The Republican., 1924-12-04


English Literature by Pace. They
have been taking Classics also, which
consists of several books.
The play Deacon Dubbs" was pre-
sented by the high school under the
direction of Miss Sirbaugh. This is
a comedy with a cast from the senior
and junior classes given at the opera
house on November 7. The boys and
girls reflected much credit upon them
selves and their school for the ex-
cellent work done. Many of those
who had parts never were before an
audience of the character before. We
cleared S155 for the school. Between
acts special music was rendered by
the Kitzmiller orchestra, accompan-
led by Miss Datha Thomas, of Frost
burg.
Home Economics.
The Domestic Science classes have
made great progress under the direc-
tion of Miss Schramm. Our girls are
really more interested in this work
than any other in the high school.
They realize they will need this work
in after life. We have made aprons,
dish cloths, tea towels and underwear,
besides learning embroidery stitches.
The first project for the class was to
get material for curtains for the
Home Economics room. The students
have done everything, and from the
looks of our room we think we have
done a good piece of work. While we
have not had any cooking work yet,
we have served lunches to all the Wis
iting soccer and volley ball teams
and they seemed well pleased with
what we served.
Latin.
The work in the second year Latin
class (the senior class has covered
the conjugations, declensions and i'm
p>-tant constructions of first year
Latin in a comprehensive review. In
addition we have almost finished the
first book Of Caesar. The work has
been so much more interesting and
easier to translate since we have the
best maps from which we can trace
each step that Caesar .akes in his
campaigns. Our instructor in Latin
has pointed out the connection Of
warfare and strategy in Caesars time
with our present methods of war
fare. Modern History is used when
ever plausible to be the basis of COM
parison in all our Latin work. We
have Latin composition that help US
to use some of the more important
Latin phrases, and too, we have been
able to add to our spoken vocabulary
at least one hundred words derived
from the Latin language. After all,
the true test of any student in study
ing Latin is to be able to tell the
meanings of words used in our own
language, ,three-fourths of which have
been taken from Latin roots.
Athletics.
The Kitzmiller high school started
off its athletic season by equipping
the soccer team with jerseys, shoes
and shin guards. We bought a new
volley ball, soccer ball, posts, nets
and other material necessary for the
playing of these games. Under the
coaching of Mr.. Robert Sellers we
have had a successful soccer season,
winning three games, losing two and
tying one. The volley ball team,
coached by Miss Sirbaugh, has played
remarkably well, considering that
she was working with absolutely raw
material. We won two games and lost
three. A wonderful school spirit has
developed and was shown in the Ac-
cident game. We are fixing up War
nick hall in which we shall play bas-
ket ball.Some games have been sched-
uled with outside high schools, the
first game to be played at Piedmont
Friday night, Dec. 6. We are waiting
for the opening of the track season
and field day. Kitzmiller will be we'll
represented. We take this occasion
to invite the county high schools and
the officials in charge to hold the 1925
field and track meet at Kitzmiller.
Accomplishments.
Kitzmiller high school is function
ing better than it has for years and
as a result the community seems ed
ucationally revived. Some of our ac-
complishments during the present
school year have been: The principals
office has been equipped with desk,
typewriter and files; we have receiv-
ed S100 worth of maps for use in His
tory and Latin; we have obtained two
Singer sewing machines, two dozen
chairs and one-half dozen small ta-
bles for our Domestic Science De-
partment; we have added to our
equipment two water coolers, one new
coal stove and two buckets; we clear
ed $155 on a high school play; we
bought sectional bookcase; we have
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