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pupils to the new building left most
of the seats entirely too large tor
the pupils to be located in the rooms
vacated. The board therefore secur-
ed a bid of $1,256 each allowance rrom
for present day use the seats were
not appropriate. The seats in the
cellar, which are not standing in wat-
er, are therefore not the property of
the board at all but belong to the
firm which bought them and the board
is not interested in whether they pre-
serve them or not. It is true that
too many small seats were ordered in
proportion to the pupils to be seated
September, so that no permanent loss
was sustained. School seats must be
suitable for the pupils at the begin-
ning of the year and the new ones
were installed when the year was
more than half over. There is less
damage to the health of the pupil
from the seat slightly too small than
from one in which he is unable to
reach the floor.
Building Criticism
In the recent and some past ar-
ticles Mr. Morris has severely crit-
icized the new building, in the con-
struction of which he has as far as
possible kept away from any active
part. This is entirely of his own
vob him of his privileges and duties
as a director. Many of the details
have been decided by the close vote |
of three to two, an example of which |
was in the selecting the color of the
building in which Mr. Morris happen-
ed to vote with the winning three.
Before actually beginning the build-
ing the former board spent many
months in study which was passed on
to the present board as three of the
directors held over. The new board
had plans submitted by six or eight
architects, most of whom submitted
alternate schemes, so that a total of
possibly fifteen plans was considered.
The plan adopted was sent to Harris-
burg and after some changes was ap-
proved by the State Art Commission
as to its appearance, the Department
of Labor and Industry as ti its safety
from fire and panics, and by the
Buildings Bureau of the Department
of Public Instruction as to its prac- |
ticability as a school plant. From
the fact that there are so many kinds
of school buildings it may readily be
seen that there is no such thing as an
absolutely perfect school, otherwise
all would be built after the perfect
patterns.
The Board had to*consider not only
present needs but also future require-
ments as it is the almost universal
experience that school buildings are
outgrown by the schools. The funds
available made it necessary for the
board to either build an inferior build:
ing of adequate size, a good building |
of small size, or a good building of
large size not entirely finished. The
latter course was adopted. Practical
ly every one of the things criticized
by Mr. Morris, is’ due to the neces-
sity "of conserving the funds, and all
will be taken care of as funds are
available. |
Leaving off the brick on the rear |
portion of the building made a reduc- |
tion in cost of about $3,500. Paint-
ing the interior walls instead of plas-
tering them made a further saving |’
of about $1,200. Using the teachers’
closets, temporarily, instead of build-
ing in the wardrobes which are con-
templated = saved = several hundred
more. Elimination of an outside cel-
lar entrance saved a lot of money as
ashes can be removed by a hoist which
is priced at only $75. The cellar
drain has now been placed without
year. = The cracks in the hall floox
will be repaired before the building
is paid for. Coloring of the hall
floor instead of covering it saved sev-
eral hundred yards of expensive lin-
oleum. And so on, all the items are
readily explainable and all are due
to the absolute necessity of saving
money. . The board is tied down by
law as to its expenditures and debt
lunch, and Babbitt has brought
limitation, and can only be open to |
possible criticism for building an |
adequate building now instead of be- |
ing forced to be making additions |
from time to time which would be |
equally if not more costly. |
The board awarded the general
building contract to the lowest of sev-
enteen bidders, and feels that the new
building is cheaper in cost than any
nearby fireproof building, and that 1t
is substantially and well built. When
the stairs are installed and hall win-|
dows uncovered it is felt that most |
of the criticism of the building will
be seen to be unfounded, and that ad-
ditional rooms can be added economi- |
cally. : a
High School Situation
Mr. Morris’ present and recent past
comments regarding the high school
are unfounded and misleading. The |
old two-year high school was not |
dropped by the present hoard at all, |
but was dropped by a state inspector |
who visited the school November 17,
1927, before the new directors were
in office. Now that all things com- |
plained of have been corrected as far|
as humanly possible in the short space!
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Copyright 1028, Warner Bros. Pictures Inc.
“BEWARE OF BACHELORS,” with
an All-Star Cast, is a Warner Brcs.
picturizaticn of this novel.
SYNOPSIS
Dr. Edward Davis, & nerve spe-
cialist, has had a busy morning.
