School Notes
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On next Friday evening there will
be an evening session of the whole
school, lasting from 7 to 8:30 o’clock.
At that time the year’s work in sew
ing, drawing, weaving and penman
ship will be on exhibit, and will be
of interest to all, we believe.
Following the dismissal of the
pupils there will be a brief meeting
of the P. T. A., for which an interest
ing program of music has been pre
pared. Each member will be expected
to respond to roll-call with a sugges
tion for next year’s work—either in
the way of topics to be discussed or
lines of work to be taken up.
This kind of “night school” is an
innovation in Cordova, and it is earn
estly hoped that all parents and
friends of the pupils will help to make
it a success by their presence.
Outside borrowers of books from the
school library are reminded that a fine
of 5 cents per day is charged tor each
book that is kept out more than a
week. We dislike a rule of this kind,
but find it necessary, as books are
sometimes kept out of circulation for
weeks by thoughtless or careless bor
rowers.
Monday afternoon the pupils and
teachers of the grammar grades and
high school were favored with a most
interesting talk by Bishop Rowe, in
which he related incidents connected
with his twenty-five years of life spent
in Alaska.
Miss Wright was unable to be in
school Thursday on account of ill
ness.
We are in receipt of a packet of
letters from school children in a town
near London. They have been distrib
uted to the boys and girls of the sixth
and seventh grades for answering.
Under such conditions letter-writing
eeases to be a bugbear to the pupils.
How true it is that we underesti
mate people when we don’t know how
they really feel about things! Per
haps if we really knew in what spirit
most teachers live and work we would
be able to overlook an occasional mis
take. We are not infallible as moth
ers, and we have the advantage of
making our slips and blunders in the
privacy of home. What must it be
like to have forty or fifty pairs of
keen eyes watching one all day long,
and to know beyond peradventure that
we are to be reported and quoted
(oftener misquoted) in as many homes
before bedtime.
There should be visits to the school
and an every-day interest in the prog
ress of the work all through the year.
An intimation that the parent has a
glimmering of some of the trials of
the teacher, and appreciates her ef
forts, will do no harm, even to the
most hardened pedagogue. — Mrs.
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Henry Hersey of National Mothers’
Congress.
School Notes
(John Rosswog)
A rather dilapidated cornet was
passing on to its eternal rest in an
ash can when, by one of those cruel
turns of fate, William McGowan hap
pened upon the scene. The cornet
was immediately rescued and, upon
finding that it still could make an in
credible amount of noise, was added
to William’s possessions. On Wednes- '
day morning it was taken to school,
and by noon old cavalry bugles, cor
nets and many other horns were in
evidence. William was prevailed upon
to give an exhibition of his skill, but
the audience have as yet been unable
to decide whether he was making a
imitation of a cow or a donkey. Mr.
Barnes called up the school to protest
that his slumbers were being broken
during working hours, and today
peace reigns once more.
(Elizabeth O’Loughlen)
Books soon to be published by a few
of Miss Keever’s star English pupils:
“Why I Am So Popular.”—Almira
McGowan.
“Squirrel Food.”—Harry O’Neill.
“Beauty Hints.”—Leona Churchill.
“How I Escaped from Morningside.”
—Brooke Lamprey.
“Latest Jazz Steps, Illustrated.”—
John Rosswog.
“My Four Years in the Nut House.”
—Katherine Boyce.
“How to Live Comfortably on Three
Dollars per Week.”—Edna Thawley.
“Diary of a Man-Hater.”—Elizabeth
O'Loughlen.
“The Lost Letter.”—Anna Thorten
son.
“Memoirs of an Errand Boy.”—Will
iam McGowan.
“Why the Strike Failed.”—Barth
O’Loughlen.
Items from Grades 3-5
(Marian Geer)
Last week our drawing lesson was
a picture of Mount Eccles. I took
mine home, and mother told me it
looked like a pile of snow rather than
a mountain.
(Anton Johans on)
The first and second grades are mak
ing mats for hot dishes. Some of the
boys and girls had their mats done.
(Helen Pratt)
For the first time this year, to the
amazement of the whole room, Ben
jamin Sherman returned a library
book last week on time. The librarian
was so astonished at this unheard-of
thing that she reported it to Miss
Edelbrock, who stated that Benjamin
probably had spring fever.
(Sadie Pratt)
Only four weeks more to climb the
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J. C. McBRIDE
(OF JUNEAU)
Candidate for Republican National
Committeeman
Twenty-two years’ continuous residence in Alaska.
Thoroughly conversant with Alaska’s needs. For many years
engaged in mining, merchandising and the fisheries of Alaska.
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. THE PEOPLE’S CANDIDATE FOR
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Twenty-three years in Alaska. An independent Republican.
The only candidate for National Committeeman who has received
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