Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-03-09
SHEPHERD COLLEGE NOTES.

Weekend attraCtloHS III tiiS SOiiSSS
consist Of two numbers. First and
49,. i-,rortant, we are told by men,
hs-s of the 1921 Cohongoroota staff,
:. "a hirh-class comedy, entitled Ruth
:, Rush." to be given in the old
town hall this Thursday evening.
This play has been sponsored and
coached bv Mrs. Robert Gibson, who
va. fortunate in securing a fine cast
for il so we plan to see the fun.
ANYWAY, we can't think why Ruth
sbould be in a rush when il won't make
any difference a thousand years from
now. The question will be settled
Sbor,.y after we hand in our little
Green ticket we bought at Owens
Pharmacy. Get yours there, too; the
reserved seat variety costs 35 cents
and the general admission 25 cents.
The doors will open at 7.30 and the
rlay will begin promptly at 8 o'clock.
The other attraction will be a gamo
Of basketball between the boys team
and some independent team Manager
Lowe is bringing here for an exhibit
ton contest, This will wind up the
season for the boys.
The girls basketball team has one
more game on the schedule, but that
is week hence. On March II they
plan 10 add another game to their long
list of victories when they meet Ha-
gerStown High School. Last Friday
evening the whole girls squad had a
chance against Berkeley Springs High
School and won, 20 to 1. In the first
and last quarters an entire second
string defended the college, though
most of the points were made when the
regulars played. In the second half
our girls scored lS points, while theig
opponents made only 3.
The boys and girls basketball team
were entertained at social after the
Berkeley Springs Shepherd College
girls game last Friday night at the
home Of Captain Mary Grosc. Coach
Legge and several other friends were
present. The evening was spent very
enioyahly, celebrating the fact that the
s. c. girls had vanished the Berkeley
girls with little trouble.
Representatives of the two societies
for the ntcr-society contest next June
were chosen last Friday The Par.
thenianS named Mary Michael, of Mar
tinsburg, for defamation, and Elise
Brown, also of Martinsburg, for essay,
while two Shepherdstown boys, FLOYD
Flickinger and Robert Schneider, drew
the tickets for oration and debate.
Ciceronian representatives will be
Louise Gardner, of Leetown, for dec
lamation, Elizabeth Hill, of Shepherds
town, for essay, William Harris, o.
Leetown, for Grafton, and Walter E.
Herr, of Shepherdstown, for debate.
James Haley had the unusual mis-
fortune of falling into a gutter on his
way home from church Sunday evening
and receiving badly sprained ankle
De is now the hero of the school, be-
ing honored as the most afflicted mem
Der. However, Mildred Marshall is
more than little envied with the
thumb and index finger Of her writing
hand out OF commission for the pres
ent
The latest issue of the school mag
azine published by Randolph-M
Academy shows that Francis Strictly
Is making great record there in
scholarship. Mr.. Strictly was a stu
cent in Shepherd College last year,
out withdrew to enter X. M. A. last
ial! Tor course preparatory to the min
istry: His friends in Shepherdstown
VIII be glad to know that he made the
second highest average in scholarship
lot the past semester. 1t is said that
some interesting data on records on
shepherd College students for last Sc
meSter will soon be made public.
-: announcement OF the marriage Of
MlSS Vera Keim to Mr.. Edgar Cliff
I0rd Lawson at Elkins, w. Va, on
Wednesday, March 1st, has been re-
served Miss Keim was a student as
Shepherd College last semester.
through MIR. Harrison Schley, of the
emerson Security Bank, we have news
W. ", me distressing death of-Miss Sarah
". Landes. Miss Landes taught home
SSJ,hoIllics So,IoIlic and French in Shepherd
Ho'.ese few years ago, but resigned
WI I0count OF i'll health and heavy
,So %o'S. She had formerly been head Of
T,e nome economies department in the
.t .eHaS Agricultural College. Last fall
,ne ne was elected to a fine position in
o o.e south, but later had to give II up
b,, bn, aScount OF i'll health and 90 to her
i;. u""e IN Riverside. r. l. There she
a, a.yl alone until the night Of Febru-
g.. I'd, when she perished in the
nos no."es which destroyed her home and
sIs'Ssnal - property. Mr.. Schley learn
NJ OF hcr death through her brother, Of
,,o'r 'StoWn, Pa, who wrote to inquire
J...0erning an account which Miss Lam
O'' carried with the Jefferson Security.
we Have to Dispute Br'er Rissler.
,po eS we are still printing sale bills,