The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-04-14
PUBLIC SCHOOL NOTES
Local Defamation Contest

Miller High School will hold it's To-
cal defamation contest at the High
School Assembly Room on Friday eve
ming, April fifteenth. There are six
contestants, three of which are in the
dramatic section and three in the ora-
toral section The contestants and
their pieces are as follows:
DRAMATIC
The Littlest Rebel-Miss Genevieve
Dunn.
The Lost Word-Miss Madeline Low
ell.
Miss Grace Davey.
ORATORICAL-
The Spirit of America-Mr. Walter
futile.
Theodore Roosevelt-Miss Helen
Osterhaus.
The Turk Must Go-Mr Clarence
Thomas.
The winner of each section will rep
resent the Miller High School at the
district contest held at Pierre on April
twenty-second. Miller High School
won first at the district contest last
year.
The constitution of the South Dako-
ia D~eclamatory league states that the
High School Principal shall choose
the contestants to represent the school
Miss Brown has asked two or three
citizens to assist her in making her
selection.
A charge Of twenty-five cents to
adults and twenty cents to others will
be charged. This money will go to
defray the expenses of the contestants
to Pierre next week.
Give us a good turnout.
Garden Club Work for the Summer
Months
We are trying to promote Boys and
Girls garden work for the Summer
months. There is no better project
for the children than for them to have
a garden of their own. planted and
taken care of by themselves, and har-
vested by themselves. Records should
be kept as to the amount of work put
into the garden, also its condition each
week and also everything that comes
out of the garden in order that they
may figure up and find out whether the
garden was really worth while to
them.
One of the most vital things in get
ting this work started is to obtain the
interest and cooperation of the par
ents. This interest must be of the
right kind. We cannot go on the idea
that "it is to be Johny's Calf and Faith
er's Cow" that is, it Johnny's as long
as 1t is growing and bringing i'm moth
ing and as soon as something can be
obtained from the garden he turns 1t
over to father. That is one of the
greatest things that have driven boys
and girls off the farm today. We want
the cooperation hat will assist the
boy and girl in making their garden
a success.
We also hope to have a garden club
exhibit next fall and offer the boy and
girl with the best gardents a trip to
the state fair They may also COM
pete with the county clubs and benefit
in that work.
Mr.. Aicher has gladly offered his
help in making this work a success.
We want every parent Of the boys and
girls that are interested in the work
to get behind the movement and halp
make 1t a ucces
Practice has been steadily going for
ward on the play Professor Pepp," to
be, given by the Senior Class. No de-
finite date for the play has been set
but 1t is expected to be produced the
first week OF May.
The Mathematics III class has finish
ed their text on Plane Geometry and
will take up third yea Algebra next
week.
The boys who are trying out for a
track team spent the evening In prac-
tice at pole-vaulting. running and
jumping when the weather permits.
The six weeks examination will be
held this week. hTe students COM
plain that the teachers give them hard
!