Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 302, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 December 1920 — BETTER ENGLISH WEEK. [ARTICLE]

BETTER ENGLISH WEEK.

The educational ranking of the states was shown by having one of the tallest students lead out in a procession of the states. Each bore an arm shield upon which was bodly printed the name of the state. Montana lead out; the pupil in high school, seventeenth in heighth, was Indiana; North Carolina, the most retarded of the forty-eight states, was represented by the smallest tot in the Primary Depart-

ment. The Juniors had three stunts. The । first was a playlet written by Ed- { wina Spangle and Lena Marion. 1 The play was well written but some I of the actors caught stage fright, : ' The name of the play was “Nearly i Every Student.” The plot repre- : sented Bad English on trial for as-: i sault and an attempt upon the life I of Good English. Miss Senior and. , Miss R. H. S. were the main witnesses for Good English. Gladys Lambert and Velma Kennedy, in costume,' sang a duet, । “Good English Come to R. H. S.” j The third Junior stunt was “The[ i Pied Piper of R v H. S. It was a ■ well arranged “take-off” on the: faculty meeting. The impersonators carried off their parts well, j needless to say, from the decision of the judges, i 1 1 1 1 _

The Sophomores failed to carry off the prize, yet had some good work on the program. They were enthusiastic and gave excellent help, all through the week. The Freshmen deserve much credit for the splendid part that each section had on the program. The “Sobbing Scene” was good; “The Riot,” was another fine piece of acting. The Freshmen set the standard in the making of posters. Although the week meant an over amount of emphasis on the English side of the student’s life, yet it was worth it, to all. The whole school developed fine working ability. They were loyal, they were seeking the best of the opportunities that were offered to; them, and, best of all, they were doing the work in a happy frame of mind. Nothing seemed impossible to the Senior Class and the Faculty admired them in the new role as leader of the school in the pushing forward of a project that was of worth.

Observed in R. H. S. Better English is coming to delight the speech of the members of R. H. S. A tag contest was on all Good English week (Nox. ' 1-5). The Senior Class, as might be expected, took the most tags. Impressive and pertinent posters decorated halls and class rooms. The judges awarded First Prize to Max Robinson, a contestant from the Freshman Class. The poster, in pleasing colors, showed a gateway through which we had glimpses of an English University, built in Normal Gothic style of architecture. The legend read, “The Open Gate to Good English.” The second prize, went to Lowell Morrell, a representative of the Junior class. His “Clean Sweep” attracted much favorable comment. A few other excellent posters were: “America is your Country; Speak the American Language,” by Gladys Shaw, a Senior, and “Bad English is about; It will get you, if you don’t watch out,” by Lois May, a Sophomore. I Friday evening (Nov. 5) saw the staging of a stunt contest, each stunt having been worked up by some one section of the English Department. First, on the program, however, was a song by the entire audience: “Up with Good English, Down with the Bad,” to the tune of “Battle Cry of Freedom.” Immediately following, four black cats, “Shades of Darkness,” came howling upon the stag# Upon each back was a single word. In one of their antics they were supposed to have arranged themselves so that the audience might read the sentence, “We Need Good Speech.” This stunt would have surely made • a good showing with the judges, had not the cats reversed the order, so that the words read, “Speech Good Need We.”