High School Notes Summary of week events and student activities
This week marks the close of the second six weeks of the last semester with examinations underway. Mr Frank, janitor of the Manual Arts Building, suffered a minor lip cut from a fall while moving chairs but was kept from work only one day. Scout meeting attendance was high with a new member. freshman class party on April 16 featured carnival games, art galleries, fortune teller, world wonders, dancing, bowling, and refreshments. The school magazine Talk is with printers and will be distributed by year’s end. patrons should order early. Mr Moyle spoke on How to Study at the assembly, urging earnest, diligent work and concentration rather than mere memorization.
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Frank
Manual “Arts
Gymnas
Moyle
Five Lesson Preparation Tips and Teacher Recitation Observations
The passage outlines five study steps for lessons including understanding the subject, mastering divisions, reading for main facts, studying details, and reviewing. It notes students often rely on teachers in recitation hour and urges habits of attention and reasoning to be formed during high school study.
Love Cheat Prompts Laughs at High Prices
Ring Lardner jokes with Creighton Hale in a club reception about cinema prices while Hale promotes The Love Cheat at the New Orpheum Theatre. The humorist comments that nothing is cheap these days as Hale works on the film.
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Lambs Club
Ring Lardner
Creighton Hale
New Orpheum Theatre
Lardner
Hales
Local Paper Advertising Boosts Community Prosperity
A local newspaper is essential to town life and merchants. Live advertising sustains a vibrant, informative paper that drives buy-at-home demand and supports the editor and store owners. Include strong, regular ads to strengthen the paper and town economy. Foley’s Honey and Tar cited as trusted relief for chest cold symptoms in Miss Rose Florke’s letter.
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Till
Foley
Rose Florke
Hawkins Ave
N. Braddock
Misquote Reflects Recurrent Chess Metaphor in Print
A fragmented line from Pearson's Wernir compares monetary demands to chess moves, using phrases like check and pawn as metaphors. The garbled text presents a satirical or critical note on money and control within a relationship.
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Pearson
Raining Cats and Dogs Origin Story Reprinted
A letter once published by the Daily Express of London is cited explaining the origin of the expression raining cats and dogs. The piece includes commentary from Orison Swett Marden in Chicago News and discusses how thought and memory affect emotional energy.
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Ex- Press of
London
Ainling
Orison Swett Marden
Chicago
Fly's Frugality Philosophical Quip Noted
A fragmentary remark critiques overemphasizing frugality in philosophy. The quip suggests a misdirection toward savings while noting that true frugality lies in reuse, attributed to Wiehirs Engle in a clipped historical snippet.
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Spt
Wiehirs Engle
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