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Domestic News December 18, 1925

The Indian Leader

Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas

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Miscellaneous notes from Haskell Institute detailing local weather, personal visits and departures, illnesses and recoveries, school repairs and decorations, upcoming concerts, broadcasts, lectures, and academic achievements in December 1925.

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NOTES OF INTEREST

Rain and sleet on Monday morning.

Mrs. Stark was a Topeka visitor recently.

Two garages are being erected in hospital row.

Miss Elenora Hine is still with her relatives in Salina.

Miss Hurley spent Saturday in Kansas City on a shopping trip.

Miss Deloria is just recovering from a severe attack of tonsillitis.

Mary Rose Bighorse was visiting Haskell friends one day last week.

Elmer Peters suffered a light attack of lagrippe Saturday and Sunday.

The carpenters are doing a little repair work on Mr. Beddow's house.

Lyceum number—Freeman Hammond Company—to-morrow evening.

Florence Cornelius spoke before the Women's Club in Topeka, last week.

Charles Roy, junior commercial, is out of the hospital and back in class again.

Franklin Yarlotte and Frank Bellanger are hospital patients this week.

Gridgraph to-morrow—Haskell vs. all-star team at Los Angeles, at 4 p. m.

Mr. Carr arrived from Chicago last Monday where he had been on a business trip.

The Haskell Orchestra will broadcast from Kansas University the evening of January 4.

A number from Haskell attended the Sousa band concert at Robinson Gymnasium, Monday, December 14.

Tena Cooke, 1925 graduate, writes friends at Haskell that she is improving in health, and now weighs 117 pounds.

Mrs. E. L. Holden, of Quapaw, Okla., visited her daughter, Edna, Saturday. She was accompanied by Mrs. Flora Whitebird.

Myrtle Sockey left for her home at Leflore, Okla., Wednesday night. Her visit at this time was because of the illness of her sister.

Miss Dorothy Cate, Y. W. C. A. secretary, returned to Haskell Saturday. Miss Cate visited a number of the schools in the Southwest.

Listen in Monday evening, January 4, at 7 o'clock and hear the concert by the Haskell Orchestra via the Kansas University (KFKU) broadcasting station.

A number of our teachers attended the lecture on educational administration by Dr. Fowlkes, from the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin, who was visiting Kansas University.

Logan Fontenelle, who has been employed at Anadarko, Okla., for the past year, was here visiting his brother, Charles, and old friends last Friday and Saturday. Logan was on his way home near Decatur, Nebr.

Mr. Shawnee, Mr. Peters, Mr. Lindquist, and Mr. Speer attended a dinner Thursday evening at the Chamber of Commerce. The invitation was extended by Chancellor E. H. Lindley, University of Kansas, for the consideration of State work of the Y. M. C. A.

Mr. Waldemar Geltch, professor of violin, School of Fine Arts, Kansas University, will give a concert Saturday, December 26, in the chapel at 7.30 p. m. Mr. Geltch will be assisted by Mrs. Boir, dramatic reader. This will be a program of particular merit.

Christmas decorations are appearing every day. The commercial department has started their preparations for the holiday season. Mr. West is busy planning the decoration of the chapel. Prizes will be given again for the best decorated rooms in the dormitories.

Bruce Barton's "The Man Nobody Knows" will be shown in the chapel Tuesday evening, December 22 at 7 p. m. This takes the place of the regular Tuesday evening religious instruction. This is a free picture for all students. The expense is met by the religious organizations.

The Haskell Orchestra filled an engagement at Oakland, a suburb of Topeka, last Friday evening and the program offered was enthusiastically received by an audience said to be the largest to attend an entertainment of that nature. The classical selections were the most popular, judging from the applause.

Instructors in the business department are gratified with the record made by students of stenography. Ruth Spitto, Helen Hand, and Thomas Sanders have received their certificate of membership in the order of Gregg artists.

The class in Indian Service accounting has made excellent progress in the work. They are farther along than any class in the past two years.

The Journal-World publishes the following from its files of twenty-five years ago: "U. S. G. Plank and Miss Robbins will accompany a party of Haskell students to Kansas City Monday for the grand opera." Miss Robbins is instructor in music here now, having returned at the beginning of the school year. Mr. Plank, after several peregrinations, is again a resident of Lawrence.

Miss Hannah Anderson, nurse at Haskell for years, writes from her home in McPherson, Kans., and wishes to be remembered to her friends here, sends best wishes to all and hopes they will have a happy, joyous Christmas. Miss Anderson's friends here are pleased to know that she has recovered sufficiently to write and no doubt many will write to her now who have intended to, but did not.

What sub-type of article is it?

Education Social Event Arrival Departure

What keywords are associated?

Haskell Institute School Updates Visits Illnesses Concerts Christmas Preparations Academic Progress

Where did it happen?

Haskell

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Primary Location

Haskell

Event Date

December 1925

Event Details

A series of brief community and school updates from Haskell Institute, including reports of rain and sleet, visits to Topeka and Kansas City, recovery from tonsillitis and lagrippe, construction of garages and house repairs, upcoming lyceum performance by Freeman Hammond Company, speech by Florence Cornelius, student hospital stays and returns, anticipated gridgraph broadcast of Haskell game, arrival of Mr. Carr from Chicago, Haskell Orchestra broadcast on January 4, attendance at Sousa band concert on December 14, health update from graduate Tena Cooke, visit by Mrs. E. L. Holden to daughter Edna, departure of Myrtle Sockey due to sister's illness, return of Y.W.C.A. secretary Miss Dorothy Cate, teacher attendance at Dr. Fowlkes lecture, visit by Logan Fontenelle, dinner attended by Messrs. Shawnee, Peters, Lindquist, and Speer, upcoming concert by Mr. Waldemar Geltch on December 26, Christmas decorations and preparations, showing of 'The Man Nobody Knows' on December 22, Haskell Orchestra performance in Oakland, stenography student achievements, progress in Indian Service accounting class, historical note from 25 years ago, and greetings from former nurse Miss Hannah Anderson.

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