The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-03-06
SCHOOL NOTES.
Elsie Mitchell trai,ors
Grace CARRIER H"''''''

Sweet are the lips Of all that
sing,
When Natures music breathes un-
sought,
But never yet could voice or
string
So truly shape our tenderest thought
AS when by life's dccaying fire
Our fingers sweep the stringless
Tyre"
Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Ethyl Hatch visited school one
day last week.
Thelma Woodmansee visited the
school and the ninth grade last We'd
nesday.
Lenore Price, one of our old pu-
pills, now attending the Van Vert
high school, visited the school last
Friday.
Lucille Lionbarger visited the 5th
and 9th grades last Friday.
Rev. Fansher came up and made
an announcement about the lecture
course Friday afternoon.
On account of their missing their
train, the Italian Orchestra, which
was to have been here one night
last week, will not come, but Tues
day night the Wright Marquette
Co. gave an excellent entertainment
in their stead.
Robt. G. Dyer, young man from
Abyssinia, will give lecture at the
Methodist church, Thursday night.
His subject will be about his own
life and the life of his countrymen
He is young in experience as we'll
as in years. He has only been over
in fry ah NIL
cannot speak our language very flu
emily.
The eighth grade are going to
have debate on the subject, Re-
solved that illiterate foreigners
should be excluded from our country.
Those on the negative side are Lynn
Gardner, BERTHE Tullis and Barbara
Penniwell, and those on the attirma
tive side are Orpha Potteroff, Les
ter Lorey and Freda Marvin.
The eighth grade have been TAX
ing the country school examinations.
They all can tell you they were aw-
fully hard, but the most. of them
expect good marks.
Josephine Coder returned to
school Monday after a weeks alb
Sence on account of hard fall she
received
Reginald Alldredge has entered
the 5th grade, coming in from the
country.
William and Massetta Allen have
left school on account of moving to
the country.
Mrs. F. N Hansell visited the End
and Bird grades Thursday afternoon.
Jennie Wilson has returned to
school after several weeks absence
on account of Sickness
o, You Report Cards! They do not
come very often but when they do
come, some are glad while others
are very sad.
The seventh grade have been TAX
ing the six weeks examinations.
Fern Melvin left Thursday for
Washington, D. G., where she will
witness the inauguration of Presi-
dent Wilson. She will make an ex-
tended trip through the south and
east.
Miss Parrish has not been able to
meet all of her classes on account
of having the grippe.
We all live in hopes now adays,
thinking every day that we will be
in the new building. We will sure
be in there Wednesday.
The southeast room. has several
freshly vanished seats.
All of the Senior class have been
put back in the assembly room and
it makes it very crowded. A part
of the Freshmen were moved in
where the Seniors were.
Coming! The College Widow. The
high school will put on this play in
the near future Mrs. WATSON arriv-
ed on Monday and has commenced
training the pupils. This will be the
best play ever attempted by our high
school,
On Friday evening Victor Shultz
represents our school in the sub
district declamatory contest to be
held at Greenfield. The winners here
meet in a district contest and the
winners in the four district contests
meet in state contest. Victor will
be a strong contestant Mr.. GasS
and several others will attend.
1t will pay to get our prices on