The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-12-21
School Notes.

The following pupils had perfect
spelling lessons during the past week:
FIRST GRADE
Alberta Graham, Donald Warner,
Rozella Beckerjeck, Eunice Iseminger,
Geneva Lang, James Meader, Charlie
Curfman.
SECOND GRADE
William Hanley, Jamie Iseminger,
D. Teddie Reynolds, Annie Meader,
Doris Tillotson.
THIRD GRADE
Sybl Wamberg, Paul Roney, Ralph
Klovstad, George Couron, Frank
Gallup, George Sussex.
FOURTH GRADE
Helen Baker, Floyd Reynolds,
Grace Hazlett, Frank Taylor, Cora
Quinett, Earle Jefferson, Hitler. Stark,
School will close Friday Dec. %,
1905 and will reopen January 8, 1906.
This is a regulation of the State High
School Board and will hereafter pre-
vent an examination from coming
after the regular term closes. There
will be one weeks vacation in the
spring.
Misses Horner, Kasper, Carpenter
and Odney will spend their vacations
at their homes.
Supt. w. G. Slater will attend the
State Educational Associatin which
meets in Grand Forks, Dec. 26, q, %
and 20 and the morning of the Both.
THE High School men will meet at the
University to discuss questions per-
tanning to high school supervision,
problems and life. Much good is de-
rived from these meetings along many
lines. At the May High School
Council, many radical changes were
made in the regulations which take
effect Sept. 1907 and now is the time
to meet all requisites for classification
there.
The Board of Education visited our
schools last Tuesday in their official
capacity. The State school law pro-
vides that the Board shall visit the
schools at least twice during the Sc
mester, a report Of which must be
made to the High School Board.
Miss Grace'M. Boland, of Dubuque,
Iowa, a graduate of a Teachers
Training Glass, of Dubuque, Ia, a
graduate of the Thomas Normal
Training School, of Detroit, Mich.
and post graduate work in the Uni
versity of Michigan, has been secured
to teach the fourth grade and super
wise the drawing in all grades.
: Miss Boland also holds a Michigan
State life certificate as a supervisor of
drawing and is a teacher of long,
valuable and successful teaching ex-
, perience.
, The Board of Education and school
are fortunate indeed to C one SO
e%minently qualified to resume the
work of the fourth grade and espec-
tally one SO we'll recommended for the
department of drawing.
If the members of the Latin Grammar
class continue to progress as rapidly
and we'll as they have-during the past
four months, they will certainly make
a brilliant Caesar class next year.
The most interesting period Of Ro-
man History-is now being carefully
/ reviewed by the pupils of the class;
the period of the decline and fall of
the Roman Empire.
ENGLISH III Glass is reading and
discussing Burke's "Speech on Con-
| Citation with America"
!. The pupils of the Algebra class are
l toiling and struggling with that part
: of the subject known as, ''factoring'',
| but with good success.
! The class in English I is doing fine
: work now, and altho some of the
students find it difficult to understand
a few of the principles of Rhetoric, the
majority find the subject very interest.
ing and instructive. The subject now
= under consideration is Improprieties,
: the principle topic under that being
: the proper use of "sha1l and WHIP in
> a sentence.
9 For collateral reading, the class is
o taking an extended study of the "Vis.
ion of Sir LaunfaE', and is learning
the simple lesson taught by it, namely
f the beauty of self-sacriice.