Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-11-15
EXTRA SCHOOL ITEMS


written test in Arithmetic Monday.
Mics Andersen had her pupils do
some paper-cutting of fruits,
Tuesday.
The Virgil class is studying the
merits of Latin poetry. They are
scanning the text.
The General History class has
Just finished the Grecian History
section of their text.
Tx First and Second Grammar
rooms lave been doing come good
work in map drawing.
Nels Johnson visited with his
married daughter near Audubon
Saturday and Sunday.
Some very good work in drawing
was done by the Fret Grammar
room pupile Monday.
Miss stroebele's pupils have fin
ished some excellent colored map
drawings the last two weeks.
Luther Heneley was out of school
Monday helping his father. He
was in school again Tuesday.
The Solid Geometry class is
studying the original problems
under the subject of cylinders.
The High School was given a
written test on their Current Events
paper Wednesday of this week.
A written test given the Fifth
grade last Friday in Arithmetic
proved very satisfactory in results.
The questions on the general
reading for the High School Eng
lish work were given out last
Friday.
Miss Anderson is securing some
good knitting work from the First
graders. This work was begun two
weeks ago.
Miss Morrissey's pupils drew and
watercolored Japanese lantern
Monday. Some of the work was
very neatly done.
Vera Christensen is reported
absent on account of sickness but
she is improving and will be in
school in few days.
Last week written test wac
given the tenth English class on
Iowell's Vision of Sir Launfal and
The Connemoration Ode.
Jack and Howard Hensley were
out picking corn last week. But
the corn was too heavy for them
and they were returned to school.
Miss Hensley's pupils take much
pride in the care of their note books
and the boys as we'll as the girls
deserve mention for their neatness.
For a nature study lesson the
third and fourth grades studied the
potato. They learned that it was
Icomposed almost entirely of water
and starch.
Tuesday evening the second Pri-
mary children presented their
playmates of the first Primary
room each with bon-bon box OF
their own handwork.
The boys of the Fifth and Sixth
/ Grades, furnish great deal o.
amusement for themselves and the
girls while trying to learn to sing
a Thanksgiving song.
Walter r. Copeland visited oul
school in all it's departments las
week. We want and need more
visitors. Parents please take ar
hour sometime and drop into your
school.
Our boys went down to Atlantic
last Friday evening and playee
game of Basket Ball with the
boys of that school. They were de
feated by a score of sixteen tt
nineteen.
Miss McAninch's regular month
lily report shows that no one wa
tardy in her room for the secont
month of school. We believe thi
.. has not been the case in any room
before in three years.
The intermediate pupils finished
a pretty little winter Landscape i,
water colors last week. Prof. En-
sign who visited our schools Las
Friday cornplimented the work Q
, these grades very highly.
t James Paige, one of our best bas
ket ball players, stayed over Sur
|day in Atlantic on account of hi
being taken sick down there. a
/. was in school Tuesday doing hi
y tcustomsry good work.
( The High School gave literar
program Friday that had some e.
lcellent numbers. Several shol
orations were given aud all wer
we'll prepared both in thought an
y delivery. The debaters did som
!; good work Harry Cotton's etfol
Was generally accepted as the bes
81 Thanksgiving programs are b
Is ing arranged for in the PrimaI
n and Intermediate rooms. I'll
teachers are putting some ver
e. hard work on these special pr
u era ms and we ask the parents
$. plan to be present and hear ther
S. They will be given Wednesda
November 9th.
er Last Friday the Fourth graz
was given very successful lesse
q in mat weaving. Bonnie Hunt
= took charge of the Third graz
NJ while Miss McAninch. gave Il
or necessary instruction TO the Four
vi grade separately. Heavy yarn
different bright colors was used {
hand made looms. They expect
finish this work soon.