School N otes |
THE YEARLY examinations
were given this week in the
eighth grade and high school
subjects. These examinations
determine largely whether or not the
pupils are promoted at the end of the
terra. A set of ^en questions is given
in each, and in many an extra one to
choose from. A credit of ten per cent
is given for each question answered
correctly; 75 is the passing mark. A
pupil making a grade lower than 75
may be promoted providing his daily
work during the year has been satis
factory.
The two pupils making the highest
grades in the following subjects are:
History—Barth O’Loughlen, 88; Dor
othy Dooley, 80. Arithmetic—Dorothy
Dooley, 84; Pauline De Ville, 82.
Grammar—Pauline De Ville, 94; Dor
othy Dooley, 92. Geography—Dorothy
Dooley, 92; Barthy O’Loughlen, 91.
In physiology a triple tie resulted,
with Dorothy Dooley, Alice Daggett,
and Barth O’Loughlen, 90. Spelling—
Pauline De Ville,* 100; Brooke Lam
prey, 95.
In the first year of high school the
two pupils making the highest grades
in their subjects are: Algebra—Leona
Churchill, 94; Margaret Foster 84.
Ancient History—Leona Churchill, 94;
Margaret Foster 93. John Rosswog
in his third year of high school, has
taken general science this year with
Elizabeth O'Loughlen and Leona
Churchill; in the test he scored high
est, making 97.
There will not be a final examina
tion in typewriting, but one in short
hand was given Tuesday. The highest
grades were made by Genevieve and
John Rosswog, their marks being 98
and 94 respectively.
The third year high school’s algebra
test was taken Thursday by Gene
vieve and John Rosswog. The former
scored highest, making the excellent
grade of 98.*-LEONA CHURCHILL.
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Were you the recipient of a May
basket Thursday? The pretty May
Day custom was carried out by the
little tots in the first and second
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grades by the making and delivering
of the friendship tokens. They were
made from brilliant-colored paste
board, cut and pasted in the shapes of
baskets, the sides and handles of
which were decorated with big butter
flies that looked like nature’s own,with
their projecting wings spotted with
colors produced from crayons. Over
a bed of moss and ferns was scat
tered mixed candy, such as jelly
beans or candy in the shape of fruits.
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Miss Kolbenson took her pupils for
a walk down the track at 2 o’clock
Thursday to pick ferns, moss and
blueberry blossoms to put in their
May baskets. They came back over
the new road and arrived at school
by 3:30 o’clock, having thoroughly
enjoyed their trip.
The following are some of the
stories written by the pupils about
their walk:
Yesterday was May day. We went
for a walk. We went down the road. I
saw some ferns. I saw the lake. I
am going there again. I put moss in
my May basket. Anton did not go
with us. Clinton did not go with us.
1 ran ahead of all of them.—Junior
Lydick, second grade.
Yesterday was May day. We all
walked over to the lake. We picked
some ferns. Sam and Louis and Jeck
and Berry beat Miss Kolbenson and
the other kids.—Sam Nelson, second
grade.
We made May baskets yesterday.
We went for a walk. We started at
2 o’clock. We started on the new
road. We picked some ferns and moss.
Berry and Louis beat us there.—Patsy
Scheffler, second grade.
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Miss Keever is reading “Penrod
and Sam” to the eigjith grade at their
reading period, and they are enjoying
it immensely.
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Yellow tissue paper cut into six
inch squares were passed around to
the primary room to make patterns
from. They were first folded down
the center and then the scissors wrere
kept busy clipping out pieces and
running corners so that w'hen they
w-ere laid out flat the plain squares
had been transformed into pretty de
signs of diamonds, stars, moons, balls,
etc. The next day the time was spent
in pasting these together to form ruf
fles and drapings for the windows in
their room.
The pupils would enjoy having
their parents and friends cdme to see
this pretty work.
Note* by Elizabeth O'Loughlen
Miss Johnson’s room has had no
tardies during the week.
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A discussion about socialized reci
tations was held by the high school
English class Friday.
Notes by Margaret Foater _
WANTED—Someone to entertain
the boys who stay after schbol. Miss
Keever’s parties are sometimes rather
tedious and she needs someone to go
on shift when she feels need of re
creation.
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DOST—One pair of brains. There
were not very much in them, but the
owner feels need of them at times.
Please return to Cordova public
school. Reward one huge smile.
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WANTED—Someone to wield a rab
bit’s foot to keep awake young ladies
who have danced till the wee, small
hours, and then indulge in prodigious
yawns during class periods. Please
somebody come to the rescue. Apply
at Miss Keever’s office. Good pay to
the right person.
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Miss Joslin’s room had no tardies
this week.
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Room two is getting along very
well in the new arithmteic they have
been battling with.
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The third, fourth and fifth grades
took tests week before last and their
weak points brought out in these
tests. They are now aiming to per
fect their mistakes by working doubly
hard for the rest of the term.
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After school the boys have a pleas
ant half-hour in the play room. Here
they hold full sway and the girls are
not allowed in at this hour, as the
girls have their time for play at an
other hour.
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Many of the boys possess baseballs
and football is now abandoned for this
other pastime. Ty Cobb will lose his
record if these athletes keep up their
work.
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The high school has no tardies this
week. The whole class is trying to
improve the record and they are get
ting well on toward that end.
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The shorthand and typewriting
pupils are going to buy the text books
of these subjects in order to keep
them from becoming rusty in this ac
complishment.
FAIRBANKS NEWSPAPER
SAYS THAT CORDOVA
ISA BOOMING PLACE
According to one of the late ar
rivals from the coast, Cordova is one
of the liveliest and most prosperous
towns in Alaska. In addition to being
the key to the interior and the term
inus of the Copper River & North
western railway, handling thousands
of tons of copper ore, the several can
neries there add materially to the ac
tivities of the city.
All of the canneries are located
within the radius of a few miles from
Cordova, nearly all of the help being
employed in the town instead of being
shipped up from the states by the
shipload. For many years it has been
the custom to ship up any number of
Chinamen from the coast cities, re
turning them in the fall. All of the
money paid to them left the country
and was spent elsewhere. Under the
present system the employes are paid
off in the coast town and the money
remains where it will do the most
good—at home in Alaska. All of this
goes to make the coast town a lively
one, as hundreds of people are em
ployed in the canneries. It wa3 stated
that two new canneries would be
erected there before the spring was
over, which will mean more people
employed.—Fairbanks Citizen.
Roy Mulvihill, the first Skagway
boy to enlist in the war, was married
recntly to Miss Violette Hayes, of
Seattle. They were classmates at the
Franklin High School at Seattle.
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