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HIGH SCHOOL NEW 8 LAKE FOREST VS. DBBRFIEL D. The game Saturday morning? with the girls’ team of Lake Forest, College marked the close of the basket ball season for our girls. The result, a score 15 to 13 against us, was scarcely one to be desired for a final game, Beth. teams were. well matched in dexterity and skillful playing, but the Lake Forest team was very much heavier and taller than ours, which was a decided disadvantage. The individual playing on both sides w’ss excellent. Thessaly ray of conifers left us is that we had Milan and Smoot defends! the nflirmative and Misses Enmu'i and Holabird upheld the negative. Out and fast To hold the record. but alas! Lake Forest took their pride away All on that fatal Saturday. .Had not our brave boys saved the Sovnow tdluck we trust the rest. GIRLS’ BASKET BALL GAME. With confide-nee the game began 80 many launch; proudly won; ‘ day, * We’d? he at the heart again to play; But far on Harvard’ a hostile shOre Oar boys were piling up the score. 'And- this we know, we’ve done our The target of (Ichate in the last meeting of the W. O. D. 8, 1m “Reached, that Shylock was a Deupicable Character." Misses ood arguments were advanced by both sides. The debate was finally won by the negative side. 30mm BY STUDENTS or THE HIGH SCHOOL. Mint-in-Cbiof. Anal Emu“, "04.. Auociate Editor, ELM: Burn). ’04. Auiatanta, ‘ Joann E. Commas, ‘I - MARILLA Benn, ’05 Roan? Lurz, ’05. » Jo! “114.33.06. )1“! Moon, 07. VOL. 1. mum scam. abject of debate in the girls played hard lo yield to no inferior, spiteful ham. ~'l‘lm opposing team was the Ila-I7, courteous ind friendly of any '9’ hgn pl: and con- plemy ““3 in), by their skillful plying, but by their charming manners. After the guns the team took to. at Loin Dunnd Hall where I very enjoyable time was bad dancing and talking. Mr. Wilson visited school Mono day, It is filemnt to know that he has not yet forgotten as. The school'enjOyed a visit from Prnident MIuck, of‘ Hind-la College, Pride, of last week. Min Ruth Manet will graduate with her clue here in J one. A new study period from 2:80 to 8:45 ' has been added to the Ich'ool session, attendance at which is Voluntary. ' 'It no reported that a «collection of marblenis beifig. taken up to make a tombstone for Bedelia. The boys will (play a basket ball game iritfi fiéfinrd tfiis Saturday night fourths champion- ship of Northern Illinois. Come one, come all. Read the posteri down town. ‘ . Friday night March ’21, the bo'ye’ High School team defeated Harvard High by escore of 26 to 19. The grime was hotlx edn tested from start to fihmh. At the end of the first half the score stood 10 to Sin Deerfield’e favor. The first part of the second half was marked by fast playing on both sides until about three min- utes before the signal when our boys etarted rolling up the score and stopped only when the whistle blew; Harvard claims the cham- pionship of Northern Illinois which, if we beat them again Saturday night, will then be ours. ”A GLIMPSB 0F PUROATORY. I hate these dates, but I niuet learn them. Let me see, what are they? Oh yea, here they are: Battle-of Hastings, 1086; Magus Charter, N16, and the Discovery d America} 14:92. .Now I’ll see if I? remember than. Ba‘tle of HIGHLAND PARK. ILL. [ARCH 86. 1904‘ “my book who. except that he wore a mortar bond and gown. He or it bickonéd to me with his long, bony figure finger while Il- lontly gliding-toward the door of thé‘fim escape. Compelled by on imiistnble force, I could but follow. Down, down we went. [Scat the gymnasium and still down, until I began to be .fright- ened. “Where are you taking me," I questioned fen-fully. “School” answered the spectre la- sonically Plucking up courage at ‘this wotd, I continued. “High School?" “Not, ,vgry," he re- tortod. I said no more. Hutingu, 1219; Hag.“ Clutter. @066, inn 3492â€"05, both-r! Finally we reached a long sub- terranean passage, the dimneas 'of which was broken only at intervals by great big doors. The first door was marked “History. ” I shuddered, and remembered that the battle of Hastings occurred in 1492 Upon entering, a dolefnl scene presented itself. Standing in rows about the room were many poor boys and girls each holding a huge roll of papergé open which were columns audit columns of dates The victims were trying to learn them all and the noise was simply deafening. One poor girl near me said with e sigh of relief, “Only three thousand seven hundred and ninety- nine more!" and I begde the Spiritnto hasten from this heart breaking scene. (floor. A swarm of creatures struggled k’vainly to climb the sides 'but found it useless because the sharp points of the triangles stuck ‘out in every direction and pre- "vented them from making shy progress. Others ran wildly 1about jostling each other. I was surprised when I saw Mr Stoker there too, anxiously peering about with the others and searching in all fie nooks sad haunts. “Will ”on please explsin this extraordi lusty conduct 7" I demanded of the Our next visit was to the geom- etty department This was a vast mom and great mounds of tri- angles were- shattered over the 1492â€"05. '30 I '3“ I tappil Y. I iooked up I ""J -- faciel- distortion and deformity the horror and hideousneee of which begets description. "Oh what can the cause of ‘thie!” I exclaimed horrified. “French ir- regular verbs and German nouns," greplied my guide in his jerky {manner : (but. kayhgtoflnd pl” he aaid. ‘leanenhering my futile attempt at the preceding day to find that am mysterious thing, I had grave here of being invited to join in the, hunt, no I tried to turn the subject 0! humorously. “Come, let’s leave these pious once.” I remarked twetiouely. Old Bottle Bonee turned his hol- low sockets reproachfully upon me and silently opened thedoor. By and by I noticed him shaking his head dubious], ond murmnring ladly, “I give it up! I can’t find it!" “What’s the matter? What can’t you find?" I queried. “I can't find the locus of pointe of that joke." M'y skeleton leader then paused before a door bearing the ominous words “Classical La cages." “O Miater Spirit,” cried . “don’t stop! There’s nothing new to me. But let us hurry over tbesadis- agreeable pictures to the-next one. The next one happened to be the Literature department and here there were pallid creatures seated around a:buge table hopelessly at- tempting to outline Webster’s , Dictioyary and the Eucyclowd‘ia. From this faVerisb scene I glanced- about the room. Suddenly “Miss Pardee’s Tests” on the blackboard caught my eye and I did not wait for his Ghostsh-ip to open the door but ruehéd blindly out, into and down the passage. Bump! I was stopped in my wild career by a board, 'a bulletin board. Breath"- less I stopped to read it. “Notice,” I read. “There will be no quar- terly examinations during the rest of this year in the D. T. H. S." This was too much! 'I - in ’there!" So we [in-ed on to “Modern Languages." Within was a queer collection of people w’ho'poueesed ever): v_ar_iety of might, perhaps have believed the moon is made of green cheese and that the cow jumped over it, but as for imagining that there were to be no examinationsâ€"preposter- ous! I had been dreaming. Yes, I had been dreaming for I found myself, not in that dark underground hall at the footof the fire escape, but safe and sound in the assembly Hall ‘and rubbing my‘eyes at my deck. I. B. NO. 24