The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-05-16


In the matter of attendance, the
rooms presided over by the following
teachers are entitled to mention: Lin
coin school, Zilpha Monroe, Grace
Rowe; Jefferson, Edith Frost, Edith
Hoffman; Webster, nellie Williams,
Cora Leslie; Grant, Helen Jordan,
Amanda Hort; Whittier, Casa Con-
over, Flora Schneider Perfect pune
tuality Is, reported by the following:
Lincoln school, Monroe, Martin, Nc
Murray, Grace, Reed, Rowe, Tovrea,
Owen; jefferson, Burket, Pendray,
Frost, Lichtenhefd,. Lacey, Dorgan;
Webster, Drinkle, Mather, Leslie,
Cricket; Grant, Rakow, Ryan, Baxter,
Jordan, Ware, Erwin; Whittier, Drin-
kle, Ruan, Schneider. 1t Will be not
ed from the above table that there
were no cases of hardness on the part
of girls in all the ward schools, but
one. This is unique distinction of
which the girls may be justly proud.
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AS one result of the special empha-
sis given to spelling in the local
schools recently it has been decided
to do more systematic work in
that subject in our high school. Once
a week in all the English classes of
the high school, every student is eX-
peCted to be prepared on list of
words. This list is made up of words
handed to the English teacher and
which the students of that class have
misspelled during the previous week.
The grading of the students work in
English will take into account their
ability to spell these lists of words.
The list will be changed every week,
but words frequently misspelled will
be repeated until the students are
thoroughly familiar with the spelling.
The details of Commencement
week are being worked out and an.
nounCements will be forthcoming in
the near future. The class sermon
will be preached Sunday evening, May
26, by Rev. J. NJ. McClelland, pastor
CT the Methodist church. The SER
vice will be union one, all the
churches of the city uniting for this
occasion. The graduating exercises
will occur the evening of Friday, May
81, and will be held in the opera
house. The number of graduates from
the high school for the current year
is quite small, there being eighteen
candidates for graduation honors.
There will be classes graduating from
four of the five ward schools and this
will be one of the largest in years.
Counting the graduates who will
come in from the rural districts, we
shall probably have the largest class
entering high school next fall in the
history of the school.
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We are in receipt of program and
invitation as well to attend the Rec
reation Congress held at Cleveland,
Ohio, June 5-S, 1912. In the list of
topics that will be considered by this
congress are the following:
How many feet of playground
space should be set aside for each
child in the community?
2-To what extent should the men,
bers of our communities themselves
take part in dramatic play as well as
look on while others play in the
theatre?
3-ls the use of school buildings as
evening recreation centers interfering
with the use of these buildings during
the day for class room purposes?
As city justified in spending
of thousands of dollars for
new buildings to be used as recrea-
tion centers when school buildings
may be remodeled and used as recre-
alton centers?
Besides the formal addresses.
which will be given by the best in
formed people there on their several
subjects, there are many opportuni.
ties for formal conferences, and for
these experts on all sorts
of practical questions that arise in
with Fairgrounds, parks
and public baths, and upon the whole
subject of public recreation, including
such matters as the regulation OF
dance halls, municipal concerts, and
the development of school buildings
as social centers."
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Within the past few years there
have been many movements and or
whose purpose is 10 pro-
mote the welfare of the boys OF the
land. There has recently come to
our table a circular announcing the
purpose and organization of a move
ment for the physical, intellectual and
moral betterment of girls. This or
yanization known as Camp Fire