-NOME HI NEWS
(Official News Organ Of Nome High School)
EDITOR MARY HOOD CHAPMAN
The calendar of dates for the
use of the school gymnasium for
the coming year is being made
up. Town organizations planning
affairs to be held in the gym
should see Mr. Pool and reserve
their dates. By this advance
planning it is hoped that all con
flictions can be eliminated and
the full benefit of the school as a
community center may be realiz
ed.
Freshman torture begins Mon
day. The “children” will turn
out for school in some weird look
lng outfits, and the upper-class
men are gleefully shaping paddles
and plans for their discomfort.
Miss Stubkjaer plans to organ
ize an A Capella choir of mixed
voices in the high school. Voice
tryouts have been held, and prac
tice has already begun. Because
it was impossible to plan an or
chestra before the arrival of the
instructor, very few instruments
were available. Miss Stubkjaer
has decided to give individual in
struction and conduct small in
strumental classes, thus laying
the groundwork for a real orches
tra next year.
The “North Star”, the high
school paper, will be published
again this year by the English III
class. The following staff has
been elected:
Editor-in-Chief ..
.Mary Hood Chapman.
Assistant Editor Charles Lewis
Art Editor.-Lois Ost
Grade News Editor, Ellen Kinne
Feature Editor..Lincoln Ost.
Typists.Minnie Eaken
.and Martin Willoya
thrinters... Leet Reat
. and Harry Lewis
Subscriptions may be had for
50 cents a year. The first issue
Is scheduled for October 29.
The Home Economics girls have
spent the week getting the class
organized, and next week will
begin a cooking course. The girls
hope to have several exhibits of
work done during the year—note
books, clothing, etc.
The girls’ gym class, under the
supervision of Miss Harris, has
been getting organized. Calisthe
nics, basketball practice, concen
trating on technique of passing,
shooting,etc., and ball-room danc
ing are all on the program at
present.
Girls' and boys’ basketball
practice has begun. Work-outs
are held after school, and some
good material is showing up.
The Senior Class met and elect
ed Ann WaLsh, president; Vesta
Poison, secretary; Harry Lewis,
business manager. Miss Stubk
jaer is the class advisor. Dates
for class functions have been
selected, and the matter of class
rings is being investigated.
The Junior Class officers are as
follows: Lincoln Ost, president:
Martin WilLoya, vice-president;
Lois Ost, secretary-treasurer. The
class is planning a dance, proba
bly before the last boat goes out,
to raise money.
The fair sex rules the Sopho
more Class this year, with Betty
Calkins, president; Virginia Cal
kins, Sergeant--at-Arms; Alice
Martin, secretary. George Mar
tin is the class representative to
the Student Council,, and Miss
Harris is class advisor.
The Freshmen and Eighth
Graders met and elected their of
ficers for the ysar. They are:
Yvonne Mozee, president; Kevin
Walsh, vice president; Kermit
Rock, secretary; Roger Bockman,
treasurer. A name for the club
was chosen, and since they are
was chosen, and since they are
the “youngest”in the high school,
the “'Arctic Pups’’ seems very ap
propriate.
Most of the boys in the class
belong to the orchestra, and the
girls to the Glee Club.
The eighth grade art class, un
der Miss Stubkjaer, is making
linoleum block prints.
Marianne Mish,
Eighth Grade Reporter.
The sixth and seventh graders,
Mrs. Bockman, instructor, are
having daily half-hour periods of
supervised play. Right now they
are concentrating on singing
games and acquiring a working
knowledge of basketball.
Instead of subscribing to one
current events magazine, the
children have decided to contri
bute current news magazines
from home. In this way they
G'AS BOMBS AND DEATH are no respecters of sex,
hence Japanese girls and women are taught the use of gas masks in
event the present conflict with China brings air attacks at home. .
Tokyo school girls are shown parading through streets to make the |
nation aware of danger.
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have a greater range of material
with which to kork.
A club is to be organised, and
the first room project will be a
Hallowe'en party.
The second and third grades in
Miss Bouck’s room are working
up a play, ‘Fairyfoot”, to give for
Hallowe’en. They are spending
some time reviewing before start
ing their year's work.
In Miss Jackson's room, the
first and second grades are mak
ing a grocery store, the children
bringing cans, bottles, and pack
ages from home.
The first graders know thirteen
words, and got their first readers
Friday.
An automatic alarm that has
been invented to protect residen
ces from fire is screwed into an
electric light socket, sounding a
siren when the surrounding tem
perature rises rapidly.
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