Notes by Pauline De Vide, Eight)
Grade.
Wednesday the school had a grea
scare. The snow had frozen to let
on the roof. When it broke and start
ed to fall, we thought the root was go
ing in. It was fortunate it did no
happen at recess, for I’m afraid then
wouldn’t have much left of the schoo
children, especially the smaller onei
playing in the yard, if those larg'
blocks of ice had struck them.
* * *
The Eighth grade has had a han
time with some of their history. The;
have been on one lesson all week am
are just finishing it.
• » *
The Sixth and Eighth graders hai
a spelling match Thursday. It wen
off just as we thought it would^“ou
side won,” or, rather the Eighth grade
We were counting on Barth, ou
champion speller, standing bp Iasi
but we will have to give the honor t
Brooke Lamrey.
The little fellows have a new wa;
of sliding. They do not get thei
trousers wet now. They all brin
mackinaws and slide down on then
—Harry O’Neill.
J
Notes by Leona Churchill.
Something that every school-rooi
should have is a large flag. At pre:
ent four are needed in our schoo
and in order to obtain them eac
pupil has willingly offered to donat
a small sum. The entire amour
should not exceed thirty dollars an
any-butside donations will be apprec
ated. If there is any money remaii
ing in the treasury after the purchas
is made it will be wisely spent ft
new library books.
• * *
The typewriting class, which col
sists of Esther Hile, Margaret Foste
Ethel Graham, Genevieve Rosswoj
and John Rosswog, had a speed tei
Monday under the direction of Mis
Sjoberg. Ethel Graham made tt
highest record, averaging twenty-on
words per minute. Esther Hile cam
second, with a record of twenty word
a minute. In the afternoon the sam
test was given to the outside pupil
i Mrs. Ziegler and Edna Thawley. The
latter won, having typed twenty-four
words to the minute.
Notes by Margaret Foster.
To the great surprise of Miss Kol
benson, when her pupils had been
seated one afternoon last week,
Junior Lydick was not among them.
Upon inquiring about him, she was
informed that Master Lydick was u(>
to his waist in a snow-bank, from
which the efforts of four or live of his
l companions had failed to remove him.
r So all of them went out to the scene
[ of the distress. As hard as Miss Kol
benson pulled she could not get him
out. So the shovel was sent for, but
[ could not be found. However, the
t janitor appeared with a shovel and
• Junior at last was freed. The rest of
his afternoon was spent sitting by the
r radiator, drying out and bewailing his
sad fate. This accident caused great
j humiliation, as Master Lydick is the
champion jumper.
* * *
f For some time the High School
p English class has been studying dif
, ferent types of the essay. During the
past week Miss Keever read Emer
son’s essay on “Self Reliance” to the
High School English class. Notes
were taken, after which the pupils
wrote a resume of the essay. It was
3 the first attempt at this kind of work,
I’ and the papers were very creditable.
h Fijst and Second Grade Note*, by
Elizabeth O’Loughlin.
a Miss Kolbensons’ room is the recipi
I ent of two new pictures which add
L much beauty to the room. They are
e “The Gleaners,” and a painting of our
r noble hero, "Washington at Valley
• Forge.” The little folks appreciate
them very much.
• • •
1 Visitors enjoyed a short but inter
[\
esting program given by the primary
” grades in honor of Washington’s birth
s' day'
• * *
e
e During the entire week there were
e only two absences and one tardy.
s * * *
e Wednesday a seat work period was
1, interestingly spent by the little tots
coloring cherries and hatchets. Vio
let Hoover and Chester Melllson wor
honors for the best crayon work.
• • •
Head marks for arithmetic In the
second grade were won by Junioi
Lydick and Louis Hile.
• * •
Visitors to the primary room dur
ing the week: Mrs. MacCormac, MrB
Corser, Mrs. Lydick, Mrs. Johansen
Mrs. Lacy, Mrs. Scheffler, Mrs. Coun
cil, Mrs. Hillery, Mrs. Rosswog, Mrs
Oreenig, Mrs. Roy Walker and Mr
Hazlet.
The entire school has observed the
National Week of Song. Each day t
flfteen-minute period was interest
ingly spent in singing patriotic songs
and old-time ballads. The intermedi
ate grades joined the high school ii
the singing. Ethel Graham is ths
efficient pianist for the school.
* * *
The school children are full of an
ticipation for the coming firemen’s
masquerade ball. New costumes ari
being made and others are undergo
ing alterations. Great preparation]
are being made for the coming event
Intermediate Room Notes by Donali
MacCormack
Friday morning the intermediat
room gave a short' program. Firs
they gave the flag salute. The ngine
of the songs and recitations were:
“A Short History of Washington,
by Donald Foster.
Song, “Whom Do We Praise Tc
•ay?”
Reading, “The Ship of State,” Mis
Joslin.
Song, “Mount Vernon Bells,” led b
Naoma Robinson.
