School Notes
_ _By “THE CHIRPER"-J
In sixth grade spelling Ophelia. How
ard had the greatest number of head
marks for the week.
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Aside from time lost in enforced va
cations, the attendance for the year
has been good in all the rooms.
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Mrs. C. Corser, Mrs. J. Lydick and
T. Sperando, a soldier from Fairbanks,
were visitors at the school Friday of
this week.
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Since returning to work, January
20, after our second “flu” vacation,
teachers and pupils have been work
ing hard in order to make up as far
as possible for time lost.
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The following had perfect arith
metic lessons every day during the
past week: Elaine Bollinger, Gene
vieve Dyson, Alice O’Neill, Pierre
Erussard, Donald Foster and Donald
MacCormac.
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The following fifth grade pupils had
perfect work in language all the past
week: Lawrence Graham, Pierre
Erussard, Darrell Burns, Elaine Bol
linger, Genevieve Dyeson, Donald
Foster, William O’Neill, Florence
Rothwell and Albert Wilson.
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Parents and all others interested in
school work are urged to visit the
school at any time. The inspiration
and help would be mutual, we believe,
as the children do better work when
thus assured of the interest of rela
tives and friends, who in turn will be
pleased to note the progress of their
young friends in their school work.
Since tardy upils have been re
quired to report at the principle’s of
fice and “show cause,” there has been
a marked decrease in the number of
tardies in the building. However, the
showing during the past week has not
been so good, on account of bad
weather, Miss Kolberson’s room hav
ing had two tardies. Miss Joslyn’s one
and Miss Johnson’s one.
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Elizabeth O’Loughlin delivered an
address before the high school and
eighth grade assembly Friday morn
ing, her subject being “The Ancient
Grudge,” a discussion of the strained
'fttMtttg heretofore existed f be
tween Great Britain and the United
States, as set forth in an article in a
late number of the American Maga
zine, by Owen Wister.
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An interesting feature is our star
contest. A star is given to each room
every half day, provided no child is
absent, and all are on time. If a
pupil is out of school three days he
is counted out, and the room may
earn stars without him. When forty
stars are obtained the room gets its
quarter-holiday. The sixth grade had
its qaarte- holiday January 25, 1919.
Grades 3, 4 and 5 had their quarter
holiday last Friday afternoon.
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The composition contest in the
sixth, seventh and eighth grades was
won by Barth O’Loughlin of the sev
enth grade. The spbject given was
"The Boy Scouts and the Cubs.”
Barth is not only a good composition
writer, but is one of our best stu
dents, and already has made a record
for himBelf for good penmanship, hav
ing received a certificate from the
A. N. Palmer Company of Business
Writing as a first-class penman.
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For excellence during the week we
mention these pupils from grades 1
and 2:
1. Seat Work—Chester Mellison,
Karl Rosswog.
2. Arithmetic—Louis Hile, Nickolai
Guyo.
3. First Grade Reading—Edna
Sheppard, Albert Walker.
4. Second Grade Reading—Jean
nette Corser, Philip O’Neill.
5. Original Ideas—Clinton Pinkus.
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To avoid unnecessary interruptions
to work, parents who wish to tele
phone their children at school are
requested to telephone only during the
morning recess, which is from 10:35
until 10:45, and the afternoon recess,
which lasts from 2 to 2:10. The lunch
hour may also be used for this pur
pose, and any time before 9 a. m.
or after 3:15 p. m. Of course, in emer
gencies calls may be made at any
time, but not for business that can
wait, as each interruption of this kind
interferes with the work of teachers
and pupils.
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Penmanship in Our School
Recognizing the fact that good
handwriting is a valuable asset in all
walks of life, we are endeavoring to
acquire that asset while in school. The
Palmer method of penmanship offers a
practical and sure way to the goal.
It is taught throughout the school,
but is made especially prominent in
the upper grades and high school.
