Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-03-02
Citizens Evening At
High School Building

Wednesday evening at the high
school building large number of
the citizens. among whom were
many parents and friends of the pu-
pills OF the high and junior high
schools gathered in response to a
general invitation sent out by the
teachers and schools to inspect the
general routine work of the schools.
who gave an evening session ar
ranged to exhibit their every day
school work.
The following program was sue
cessfuily carried out with much
credit to the pupils and their in
structors. At 7.3O. demonstration
of drawing by Senior High pupils
in the drawing room. first floor: eX-
hibition OF drawing. room s; eXhibi-
ton of household arts department.
, room y; manual training demonstra =
ton and exhibition in manual train
ing room iii the basement: 80, ey-
hlbition of physical training at the
assembly han across the street;
Senior High French. room :: Junior
l1lSh English. room IL; Junior High
music. room >; 500. Senior High
debate. room ]; Junior High French.
room y; Junior High geography,
room 10: $40. Senior High CONNER
clal department, room =: speed test
IN shorthand and typewriting; Ju-
NOR High cirics. room .: 800. social
hour and music by the school Or
chestra.
preceding the evening session of
the schools the girls of the home
economic department served a deli
Clous dinner made up OF the follow
ing menu: GRAPEFRUIT cocktail.
cream of corn soup: celery; olives:
roast chicken; mashed potato: tur-
nip: salad: lemon sherbert: sponge
cake: coffee and bonbons. Forty
covers Were laid and the tables
were attractively set and decorated.
The faEors were hand painted and
were three and a half by three and
half inches. with the Rotary en-
biem in the center, and were worn
by the Eotarians throughout the
evening in the buttonholes of their
coats.
The Young ladies serving the din
ner We're: Doris Reyes. Ruth Nc
Quillan. Bernice Boyd. Lucille Batch
elor. Catherine McQuade. Catherine
Eernfer Doris Tantish, Evelyn Gro
der. Eva Huard. Lucille Roderick.
Pauline Cloutier. Thelma Cowett,
Laura Clark. Albertine Chabot.
Myrtle Jordan and Yvonne Roy. all
OF whom We're dressed in white and
looked very pretty and were most
gracious.
During the exhibition of physical
training in the assembly hall the
grace boys gave an exercise in CAL
1sthenics; the girls gave a dance.
and there were games of volley bali
between both the boys and the girls.
The result of the speed test in
typewriting for the three fastest
writer's was: Edith Longfellow. 55
words per minute: Alvena Foster.
81 words per minute, and Georgia
liebert. 30 1-:' words per minute
RMS speed test was given by Miss
Alta Young. the assistant teacher in
the commercial department.
One of the most interesting ex-
hlpltlons was an extra Of the indie
pendent Reporter. edited by the
commercial English pupils. In
every department the work and ex
hiplts were of great interest to all
attending and there was splendid
spirit of cooperation. The teach
ers and pupils were most cordial in
their hospitality and the guests
were keenly interested and very ap-
prec1atlve Of the pains taken by the
schools to show the public some
thing of the real every day work of
the schools.
The Senior high debate was lar
geiy attended at this time by the
pupils who are to represent the
school in the Bates Debating Lea
que read their debates which they
are TO memoriZe and give at the
league debates. Superintendent.
w. B. Woodbury. Of the Skowhegan
and Madison schools presided. The
question is resolved courts should
be established for Compulsory Ar
bitration of industrial difficulties.
The affirmative speakers were Rob
ert Wyman. and Fayalene Decker
who read the paper prepared bv
Thomas Nichols. the negative issue
was presented by William Wildes
and Elsie Young all of whom gave
splendid articles making forceful
points in logical manner After the
papers were given the speakers
with their instructors in EueIish,
Miss Dorothy NJ. Elliott and Mrs.
Gladys Kicker conducted a lively
rebuttal. The pupils and the en-
tire school are much interested in
the future debates and are hoping
for good results from the same.
The pupils of the Junior High
Civics department under the dircc-
ton of Mrs. Resper l. Decker con-