Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 277, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 November 1913 — HIGH SCHOOL NOTES. [ARTICLE]

HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.

The Rensselaer high school football team was defeated at Hammond Saturday by the score 7 to 13, proving to be a good game. The teams were evenly matched and they fought desperately in the sandy field. Hammond’s victory was probably due to the fact that the game was played at Hammond. Our fast little team plays Bowen high school, of Chicago, here on Thanksgiving day. The cast selected for “The: Merry Milkmaids” is busily practicing 7 to 9 each evening under the direction of Miss Stover. This performance is to he given some time early in December. The senior class elected Feme Tilton librarian for the school library and Worth McCarthy as re porter of school news for the daily papers. Rev. Curnick spoke to the high school Thursday morning. Fire gongs have been placed in the three buildings and fire drills may be expected at any timp. The “Chaos”- staff is busy preparing for the annual to be issued this year. A very capable staff has been elected and all indications are for a very good issue. The juniors are having a struggle with simultaneous equations. The freshmen boys now report to Mr. Cleaver for manual training two successive periods per week instead of two separate periods. Mechanical drawing is being closely related to shop work. Two classes are working on tables for the domestic science department. When finished they will represent a great saving to the school as otherwise they would have had to be purchased outright. Tickets are now on sale for the Thanksgiving game. The agriculture department is busy these days judging corn. Each student in the work has his own exhibit. Practice in judging is producing some very capable judges. Many of the boys In the high school are planning to attend the International Live Stock Exposition at Chicago, on Dec. sth. Unusually fine arrangements have been made by Mr. Barrett, the county agent. The management has agreed to give the boys free admission, a thing never done heretofore. Mr. Lawler has arranged to give them a big feed and the Monon will put on a special car for them. The crowd will number about fifty. The Webster Literary Society will give the first program of the year on Wednesday of next week. It will be a Thanksgiving program and given at 2:40 p. in. The committee extend a very cordial invitation to the public to attend and are promising a pleasing program. The' programs have been received from the printers and will be distributed at the first meeting.