Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-11-06
ROCKY F0RD'S
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Some Very Interesting Miscellaneous Notes
of Daily School Life, Progress, Incidents
and a Few Amusing Anecdotes.

schools oete5sr 10. She gave very IN
Iefes,ing rspcsr Of theif work IN the
primary grades a. the regular Wsesiy
meeting Of cur teachers oe,ossr 25.
Rev. and Mrs pssenpor, entertained
Misses Brownlse. Ksllagg. Powell. Shaw.
Partner. lrsia and Dean a. siI e'eloes
dime, Friday.
4 young hopeful was sen. 70 sehoel
as: meath fer the frs, tine Before go
ing she was rather dubious Of the affair
znd during The rasrr.ng Was interest
ed n al that toos place ibou: ter
o'eiees when all was quis; IN the room.
she suddenly burs. o., n : solemn voice
As though she had reached = fnsl de-
eision; well, tais IS better than church
anyway"
The following have been visitors IN the
6i.fsgsn, rooms Q. Washington building
during the pas: rsonth: xssdAnss
Steele. ippls~hits. Forbes. coos. Wiley.
Davenport. Hahn. Kerr. Kinney. jackson.
Johnson. Hunt. vsa,eh and aeln,osh:
xsssrs- Dsssnpo,t- Hayes and Hubbard
Johnny had been recoamsncsc FOR
nsri.enogs mention IN school oae day.
Upoa reporting the same 70 his mother 10
the evening. in as,oaishneat she e1-
claimed: -Whs; new disease woa't they
bs having ~ tha; school next
Thon.s HeCisllsrd. pupil IN the fi,h
grade G; Washington building. died oe.o-
Ger 3. His teacher ard his sehool-matss
s:;sa6sd the .snsral a. his horls On the
afternoon Of the 9Th and covered his
ezsss; with Carnations and rose buds.
4 Little chap IN the frs; grade broagh;
: watermelon 70 sehooi and asked three
o. his piaymatss % ca. !: with him. As
they we're sbou; 70 cut l., a bog from the
sixth grade offered him niesle for il;
tha. he nigh; ,rea. two girls who were
standing near. The bargain was made
=. onee. When his teacher tired 70 e1-
plain the breach OF etiquette tha. he had
committed he said: Il wanted the nickel
ard the girls looked as II they wanted the
wa;srnelsn. so we traded" The matter
was compromised by sharing with the
three little boys.
Miss ssbeoss delightfully."- entertained
grade FIVE with talk on Japan few
days ago. a lesson en- The Philippines
few days since was made very Interest,"
ing by the exhibition Q! specimens from
the Philippines which one Of the pupils
brought 20 the class.
P1lnis;ry seems 70 be popular study
smong the young ladies' Of the Corps a,
present
The little folks had 4 'Jsek-o o'Lantern"
party in school on the afternoon Of the
5oth and enjoyed l. very much. Superin-
;snden, Bolles added 20 their delight BY
presenting an immense bouquet Of ehryS-
anthemuns 70 the roam. Each child
went home that night tho proud possesSor
Of handsome lit:le bouquet.
Repor: from Lafayette building for
October:
Pupils enrolled this term. ~.
Pupils enrolled this month. 81.
Present every day in the month, S.
Tardinesses for the month. /.
Average daily attendance for the
month. 81.
The extremely bad weather Friday
found % boys and girls in attendance al
the Lafayette building. The several
visits from patrons on that day were
much appreciated by both teacher and
pupils.
The following note was once found ad-
dressed 70 teacher:
Dear Mis:-You write me about whip
ping Sammy. hereby give you perrnis-
shun to beet him up emmy time It is
nessary 70 lern him lessons. He is ist
Ike his father-you have 70 lern him with
club. Pound noledge into him. ! want
him TO git it, and don't pay no tenshun 70
what his father seys I'll handle him."