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® As Alaska day was on Saturday,
the school observed the holiday on
the following Monday with appropri
ate exercises. After songs and recita
tions by the pupils, Judge A. J. Adams
gave a very interesting and instruc
tive talk upon Alaska. He was fol
lowed by L. D. Henderson, territorial
commissioner of education, who
proved himself a very entertaining |
public speaker. Mr. Henderson said
* this was the first time he had ever
spoken before the school girls and
boys of Cordova, and expressed him
self as much pleased at having this
opportunity.
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Parents who allow their children to
stay from school or come late are
asked to remember that pupils are
marked zero in all work missed. There
is still too much unexcused absence.
Every time a pupil misses a recita
tion he misses not only the work of
that particular day, but also the link
that connects the work of the day be
fore with that of the following day,
so that he is handicapped on his return
to school, really losing two days of
work for every absence recorded
against him—and sometimes more, for
the explanations given in a certain
recitation may lay the foundation for
the work that is to follow for a week
or more. Please think this over care
fully the next time you are tempted
to keep a child out for some trivial
reason. With the bad weather com
ing on, there will probably be, as al
ways, pupils who will stay out of
school to have their shoes mended.
With just a little planning and fore
sight this could be avoided by attend
ing to such matters on Saturdays or
after school hours. The school is a
business institution, and it is just as
necessary and important for the child
to be present every day on time, un
less hindered by illness or some other
urgent cause, as it is for the teacher
to be in her place.
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Palmer pennants have been placed
on the walls of the different rooms of
the school. They add to the attrac
tiveness of the rooms and at the same
time serve as a reminder to the pupils
that the only way to master “Palmer”
is to keep the correct position and
usg the correct letter forms in every
bit of writing they do in all their work,
as well as in the penmanship period.
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Grades 6 and 7 are trying hard to
“go over the top” in spelling. Any
boy who misses a word, thus keeping
the class from making its quota, has
to go through the “spats.” Anyone
who does not know what that means
should come to the school some time
when recess is on and see what the
100 per cent boys do to their unlucky
brothers.
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Room 3 has a perfect record in at
tendance for the past week. Last
Friday afternoon this room had its
quarter holiday for having earned forty
stars for perfect attendance. This
means that there were forty half days
since school began on which every
boy and girl in this room was present
on time.
High School Notes
Last Thursday the sophomore class
had an algebra test, covering factor
ing, finding the least common multiple
and the greatest common divisor.
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The raffia has arrived, and a class
in basketry will start soon, with Miss
Keever as instructor.
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The new general histories have ar
rived, after a long delay, and the sec
ond year high school pupils will begin
to study in them just as soon as they
finish work on the League of Nations,
which they are studying now.
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The high school Palmer method pen
manship class received new books of
instructions this week, and the first
three lessons have been handed in, to
renew the contest for the Palmer but
tons, progress pins, certificates, and
the American Penman. Barth O’Lough
len is now the only one in the class
working for the American Penman.
* * *
The halls and landings have been
made more attractive this year by
placing brown burlap on the walls.
On that are pinned pictures of great
characters, or historical scenes; also
&e best papers in our Palmer writing,
drawing, English or any lesson that
has been done exceptionally well. The
display boards downstairs this week
hold some paintings and drawings
produced by the primary grades.
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A large tinted carbon copy of “The
Horse Fair,” painted by Rosa Bon
heur, was bought for the school with
money netted from book fines last
year. It now occupies a conspicuous
place at the head of the stairs in the
main hall. It is beautifully framed,
and is a work of art that any school
might be proud to possess.
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Miss Keever ha^ sent for copies of
popular and patriotic songs to be used
by the high school and upper grades
in assembly.
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A bookkeeping examination was
given the commercial class during the
week. The test covered journal en
tries, ledger posting, closing of ledger,
trial balance, financial statement, and
profit and loss statement. The cash
book has made its appearance in the
bookkeeping class, and a number of
recitation periods were devoted to its
explanation.
* * *
The typewriting class is getting
some good practice and at the same
helping others by typing instruc
structions for the class in sewing.
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The freshman class in English is
ready to take up the study of George
Elliot’s “Silas Marner,” after special
work in character study and the de
velopment of plot, in shorter selec
tions.
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Brook Lamprey would like to know
what Miss White calls a “hard” les
son. She told him Thursday that his
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A Net
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The cleansing of the filmy, cob
webby things that come to our
laundry in your family bundle—
the silken underwear, dainty
shirtwaists and gossamer Geor
gettes and laces—has become a
fine art with us.
These articles of apparel, to
which a scrubboard would be
ruination, are never touched by
awkward hands when we wash
them.
In lieu of the none-too-gentle
practices of the laundress, we
employ a much safer method.
We place these finer articles in
special nets—each according to
its kind—for washing by gentle
sousing and rinsing.
These nets are purse-like in
shape — in fact they closely re
semble the common mesh purse.
They are somewhat larger, how
ever, and made of cloth instead
of metal.
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beauty that make them as new. |
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and apparel of this kind is typi- f
cal of that which we exercise in
the washing of everything. No- |
where is there any friction and
rubbing, to wear out fabrics. f
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your family, will last longer if
you will send them to us to be
washed.
If Monday is an ordeal, we have
a simple relief. Just let us know |
and we will have our driver call
for your family bundle.
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