Speech, "Heroes,” by Donald Mac
Cormack.
• • •
Our room earned seven stars i
arithmetic Friday.
* * *
The Fifth grade learned a poen
“Life’s Mirror,” for a language lesso
Friday. All learned it perfectly.
Notes by Barth O’Loughlen
Thursday we recited on the topii
“Alcohol a Poison.” There was a pii
ture of two chickens of the sam
brood. One was given small doses <
alcohol, and as a result, when ful
grown, was only half the size of th
one that had no alcohol in its systen
* * *
The Sixth and Seventh grades a
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taking ® “® *tudy 0f “emergencies.”
It tells W“t to do before the doctor
comes, ln casea/ of poisoning, cuts,
burns, b™j8e8’ etc- It also teaches
the med10® of inducing artificial res
piration, *»*• tells how many accidents
may be voided.
* * •
Under the direction of the principal,
the Ayres spelling test—"a measur
ing scale for ability In spelling”—was
given to various grades on Monday
and Wedn®sday of this week. Many
of the pupils in each class made a
grade of Per cent, but a few very
poor grades served to lower the class
average materially.
This test consists of standardized
. lists of words for various grades, with
the minimum class average which
. each class is expected to attain. It
! has helped to emphasize the need of
, more careful study of this important
subject In certain quarters. The
standings were as follows:
FIRST TEST (Very Easy)
i Grade the class
. Class was expected
Average to make
, Grade— Per Cent Per Qent
First . 98 84
Second -. 84
I Third . 96 84
Fourth . 89 94
, Fifth .. 98 98
l Sixth. 94 98
, Seventh and Eighth 89 100
SECOND TEST (Much More Difficult)
> Sixth... 53 68
Seventh and Eighth 66 84
Though the High School pupils are
not provided for in these tests, they
, took the Eighth grade test, and av
eraged 98 per cent and 92 per cent on
r the first and second tests respec
tively.
Notes by Esther Hile
A comparison of the monthly reports
, made out by the teachers last weel
shows that Miss Johnson’s room hac
the record for attendance, their aver
age being 99.3 per cent.
1 Miss Kolbenson’s room had the mos
visitors for the month, twelve of th<
patrons having come to see the work
Miss Joslin’s room had the greates
. number who had been neither tard;
.. nor absent. Who will lead next time
* * *
e
f Those who have attained an avei
l_ age above 90 for the past week’s wor
e in Sixth grade arithmetic are: Cell
, Freedman, Edna Rathwell, Opheli
Howard, Wilfred Stump, Billy Field
•e and Helen Downing. Two of thes<
Ophelia Howard and Helen Downing,
made an average of over 85.
• • *
During the week Miss Johnson’s
room, which consists of the Sixth and
Seventh grades, has had perfect at
tendance.
* * *
Friday afternoon the school had
George Washington’s birthday exer
cises. The Primary room had theirs
by themselves. The other grades met
In the Eighth grade and High School
assembly room. There were a num
ber of visitors, and the program was
as follows:
Flag salute.
Piano duet—Ophelia Howard and
Dorothy Dooley.
Song, “The Star-Spangled Banner"
—School.
Recitation, “Hats Oft” — Harry
O’Neill.
Recitation, “Your Flag and My
Flag”—Beverly McKenney.
Song, “Mount Vernon Bells”—
School.
Address on George Washington’s
Life—Rev. Mr. Shriver.
Song, “America, My Country”—
School.
Recitation, “Old Glory”—Wilfred
Stump.
Song, “We Will Never Let the Old
Flag Fall”—School.
Rev. Shriver gave a very interesting
talk before the school Friday after
noon. He reviewed briefly the life of
Washington, mentioning that he had
had the advantage of only a grammar
school education. When 16 years old
he became a surveyor, at 19 an officer
in the army of Virginia, and later en
tered the house of burgesses.
At the convention in 1775, when
John Quincy Adams nominated Wash
ington as the leader of our army
against England, Washington was
afraid he was not capable of the un
dertaking. But he proved his worthi
. ness, and Frederick the Great ranked
him as on a par with, if not above,
any great general of his age.
At the constitutional convention in
1787 Washington helped to form a con
■ stitution that more modern republics
, have copied, Russia being the latest
> to consider adopting it.
Washington married at the age o!
. 27, and had two step-children. He tool
t particular interest in his plantation
t spending most of his time in the sad
4 die, riding over the estate. This out
s door life made him physically perfect
i, I He was very hospitable to all visitors
and kind and courteous to all he met.
Rev. Shriver closed his talk by sum
ming up the three things that made
Washington the great man that he
was—his splendid physique, his well
developed intellect, and his trust In
Divine guidance. *
(This address was reported by
Genevieve Rosswog, who took notea
during the talk.)
• * •
We were glad to have a number of
visitors at our Washington day exer
cises. Among those present were
Mesdames Burchett, MacCormac, Lacy,
Field and Howard.
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