The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-10-31
SCHOOL NOTES.
Elsie Mitchell Editors
Maurice GroganN

full toll, a.
Their homely joys, and destiny OBJ
| scure;
Nor grandeur hear, with dis
dainful smile,
! The short and simple annals OF
the poor. Gray.
Both our boys and girls basket
ball teams suffered defeat last week
| at the hands of the experienced Gar
| den Grove teams. The score in the
| boys game was % to 3 and 33 to
| in the girls game.
Miss Olive Gwinn, who was elect
ed teacher of the 4th and 9Th grades
and not able to teach at first, began
her school work Monday morning.
Mrs. Springer, who has been her sub
stitute, left her work in good shape,
so Miss Gwinn can easily take hold
of it.
Hazel Swanson, an old Fl. S. pupil,
visited High School Friday after
| noon.
Carl Mckinley was absent from
school Monday on account of work.
ing.
Miss Bertha Young, of Garden
Grove, was up talking to Miss Par
don Friday, trying to persuade her
to recommend a set of Review His
tory for the school library.
Miss Pardon was absent last Fri
day on account of illness. Her
classes were divided among the
other teachers and they got along
nicely.
The rooms at the south building
are all decorated for Halloween,
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forward for good time.
Irving Smith, of the 9th grade,
was absent Friday on account OF
sickness.
Ora Bowman entered the 4th
grade Monday morning.
Miss Deck visited over Sunday
with friends in Des Moines.
Ruby and Opal Brown from Davis
City, visited the 4th grade Friday. -
The new school building is near-'
ing completion. The third story
floor is now being laid. This floor
is for the High School assembly
room.
The new seats have been ordered
for the High School session room.
They are the best seats made, the
bottom part of steel, while the seats
and desks are of cherry, and can pc
adjusted to any heighth.
The iron beams which connect the
two buildings have been put in
place.
Mid-semester exams will begin
the latter part of this week. No pu-
pills will be exempt from these tests,
but the usual rules will be followed
for the semester examinations.
Both grade pupils and High
School students are much interested
in the work in penmanship and mu-
Sic A program has been arranged
so that Miss Hutchinson can visit
each room twice week.
High School Roll of Honor.
The following High School STU
dents were neither absent or tardy
during the month ending Oct. 25th:
Olive Arney, hugo Benefie1, Nina
Bowman, Myrtle Boyce, Floyd
Brown, Leal Buchanan. Angie Cozad,
Rollie Dale, Marguerite Daughton,
LYDIA Davis, Grace DureIl, Fred Ep-
perley, Elma Forbes, Clara CARRIER,
Myra CARRIER, Dick Gillian, Cora
Hembrey, Martha Hoffman, Dorotha
Hull, Gretchen Hurst, Margaret DC
Klveen, Lenna Muse, Nina Olsen,
Reba Parsons, Rufina Pearson, Neal
QUIET, Irene Reynolds, Edgar Row
ell, Howard Sage, Frank r Sanger,
Willard Slower, Robert Teale, Eva
Tharp, Horny VanNostrand, Delos
Ackerley, Mildred Avery, Josephine
Beavers, Edna Brann, Flossie East
er, Grace CARRIER, Reese Gittinger,
Marcia Grogar, Guy McMsrris, Elsie
Mitchell, Claude Ogilvie, Leland All.
baugh, Helen Barrett, Lola Brazel-
ton, Gladys Chambers. Ollie. Fox
worthy. Zoa Cannon, Wilfred Car
Der, Wilma CARRIER; Ruby Gardner,
Maurice Grogan, Fay Hatch, Pru-
dence Hembrey, Hattie Lionberger,
Fay Macy, Marie McClaran. Bertha
MeKern, Lillian Moore, Emmett
Mullins, Maude Ogilvie, Arthur!
Ryan, Charley Scott, Harry Snyder.
Dean Stiles, Lois Ackerley, Harlaad
Andrew, Robert Beardsley, Ethel
Beers, Geo. ,Chastain, Lucille Christie
fel, Frederic Conrey, Homer Dale,
Leila Easter, Neva Evans, Freda
,Ferren, Claire Fletcher, Ruth Git
finger, Raymond Goodman, Wini-
fred, Hamilton, Vera Hartshorn,
Carney Howell, Frances Kentner,
Joe Keshlear, Dewey Long, Charles
Morgan, LaNelle Mullinnix, Hazel
Mullins, Harry Muck, Arthur Park
err Edith Parsons, Leslie Pullin,
Clair Roberts, Roscoe Scott, Rol-
land, Shields, Neil Smith, Mae Spar
CUR, Mabel Slower, Orwell Weaver,
Clifton West, Nella Game, Andrew
Scott, LYDIA Stephens. !,
School Report.
South White Oak, District No. 2,
Center township. Fall term begin
ming Sept. 2,~1912 and ending Oct.
25th. Number Of pupils enrolled,
20; average daily attendance, 1876;
average cost of tuition $2.41; num-
Der of tardies, Is. Those neither
tardy nor absent for the term were:
Juanita, Mildred and Laverne Myers,
Frank Downey and Raymond Keller.