Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-11-30
THE SCHOOLS.
Items of Interest to Patron. and
Pupils.

''oi aosent curing Nov ember.
Primary Grade: Francis Ches.
rown, Walter krick. Adam vossler
George Coon, lowering Seeman,
Kenneth Wiley. Alvin Atha, Joseph
Bosch. Gilbert Rudy. Sarah Carley
herman Berreth. L. NJ. Mcvey. An.
ton Bosch, Carl Mcvey. Arthur
Rudy, Joanna Schott.
Second Grade: Clara Bechtle
Alma Wittmeyer, Emil Bechtle, Of.
liver Rudy. Philipina Bosch, Edna
Pritchard, Helene Eberle.
Third Grade: Elizabeth Hoerner
Anna Carley, George Hoerner,
Amile sautter. Ernestine Irvine.
Vera Wiley. Helena Kelsch. Verda
Fogle. Violet Fogle.
Fourth and Fifth Grades: Oscar
Bertheau. Maude CarIey, Marion
Coventry, Annie Chesrown. Charles
chesrown. Edith Geiken, Opal Hag
eman, Maggie Hoerner, Philipena
Jangula, Katie Kelsch. Irene
Pritchard. John Waldron, Ruth
Weatherby.
Sixth and Seventh Grades: Mary
Eberle. Walter Mohn. Clara Carley.
Earl Haggard. lnez Walker. Phila-
pena kelsch. Herbert Wittmever.
Lincoln krick. Oscar Mohn.
Eighth Grade: None.
High School: George Henderson,
May haven. Mildred Lynn. Mabel
McCulley, Malin Mohn. Donald
Paul, Gerrit Rocks, Olga Sueltz,
Laura Petrie.
The class in modern history was
visited with an examination Monday
morning.
Elizabeth Green recently joined
the eighth grade. You are well
come.
The class in United States history
has completed 1.-The Revolutionary
Period, and will now spend week
or more in reading stories and
poems related to the history thus
far covered.
The class in second-year German
has completed a review of the first
year German and is now reading
Volkmann-Leander's "Traumer
eicn." which is to be completed be
fore Christmas.
The school is anticipating the JOY.
of a Thanksgiving holiday day
set aside by proclamations of both
the president and the governor fol
giving thanks and honor to the
Supreme Provider for the maifolc
blessings of the past season.
The boys basketball team has be
gun operations in Turner's hall, ant
will! soon be in shape to trim EN- OF
be trimmed. Already. two chal
lenges are defying the prowess of the
team; one from the Hazelton higt
school and the other from Bis
marck's Company A." Our boys
will be glad to try conclusions with
Hazelton; but Company A"
well. the Linton city team may have
the job for the asking.
What does the ringing of the bel
at l o'clock mean? And why does
it ring SO long? Answers: This
bell rings message to every home
that it is time for the pupils to leave
home for school. which begins fifteen
minutes later. It rings long time
so that all may hear it. Parents
should not permit their children te
leave home for school until this bel
rings. The doors of the school are
locked for one hour at noon and nc
pupil is admitted until the 1o'clock
bell has rung.
Some time ago the school board
called meeting to select system
of penmanship. A haIf-dozen OF
more systems we're presented fol
examination by the principal. with
4 the result that the Palmer Method
iof Business Writing" was selected.
This is the system used in practically
all the business colleges of the coun.
try, and is presented by methods
very different from the systems gen.
4 orally used in public schools This
Palmer system was placed in all the
4 grades this week, beginning with
| the second and running up through
the high-school years. Much is ex-
pected from this system. A major
4 ity Of the good business penmen in
4 bus ness to-day acquired the art
from the Palmer system or systems
closely akin to it. The district will
furnish all the materials necessary,
penholders excepted.
EsTRAYED- HORSES.
4 Estrayed from my place about DC
ltoberl /, 1871 the following described
4 horses
A dark-sorrel gelding; white
stripe in face; FIVE or six years old;