The Monett times., 1922-09-15
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
BY Burt Johnson.


socks. The only thing lacking is
several pairs of shoes. These have
been ordered and are expected to be
here IN few days. Mr.. Mckee has
donated twelve 1922 Rule Books to the
team. The men are reading and
studying them so if any discussion
arises during the game they will be
able to support their contentious.
There are number of new rules this
year and the squad is determined to
master them along with the fine
points of play Coach Warren ex-
poets larger number of men to re-
port for practice now that the new
equipment is on hand. Captain Steele
has been untiring in his efforts to get
the big, fast men out who haven't had
their interests aroused yet. The men
have been running signals so far this
year but active scrimmage work viii
start today or Monday.
The school library will be opened
Monday. Miss Donohue is the teacher
supervisor. Vernon Jenkins is chief
librarian and manager. The other
librarians are Lorraine Kring, Mar
garet Davis, Frank Reed and 10y
Shepherd. A number of new books
will be put in circulation this year.
Among them are a set Of Mark
Twain's works and Callers encyclo-
pedia in ten volumes. These books
are all we'll bound and are worthy
additions to the library.
The completed enrolment of the
grade schools are as follows: Central,
352; Plymouth, 1913; Forest Park, 173
and Marshall Hill, 1913. The enroll
ment for the high school has not been
completed yet.
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Mrs. Roy Brown is substituting for
Miss Townsend, who was called home
due to the illness of her mother. Mrs
William f. Gray has charge of Miss
Cobb's room as Miss Cobb has been
i'll. Both these substitutes are in
Central.
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Mr.. Galbraith reports that al rooms
in the different schools have settled
down to work and some are doing
we'll organized work already.
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In the tentative schedule announced
earlier in the month, Monet was to
play Wheaton at Wheaton September
%. Wheaton has asked that the ar
rangements be changed and that the
game be played in Monett. This will
be done so be ready for the first con-
ference game on September p.
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The first seFimnage for the foot
ball team was held Friday afternoon.
Coach Warren put the men through a
stiff practice. The men are rapidly
learning how to handle the bail and
are getting formations and signals
''down pat" Cuendet, Mourglia and
Fly will report for practice this after
noon. Prospects are getting bright
er every day" says Captain Steele.
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Raymond Lipe and Oral McCubbin,
former graduates of Monetr high
visited the school Monday morning.
They are attending Teachers College.
Mr.. Hardy, also of Teachers College,
dropped in for a short visit.
Mrs. Lester V. Galbraith, who has
had experience in public and school
libraries has been working for the
past several days in reRrranging aud
eataloging tine High school library.
She is using the Duo Decimal sys-
tenn of cataloging This system is the
most complete and up-to-date known
1t is used in the Congressional Lii
brary in Washington DC. and in other
large Libraries. She is placing the
books alphabetically in groups accord
ing to subject matter. Up to this
time the library has only been roughly
arranged as to subject matter and has
never been catalogued. As Mrs. Gal
braith is being assisted in her work
by the librarians, they are gaining
some practical knowledge in the
management of high grade Libraries.
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Mr.. Warren will attend the coaches
meeting of the Southwest Missouri
Football Conference next Saturday at
Carthage. The meeting is called by
the conference president, Mr.. Engle-
man. While there the coaches will
make the final draft of their schedule
so that each team will play the re-
ouired number Of from home games y
to put it in the running for the cham
pionship. The question of what consti-
tutes expenses for visiting team
will be one of the most important
problems before the meeting. The
rules concerning the eligibility of
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