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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1925
Page
9
Renner places fourth in the 220 yard hurdles as M T H S earns a single point. Stewart and Ronnie fail to advance in sprints, Reglin misses by one inch in the javelin, while Casey collects seven points, shaping a county meet duel at Martinsville.
The senior class selects the royalty play Thank You as the school year winds down. Louise Alford Evelyn Hunt and Milton Dickens helped pick the production which will be staged June 1 and 2 with a cast not yet finalized. A Junior Senior banquet plans and Dramatic Club events fill the ensuing schedule along with faculty and board involvement.
Marshall Township High School publishes The M. T. H. S. News in Marshall Illinois. Communications go to the school, with editors Faye Findley Mary Stephenson Virginia Knipe Parlee Hurst Kenneth McConchie Eleanor Snavely Pearl Baker Jordie Lewis Edith Wright Walter Booth and Bill Rector handling duties.
The platform promotes a higher plane of scholarship and a new Zoom in athletics. It emphasizes the Honor System, better extra curricular activities, and a courteous student body as core goals.
The piece recalls Professor Stalker of Indiana State Normal praising MT HS and questions whether a one time display suffices. It urges consistent excellence to impress future visitors, noting inspectors may return after three years and urging every day to raise the school's standing.
The passage argues that true honesty requires meeting obligations and paying debts. It contrasts those who value free things with those who respect financial commitments, noting how failure to pay undermines future efforts. It recalls a former student's claim of never paying back a note, highlighting long term reputational harm.
In a humorous scrawl a dialogue shows Jerdie offering to carry Kate s umbrella to avoid marriage. Kate declines while Jordie jokes about arrangements. George mutters about the girl s habit of waving, and Granville apologizes for a minor miscue in what reads as a light domestic vignette.
The calendar lists key activities from May 7 to June 3. Includes 9-County Meet, Dramatic Club banquet, debates, Patron's Day, reviews, final examinations, graduations, baccalaureate, senior play, and commencement.
The item lists numerous residents visiting relatives and friends in Charleston Martinsville Terre Haute Casey Paris and West Union during the weekend of May 1 to May 3 including Adah Godden Ruth Carpenter Kathryn Mayer and Lucile Craig with multiple mentions of social gatherings plays and Meet at Charleston. A brief joke about an old farmer and his hired boy concludes the piece.
A mock wedding at the J S D C meeting on April 29 matched Virgil Claypool’s three daughters Dorothy Evans Mildred Craig and Pearl Baker to John Black Sam Prevo and Herbert Sisson with multiple best men flower girl and ring bearers. The event included a supper, contests, and an electric shock finale marking initiation.
A patient in a mental hospital tells a visitor that he has caught nine fish while fishing over a flower bed. The visitor jokes about Jet’s mind, and the patient replies that “It will die of starvation.”
A narrator and Cleo tour Egypt visiting the pyramids in a playful travel tale. They view the great pyramid at nine with guards on ostriches and zebras, climb an inclined passage to a tomb of Cheops, and note cultural details while the narrator adjusts to unfamiliar dress.
Marshall Agricultural Club traveled to Newton for a judging contest with little prep time. Poultry judged by Kirchner and Lucan. Grain by Buckner and Abel. Fat Stock and Dairy by Buckner and Shotts and Tabscott. Out of about 16 schools they placed sixth with final results pending. judge was Prof. Robert E Smith of Illinois University.
Mr Garvey presented Creal Stout with his cheerleader letter for this year and his missed letter from last year. He also awarded letters to Milton Dickens Louise Alford Augusta O Neal Mary Stephenson Eleanor Snavely and George Taubeneck from last year’s debating team whose letters were overlooked at year end.
The piece notes an interstate band contest at Champaign this week and reports Harrison High Chicago published by girls last week. It mentions Harrison High defeating MckKenley High in a debate on United States investments abroad. It introduces Junior Phi Beta Kappa, a national honor society installed in many high schools with selection at graduation for character and leadership.
The Marshall Boy Scouts lost to Martinsville in a dual track meet with a 60s to 20s score. Henley led Martinsville by winning three events, while Paul Barker earned Marshall's lone first place.
The Sixteenth Annual Interscholastic Oratorical Contest at Eastern Illinois Teachers College in Charleston drew Marshall's first entrants. Elizabeth Rhoads won poetry, Milton Sickens took oration, Mildred Craig appeared in humorous readings, and Dorothy Evans won dramatic reading as Marshall placed second overall.
The article lists trophies for a County Meet with events in literature music and sports. It notes a silver shield for the overall points winner a chorus shield and a large silver lorias cup for relay and track winners and mentions separate shields for terminal and music contests. It includes a student exchange about Beesonification.
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