High School Notes on Early Gym Classes and Glee Club
The first gym classes this term were held Thursday with sessions scheduled Mondays and Thursdays for general students and Tuesdays and Fridays for boys under Lieutenant Downing the new physical director. A Thursday afternoon High school music program directed by Miss McShane featured songs including The Marsellaisse The Watch on the Rhine Hark the Herald Angels Sing Oh Come All Ye Faithful Silent Night and The Star Spangled Banner. The Girls Glee Club met after school Thursday in Mrs Hulse s room with Lydia Dayton presiding and a plan to present a Liberty Bond to the Red Cross forthcoming.
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First Senate and House Chaplains Named in 1789
The first U S Senate chaplain was Rev Samuel Provost Episcopal bishop of New York. The House chaplain was Rev William Lynn Presbyterian. Both officiated at the first Congress after the Constitution's adoption.
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Read Wisely Habit of discerning reading
A reflection on cultivating a wiselier habit of reading and thinking. It cautions that weighty texts can dull the mind if readers avoid active engagement and miss the demands of true comprehension. The piece urges ongoing mental discipline to resist easy conclusions.
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