Evening star., 1922-01-22


OF The Open Shop"
wednesday. February s, was set as
the date for the debate before the
school on the following resolution:
That the Government Should Own
and Control the Mines"
Western girls basket ball team de-
feated Miss Eastman's girls in a
closely contested game played at the
epiphany gym. The final score was
% to 10.
An assembly was held for upper
classmen Wednesday to hear an ad-
dress by MIR. Maloney on the subject
OF thrift.
WILSON NORMAL SCHOOL.
Informal graduation exercises will
be held Saturday night at s o'clock
for the midyear graduating class.
Diplomas for the completion of the
Katherine Stone and Doris Covell:
kindergarten course, Jessie Ellen
Little, Elizabeth Eastburne Mattern,
Joan Marie Becker. Marie Louise ia
quette: domestic science, Miriam MAY
Gordon Following the exercises a
dance Will be held in the gymnasium.
This class has been required to pass
the physical examination that is now
required of all teachers entering the
service.
The following students will be pro-
NOTED to the senior class February 1:
Barbara Clements, Elsie Chamberlin,
Ada Coe, Katherine Day. Dorothy Gill
pert. Sabra Harry, Laura Hayes. Ger
trude Hunter Margery Johns, wy
nema Mckinley. Genevieve Mannakee,
Mary Schereschewsky. Mary SnySer,
Margaret STREET.. Erdine Timberlake
A short sketch will be presented by
them Wednesday afternoon to their
friends and fellow students. in which
every member of the class will take
part. Upon entering the senior class
they will be placed in the practice
schools for nine-week teaching
term.
Normal basket ball team has been
making such creditable scores in
match games recently that enthusi-
asm eliminated Wednesday morning
with an ovation for the team in the
Tor the team. teachers and the school
was led by Josephine Bloodgood and
Edith Claude. New songs and a
rousing new cheer for "Old Normal"
written by Miss Bloodgood, were re-
hearsed to be used by the school at
the game January % with the Mar
gerry Webster School
An interested visitor at the school
last week was DR.. A. Sum, attache of
the Czechoslovak legation. DR.. sum,
interested in educational affairs in hi-
own country. is making the most of
his opportunity to study methods Of
teacher training at the seat of gov.
.ernment in this country.
Interest in the biweekly meetings
OF the, Science Club has steadily
grown since its organization at the
beginning of the second term. Owing
to elective courses in high school
science, no uniform requirements are
made for entrance into Normal
School. The Science Club, therefore,
partakes somewhat of the nature of
general science course. each men,
Der presenting to the club a unit of
work from the high school course
that is of practical value or general
interest. On Tuesday Dorothy
Kemble. from the course in physiog-
raphy, gave creditable talk on the
past ages of the earth. Alice keliher,
the bureau of standards to the basis
of chemistry acquired in the high
school, gave a mastery presentation
of the subject Coal Tar Products"
With charts and experiments she
showed the advancement of science in
production of materials from coal
tar for both war and peace. Faculty
and students were much Impressed
with Miss keliher's comprehensive
presentation.
A conference on the English work
of the school was held Wednesday,
led by Miss Parkman, between the
members of the faculty of the prac-
tice department and the academic
teachers. Miss Parkman discussed
grasping the form and content of
English suitable for the primary
grades after their higher courses in
the subject in high schools. That
they succeed was proved by the in
teresting stories and poems written
for children during the second term.
These stories have been typewriter
and put into book form and are
available for inspection by teachers
at any time.