Palisadian., 1923-03-02
Village Gossip
In Cleveland

Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Sibley are at
tending a convention of the National
Education Association in Cleveland,
Ohio, this week. The association is
made up of school superintendent
and principals but this year school
architects and text book writer's and
publishers were invited to attend
Mr.. Robert Burns, principal of the
Cliffside Park high school, is also at
tending the N. e. A. convention but
under difficulties, for some few weeks
ago he injured his knee in basket
ball game and had not completely re-
covered when he started for Cleveland
with the aid of cane and crutch.
The card party of the Beethoven
Society of New York was attended
by, Mrs. Carl Holthausen, Mrs. Anton
Grulich, Mrs. Magee, Mrs. James
Stewart, Mrs. George Beckman, Mrs.
Dunbar SPOTS, Mrs. Speyer, Mrs.
Emil Schmidt and Mrs. Ernest
The first debate in the series of
high school debates was held in the
Palisade school on Monday night,
February 26. Raymond Bocchetti and
Peter Metz argued for and William
Mulligan and Harry Dohrmann
against the abolition of capital pun
ishment Each side brought out
strong arguments, but the judges, w.
r. Goodman, William Hollinger and
E.. E. Miller, decided for the negative,
2 to 1. This was largely on the
strength of an unusual speech by Viii
liam Mulligan, who not only argued
we'll but expressed himself with great
force and clearness. This means a
win for Cliffside over Leonia, the win
ming team, Mulligan and Dohrmann,
being matched against Alfred Pennell
and Alfred Grill for Monday, March
promises to be highly interesting. The
subject is one on which high school
boys ought to have individual opin.
ions. 1t is: Resolved, That the study
of the so-called dead languages, Latin
and Greek, ETC., should be abandoned y
Philip Grandin and Abraham Woll.
coff of Fort Lee High School, affirma-
tive, will be opposed by John Purdon
and Jack Miller of Englewood high
school, negative. Palisade school
Monday night, March IL, at 8 o'clock.
Rev. C. G. Mackenzie, pastor of the
ITninu Nhurph hod fnndnVnd hic
ignation to the board of trustees and
I it will be acted upon at the meeting
of the board on next Tuesday eve
ming Rev. Mackenzie requests that
the resignation take effect the first of
April, as he wishes to take a parish
elsewhere about that date.
The Discussion Club will meet at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. S. Hoke on
Anderson avenue Monday night. DIR.
Bridges, member of the club, will
deliver an address ON Inheritance in
the Southland"
The Woman's League of the Union
Church of Palisade will hold chick
en- pie supper on Wednesday, March z,
from to p. m. Please come and
bring your friends.
The next lecture by Mrs Becker
will be held at the home Of Mrs. Hea-
ton in Grantwood on Tuesday night.
The subject will be Modern Poetry"
Plans are being made to hold rum
mage sale in Jersey City and the pro-
ceeds will be donated to the Fort Lee
Orphans Home. All are asked to bear
this in mind and put aside anything
that could be disposed of at this sale.
Remember it during your spring
house cleaning.
Byron Conroy is interested in new
Motor Co. which has just been incor,
porated and will operate in Engle-
wood under the name Of the Stephens
Bergen Motor Co.
The Palisade Sunday School has
handed each scholar a pamphlet con,
tanning we'll known Scripture text
printed in twenty-three different Ian
guages. The Sunday school will de-
vote its March collection to the
American Bible Society and will pre-
sent a number of copies from the So
ciety to scholars whose envelopes are
well filed.
DR. Burton Opitz, who has been
critically i'll with pneumonia, is much