Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 107, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 September 1909 — High School Items. [ARTICLE]

High School Items.

T£e music .clashes have been organ-* had »B®af xhe qnipervision of Mlaa Tranberth. The advanced chorus sjhows a decided improvement over the same classes last year, while the be-* ginning chorus, though not so large in jnpmber, a s its proceeding class, shows gr,sater ability fojc tlje work. Jbe off £sst year’s foot ball team, together with the new candidates, have met and discussed plans for organization. The English classes have been making good progress this year. The Seniors are studying 1 Franklin’s “Autobiography,” and the Freshmen are studying “Silas Marner.” Some of last year’s graduates have visited school this year. Among them were La Vera Lee, Myrtle York, Floyd' Meyers and Blanche Babcock. The Senior History class enjoyed a very interesting discussion upon the all-absorbing topic North Pole. “North Pole” has no longer any claim to its time honored name. It is what Miss Shedd would call a “hackneyed expression.” Two weeks ago a ferocious looking specimen of the animal kingdom, which embodied at one time the chargsterictics of a dippogriff, a kangaroo and a salamander, appeared upon one of the junior desktops (in indelible pencil.) Beneath it was written: “This is a Ram-trans-mag-nif-a-can-bam-dam-a-ality." This served as an incentive for Mr. Bradshaw’s martial instincts, and, can the guilty culprit be found, the usual fine of a quarter will be imposed thereupon. The ’ Juniors have held their first class meeting. They elected as president, Clarence Smith; vice-president, Helen Meader; treasurer, Dale Warner. It is time that the other classes were getting busy along this line.