Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1905-10-05
SCHOOL NOTES

Lille Knudsen has been absent this
week.
Miss Case will leave for her home in
Atlantic Thursday.
The General History class has Just
entered upon the study of Greece.
The Cicero class is now reviewing
the First Grafton against Cateline.
Miss Emig visited with Mabel kieth
in Audubon last Saturday, returning
in the evening.
The eleventh grade Geometry
class has begun the solution of orr.
ginal problems.
The seventh Reading class had
quite an interesting lesson this week
on the Kansas oil wells.
Miss Stroebele, oursecond Grammar
room teacher enjoyed visit with her
home folks over Sunday.
The third grade had a written
lesson on their geography work this
week and all did very nicely.
Reports for the first month of
school were given out this week to
the pupils of the several rooms.
| Miss Anderson took the little folks
accompanied by Miss Emig, to the
| Hunter woods north east Of town last
Friday afternoon.
Miss Emig entertained the entire
school house force Wednesday even.
ing at the Black home. All present
had very pleasant time.
! Nels Johnson, our janitor, enjoyed
Saturday with the Griffin family,
gathering walnuts and otherwise
enjoying the day in the woods.
Hilmer Herrick was absent Tues.
day afternoon celebrating her seven
teenth birthday. Her mother made
her present of beautiful opal ring.
| We acknowledge the kind remem-
brance of Uncle John Dimmick in
placing a large luscious watermelon
at our disposal Wednesday. Many
thanks.
| We are especially pleased with the
work of our ninth grade,-a more
loyal hard working class could not
be desired. Their Rotations are full
of interest.
The thistle, milk-weed and various
leaves with some caterpillars in diff
erent stages of development were the
subject matter for nature study lesson
in the Primary and intermediate
rooms this week.
The eleventh grade physiology
class had very interesting series OF
experiments for last Tuesdays lesson
Various kinds of food were tested for
starch, sugar, proteide and fat The
experiments proved very satisfactor,
in each instance.
The new Smiths Arithmetic in the
, seventh and eighth grades has now
! been somewhat initiated and are
much liked by teacher and pupils
The eighth grade is now working in
percentage and the seventh grade ir
; common fractions.
Grace Hensley is acting as supply
teacher in the First Grammar room
: for this week, Miss Case, the teacher
: having resigned to accept a position
in the schools at Boone, Iowa. Mis-.
Nolte from Dexter, has been elected
to ill the vacancy for the remaindt
of the term,-beginning next week.
t Last Friday afternoon the Higl
'oclool pupllS gave tnelr I1rSJ llterar'
n program. A good amount of origin
atty was shown by all the numbers
Bonnie Hunter and George MilIima,
\ each rendered parts that were mucl
a appreciated. The question for debat
!. was, Resolved that woman has don
f more for the good of the world thai
e man. The affirmative won. TIL
q critics report was given Monda
q as it was after four when the program
was finished Friday.
V The new course of study is at last i
Il the hands of the teachers in neatl
r printed form. Copies may be ha
,f by parents upon request. You wi
= find some interesting information i
. this pamphlet even though you al
y not an expert in the school business
!: The outline of the work is full an
e comprehensive and will give you tn
.e right idea of the rank of our school
it and the subject matter that is bein
&c prese nted: and the rules of the boar
~ governing the school as stated in thi
: booklet should be familiar to all GU
= patrons for Misunderstanding an
ill-timed judgments may thus b
layoided.