Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-11-26
High School News
senate Organized

SENATE AEAilHlLCh
Oratory is not dead, so the fourth
period class in American history
decided when they organized as the
senate Of U. S. and turned time
backward to the stirring days of
1858, pust before the opening OF
the war between the states. Ollie
Pitt, as president pro tempore, had
an exciting time deciding points Of
order and maintaining the proper
dignity. The question before the
house was the extension of slavery
in the national territories. Douglas,
Calhoun, Seward, Sumner, Davis,
Everett, and even Lincoln were
ably represented by eager young
students who had thoroughly stud
led the many speeches made during
this period of history. Perhaps the
ablest champions of the extension
OF slavery were Evelyn Brosey, Carr
Hine. and Donald Osman. Evelyn 5
speech was based on Calhoun's de-
tense of slavery. Donald took the
economic side of the argument.
Carl Hine insisted ON the oDserVa-
ton of the constitutional guaranty
of slavery and the strict enforce
ment Of the bred Scott decision,
on the anti-slavery side William
Vaughey argued from the stand
point of I4incoln's Cooper Union
speech; Marjorie Stearns from
summers Crime against Kansas;
and Louise Louden on the moral
issue. For the middle ground of
popular sovereignty, Virginia Bragg
represented Douglas Of Illinois. On
the whole the class learned some
practical parliamentary law and
clarified the ideas Of the beliefs Of
the great leaders in the decade be-
| fore the civil war.
correspondence Club Elects
At the regular meeting of the
! Correspondence club held Novem
Der %, Eunice Herkenhoff, Dolores
benjamin, Elizabeth Fee, Ysabel
| Stevenson, and Moynelli Stevenson
were voted as members. The con-
\ stitution submitted by the commit
tee was adopted. Pictures of Bel
| GUM scenes were exhibited, and
letters from Belgium and Wales
were read. The club decided, tc
write Christmas letters to their cor
respondents in foreign countries.
Students to Hear Claire DuX
At the assembly held Thursday
morning NJ. j.. Fox of the chamber
! Of commerce, and Superintendent
John Milne advertised the concert
Claire Dux will give for high stu.
cent only, on next Tuesday after.
noon. Tickets for this concert wer'
given to each student, and many
agreed to take tickets to sell fol
the evening concert to be given a
/ the armory Tuesday evening.
ENGLISH ~. Class Presents PLAY
1.-THE Althemist," written by
Loren Motley, was presented b!
members Of the English w. elias.
Friday morning. It was n we'll
acted play Of the sixteenth century
/ The leading part, the chemist, wa
dramatically portrayed by the au
thor. William Naughey made ;
| striking. duke. Other character
were Charles Renfro, Eliot Wig
ellsworth Richard Lewis, and Jess
Wilson. The story Of the play cen
tiers around an old alchemist VIII,
tried vainIy to produce the eliXi
OF youth He finally discovered
what he thought was the elixir o
youth. Upon testing the qualitie
/. Of the elixir. he met a terribl
death, but realized his failure jus
before his death. The play was
tragedy which held the interest 0
! the class from beginning to end
The costuming ana staging wer
very skillfullv arranged. The au
| thor Loren Motley, is a member o