Word: highschool
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...played mostly in the country. Urchins borrow pitching gloves worn by their fathers through a career on the highschool nine, gather in a meadow, "measure a bat" for first up, compete through long summer mornings with protesting squeals and squawks that stir the catbirds to caustic music...
...Reading, Pa., public school told her pupils to salute the flag. The teacher imagined that Pupil Elmer was insulting her. She did not speak his language. Pupil Elmer, recent immigrant from Jugoslavia spoke no English. That was six years ago. Last week Pupil Elmer, about to graduate from highschool, was chosen valedicatorian of a class of 161. He spoke English with no accent. His address: "Alone I made my way . . . night school for aliens . . . patience of those teachers . . . who have led me out of a state of obscurity into an open sun-lit field where opportunities...
...named Hartrey kicked a field-goal from the 15-yard line, giving New Rochelle, Westchester County champions, the only score in a very good highschool game on the home field of eleven young hopefuls of Orlando...