Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-17
High School Notes.

Every week of this year attention
will be gwen to spelling. The words
are those given out by the National
Education Assn. at Cleveland, Ohio.
The second spelling lesson was
given in the main room, Thursday
afternoon. The number of words
misspelled this time was far smaller
than that of the first trial.
Miss Barber entertained the school
Tuesday morning with a description
of the Congressional Library at Wash
ington, D. G.
Tests and quizzes have been very
predominant this past week. Among
others tests were given in Economics,
English History Latin, Composition,
Algebra and Medieval History.
Edmund Totman has been on the
absent list for two or three days OF
this week.
A few hundred library cards have
been received from the Congressional
Library. They will be used in max
! ing an. accession list for our school
library
The class in composition were give
the beginning Of story to which
each one was to supply an ending
of their own invention. The story
was as follows. A man pointed to g
river and informed colored boatmar
that if he would gather in the OLD
drift wood floating in the river that
he could have half of it for himself.
The joke hinges, of course, on the fact
that the driftwood didn't belong tt
either of them. Few if any of the
class caught on. = The negro
went to work but soon quit and row.
ing furiosly to shore, said to the man
-(Here a dash is lefty freshman in
vents-;'I am sick, another sup.
Ipliees, I must go home. land best
of ALT am afraid that I will
drown.
There was teachers meeting Tues
day evening. They. met for the pur-
pose of considering the teachers an
nual reception, the teachers conven.
tion at Milwaukee, and to form 8
study club. The club which was
formed is known as the Teachers
Contemporary Study Club. Miss
Young is chairman and Mr.. Trainer is
secretary. The club will hold meet
ings every three weeks, at which
different members will talk on their
assigned topics, taken from such cur
rent magazines as The Outlook
1.-The Forum etc. The members OF
the board and their wives, Mr..
Brockert and Mr.. Duncalf have also
been invited to join.
The board has authorized some good
improvements in the wood work and
furniture of the north school lately.
Prin. SlothoweI in talk Thursday
afternoon urged the girls and boys in
the high school to carefully consider
the subject of physical culture and
systematic training. He called at
tention to the exceptionally good OPP
portunity Lancaster people now have
to get instruction in this line. Many
students have already taken advantage
of the opportunity.
Prin. Slothower maintains that a
sound mind cannot be at it's best in
an unsound body. He says that
although one may saw wood diligently
for exercise, he is developing certain
muscles in that way at the expense OF
the others, whereas systematic train
ing developes all the muscles equally.
He feels sure that the mind improves
in proportion to health.
The members of the faculty are
pleased at the improved attitude OF
the pupils this year, both in their
conduct and studies, and their at
titude toward the teachers. Every
thing connected with the school
regime seems to be going smoothly.
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