Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-10-25
EXTRA SCHOOL ITEMS

at home Tuesday on account of the
rain.
This weather has somewhat dam
pened the ardor of basket ball
games.
Some very good design work
with paper squares was secured by
the primary teacher, Monday.
The center of gravity of bodies
and associated phenomena were
studied by the physics class this
week.
The ninth algebra class devoted
considerable time, the fret of the
week, to addition and subtraction
reviews.
Three boats on water was the sub
ject matter for an excellent draw
ing lesson for the primary room,
Monday.
Saturday we made lot of peg
boards for the kindergarten class.
If you want to know what they do
with them come and see.
Miss Morrissey gave language
lesson to the second grade on
Lonfellow's Dreary Day, Tuesday.
It was an appropriate idea.
Rev. Richardson visited several
of the rooms, Tuesday, and while
in the primary room gave the child
rem an interesting little talk.
Miss Hensley is trying the topi-
cal method of recitation with the
physiology class in her room. Some
excellent recitations are given.
Kenneth May brought a small
supply of small cat fish to his teach
er, Tuesday. The two primary rooms
found them of considerable interest
Mrs. Statzell is much pleased
with her Virgil class. While the
pupils find the work hard they
always prove equal to the lesson
assigned.
The shoemaker and his work was
the topic for very interesting les
son in Mics Anderson's room, this
week. A motion cong OH the same
subject was learned and sung.
The twelfth solid geometry clas g
finished the original problems up
to the Pyramide, Wednesday: on
Thursday morning took written
review of the preceding work.
The boys are not yet fully decid.
ed to go to Atlantic. Friday even.
ing. They had planned foot ball
and basket ball game with the At
lantic high school on the same trip
The ninth and tenth English
classes are doing their supplement
tary reading now. The ninth pupilf
are now reading "Siegfried and
Beownlf" and the tenth The Man
Without A Country"
| In written tests given the fifth
and sixth arithmetic classes last
/ 10 n y, ~
better average, Gleoia Lair and
Mabel Hardesty each making per
feet mark.
The high school pupils were Civ
en- an examination in current
events; Monday. James Rendlemar
and James Paige were the only
ones who passed the ninety pei
cent mark. The papers averaged
about eighty-six per cent.
The seventh grade reading class
has been doing some good work or
a selection from .The Deserted
Village" "The Village Preacher
was carefully read, studied ane
committed to memory by the entire
class.
Will Nelson of the tenth grade is
putting some of his last years
schooling to practical use. He il
keeping books for Chris Hansen
the West Town merchant. No on,
of our boys ia more worthy of ia
vors than Will.
Miss McAninch gave the regulal
water color lesson in her room or
Wednesday. A simple moonlight
Landscape was the study. 1t wal
executed in white and black shades
The work done by these pupils in
this new line is proving highl.
satisfactory to the teacher.
Miss Stroebele gave the eight
grade written review on arithme
ic, last Friday. The result indicated
nat good number of that partic
alar class are relying more on lucl
han work. We want better results
some of those resolutions made a
the beginning of the year, boys. 4
note was sent to the parents of tn
delinquents, from the principal
telling them of the status of affair
Our teaching force is planning t
attend the big meeting known a
the South Western Iowa Teachers
. Association, which meets at Allan
tic next week Thursday, Friday an,
Saturday. Our teachers have no
attended this meeting for fou
years, at least; but the schools o
all the surrounding towns dismise
usually, each year for this associa
ton. The meeting has heretofor
been held at Council Bluffs blu
this year it will be 80 near HON
that all of our teachers have aske,
permission to attend. Every up t.
date teacher should attend this big
meeting. We deserve the privileg
as others do, and such meetings oc
cur too rarely for the general gooe
OF our teachers. AT these meeting
we come in contact with the grea
educators, not only of this state blu
many times the neighboring state
send some of their best men. A
the Atlantic meeting Doctor E. A
Steiner, of Grinnell; President A. E
Storms, of Iowa State College; Doc
tor Butler, University of Chicago
Doctor d. F. Fox, of Chicago; will
all be present and lecture. Stat
Superintendent John F. Riggs say
of the meeting: "The opportunit
!. to attend this great educationa
. meeting should not be denied an,
; teacher in southwestern Iowa, TO