New Trier High School Jottings

New Trier has won an enviable victory and as a trophy has a fine shield presented by Lake Forest college to keep among its permanent archives.
On Friday afternoon and evening, May 1, the New Trier literary team, consisting of Helen and Dorothy Doty, Jane Greeley and Mary Quale, contested in extempore speaking, reading aloud, and letter writing, respectively. There were ninety-six representatives from twenty-four high schools, and five or six states. The contestants were given two trials each, one in the afternoon, and one in the evening, different judges acting each time. While the New Trier representatives did not win first place in every case, they did win more points than any other team. LaGrange with four boys on its literary team came in second.
New Trier has been preparing for this contest for some time. Members of all classes, both boys andgirls, entered the preliminary try-outs, and from the whole list these four were chosen. It is rather remarkable that the four representatives were all girls, and that they completely outstripped both the boys at New Trier and those entering the field at Lake Forest. All the girls are upper class girls and are Zenobians.
In the athletic contest held at Lake Forest at the same time Alexander Bush won first place in the high jump, and Harry Richter the first place in pole vaulting. A full account of other athletic victories will be given in next week's issue.

School Functions
On Wednesday, April 29, Mr. Hildebrand gave an illustrated lecture on Germany before the German Club. Dr. Henry [illegible] of the Evanston German Club will address the next meeting.
On the same afternoon Mrs. Sherman of Wilmette read some of her published poems to the English club, a new organization started by the freshmen. At the next meeting of the club Mrs. Robert McNair of Evanston will read some of Burn's poems and Mr. Hildebrand will give stereopticon views of scenes famous in Scottish history and literature. Friends of the school are welcome at the meetings of this new organization.
The Zenobians had charge of Assembly, Monday morning, May 11. Miss Wells of Chicago sang several delightful seclections, and Miss Irene Paulson o fWilmette read. The New Trier Victory song, with words and music by Mr. Walker, was sung by the Glee club and then the school. It was particularly fitting that the program should be in the hands of the Zenobians as they had won all the victories in the literary field at Lake Forest.

Banquets
On Thursday, April 30, the Senate Literary Society held its annual banquet at La Salle Hotel. One of the Senators, Noble Hale, is to be congratulated in having passed his examinations for West Point, though he has not yet received his appointment.
On Tuesday evening, April 28, the annual dinner to members of the school board was given by the Home Economics department. The table was beautifully decorated in yellow and green, and the same color scheme was carried out in most ingenious and attractive ways in the menu itself, which we print below.