Smyrna times., 1932-03-23
SMYRNA HIGH SCHOOL NEWS
Defamation Contest March So
Basket Ball and Baseball News
Other School Notes Recorded

Defamation Contest March Sc
/ Basket Ball and Baseball News
! Other School Notes Recorded
A mistake was made in the date
of the local Defamation and Ora
torical contests, namely that the
date for this contest is March Both
instead of March 23rd. Miss
Somebody Else" the Junior Glass
Play, has been postponed because
of illness of members of the cast,
until Thursday, April Z. If you
have bought your ticket, be sure
to put it in safe place until then.
If you haven't bought your ticket,
be sure to do so soon. Tickets are
being sold by all members of the
Junior Glass. = Information has
just been received from the State
Department of Public Instruction
that each High School and Della
ware College shall nominate two
representatives, from which repre-
sentatives a specially appointed
committee will select Princess
Delaware" The Princess" will be
De1aware's representative in the
Shenandoah Valley Apple Blossom
Festival, and as such will be in
the court of the Queen of the Fes-
tival. number of pupils enroll
ed in Smyrna Public School have
been absent due to colds and
grippe. On an average about 60
pupils have been absent out of a
total enrolment of 300 from the
7th to 18th grades inclusive. Mrs.
Wright, Art Instructor, has been
absent for over a week on ac-
count of illness. 80 The Smyrna
School has entered two essays in
the 9Th national competitive Ex-
animation on the League of Ma
tions, for High Schools. Fri
day afternoon, the Intramural Bas-
ketball games were of especial in
terest due to the fact that the
champion teams of the Intramural
League played the Varsity teams.
Both games proved to be exciting
and well-played. The Varsiy teams
won with scores of: Boys, 24-O;
Girls, 17-7.-The members of base
ball squad were asked to report
for indoor practice last week. The
following responded to the first
call: Messick, Hilyard, Everett,
Everhart, Jones, Sevil, Handloff,
Adkins, Harrington, and Salter.-
Banking results for Tuesday,
March Is, are as follows: Number
of pupils in attendance, $50; num-
Der of depositors, 1O5; amount de-
posted, S3829; Amount deposited
to date this school year, $1686.31.
Program on Industrial Arts
The Assembly Program for the
week was under the supervision Of
the Industrial Arts Club. The
Devotional Exercises were follow
ed by: Reading, Colonel and Mrs.
Washington, Reynolds Bradley;
reading, Married Life of George
and Martha Washington" Sarah
Varisco; reading, The Last Year
at Mt. Vernon" Karl Vogel; solo,
Mary Hynson; talk, Our Indus
trial Arts Club" Davis Turner;
reading, H. Deakyne; solo, Mary
Hynson; The Story of Easter, Ida
May Who's Who in the
High School Faculty Miss Carlyn
VanPelt, teacher of the 5th grade
section, is daughter of the late
Joseph VanPelt and was born near
Smyrna. Her Elementary and
High School education was receiv-
ed here. She. attended the Uni
versity of Delaware for two years,
after which she taught at Walkers
School house for one year. She
has been at Smyrna for four years.
Miss VanPelt now lives in Clay
ton. She is a member of the Meth
odist Church and also belongs to
the American Legion Auxiliary
Pupils of Smyrna Public Schools
on the Honor Roll for scholarship,
fourth advisory period, are:
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
18th grade. Miss Graham. teacher-Ed-
ward Everhart. John Handy Sonny Hand
loft. James Messick, Audrey David, Betty
Edmondson. Rosemary Knight.
11th grade. Miss Rogers. teacher-Nancy
Arthurs. Margaret Donovan, Mary Hart
nett, Thelma Hawkins. Sara Knight. Lu-
cille Robinson. Jay Spry, Elsie Williams.
10th grade, Mr.. King. teacher-EtheI V.
Roe. Ernestine Davis, Neva Hutchins, Mil
dred Ryan. Mabel Salter Catherine SulIi-
van, Evelyn Wallace.
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