| Show a 0 RICHFIELD HIGH 1 I 1 SCHOOL 1 0 0 education the week of december 3 to 9 inclusive has been set aside by tile the national government in operation cooperation co with the state governments and ill the american legion as american education week each day is set apart for a special kind of entertainment sunday December 3 is to be celebrated as god and county day all churches are asked to operate cooperate co and havo have something special tor for the occasion monday december 4 is american citizenship day A J ashman will bo be the speaker tuesday december 6 Is school chool gi and teachers day thursday december 7 is billiter acy day the illiteracy in united states and foreign countries stands as follows follow 3 country per cent germany 2 denmark 2 21 switzerland 5 holland 6 norway 10 lo 10 scotland 16 england 18 france 49 united states 60 friday december 8 is physical education day this is becoming a nationwide nation wide movement from primary grades up through high school and colleges it is felt that our school will not he be able to devote as much time as required to this movement due to this we have arranged special assemblies which will bo be held on oil monday december 4 and 8 which will also be a visiting day tor for parents along with tile the selections elections 0 at music a special speaker vill ill address us ua it is hoped that these assemblies sem blies will have spirit which will not lot only remain with the students during the week but forever seniors acir ors hold class meeting last il monday londay the seniors held a class to important questions yere vere discussed the first being how ilione many ol 01 q our seniors will graduate this coming spring or rather kow hov do our seniors stand I 1 in it r regard e x r d t to 0 ti choir 1 air credits to solve this question t nir mr 1 martin gave tho the students a copy of 0 their credits ci edits as they n now ov stand all mistakes were corrected and the cards were handed back to mr martin who is to submit tile the list of all seniors renfors to supt bupt A J ashman thi week the second matter of interest was vas whether they should get class pins or rings after careful consideration they decided to got get an all inexpensive pin providing their parents approve of it i n ile monday iday arning I assembly As usual we held our weekly monlay monday moin trig assembly in spite of i its shortness it was a 1 I source of nevor never ending instruction and ainu amusement I 1 I 1 mr baker baiter rendered us 1 a I solo which vas appreciated very much by every one foy announced tile the coming of 0 the lyceum which is to lie be in richfield several times this winter win ter he urged us its all to attend it and also introduced several ineth Os 0 Is 1 by which we were able ti to sell more tickets KO K O 1 hurrah a two day vacation is going to bergiven for thanksgiving this vacation will come thursday and friday at 0 this week take warning students our physiology hooks toll tell us its to never study on a full stomach 11 Lic euin Con ilna to there has been much excitement in ill school the daf week because of the great rivalry which has been going on between the classes each class has been trying to sell the most tickets for the lyceum which will come to richfield many times tills this winter the school fools foals that this is an educational movement and in order to go through with it and nd raise all money noc necessary essary we decided to have each class challenge the others in ticket selling we found that this Is a great success much excitement has as been caused short assemblies ll 11 have ve been held every 9 45 the purpose of those these assemblies was to report the number oi of tickets sold by each class friday the tit last lay of the contest was tile the most exciting of any As usual the assembly was held but this time instead of reporting the rumber of tickets sold by each class mr martin was to report which class had won each class showed much pep cepl by the yells they gave but this was all in vain v ain when mr martin ma made d e tile the announcement that the contest had apen won by the seniors the score being as follows seniors points point juniors points sophomores 62 points freshmen 56 points the total number of dollars taken IT in I 1 was avas we W a are glad to hear that this would easily support the lyceum A big dance willbe given at the star in lionor honor of tile the winning class an experiment in S salesmanship hip in III planning our lyceum lye a 11 11 in ticket selling this year we de decided aided to try the experiment of sending ncr tickets to the citizens enclosing with these tickets ticket S a addressed stain stamped ped envelopes for the return of the check we hoped by employing this method to relieve the community from being pursued by 1 I ambitious dents agents however human all nature seems to have asserted itself and many peo aile 11 who received tickets failed to either the tickets or a check for them at the set date this late date was november even b by y 10 on oil INTo november vember 24 only eighty two adult tickets had leen been sold through the mail therefore it was necessary to adopt some other method tor for raising tile the lyceum sua ua rantee A ticket selling contest between the classes seemed the natural way out ind and its success is evidenced by the fact that has already been placed in the bank 27 more than the total guarantee this balance will be applied against the deficit of last year which amounted to six hix students apply F for or graduation front from the R ir S in conformity with the rules of the board of deduc education mr martin filed with superintendent ashman last F friday i day the application from fifty six students of the richfield Rich neld high school for permission to graduate next may thirty five of these applicants cants are girls and twenty one are boys four of 0 them thein three girls and one boy bay are three year students the faculty is as a rule not in favor of students graduating in three years but the applications of 0 these tour four supported by their grades of tit the past to years seems to justify their approval |
