The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-02-10
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y SCHOOL NOTES.
Editor-in-chief. ..... JEAN EMERSON
Assistant Editor. ALICE CATTERSoN
/ ....... BERTHA RICH
..... LESLIE GRAY
Glen Cooper returned to the Mixed
grade on Friday last.
Several pupils passed from the
Eighth grade into the High School
last week.
Adolph Knudson and Fred Hans on
returned to school Monday.
The Fourth grade is over-crowded
with pupils since the promotions have
been made.
On Friday last the First'grade had
what they called graduating exercises.
They were promoted from the Wood
bury building to the Second grade in
the main building. The afternoon
was spent with appropriate exercises
and refreshments were served.
In the contest among the higher
grades, from the Fifth to the Eighth
inclusive, the prize, life-sized por-
trait of Lincoln, was awarded to the
Fifth grade. For the best essay the
prize, a life of Lincoln, was awarded
to Nellie Hansen of the Sixth grade.
In the lower grades, the Third re-
ceived the portrait of Washington,
and Ellen Nelson of the Fourth grade
received the Life of Washington; Mrs.
George Fish, Mrs. M. Hogan and Miss
Davis were the committee for the up
per grades; Mrs. E. J. Lewis, Mrs.
Fisher and Miss Mabel Kells for the
lower grades.
Promotions were made in all of the
grades last Friday.
The following pupils entered the high
school from the Eighth grade: Mabel
Dimond, Jennie Duncan, Allen Fuller,
Emma Riley, Frank Sneesby, Ethel
Webb, Lyla Fish and Mildred Simon
ton.
The following are the compositions
that won the prizes:
HOW GE oRGE WASHINGTON GOT OUT
OF THE TRAP.
After the battle of Trenton Wash
ington went across the Delaware river.
The British generals name was Corn
wallis. CORVALLIS had more men
than Washington. The night came
and the two armies could not see to
fight. There was creek between the
two armies. Now it SO happened that
Washington had no boats. If he
stayed there CORVALLIS, would surely
have him in the morning. Washing
ton was a noble man. CORVALLIS
called Washington fox. He said
in the morning he would have the fox
in trap. Then CORVALLIS sent for
some more soldiers from Princeton.
He wanted them to help him catch the
fox. But foxes sometimes get out of
traps. But the fox, didn't stay at
Trenton. He could not cross the riv-
err and what was he to do. But the
fox was smart. He too knew of a
way which would bring him around on
the other side of Cornwall lis army.
Washington and his army marched
out of Trenton in the darkne IS. They
left few men to dig and make all the
noise that could be made so as to
let the British hear.
Before morning they went away. In
the morning CORVALLIS came to catch
the fox, but the fox was gone. There
was the place where they had been
digging and all the campfires were
still burning, butwhere had they gone?
Soon after CORVALLIS heard guns
firing back in Princeton. He thought
it must be thunder. But he soon
found out it was battle. Washing
ton had marched. When he got to
Princeton he found the British COM
ing to help CORVALLIS to catch the
fox, but the fox had come there to
catch the British.
Washington beat the British. Corn
wallis hurried back to Princeton but
it was too late. Washington had
gone over the hills where he was safe.
The fox at last had got out of the
trar.
ELLIN NELSON,
Aged II years.