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Mount Sterling Advocate

Location

Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America

Date

Jan 19, 1922

Page

5

Highland Family and Associates Named in Notice

W P Highland and Miss Nora Highland lead a list including Mr and Mrs C D Highland and Alice Clark with extended relations such as Mr and Mrs P Highland and others in a social or legal notice. Additional names include Mr and Mrs Les ee Las and Newton Lee, EB Duff, Frank Boyd, Clarence White, Prewitt Young, W K Prewitt and Mrs J H Henry.

W. P. Highland Nora Highland C. D. Highland Era Alice Clark P. Highland Lesee Las and Newton. Lee EB. Duff Frank Boyd Clarence White

Notable Local Visitors and Arrivals Across Town

A column lists residents and guests visiting Lexington Carlisle Cincinnati Paris Louisville and Flemingsburg. People mentioned include Rev Olaf Hamilton and William Jennings Bryan en route, Miss Mary S Bean from Greensboro, and J M Venable with son returning from Farmdale Virginia. The item also notes 89th birthday dinner for Amanda Clay and various social visits and travels by the community.

Laura Rooney Lola Lawrence Lex J. M. Venable Farmdale Lewis Summers Flemingsburg M. H. Lewis J. M. Hutton Cincinnati Thomas Johnson Olaf Hamilton Lexington William Jennings Bryan Mary S. Bean Greensboro S. C R. T. Bean Margaret Guthrie William M. Anderson Flint Mich H. 8. Bittinger Nicholasville Louisville

Illness and health notes from Sharpsburg area

Mrs. Omer Ratliff is seriously ill at her home in Sharpsburg. Miss Sallie Trumbo shows improvement after weeks of illness. Mrs. Sarah Winn’s friends fear pneumonia as her condition remains unimproved. Also a local sale advertises reduced shoe prices.

Omer Ratliff Sharpsburg Sallie Trumbo Sarah Winn

Education cost to be studied by a new commission

The American Council of Education announces a commission to study U.S. education costs. Approved appropriations totaling 170000 come from the Commonwealth Fund Carnegie Corporation General Education Board and the Milbank Memorial Fund. Dr G D Strayer of Columbia University named chairman the panel will review current and future education costs and related funding methods.

United States American Council of Education Commonwealth Fund Carnegie Corporation General Education Board Milbann Memorial G. D. Strayer Columbia University Educational Finance Inquiry American Council On Education

Religious lecture and church events in Louisville

Mrs J T Sullivan state superintendent of the Boys and Girls work of the Christian church will lecture at the Christian church at ten on Tuesday January 24. Baptist Our Sunday School meets 9 30 A M A L Mitchell superintendent. We invite all ages and offer cord ial welcome. The pastor preaches 10 45 Sunday morning. No evening services due to Presbyterian invitation to hear Dr Vander Muellen worship with them. Public prayer and Bible study Wednesday night. meeting is increasing.

J. T. Sullivan Louisville The Christian Church

18 as Work Age Limit Foreseen in Education Talk

Dr. A. E. Winship of Boston told a New York conference on illiteracy that in a few years states may require 18-year-olds and high school graduates to work. He noted a shift from 12 and a sixth reader to 14 as minimum work age, with a few states raising to 16 and high school education, while others urged simpler texts and more emotional appeals to inspire American ideals.

A. E. Winship Boston Journal of Education New York Walter E. Ranger Rhode Island Commission of Education

Most State Law-Givers Lack Early Education

Yale professor Allen Johnson told the Connecticut League of Women Voters that fewer than half of state legislators have a full common school education and only about 15 percent have college training. He noted farmers, lawyers, and businesspeople dominate legislatures and many are not in touch with governing responsibilities.

United States Allen Johnson Yale University School of Citizenship Connecticut League of Women Voters

Kentucky College Athletics Reform Urged

Dr. P. K. Holmes of the University of Kentucky urges broadening college athletics to benefit all students. He proposes educational and health goals, less focus on winning, and a single department for physical education with broader, more permanent coaching and reduced reliance on outside coaches.

Kentucky Association of Kentucky Colleges P. K. Holmes Department of Health and Hygiene University of Kentucky College Association Department of Physical Education

Kentucky Man Named 1922 Rhodes Scholar

William Hugh Peal, 23, of LaCenter Kentucky, senior in the University of Kentucky College of Arts and Sciences, is selected as the 1922 Rhodes Scholar. He receives 350 pounds yearly for study at Oxford, out of nine candidates. Peal is a former Navy serviceman and active in campus affairs and clubs.

William Hugh Peal LaCenter College of Arts and Sciences University of Kentucky University Frank Aydelotte Swarthmore Rhodes Trustees Peal Oxford University England Delta Sigma Pi Honorary Fraternity of Commerce Acacion Lodge of Masons Acacion House Harrison Avenue Patterson ‘Literary Society Ballard County Club

Democratic Club Committee Roles Highlight 1919-20

The record notes a committee of the Democratic Club along with the holder serving as secretary-treasurer of the Intercollegiate Oratorical Association for 1919-20. This identifies key student governance positions and organizational ties in that academic year.

The Democratic Club Intercollegiate Oratorical Association

Curio States Named by Inquirer in Jest

A playful list presents sister states with pun names Miss Ouri Ida Ho Mary Land Callie Fornia Allie Bama Louisa Anna Della Ware Minnie Sota and Miss Sippi. The item reads like a light column bit.

Miss Ouri Ida Ho Mary Land Callie Fornia Allie Bama Louisa Anna Della Ware Minnie Sota Miss Sippi

Classroom Jokes and Light Verse

A collection of schoolroom quips and light verse. Students joke about clumsy steam engines and verb tremble forms while teachers protest mispronunciations. The humor centers on a boy who cannot start and a pupil who mocks spelling.

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Tom Rooney J. W. Crates Carlisle G. H. Strother Paul Strother H. L. Clark Paris T. Havens Brunner Jesse M. Alverson Bourbon County W. T. Simrall Baltimore Washington W. R. Dye Jab Simrall Carl W. Robinson John Thompson Owings Lane Washington, D.C F. D. Richardson Fred Shirley Frankfort Claude Carloi John Brannock Falmouth John Faulkner Frances Faulkner Faulkner George Faulkner Katherine Murray East St. Louis Ill Margaret Glover Bride Kehoe Lockport Ellen Gillon Owingsville Mrs. Clay Amanda Clay West Main Street Anne Sally Clay J. T. Highland Marguerite Crouch Harberry Taul George Clinkepbeard Near Frank Thompson Jane E. H. Crouch Gladys Oldson Robert Oldson Lidy Lou Crouch F. L. Ritchie Buford Curtis John Taul Mt. Sterling Court Sam _ Ishmael John M. Crouch Elizabeth Lida Lou Frank Taylor Frank Ritchie Stacy Adams R. E. Punch Co., Inc the Advocate Buick Mt. Sterling U. OF K. Man Rhodes Scholar Paul Claude Sam Johnnie Ben Samuel Walker Oldham A. B. Oldham
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