Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-10-04


EXTRA SCHOOL ITEMS
Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Hunt visited
tn the primary room, Friday.
The ninth grade English class
just finished Idylls of the King"
The eighth arithmetic class has
just finished the subject of proper
ton.
Sketches were made by the first
grade pupils of the Eastwood leaf;
Tuesday.
The seventh grade history class
is studying the colonial period of
United States History.
Our physics class performed ex-
periments with the siphon, Tues
day, and also with the lifting and
force pumps.
Miss Hazel Anderson and Miss
Morrissey took their pupils for a
stroll in the Hunter woods, Mon.
day afternoon.
The fourth grade arithmetic class
is now working problems in long
division, for the first time. They
are doing satisfactory work and
progressing nicely.
The reading of the first mum Der
OF Current Events paper being COM
pleted. Monday, written test was
given on the same Tuesday morn.
ing in the high school.
A literary program was given in
the second grammar room, last Fri
day and another will be given Fri
day of this week; and every two
weeks the two sections will alter
nate in this work during the school
year.
The pupils are being held strict
ly to account in the care and neat
ness of their note book work, espec.
tally in the grammar grades. Some
splendid work is being done, but
few in each grade need continual
coaching.
The boys seem rather at a loss for
amusement since their foot ball
was punctured, last week. They
will all want to be playing basket
ball by next week; and we believe
this ia good game for boys as
we'll as girls.
The kindergarten class was Civ
On a lesson on the milk weed, Tues
day. Drawings were made of the
seed pods and seeds and the child
ren's attention called to the beauti-
full way in which mother nature
protects her children for the long
winter.
A literary program will be given
in the high school, one week from
next Friday. The question for de.
bate is: Resolved, That a person on
trial ought not to be convicted on
circumstantial evidence. The affir-
NATIVE will be upheld by James
Paige and Puma Freeman; and the
negative by BonnieHunter and
Mabel Hall.
The high school girls are going
to begin playing basket bali, next
week. This attempt at pleasurable
exercise has been approved by our
school board and we believe the
girls need something of this kind
as we'll as the boys, and perhaps
more. All the high school girls will
Join in the sport, and already anti
cipate an abundance of fun.
Water color lessons were given
in the intermediate room, Friday of
last week and Tuesday of this week
This is the first work of this kind
attempted in these grades. The
first lesson consisted, for the most
part, in getting acquainted with
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be used on paper. Some very neat
work was secured from both the
third and fourth grades in these
two lessons.
A humming bird visited the first
grammar room last Thursday, at
tracted by the flowers in the win
dow. 1t was enticed to remain in
the room until the windows were
closed and the room darkened;
then the boys captured it without
much trouble, and Miss Hensley
gave a lesson on it's habits and
read several sketches of birds of
this specie, while the live specimen
at hand was eagerly watched by
the pupils. The captive was, of
course, freed after all were satisfied
with good look.
President Ellis. of Tabor College,
visited our schools, Monday. He
talked in each room, leaving help
full and inspiring suggestions for
both teachers and pupils. His talk
in the high school was on "Prepa-
ration" He showed that the real
meaning of the word was "To be
ready before" The successful men
and women of the times are those
who are prepared; who were ready
before entering upon their life's
work. There is always an opportu-
nifty opening up for prepared
man or woman. A college educa.
ton is the great means open to
every boy and girl for preparation
for the great competitive struggle
of life. Men of affairs are continu-
ally asking for young men and
women trained in some college.
The best prepared fill the positions
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