Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 February 1912 — High School Notes. [ARTICLE]

High School Notes.

The eighth grade engaged in an interesting debate this week on the subject of Chinese immigration. The sophomore English class will begin reading Shakespeare's “Julius Caesar” next week. ! Ray Fidler, a member of the freshman class, has been absent from school several weeks on account of a .serious disorder of the ear. . _ . ' . ’‘ In the freshman Latin class when Miss Barnett called for an English word derived from the Latin word celer, Marie Hamilton answered celery. •This week yrtll end the first six weeks of -the second semester. Examinations have been held in all the classes this week and the grades will be given out next Tuesday. A number of pupils have been absent from school this week on account of sickness and bad weather. Edna Babcock 'has been confined at home with a very severe case of grip. Work on the annual for this year has been progressing nicely and already several subscriptions bave in. The members of the staff and the senior class hav© been posing for their pictures this week. On account of the inclemency of tbe weather, the literary program by the Webster club was postponed Wednesday afternoon but will be given some afternoon this week. At the next meeting a republican nominating‘convention will be held.