Most of his patients are women, and
a great many of them are inter-
ested in the handsome young phy-
gician. But Dr. Davis is interested
only in his wife, May, to whom
he has been married some three
months. He goes to the Ritz Hotel
to meet his friend, Joe Babbitt, for
along an artist, Myra Pfeffer. Bab-
vitt 1s called away suddenly, leav-
ing Dr. Davis and Myra together.
Mrs. Davis is on her way in town
to do some shopping.
CHAPTER li—Continued
But on that very morning the
wine of Life had determined to go
to the head of that little god known
as Fate. And Fate, with idle
hands, suddenly decided to stick
ten agile fingers in the ple. So
that was why Mr. Adolphe Beran-
ger walked rather disconsolately
out of a cheap lunch wagon, hav-
ing dined frugally on a slab of
bread and ham and a glass of milk
and turned his steps uptown. Pick-
ing his way carefully among the
milling noonday crowds, he tra-
versed the lower sections of the
city and found himself admiring
his own reflection in the rlate
glass windows that lined the ex-
clusive shopping «istrict.
Before the wide cc » doors of
his feet bore him slowly in her
wake. Her way led to the Grill
Room—she and Ed often lunched
there; perhaps he might be there
as she spoke to the head waiter,
She glanced over the room. Then
she stopped, her hand clutching
her pocketbook, the smile frozen
on her face, her eyes wide and
round with disbelief and shock.
Over in his corner of the Grill
Dr. Davis still sat beside Myra
Pfeffer, still uneasy, still anxious.
Myra had reached the cooing
stage, and now she was gazing up
at the doctor with that ‘“aren’t-you-
perfectly-wonderful” look that had
proved fatal to more than cne help-
less male.
“Oh, Doctor, I just knew you'd
understand.” Myra’s eyelids flut-
tered, and then dropped over her
languid eyes. “My pulse is simp-
ly thumping—just feel it.” She
stretched out her hand appealing-
ly.
Dr. Davis grudgingly allowed
his fingers to rest for a moment on
the outstretched wrist.
“It sounds all right to me,” he
returned after a moment. “Maybe
there’s too much excitement in
your life.”
“Excitement! Oh, no, not that!”
Myra exclaimed childishly. “I'm
really very quiet. I spend most of
my time in my little studio—work-
ing. Oh, I work frightfully hard.
I draw, you see. Illustrations, and
that sort of thing. But I'm just so
helpless about everything. I don’t
know anything about business. You
know, Doctor, I really need some-
The Ritze Mr. Berang.. halted. He
He produced
consulted his wrist watch. One-
thirty, He swung jauntily up the
steps and entered the crowded lob-
by. He strolled past the house de-
tective, a burly man with a red
face and a protruding lower jaw,
who was leaning nonchalantly
against the cigar counter chatting
with a salesgirl. As Beranger
passed the detective raised his
head; then he took a deep breath,
and then he frowned.
Mr. Beranger, however, paid not
the slightest attention to the star-
ing «detective. Instead, he wander-
ed about, glancing casually over
the room, allowing his gaze to rest
only on the most attractive and |.
the best dressed women. But his
attenton was diverted at that mo-
ment by the appearance of the
most stunning girl he had yet seen.
He pulled his silk handkerchief a
little further out of his breast
pocket and smiled—a smile that
even he himself admitted to beone
of intrigue and charm.
But Mrs. Edward Davis passed
on without so much, as a glance in
Beranger’s direction. In fact, she
hadn’t even been conscious of his
existence. But the fingers of Fate
were well in the pie by this time,
and Mrs. Davis dropped her glove
—oh, quite unconsciously. She
was even annoyed with herself.
She turned to pick up her proper-
ty, but a well dressed gentleman
was already bowing low and prof-
fering her the missing article. Be-
fore she could take it Beranger
had brought forth a miniature per-
fume atomiser from his pocket and
with a twist of his fingers had
sprayed the glove.
“Madame, permit me,” he mur-
mured, extending the glove.
“Thank you.” May Davis took
her glove, but she couldn’t help
smiling. A gentleman who not only
retrieved an article, but who per-
fumed it as well. She almost
laughed.
“If T may, Madame!” Dexter-
ously Beranger had removed a
card from his pocket and thrust it
upon the astonished May.
