The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-06-26

chewing. After having resorted tc
all sorts of punishment, he at last
one day said, Come up here" Obel.
ent, trembling, full of forebodings
she walked up. but was relieved &c
see him take his watch out and tC
hear him say, Nov let me see how
many chops you can make a minute
for you surely must be an EXPERT al
that sort of thing. At least you have
had sufficient practice this term" IT
furnished a good deal of amusement
for the school, but a good deal of
anxiety on her part. I know l could
dwell upon that period of our history
a long time, but, perhaps some of the
! freshmen think that, so far. thew
haven't heard anything in the FRANKS
OF this class worth copying. Take
heart, you will see wherein our excel
lence lies. Our real trouble began
when that first brick building was
completed in 1894. Then many of us
had 10 part on account of such sur
prisingly large numbers belonging in
one room.
In spite of the fact that in this
building we were assigned for the
first time manufactured desks, all
our disappointing were not sur
mounted, alas, no! Grace, Ida and
several others not now in our class.
| because they were younger than the
rest of us, We're put back, but as
soon as everybody was located, Ida
them Fred Walchli. This was his
first year with us.
This same year Ray Leech came
into our class. He remained with us
for about six years, and distinguished
himself every year in mathematics.
We girls missed Ray when he drop
ped out of our class. His helps and
suggestions in geometry were very
acceptable when the lesson was
heard. Mrs. Heaton was our first
teacher here. Olta remembers her
well, but "absence makes the heart
grow fonder," so perhaps she has
forgiven her by this time. Olta's
great failing at this time was her
aversion to certain songs. She didn't
like Hail Columbia. Happy Land"
and refused to sing one morning. Mrs.
Heaton kept her after school, and
poor Olta was almost induced by a
rather firm request to sing solo,
but she was pardoned at last. as this
was the first and only time she had
disObeyed.
John Mock, who dropped out of
school the first part of last year,
came into our class that term. / al
ways remembered him because he
used to correct my spelling papers.
He was sure to fail to see that my
It's" were dotted and CTS crossed,
but my intentions were good and I
am sure his eyes were weak, or my
muscular power insufficient to secure
100 per cent.
Mrs. Heaton used to seat the good
ones in front, John was one of them.
Those who were unfortunate enough
to sit in the front seat realized what
an awful responsibility it was to set
an example. The next year Miss
Styles taught. She, too, had some
trouble in trying to make some un-
derstand that in order to make sing
ing a success for morning exercises,
it was essential to be able to sing the
scale.
One morning when each of us had
to so through this exercise, Grace
ant as her reputation, and she
wouldn't say do" Miss Styles used
all her persuasive powers, but to no
effect.
The next year. Miss Kelsey had
the fortune to contend with our
class Will Beattie Royal Knapp and
Walter Hunt kept her in a state of
terror. But they all came into the
Eighth grade with us. Here we met
Mr. Steere, who taught us four
years. He knows all our good and
bad oualities--and that Will Beattie
always had an important discussion
on hand if ha hadn't his lessons and
persisted in saying, "A proposition
is a bad word to end a sentence
with" Will remained in the high
school two years, but had been a
member of our class for about four
Y ars Mr.. Steere's greatest difficult
ty was impre ssing him with the fact
cud chewing is a habit attributed
only to Illuminating animals.
Speaking of animals, reminds me
of Fred Walchli's little animal. A
mouse, the possession of which
caused Mr.. Steera to send Fred home
one day because he was tempted to
put it in a timid girls desk.
In the second month of our soph-
omore year, one morning, tall, good
looking girl, attired in a blue dress,
came into the room. When the teacher
wasn't looking We stole glances at
her over our books. w learned the
now comer's name to be Loretta
Viles. Soon Miss Ferguson, announc-