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

fense, viz: whispering, and to a pref
" good system of signs for wireless
telegraphy. They were very conven
lent when We wished to carry on q
little conversation or chew gum. Ii
always greatly surprised us when the
teacher read off our names to stay
after school. Imagine the innocent
expressions Of wounded pride,
Here we learned to spell by sound
We all stood mp in row before the
| teachers desk. while she proceeded
/ to pronounce the words: Johnnie
spell bucket" "B-u- echet. bucket
Or Blu bu, ii ii, full, ful-butiful.'
But the worst word of all which we
encountered was "daffodil." There
were some remarkable proceedings
at that time One day, suddenly,
some musical strains began issuing
from on corner; as a result, a jews
harp was added to the teachers mu-
scum, and order restored
Another day, ever to be recorded,
Ida was supposed to be drawing
maps. but something suggested to
her mind drawing pig. She showed
it to her neighbor. For some I'M
known reason it excited suppressed
giggling. which ended in hearty
peal of laughter. The slate was pro-
duced and Ida put in the corner. She
got plenty of practice for the remain
der of the day in drawing pigs.
DEM rsville, then the commercial
center of Flathead valley, survived a
year. A part of this time the Ashley
school had been open. but | hadn't
the pleasure Of going there to school
then. However. | can now in this
day and age sympathize with those
who did. But when Demersville peo-
pie picked ur bag and baggage and
houses, and moved here, the Ashley
school was thing of the past. The
Inter Lake soon announced new
school house rented 1t had three
rooms, two more than the ordinary
school house of the day. 1t was on
Third avenue west. Here we met
some OF the members Of this class,
Grace Brandinburg, Olta Wolfe and
Raymond Duffy. Then we were
large class. Some of the class Of 1902
belonged, but for some cause or
othcr-I suppose it was their abili-
ties-managcd to be graduated last
year.
Many dropped out of our class the
next few ars-Edna and Elsie
-; I ~
bel Hubbard, Will Parent and Eva
Bose BY this time we had advanced
from home manufactured desks to
tables and chairs. Four or five could
he seated at one table. One
day when I was busily engaged
studying grammar. and wondering
why good gooder, coolest" didn't
sound right, was startled by
some one whispering. I looked around
to see who the unfortunate law
was Grace. AS looked at her, then
at Miss Mckay, full of anxiety as to
what her fate should be, she was
summoned to the desk, and the poor
girl had to stand upon the floor with
an ink bottle upon her head very
effective punishment, as it gave
warning to the rest of u.s.
You wouldn't think to look at us
that we dignifed seniors had ever
undergone any punishm ants. Alas,
but it is fact. It should be noticed
by Undergraduate that through all
we have at last tri-
lmphed. However. we have received
our share of the seedlings. One
must pocket his pride and look at
he thing philosophically You see,
his is one of tn lessons afforded by
our history.
Every morning of these days fur
1ished new topic of discussion. The
girls would ponder and dispute as to
whether it would look proper to wear
to school, and ii so what
folors would be becoming, with a lit
tie advice and few suggestions from
Mr.. Mcdonald, then the principal of
he schools | guess they never came
to any decision, for | nev + saw the
SunhOnnCtS
Before long the number Of pupils
had Increased so that the tables and
,hairs couldn't accommodate all and
many OF us were NOV to another
building There we enjoyed that ever
new, ever interesting contest spell
ne down. and it formed the promi-
aent feature of Friday afternoon eX-
ercises w lookea forward to it
with pleasure, and it was probably at
that time we received our excellent
training in spelling. | suppose you
all read in the Bee of the spelling
contest we had in the high school
few weeks ago, and | hope YOU
formed no bad opinion of our abili-
ties as class, because we were
the first to go down. It's been
a long time since we had any occa-
sion to spell English--our best mo-
ments have been devoted to Latin.