“Claude de Brie,” she read. “Ex-
quisite, Exotic and Erotic Per-
fumes.” She tried to keep a straight
face. “Thank you,” she nodded
again and hurried away, still laugh-
ing. /
Beranger’s eyes followed this
one to look after me—someone—"'
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an atomizer.
“Uh—er—yes, I suppose every
woman does; you know.” Davis in-
terrupted quickly, drawing his
hand away from the too-close con-
tact with the predatory Myra.
“I'd just love to have you come
and see my studio,” Myra insisted,
disregarding the physician’s reluc-
tante to enter into her little flirta-
tion. In fact, it rather amused her,
piqued her, and she had already de-
cided then and there that just for
the fun of it she was going to make
this seemingly shy young doctor
take an interest in her, if she had
to use force. She wasn’t accus-
tomed to having her overtures re-
ceived with such coldness.
“Do tell me youll come to see
me,” she begged, smiling archly.
“I’m always lonely—and always
home.”
“I—er—that’s very nice of you,
but I'm afraid it’s impossible. I'm
busy all the time—and—er—" Dr.
Davis was trying to edge away,
looking at his watch every other
minute, inwardly cursing Joe Bab-
bitt for having left him alone with
this girl.
But to May, who stood in the
doorway watching the little party
with jealous eyes, it looked exactly
as though her husband were hold-
ing this girl’s hand, looking into
her eyes, and in every way carry.
ing on a most serious flirtation.
She realized that the head waiter
was beckoning to her, holding out
a chair at one of the little side ta-
bles. But for the moment she wag
so confused that she scarcely knew
what to do. Should she turn and
run, or should she brazen it out?
Nothing like this had ever hap-
pened before. At that moment
Myra raised her eyes to the doctor
and smiled her most alluring smile.
That settled it for May. With a
toss of her head she crossed the
room towards her table.
At that precise moment Dr, Davis
raised his head. He stared. Then
a slow, dull red crept around his
neck and flushed his face. He saw
that May saw him. He half start-
ed to rise and bow, but his wife
swept past, her eyes straight be-
fore her, her ‘little red mouth set
in a determined line. The doctor
sank back into his chair, staring
at her. "
“Well—why, what’s the matter,
Doctor? Are you ill?” Myra lean-
ed forward solicitously and caught
hig hand.
lovely thlonde creature, and then
(To be continued.),
INSTALLMENT THREE -
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today—and she was still smiling
RCH 30,
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ma mens
Knorr,
A variety shower was held at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. John Coon on
Thursday evening in honor of their
daughter, Madeline.
Sunday services—April 7, Sunday
School, 1:30; Church at 2:30.
Miss Gertrude Engle, Miss Goldie
Updegrove and Miss Ida Anderson
called on Miss Carrie Coursen recent-
ly.
Mrs. Kate Rozelle, of Mt. Zion
spent a few days at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. I. L. Coursen.
The number of people have called
recently on Mrs. Bertha Anderson,
who has been ill.
The Queen Esthers will hold a
meeting at the home of Miss Dorothy
Thompson on Thursday evening,
March 28.
Mrs. John Hoover, of Trucksville,
spent some time at the home of her
sister, Mrs. Mary Knorr.
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EASTER MORN
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Oh Holy Morn that brings good cheer
To every Christian breast;
Of all the days within the year
The Lord’s Day is the best.
All earthly care fades from the mind
In thinking of that plan
| Devised by God, the Father kind
To some rebellious man.
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Another day was given to earth
More holy than the rest,
But when Christ from the tomb came
forth
He gave us one more blest.
The mighty hand upon times dial
Was mould one day ahead,
And kept by Christians all the while
Since Christ rose from the dear.
This day has now a blessedness
That none have had before,
While all the saints their Lord confess
And praise Him and adore. :
No gloomy fear can ever take
The glory from this day.
This is the time to congregate
And testify and pray.
Let songs of holy rapture rise
And earth her offerings bring,
~ Mrs. Clarence Frantz and children,
Sheldon, Nelson, Valeda, Roland ‘and
Eleanor, of Demuns spent a day re-
cently at the home of Mrs. Mary
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|of one year, his ‘complete report, |
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| which was read to the board in Jan-|
is quoted in the next instalment which
will probably bbe the next issue.
D.. A. WATERS.
EDITOR’S NOTE—The report
above referred to will be published in
a following issue.
Respectfully submitted,
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