as fol-
lows for the month of February:
Seniors, 81 per cent.
Freshmen, 42.5 per cent.
Juniors, 33 per cent.
Eighth Grade, 235 per cent.
Sophomores, 18 per cent.
The percentage has been raised for
all classes.
Miss Geraldine Fent was a pleas
ant high school caller, Tuesday.
A circuit picture was taken of the
high school one day last week, which
has proven very good The pictures
are of double value to Mr.. White and
a few track men who were able to
make the circuit and get into the
picture twice.
Eighteen girls under the age of
sixteen organized in the fall "Gen-
esee Camp" of the Campfire organ,
ization. The girls have received a
book and are finding very worthy
and enthusiastic guardian in Mrs.
AleNander. By their work they have
received more than one hundred fif-
ty honors this winter. They nave re-
Gently purchased some very nice rings
and they have a new project in view
Of purchasing about twelve hundred
bars Of candy and the proceeds of
this going to buy their ceremonial
gowns. Let's, all be ready to help
them when the time arrives.
The seventh A class are spending
time making drawings
Of cell life and organs of the digest
i've system.
The seventh B class have just COM
pleted an outline of South America.
After spending some time with
rudiments of Orthography the sixth
grade have come to the conclusion
hey do not like vowel sounds.
The sixth grade have handled in
some very good writing papers the
past week.
This week the fifth grade are hav-
ng Folk Games and Physical Train
ng in Hygiene which they thorough
y enjoy.
The pupils of the fifth grade gave
Miss Fleming very nice surprise
party one day last week when she
returned from one of the other rooms
where she had been teaching, she
found every thing ready, and every
)odv enjoyed themselves greatly.
The fourth grade have Dutch |
sand table and have made some very |
pretty Dutch scenes.
Hubert Burr is absent from the !
'ourth grade on account of scarlet
ever
After studying the story Of Peter
Rabbit the third grade are making i
ome Peter RABBIT booklets.
The pupils of the third grade are
to find out when to use
o and too.
The second grade class are study |
ng Holland They haye made some
ulips and will make other things
oon. I
The first grade are making some