Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-11-05

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!, Maths Mattisen and FL. P. Petersen
of south Hamlin township.
d School Notes.
M Lille Kommes entered the eighth
grade Monday.
Goldie Chase is absent from room
one with the mumps.
! Guy Thomas has taken up school
work in the fifth grade.
Mrs. Deitrick was visitor in the
third room Friday afternoon.
Quite number are absent from
the first Grammar room because of
lumps.
The eighth grade arithmetic class
will begin the study of Measure
ments, Thursday.
The study of Radicals" is prov
ing quite interesting to the tenth
grade algebra class.
Every pupil in the first Grammar
room was prepared with the assign
ed work last Friday.
Lowell Whitaker, after a weeks
aabsence with mumps, has resumed
his studies in room two.
John Miller returned to school
Monday after weeks absence.
John has been husking corn.
The geometry class is doing
splendid work with the original
,1problems at the close of Book I.
Six boys and eight girls in room
two were neither absent nor tardy
during the month of October.
A new county map was placed in
each room this week, to assist in
the study of local geography.
Mrs. Hans Hansen and mother,
Mrs. Brewers, visited the second
Grammar room Friday afternoon.
The ninth grade finished reading
Dickens Christmas Carol Tuesday
and took written test on the work,
Annie Andersen has been absent
from the fifth grade for two weeks
on account of trouble with her eyes.
Most of the pupils who have been
absent from the third room on &C.
count of the mumps have returned
to school.
: Miss Bertha Meier attended a
party at the home of Marguerite
{ Shannon and visited over SATURDAY.
and Sunday.
Lyle Copeland has been bothered
so with his eyes lately that he has
been compelled to stop reading al
most entirely.
q The pupils of the first Grammar
room were much interested in their
regular drawing lesson given last
Friday afternoon.
The ninth algebra class has taken
up the study of Factoring and will
denote the nexttwo or three months
to this part of their text.
The girls of the sixth grade have
been perfect in attendance and
punctuality for the past month with
the exception of one absent mark.
Miss Keith is we'll satisfied with
the work being accomplished by
her seventh grade pupils. This is
: a class of good workers and we'll
behaved pupils.
The eighth grade grammar class
is doing some good work. Several
of the pupils show an excellent
knowledge of the work thus far
completed this year.
The new grammars put in the
hands of the pupils Of the ninth
grade will prove of great practical
value to them and without which
their English work could not be
complete.
Kathleen Delahoyde, as president
and Jack Connrardy, as secretary
of the High School literary work,
were succeeded by new officers Fri
day; Chas. Herrick was elected
President and Harry Hash, Sec
rotary.
Some of the important topic
discussed recently in the High
School during the morning read
ing of the pathfinder" were "The
Alaskan Boundary Decision" "The
Labor Unions" and few social and
scientific questions.
1t is the plan in the Primary de-
partment to outline general lessons
each month on Nature Study, His
tory, Literature and so forth. Miss
Shannon will present lessons on
the following for the month of No
vember: Preparation for Winter;
might by rhowalden; Pilgrims
and Thanksgiving; Apple; Gran
berries; Potato; Deer; The Rabbit;
Turkey.
A little the best literary program
yet given in the High School room
was rendered last Friday afternoon.
Every one was prepared. The ora
tions given were as follows: Hero.
ism, Floyde Young; II forgot,
Grace Huyck; The Indian, Alice
Pattison; Fault Ginding, Bertha
Young; Obedience, Iva Hamlin.
The orations were excellent and
nicely delivered. The question for
debete was "Resolved that we
/ should have an educational quail.
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