Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 December 1908 — High School Notes. [ARTICLE]

High School Notes.

A meeting was held Thursday evening for the organization of a be ys’ basket ball team. They will begin practice Monday. = X ss Leonard Elder was elected captain of the football team for next year. Seventeen members of the squad are entitled to an “R” this year. = x = The Saturday club met Thursday in room 4 to complete the arrangements for their first meeting, which is to be December 12th. = x = Miss Stockbridge began her werk Monday as the high school German teacher and has alieady succeeded in winning the good will of all her pupils. = x = There were four new students enrolled in November: Bernice and Herbert Hammond from the Remington high school; Jerry Tullis from Paw Paw, HL, high school, and James Brenner from Illinois University. = x = Mr. Dean has introduced a new system for the reference work of his History class. They are required to read fifteen pages a week and he furnishes them with cards with spaces for reporting the w’ork done.

=X = < Mrs. E. C. English, Mrs. G. F. Meyers and Mrs. John Duvall gave a very pleasant dinner party at Mrs. English's home, Thursday evening, in honor of the football boys. There were about twenty-two guests present and all had a very nice time. = x = The high school per cent of attendance for November is 97, the Freshman class having the best record. Out of the high school enrollment of 176 pupils there were 29 cases of tardiness, 284 minutes being lost Out of an enrollment of 380 pupils in the grades, there were 15 cases of tardiness, 84 minutes being lost. The Seniors seem to be especially fond of sleep.