As an incentive to progress the
Palmer company awards: (1) The
Palmer button for the satisfactory
completion of the first twenty-five
drills in the manual; (2) the Progress
button, for the next one hundred
drills; and (3) the Student’s Certifi
cate or Diploma, for the satisfactory
completion of the entire number of
drills in the manual and some sup
plementary work. The drills are sent
to the office at Portland, Ore., for cor
rection. To cover the expense of the
correction a fee of 25 cents per pupil
is charged. The school bpesd
kindly consented to pay the fees on
the papers sent away for correction.
The ten pupils showing the most
progress during the period between
the mailing of one set of papers and
the time for the next set to be mailed
are given the privilege of submitting
drills at that time. Those submitting
papers for the last month were:
Leona Churchill, Margaret Poster,
Ophelia Howard, Matthew O’Lough
lin, Headlee Lamprey, Edna P.oth
well, Harry Nelson, Wilma Claveau,
Alice Daggett and Frances Fraisure.
Because of the broken character of
the school year, due to the influenza,
it will mean real work on the part of
the pupils who are trying for a di
ploma this year. To make for the
highest efficiency the pupils from the
sixth grade up have been divided into
two classes. The first includes those
more advanced in the work, the sec
ond those who have farther to go on
the road of writing with muscular
movement. A pupil in the second
class is eligible to the first class at
any time he shows the ability to <1°
the work, and we expect each mem
ber to redouble his efforts to get
there.
Those in the first class are: Prances
Praisure, Pauline Erussard, Gene
vieve Rosswofe, Ethel Graham, Eliza
beth O’Loughlen, Margaret Poster,
Leona Churchill, Ophelia Howard,
Matthew O’Loughlen, Headlee Lam
prey, Edna Rathwell, Harry Nelson,
Wilma Claveau, Brooke Lamprey.,
In the second class are: Don Bol
linger, Esther Hile, Celia Freidman,
Beverly McKenny, Robert Daggett,
Bryan Lamprey, Frank Angermann,
Harry O’Neill, Garnet Rathwell, Mike
Sheppard, John Rosswog and Dor
othy Dooley.
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These notes were contributed by
various members of the school. All
are requested to write up any items
of general interest and hand them to
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STATE CONTROL
OF HOSPITALS
BYBRITISH
LONDON, Jan. 2 (Correspondence
of the Associated Press).—Changes
in England's system of medical serv
ice, whereby the “panel” jdan, now
applicable to the poor, would be ex
tended to all classes, are proposed by
a government committee. Many phy
sicians are strongly opposing the pro
posals.
For a number of years, under a
health insurance act, wage earners
have been called upon to make a small
weekly payment to a fund which the
government uses to provide medical
attention for all classes of the popu
lation effected by the lnssrance law.
Every practicing physician must
treat a certain number of the so
called "panel” patients, receiving pay
for this work from the government.
The new scheme provides for whole
time medical service, and practition
ers entering it are to be graded into
five classes, corresponding to mili
tary rank, ranging from lieutenant to
colonel.
Class 1 would be paid $LC|00 a year;
Class 2, *6,000 a. year, aaw|t» on down
to Class 6, which would be paid *2,000.
Examinations would be held for pro
motion to higher classes. Expenses
incurred by the practitioner for drugs,
appliances, clinics and traveling ex
penses would be paid by the govern
ment.
Each physician would be expected
to look after between 2,000 and 3.000
patients. The higher classes of med
ical men would deal chiefly with ad
ministrative work and with tha giv
ing of consultative advice.
The patients would be expected to
attend a surgery in the morning.
Evening consultation would be dis
continued, and less visits would be
paid at night to patients than is done
now. Work out of hours would be
taken over by juniors.
All hospitals fvould be taken over
by the government under this plan.
According to the secretary of the
Medico-Politico Union, there is a flow
of protests from physicians in the
army against the scheme.
“Not one-third of the doctors want
it,” he said. “A clinical service is an
abhorrence to both medical men and
the public. We are not opposed to
state control of hospitals. What we 5
object to in the clinical system is the :|
destruction of the personal relation- •:
ship between practitioner and patient :|
and the abolition of free choice of doc- •:
tor. The women will be dead set
against it.” ji
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