Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 60, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 October 1915 — High School Notes. [ARTICLE]

High School Notes.

The result of the election of the officers of the Lincoln and Webster literary societies are as follows: Webster—Pres., Dwight Curnick; Vice-Pres., Wilda Littlefield; Sec., Maud Elder; Treas., Paul Beam; Chairman Program Committee, Helen Leatherman; Sergeant-at-Arms, Paul Healy. Lincoln—Vice-Pres., Lucille Luers; Sec., Vera Healey; Treas., Harry Moore; Chairman Program Committee, Marguerite Norris; Sergeant-at-Arms, Floyd Hemphill. » o—o The.officers of the different classes are as follows: Freshman—Pres., Basil Dunlap; Vice-Pres., Edna Reed; Sec., Annetta Hansson; Treas., Willard Zea; Class Historian, Walter Hayworth. Sophomore—Pres., Harry McColly; Vice-Pres., Helen Parkinson; Sec., Walter King; Treas., ! Elizabeth King; Class Historian, Thelma Tilton.

Junior—Pres., Robert Loy; VicePres., Ruth Wood; Sec., Lula Hayworth; Treas., Minnie Waymire; Class Historian, Marjorie VanAtta. Senior—Pres., Robert Reeve; Vice-Pres., Wilda Littlefield; Sec., Marion Meader; Treas., Lucille Luers.; Class Historian, Evelyn Freeland. o—o— ■ < ' ' School will be dismissed Thursday and Friday to allow the city teachers to visit schools and attend the State Teachers' Association at Indianapolis. —o —- - A party of teachers from the Morocco school visited the different grades of the public schools last Friday. ■ ■ • —o—o — The preliminary practice for the opera, "A Nautical .Knot," began Monday evening under the direction of Miss Stover and Miss Leopold. . —o- —o - There has been a mechanical drawing class organized which has been divided into two sections, the upper and lower classmen, each doing separate work. Later in the year the class will take up profile and road and bridge construction. —o—o — There has been no equipment added to the manual training department. —o—o- ■ The report cards for the first six weeks were given out Wednesday of last week. o—o In a few days physical culture classes will be organized tor both boys and girls. The drills will be military in character supplemented by work in dumb-bells and Indian clubs. ■ ■ ■ —O-0 The football team is practicing regularly with prospects of being in much better shape than heretofore. The team has not been practicing

very regularly the last week owing to a few' injuries and to vaccination of some of its members. The team has a hard schedule to fill, and ia practicing hard so that they may finish the rest of the season in a creditable manner. —o—o— Basketball practice will start next week. The material is very promising and from the prospects the team expects to finish the season with a number of scalps hanging from their belts. Mr. Wass will have charge of the basketball practice. .—.-O'- —o • A large part of the history work in the high school during the present yearwill be that of a local character, in view of the fact that some time next year, 1916, is to be held the centennial celebration of this state. Every school is expected to make a study of local conditions from an early date ami contribute its part to this celebration. To do this the school desires the co-opera-tion of all people In the community in obtaining information about the early settlements in and around Rensselaer, collecting of documents, flics, and any material relative to this work. This la an opjfortunity for each and every individual to do b.is or her part in bringing out a t ruly original history of the state of Indiana.