Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 February 1913 — Grammar School Literary; First Program Given Friday. [ARTICLE]

Grammar School Literary; First Program Given Friday.

Literary societies have been formed in the grammar school, comprising grades six to eight. The pupils in rooms 1 and 2 are the members of one of the societies and the pupils in rooms 3 and 4 are the members of the other. Names for these societies # have not been agreed on as yet. The pupils of the first society gave their first program Friday after recess. It consisted of the following numbers: Song—“ America” ... .Whole School Minutes of last meeting... Secretary Biography of Lincoln Willard Zea Piano Solo ........... Maude Day Biography of Washington. s .. Ora Kepner Debate: Resolved, That Lincoln did more for his 'country than Washington. * Affirmative: Madeline Warren, Beatrice Clift, Elza Swim. Negative: Harry Moore, Howard York, Clifford Ham. The judges were Miss Norris, Miss Eastham and Madeline Abbott. Their decision was in favor of the negative debaters and was received with great applause by the pupils. * Miss Eastham, who had been asked to act as eritie, then gave her report and commended the work of the pupils, especially because it was their first program. The other society will hold its exercises in a few weeks. The societies expect to ask some of the citizens of the town to come down and'talk to them on some occasion in the near future These exercises are all open to the pttbhe: