The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-11-27
PUBLIC SCHOOL NOTES

A'hl, was 'l~Il'l ~ NV S'Ntl
ward las: week.
, The other visitor, ol The last Two
week, were M"sduu,r- Lee Hun +.
| NJ. Brauing. [. :. G.. Evans, Bauer,
| }. \. Patrick, Albert Wulfcrt, IoI-
mnn, A +. Davis, j ". Buck, VIA.
| Fleming, Merit, Macurdy, Miss
Ruth Swiuk aud Mr. Hcise.
Miss Watts, teacher Of Euglisu ia
the High school, was absent from
her school work last week on ar-
count of the death of her sister
whose home was in Bonnie Terrc
Mrs. j. i. Smith, primary teacher
Of the South Ward has been absent
pu account Of sickness She is inn.
proving at this writing aud is "N-
p"rtcd Ia b" back In the school room
soon. Mis-, Helen Murrill, our
faithful substitute" teacher, has been
taking Mrs Smiths place.
Tt" boy, basket ball game last
Saturday afternoon betwccu the
Pennington High School aud the
Doe Run High School was one Of
the most interesting and skilliully
played games that we have lately
witnessed. On account of the un.
favorable weather only small
crowd witnessed the game but this
fact did not prevent both teams
from doing their best work. While
this game was nut to count IN the
county contest on account of the
inclcgibility of Que Of the Doe Run
boys according to the \. y. t..
rules We we've expecting a close
contest ns our opponents have been
winning their games regularly. The
absence of spectacular plays and
the systematic team work is to be
commended. The final score stood
III to = IN favor ul ia" Pennington
team
The girls basket ball team played
the Flat River High School team IN
Flat River last Saturday afternoon.
The gam" was one closely contest
ed during the entire time of play
and when time Wa called the score
stood Is tu -. tn" game continued
aud Flat River wa, the first to
score the two necessary points To-
win the game. The team was ac.
cumpanlrd by Miss Louise Hun as
coach aud maugcr. This is the see.
ond defeat our girls have met at the
hands OF the Fla! River team but it
speaks well Tor our team that see.
pnd game was tied score when
time was called, while the first game
gave heavy score in favor Ut the
Fiat River team
The report cards are out this
week. We trust parents will give
these reports proper attention. Once
in while We hear the expression
They don't care ut home what
get on my card" We realize that
such conditions are the exception
rather than the rule. We have
many parents who do care and who
talk the matter over with their chill.
dren and frequently with the teach-
rr, and such cooperation usually
brings good results. Parents, If any
Of you have been negligent Ia such
will you not make an cf-
fort tu give it more attention. We
believe it is duty that all parents
Dwe To their children. Our children
have II right to expect this OF us,
aud We have no right 10 deprive
.hem OF II, regardless OF our inter
'st IN business and other affairs.
The Board Of Education will hold |
is regular meeting Thursday even
ng OF next week.
Rev. H. A. SmUot, the evangelist |
who is conducting ii series of meet
ngs ut the Baptist Church, gave the
Students of the High School aud the
seventh and Eighth grades most
Interesting address Monday morning
If last week we appreciate the inter
'st such men take in the school |
work, and believe that such address
much to the elfare o
he youth of our community.
The Pennington public schools
asst month made the highest per.
,entage of attendance for any single |
month for more than six years past |
september II year ago we reached |
u percent of the enrolment when |
up to that time was the highest and |
the highest until Septem-
Der of this year when we went to |
los, October was 9J.7, and for No
1emper 96 percent of the enrolment
las been reached. The actual mum.
Der of days attendance by all pupils
or the month has been exceeded only |
vice and then but by very small
during the last six years.
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