The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-23
School Notes.

The second semester is well under
way and exams" are thing of the
past for while
The Lincoln school is at last in full
possession OF the new building.
Three rooms in the Lincoln have
an enrolment of more than fifty in
each, and two in the Grant have more
than fifty. More room will be neces-
sary for next year if Norfolk is to
keep its leadership among the strong
schools of the state.
The leak in the pipe at the Wash
ington building has been stopped.
Miss Mullen's second AS come at
recess morning and afternoon, instead
of regular time. This seemed neces-
sary for good work, as Miss Mullen
now has three divisions of primary
grades all needing close, personal at
tention.
A patriotoc program will be given
in each school Feb. %.
The high school was organized as
two literary societies today. Each
student will take part in these socie-
ties as rhetorical work and parlia-
mentary drill. Debating and declama-
tory sections will also be organized
and possibly dramatic and musical
sections.
Supt. Croser gave a talk on Lib
erty" in the high school, asking them
to remember that liberty and law
| were inseparable, and that liberty
| without law was slavery of the worst
sort, as history abundantly proved
| While class spirit and loyalty were
to be hearth. commended, the lawless,
ness and evils in colleges and univer,
sites could not be to emphatically
condemned and must not be weakly
initiated by us.
| Each member of Miss McVeigh's
physical geography class is keeping a
weather record for the month of Feb
ruary. Weather maps will be made
from their observations.
Mr.. Bedells botany class is enjoy
ing the work with the new lantern
Diagrams arc being made, showins
showing structure and form from the
images of sections of plants thrown
on the screen.
Miss Roper returned to her worl
Monday, having been called home b!
the death of her father last week
Miss Ring and Mr.. Crosier took he
classes.
Miss Brokaw was absent severa
days this week on account of SICK
|
some of our normal training student
; since.
The high school enjoyed severa
speeches last week from speaker
who were on the program at the fa
mers' congress through the courtes
) of the Commercial club.
5 The seniors gave hard times part
: last Saturday night in administratio
= hall. The girls wore calico and tn
l boys wore Cveralls. The entertain
;. ment was hugely enjoyed by all pre-
A ent. The games and refreshment
: were in keeping with the times"
? The junior class will give a part
\ Saturday night at the home of Mario
2 Maynard in honor of the basketba
\ team.
The sopohomores elected class off
g GERS Wednesday night as follows
President, Margaret WEIGH; vice pre-
ident, Carl ZutZ; secretary and trea
urer, Hazel Fentress. The class vote
to have a regular business meetir
the first Wednesday of each month.
State Normal Training Inspector
A. Gregory, enroute to Boyd count
, visited our schools Tuesday. Our no
= NAL training class has twenty-five
= members.
The opening of the new semester
the Norfolk high school brought wit
, ii a change in some of the subjec
taught. Botany was one of the ne
studies taken up There were fort
five pupils registered in this cours
= and there was but one microscoI
= with which to work out the laboratol
:, experiments,
i; In order to conduct the laboratol
. work as il should be for a class
this size working in two divisions.
would take at least eight microscope
= The school authorities considers
:. the advisability Of purchasing the n
Il croscopes and decided that 1t wou
be investing too much money in a
paratus that could be used only pa
OF each year The eight microscop
would not cost less than $240.
.. A plan for overcoming the Difficult
was worked out by Supt. Crosier, N
@ Bedell and Mr.. Thomas. 1t was Il
I. purchasing of a stereopticon whi'