Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-11-19
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES,
MAUDE BEAMAN, Editor.

Ano hASn ScnoOl enjoyed a holiday
Armistice Day.
The Mountain Home high school
was well represented at the foot ball
game in Boise Armistice Day. Those
attending were: Karine Nordyke.
Arthur Tye, Norman Eckstein, Ed
ward Pence, Byron Norell, Frand
Riddle, Philip Anderson, Helene
Smith, Shirley Eckstein, Esther
Pence, Celesta Harley, Mr.. and Mrs.
Simpson, Mrs. Anderson, Mrs. Eek
stein, Delma Macdonald, and Clara
Swain.
The high school is organizing two
literary societies. The assembly
room was divided into two divisions.
The pupils OCCUPYING the front half
were put in one society, those in the
back half in the other society They
are planning to give several good
programs during the winter
The girls have started practicing
pasket ball and are in hopes of hay
ing some inter-class games.
Mrs. Hays was i'll Monday and
was unable to attend school.
The Junior class is going to have
a candy sale Wednesday, November
20. They are hoping that every
body will patronize them. The place
has not yet been selected.
The first fire drill this term was
given Tuesday afternoon. The build
ing being completely vacated in one
and one-half minutes.
A double header basket ball game
will be played Wednesday evening,
November 20, between the Village
Clerks and the American Legion and
two teams chosen from the high
school.
Miss Opal Sheacer and Miss Mari
an Green attended the foot ball game
at Gooding Friday.
Geology teacher: What is peat?
Student: A nickname for Peter.
A Red Cross representative gave
a very interesting talk to the high
school students Wednesday morning.
Her subject was What the Red
Gross is for, and the Good 1t Does"
GRADE NEWS
Marion Young entered the fourth
grade Tuesday He came from
Council, Idaho.
The following pupils in the
seventh and eighth grades received
gold stars in spelling; Pearl Smith,
Raymond Moore, Bernice Mast, Her
old Love, Marjory Wells, Bessie
Schlecter, Lois Swimm, Dale Proct-
err, Foster Mcclure, Edwood Nc
CURE, Clayton Marchbanks, Edward
Knight, Helen Carlson, Ella Craw-
ley, Zetta Caudles, Fred Bunnel, and
Helena Anchustequi.
Ulysses, Otto and Glen Burgess
have been absent for the past week
ON account of the death of their
mother, Mrs. Burgess who died
Thursday.
Ona Slusser and Alma Tye have
been absent the past week due to
sickness.
The grade children are practicing
daily for the Thanksgiving enter
tainment, entitled "The Soul of
Priscilla" In this entertainment
Priscilla has supposedly slept for
three hundred years dreaming all
the time of the far away days when
she was a girl in Plymouth, and of
the years to come, when modern chill
dren would observe the feast of
Thanksgiving and tell the old stories
of primitive times. Columbia is
sues her usual Thanksgiving procla-
nation and then summons Priscilla
to wake and tell her own story
Priscilla wakes and tells her dreams.
AS each figure is mentioned it glide
upon the stage and with a song, a
drill, or a bit of pantomine illu-
strates her story. When Priscilla
finishes her story Columbia sum-
mons the children of today, who
bring offerings of fruit, vegetables,
nuts and finally the turkey which
are to be used for the feast. Parents
and friends of the children are cor
daily invited to attend this pro-
gram which will occur Wednesday
afternoon, November 23 at two
o'clock in the school auditorium.