SCHOOL NOTES
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and Recreation Association.
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School Teachers
A school teacher is a person who
teaches things to people when they
are young. The teacher comes to
school at 8:30 o’clock and when she
has gotten enough children for a mess
in her room she teaches them reading,
writing, geography, grammar, arith
metic, music, drawing, cooking, board
sawing, crocheting, deep breathing,
bird-calls, scientific eating, patriotism,
plain and fancy bathing, forestry, civ
ics. and other sciences too numerous
to mention. When school is out, she
stays behind with five or six of her
worst scholars and tries to save the
state the job of reforming them
later on.
After that she hurries home to make
herself a new dress and snatch a
hasty supper before going back to at
tend a lecture by an imported special
ist on the history of tribal law in
Patagonia, which the superintendent
thinks may give her some informa
tion which may be useful in her school
work some day. A great many lec
turers roam the country, preying upon
school teachers, and some of them
are very cruel, talking to them so long
that the poor things have to sit up
until morning, when they get home,
to get their daily test papers cor
rected.
SchooT teachers’ salaries range
from $30 a month up—but not far
enough up to make them dizzy. On
her salary the teacher must dress
nicely, Buy herself things for her work
which the city is too poor to get, go
to twenty-nine lectures and concerts
a year, buy helpful books on pedagogy,
pay her way to district, county and
state institutes, and enjoy herself dur
ing a three months’ vacation which
her salary takes every year. In addi
tion, the teacher is supposed to hoard
away vast sums of money, so that
when she becomes too nervous and
cross to teach, at the age of 70 or
thereabouts, she can retire and live
happily ever after on her income.
Philadelphia Bulletin.
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General Items
Miss Wright's room had a red-letter
day last Wednesday. The pupils
went “over the top” in three things
spelling, perfect, attendance and 100
per cent enrollment in the Junior Red
Cross. Hurrah for Room No. 3!
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The first week in December will be
Good Speech week, and the school is
preparing for it by planning posters,
slogans, etc. We know it will be
very hard for most of us to speak
correctly all the time, and it will also
be a good deal of fun to catch each
other using slang. For each slip in
speech we will be fined a penny.
Katherine Boyce.
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The bookkeeping class has taken up
the business forms that accompany
the Miner and Elwell journals and
ledgers. Some of the forms included
are: One check book, twenty deposit
slips, one pass book, promissory
notes, twenty-four receipt forms, one
set of envelopes for filing special
papers and a file for incoming papers
and a file for outgoing papers. This
makes the work very interesting, and
in connection with it we use one of
the desks for a bank, to which we go
to deposit money and cash the checks
of our firm, the pupils taking turns
as cashier.—Leona Churchill.
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The high school class in penman
ship now write to the time of snappy
fox-trots and dreamy waltzes. The
girls are capable of keeping better
time with their feet, it seems, and
Miss White is often obliged to remind
them that what we can do with our
feet we can do equally well with our
hands.—Leona Churchill.
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Eleven cases of eye trouble were
discovered in the vision test made last
week by Miss Wegner. Not all of
these are serious, but notes have been
sent in every case to the parents, in
order that measures may be taken to
determine more thoroughly how great
the trouble is and relief be afforded,
as both the general health and the
school work of students with defec
tive eyesight are likely to be affected.
—Margaret Foster.
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Mr. L. D. Henderson passed through
Cordova last Sunday, after a trip to
the westward, but was unable to stop
over long enough to visit our school.
We hope to be more favored when he
he makes his next trip through, in the
spring.—Margaret Foster.
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Nearly every pupil in the school is
now a member of the Junior Red
Cross. The rooms of Miss White and
Miss Wright ran a very close race
for first place in attaining their 100
per cent .membership, ending with a
tie, both handing in their rolls at prac
tically the same time Wednesday aft
ernoon.
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Asa token of respect to the mem
ory of our townsman, Mr. M. Finkel
stein, the Cordova public school was
closed Thursday afternoon at 2
o’clock while memorial services were
being held at the Empress.—Edna
Thawley.
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While there was no joint celebra
tion of the anniversary of Armistice
day in the school, each room observed
the day by having the flag salute, the
singing of patriotic songs and an ap
propriate discussion of the day and
the reason for its observance, during
the opening exercise period.
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Three new pupils entered school
this week: Peter Kack of Latouche,
Billy Zharoff and Olga Zharoff of •
Valdez.
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The class in sewing is making fine
progress. Several members have
completed the first set of models, con
sisting of basting, hemming, over
handing, running stitch and chain
stitch. Genevieve Dyson, Mildred
Raber, Ophelia Howard, Helen Down
ing and Catherine Smith are now
hemming dish-towels.
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Items from Miss Edelbrock’s Room
(Written Up by Elizabeth O'Loughleni
Wednesday morning a troop of ele
phants appeared in Room 2. They
were made by the pupils, who pasted
squares of colored paper on a back
ground of gray paper folded in
squares. The animals make an at
tractive display on the bulletin board
in the hall.
The Fourth grade pupils have fin
ished their Gordon Readers and next
week will begin new ones.
Olga Zharoff of Valdez has entered
fourth grade. She showed a spirit of
co-operation by joining the Red Cross
the first day she was with us.
The intermediate pupils enjoyed a
quarter holiday on Tuesday, and have
earned six more stars toward their
next holiday.
The fourth grade had been studying
about the earth’s movements, and Miss
Edelbrock had told them that the
path of the earth around the sun was
called an “ellipse,” which is a flat- I
tened circle. In a review a short J
time later, in which Miss Edelbrock
asked Burgon Maubert for the mean
ing of an “ellipse,” he told her that
an ellipse is “a circle that has been
squeezed.” to the great amusement
of the other members of the class.
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Social Activities of the Pupils
Gayety was the keynote of a lively
party at the Red Dragon club rooms
when the members of the “Kill-Kare
Club” enjoyed their weekly party last
Friday evening. A pleasant time was
spent in music, games and dancing, at
the conclusion $f which a luncheon
was served. The members present
were Katherine Boyce, Almira Mc
Gowan, Margaret Foster, Elizabeth
O’Loughlen. Frank Angerman, Sam
Smith, Harry Achison, Everett Moore
and Harry Porter.
A few of the young folks gathered
on Lake Eyak Sunday evening to en
joy the fine skating. After spending
a pleasant time on the ice they ad
journeyed to the home of Mrs. William
O’Loughlen for the remainder of the
evening. This party included Almira
McGowan, Catherine Boyce, Eli'.abeth
O’Loughlen, Eugene Flanagan, Cyril
Braiden and Frank Angerman.
A number of the girls of the school
are practicing esthetic dancing under
the supervision of Miss Ellen Fraisure
for the bazaar to be given by the
Episcopal Guild. The girls who are
receiving lessons from Miss Fraisure
are: Wilma Claveau, Leona Church
ill, Helen Downing, Almira McGowan,
Elizabeth O’Loughlen, Genevieve Dy
son, Katherine Boyce, Elaine Bollin
ger and Margaret Foster.
During the next week some of the
school girls will meet to help make
carnival caps for the Guild dance on
December 5.—Elizabeth O’Loughlen.
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After more than three years of faith
ful service as school janitor, Mr.
Townsend has resigned his position
to engage in other work. He is suc
ceeded by Mr. Walker.
Hub Bollinger has taken charge of
Hubbert’s tailor shop, and Is prepared
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