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Show 1 HIGH SCHOOL NOTES 1 Joseph Seoflelil. a member of Ihe '00 cltss. was a visitor at school Tuesday. Since Ihe midyear, the hlstorv elasses have become so large that, tnc'maloritv of the classes will have lo be divided. It is a. question as to the possibility of securing se-curing another class room. Miss K. A. Messmore's first period clnas of senior boys will commence a series of debates Wedncsdny morning and will continue the debate work for. three weeks. P.egular assignments will be withheld during the debating. Owing to the large number of senior students who are expecting to graduate this spring, and who are half a year behind be-hind in English: special arrangements, have been mauc whereby the year's work can be had in one semester. The demerit system, which has been In effect since the first of Ihe year. Is affecting af-fecting a large number of boys, both cadets ca-dets and noricadcts. Any breaking of the school's rules, places the guilty boys In a position to walk guard duty A sufficient number of demerits can suspend a boy from school. Tho sixth period class debated the same question, hut Ihe negative side won out. It was represented by "Will Jennings as leader and Harold Greenwood. The af-llrmatlve af-llrmatlve speakers were Ralph Bice a? leader and 13dgar Gibson. .The Judges wero Vaughn Cuttlcr. Will Bancroft and Henry Love, Principal Faton made the statement some time ago that If It Is possible lo arrange for a uniform department in connection con-nection wllh the cadet battalion, one would be Installed and ns a result the cadets would get their uniforms at a reduced re-duced cost, as the middleman's profit would bo saved. The different squads which were selected se-lected for the crack company will be assembled as-sembled Wednesday and put through the llrst regular drill. The cadetr, who wore selected irom company D are Albert Quiver. George Fcrrlll. Roy Williams. J Can rilllmau. Carl Madsen. Ferrel Morrison Mor-rison George Anderson. Harvey Snow. Raloh ltognon and Irwin Attwood. One of the most Important requisites in the senior J5nglsh course Is debating, and It is thoroughly taken up. Tho different classes will hold debates for the nexi two weeks. The llfth period clnss. under Miss JOHa rJukes. debated the question. "Kc-solved. "Kc-solved. That Our Seacoast Defenses Are More Important Than the Navy In the Protection of Our Country from Ii j va- slon." The arguments by both shies were well founded ami at times spirited. The negative side of the question was defended de-fended by Ralph Davidson alone, and he was unable to secure the vote of the Judges, which was in favor of the affirmative affirm-ative side taken by Henry Stevens as lender and Walter McCann. The Judges were Ben Eldcrbeck, Miss Claira Cannon nj I iiiyl Robert Fcrron. Miss 1511a Dukes was w M |