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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1921
Page
7
The school reports smooth progress on the senior play Peaceful Valley with Miss Wise coaching. A film adaptation of Evangeline was shown, praised for sentiment and fidelity. Seniors staged an Irish themed program featuring songs, jokes, and an orchestra selection, ending with students returning to classes.
An unsigned editorial from Leavenworth High exhorts students to wake up and finish the school year strong. It laments lack of collective zeal while urging robust effort, noting some will have only this year at the school and stressing responsibility and future possibilities.
The piece notes mounting hopes among seniors for the senior play class day senior week and commencement with a cautious assurance that juniors sophomores and freshmen should observe how these major events are managed amid bustle and work.
The Leavenworth High seniors decide to add a Baccalaureate sermon to their activities and schedule it the week before commencement. This custom, observed elsewhere, is praised as a worthy decision that enhances the class’s glory.
The Junior class presented The Tale of Two Cities on Tuesday to raise money for the Senior farewell entertainment. The performance was described as very interesting and entertaining.
Junior class plans a new entry for Friday’s assembly a short synopsis hints at Mary Jane Plummer as the lead in the proposed play Romantic Molly the group promises hidden talent may appear on stage location and time to be announced
Molly, renamed from her given name, rejects John Brown's proposal and longs for an aviator husband. Grace's sister Grace and Jack Smith spar over matchups as suitors pursue Molly. A bill collector and mistaken affections complicate Molly's plans before she finally embraces John Brown as Mary Jane Brown.
In a gym ceremony Mr Curtis presents letters to captain Hal Featherstone and teammates Hal Featherstone stands tall as he receives the letter. The second team follows with Myron Nelson and others receiving their L letters marked with the number 2.
Students rise to their seats as a crowd of applause fades and the familiar murmur signals the moment to move to fifth period classes.
Last Tuesday the Botany class under Mr Curtis witnessed an instructive film on the spread of disease among plants. It showed spore attack and the Phytophthora fungus, and demonstrated effective combat methods, proving clearer than textbook explanations and yielding much benefit to students.
The exchange notes Franklin's progress in his Virtues with humor about reaching Eurone. Bill G comments on the distance, suggesting a humorous misstep or pun in the quiz.
In the discussion Miss Bagley asks what Cavour did to unite Italy and Viter replies with a vivid line about forming Italy from mud. Miss Wise contrasts meanings of professor and rescuer, noting one is a boss and the other a straw boss as Fred R adds a quip.
Report notes fashion shocks at school with longer skirts promised yet girls arrive in men’s socks. The wind chills students, while Bert Holloway pursues a favorite seat in Sophomore row as peers tease geography.
A farmer and a man of strict principles discuss a mining deal in which one party claims to have received nothing for something. The exchange suggests the possibility of reciprocal gains or losses in the transaction and hints at broader negotiation dynamics.
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