Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 May 1909 — High School. [ARTICLE]

High School.

The ’O9 class pins arrived after quite a delay. Subscribe for the Taxiderm, the best school paper published. The Junior English pupils have finished reading “Idylls of the King”. Lonzo Healy is doing the same things —loafing and studying chemistry. Wanted: A few more birds by young men of good standing. Apply at tnis office. The Juniors gave the invitations to the Seniors this week for the Junior reception. The seniors practiced at the opera house from 1 to 2:30 Tuesday and from 2:30 to 4 Thursday. The botany class took several trips this week. . They have several more different kinds of flowers. Ralph Hammond was elected by the Seniors to respond to the toast to the Seniors at the Alumni banquet. The chemistry class took the final examination Friday. The rest of the time will be spent in laboratory work. James Jordan and E. R. Clarke started out to find a pond stated to be there by E. R. Clarke, but instead of a pond, however, they found a hill. A track team was organized last week. The boys are scheduled for a practice meet with Monticello May 15, and for the state meet at Purdue May 22. The taxidermy class has some jolly times, as shown in their paper, “The Weekly Taxiderm”, edited by Elton Clarke. The following are some items from it: * Special Notice: E. R. Clarke has not posted a new set of rules for two weeks. Later—He announces that a new sej, will be published according • to, time honored custom next Mon lay morning. Announcements: The Taxidermy class will have a “Frog-leg Fry” next Wednesday night, May 20. All members now belonging to the class, or exmembers of said class, are cordial lv invited to be present. The Taxidermists met at the home of E. S. Tillman Friday night. All the Taxidermists report a good time except Ed Duvall, who says that the temerity of E. R. Clarke disturbed his equilibrium and his equanarnity and several other things. The refreshments consisted of squabs, peanut sandwiches, pickles, wafers, maple syrup, sliced pineapple and grape-juice. All had a very pleasant time. The Girls’ Saturday Club entertained Wednesday evening, May 12th, at the library auditorium. The room was nicely decorated in purple and white, the colors of the club. The evening was spent playing progressive games. Mr. Bradsliaw r won the prize, a large G. S. C. pennant, for having moved twelve times. Lon Healey got the booby prize, a small G. S. C. pennant. After refreshments were served, all joined in the grand march led by Merle Porter and Dorothea Hollingsworth. The boys then gathered together and gave nine ’rahs for the Saturday Club. An Italian musician that was a whole orchestra to himself visited Rensselaer today, being accompanied by two little children apparently about six or seven years of age, a girl and a boy. He had a bass drum on his back and on top of the bass drum was a snare drum and cymbals. In his hands he had an accordion. Attached to his right elbow and extending backward was the bass drum stick, while the snare drum sticks or playing apparatus were on its inside. Attached to the heel and toe of his right Bhoe were leather thongs that were fastened to the cymbals and snare sticks. As he played the accordion he stood on his left foot and by working his heel and toe he played the cymbals and the snare. All seemed to be in perfect time and he played a variety of pieces. His children sang in good English several songs and the little girl played a tamborine and took ap the collection which amounted to quite a sum In the aggregate. The mother of the children remained in Chicago, said rtne pT*”’ *° rRIM Umb °"