The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1911-06-16

things done by the Sisseton
School during the year just past
that we perhaps omit several of
them in our resume but among
those we note particularly are:
First on the list, after the
school had been reorganized and
put infine running order, was the
five number Lyceum Course,
winch netted Sl6 after all ex~
penses We're paid for hall rent,
lecturers, musicel artists, etc.
Second; The Teachers Glee
Club was organized and was very
beneficial to the teachers as
we'll as a source of pleasure to
the community whenever amy mus
ical members were scheduled for
am entertainment or for the
many social functions of the sea-
son.
Third: is the High School Or
chestra. Music hath power to
charm and socthe and who can
estimate it's intrinsi value as an IN
centive to a nobler manhood and
womanhood, the pleasure radiat
ing from such source, how man
homes and lives are touched by
the soul of music, or the practic-
al benefits derived from just such
AN orchestra of bright young
people to help out in musical pro-
gram when needed.
Fourth: There were the three
special programs Thanksgiving,
Washington and Decoration Day.
The door receipts from the two
former have been used 10 pur-
chase and place good reliable
books in the school library, and
the latter, a free will offering to
the Veterans of the G. A. r.,
and. w. R. c., was given on the
school campus for which the w.
r. G. took occasion. to publicly
thank the faculty and pupils.
Fifth: There We're the two
home Declamatory contests tn
door receipts of which were used
to defray khe expenses Of the com
tests and to aid in sending the Wi
T,ss2rgs, Ts2rg, Miss Ruby Peterson of whom
the press notices were very flat
tering to khe district and state
contests, held at Aberdeen and
Vermillion in which Miss Ruby
won first place in the formeit
and third in the latter.
Sixth: We also sent con-
testant, Clayton Schmidt, to the
Normal Declamatory contest at
Aberdeen and Prof. Geo. Mas
said some very complimentary
things about our representative.
Seventh: Rev. Bush was Sc
cured to give a lecture for the
benefit of the famine sufferers of
China, the door receipts, with the
sums collected in the various
! grades amounting to $1,000.
Eighth; The Art Exhibit, the
first of its kind ever held I'M Sis
seton, melted profit Of $1,000
which was expended for copies of
the masterpieces to be used in de-
corating and beautifying the
various grades.
Ninth: Three exhibitions, Wis
tied by about 500 patrons and
others, were held at different
times and at the close Of school
shipped to Huron for display ait
the State Fair i'm the autllm.
Tenth Judiciously expended
$3.50 for much needed supplies TO
the physical laboratory.
Eleventh: The door receipts
from the class play, a success
financially and otherwise, We're
used in defraying the expenses of
the commencement exercises.
Twelfth: Money from the var
ious programs purchased and plae
ed about 500 books in library, a.
mong them being 90 volumes of
Journeys to other lands, historic
al stories, biographies, etc. These
have been drawn out by the pu-
pils at the rate Of 300 per month.
Thirteenth: Also purchased
400 supplementary readers, for tn
grades, placed so copies Of song
books in the High School, put i'm
a set Of music readers thruout tn
school and had music daily and
Systematically taught in every
grade.
Fourteenth Eight readers
were scanned in the first grade, e
eight in the second, seven in the
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