Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1922-04-05
THE CHURCH NOTES

On Thursday and Friday evenings,
April 6 and 7, two of the most inn
portant contests of the year will be
held. The final local declamatory on
Thursday evening. The girls who Sc
cured places at. the first preliminary
try-out will give their respective Sc
lections in the following order: Ber-
nice Atkins, "Jamesey"; Myrtle Officer
1.-The Man in the Shadow; Lurana
Lindemann Seventeen" Harriet Run
ming, "The Lady Across the Aisle;
Edith Hope Smith 'The Little Dusky
Hero; Flossie Henry MADAME X";
Beulah Holmestad "Pro Patria"; Luz
ellie Wig "The Littiest Rebel" The
oratorical contest will be held next
Friday evening. The speakers and
their selections are as follows: Sid
ney Tuhus, "The Welfare of Human
ity"; Emmanuel Felix, Character;
Harold Helgeson, "The Judgments of
History; Clinton Simpson, "The
American Spirit; Thomas Dregne,
"Blaine, The Plnmed knight; Myron
Appleman, "The Undiscovered Coun-
try; Ermon Keir, "America's Decla-
ration of Independence; Floyd Vance
"The Anti-Lynching Bili"; ALLAN Seine
"Bolshevism in the United States"
The contestants are accomplishing
great deal under the supervision of
Mrs. johnson, Miss Slack and Mr. Full
ton and it with pleasure that we look
forward to the contests which promise
to be even more interesting than those
of future years. Everyone is well
come. The admission viii be 25c.
A most enjoyable All-School party
was given at the Opera House last
Wednesday evening. An excellent
program, which was rendered by the
literary societies, consisted of "A
Moonlight Dance by the Alpha mem
bers; "a Country Commencement" by
the Laurean Society and an addition
al stunt by the Websterian society
After the program had been giver,
dancing occupied the time until about
1920, when the guests departed for
home. Mr. and Mrs. "A. E. Smith, Mr.
and Mrs. w. F. Lindemann, DIR. and
Mrs r w Baldwin and Mrs G. W. Min
shall ehaperoned the party. We feel
that the success of the affair was due
almost wholly to the tactful plans of
the social committee, under the super
vision of Miss Carlson
Cornelia Allness from the vicinity of
Liberty Pole. has returned to school
after a weeks absence.
The Alpha and Laugean literary g0-
cieties held their regular meetings at
the high school building last Tuesday
evening. The next meetings will be
held April II. The Alpha Society win
give a banquet at the Grill for the
benefit Of the members The Laurean
society viii give a program in. the
high school assembly room.
Wfnuffrod Rr4.ffy bae ayafn VafffF-Fs
ed TO school after an absence Of sew
eral weeks due to illness II was
feared that she might be forced to
abandon her school duties here for the
remainder Of the year, but we are
pleased to learn that she has recovered
sufficiently to resume them.
Mr.. Laird gave us a very interest
ing talk on the Near East Relief last
Monday forenoon. In a comparative
~ short speech, he explained very
clearly the great need for relief in the
of the Far East.
A delightful Freshman party was
given in the High School commercial /
room last Monday evening. The time
was spent in dancing and playing
games. Refreshments were served at /
10 o'clock. Miss Dodd, freshman class /
class supervisor, chaperoned the party I
The students taking the freshman .
course IN Elementary Science, under /
the supervision Of Mrs. johnson. have I
been doing a great deal Of interesting
work. At present, the different class i
es are completing the construction OF
freless cookers, following the study
Of the condition Of heat and cold.
practucal experiments, such as these,
10 a great deal towards making school 7
life more interesting, and, at the same
time, prove of immense educational
value.
The Agricultural Club held meet
ing last Tuesday night for the pur-
pose Of electing a new president TO
an the vacancy Of Nixon It was de-
sided 70 let the vice president an the
,fHce an fbs end Of the wear. The 4