The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1913-05-08

| be of short duration and that she may
return to US soon
Frank Ray went out to the farm
Friday night and put in the week end
at Scientific Field Work, Best kline
of Laboratory exercise.
j. Earl Midkiff. of Sioux Falls
was in town for the day recently visit
ing Mr.. Houseman.
Rhetoricals are thing of the past.
The high school is spending half
hour each week writing on questions
dealing with general information
The newspapers are our only text
| books
Two prizes of books have been offer.
ed to the two pupils standing highest
in the tests on general information for
the last six weeks of the term.
Frank Sussex is completing a very
nice bookrack in the manual train
lHS QepafblnenC
The class in advanced mechanical
drawing is working on simple machine
drawings.
"Track and Field Athletics in De-
tail" has been added to the library.
Track material doesn't seem to be
very plentiful this spring. We have
enough material but many do not
come out. Among the men out for the
work are: Frank Ray in the sprints,
A Wood and James Iseminger in the
distances; Jefferson and Fl. Kraabel
in the pole vault; f.. Sussex and j.
Cassell in the weights.
New equipment for the trackteam
consists of a javelin, new discus,
homemade vaulting standards and
shot-ring, stop-watch and an eight
pound shot. The eight pound shot is
for the Younger aspirants who find it
necessary to use two hands with the
heavier one.
Half of the track was dragged Sat
urday and was given quite a bit OF
work. 1t looks much better and is
certainly safer to run on as the ruts
at least have been removed. The
jumping pit has been put in shape
also. A portion of the dirt was taken
out and q foundation of course sand
laid in place and covered with mix
ture of sawdust and dirt
Miss Gullickson autoed to Valley
City recently with Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
Smith. They report poor'roads over
that way.
Anna Swanson resumed her work
last week.
The teachers are planning a spring
, ,, carnival in which all the grades will
take part as well as the high school.
1t is to be given the first part of May,
and we hope to make enough through
this to purchase a Victor for the
! music department.
Our school attendance has been
! lowered perceptibly because of spring
work There is no single factor
which can cause as much retardation
in the grades as irregular attendance
| Many times it is the boy who has tc
stay out that needs the time for school
work more than any other and the
results are always detrimental to the
school and to the individual pupil
Ii the boys don't get the opportunity
to attent thruout the year when the,
are only twelve to fifteen years old
when will they get their chance? The
state law states specifically that al
children between the ages of and l;
inclusive, that means children who
are not yet Is, must attend schoo
thruout the school year. There are
at least two boys who are scarcely
twelve years old who have had te
leave to go on the farms this spring
Several others are yet under the lega
school age.
A second resistance box and two
large tables, made in the manua
training department, have been addet
to the equipment in the Physics lab
oratory.
Fern Erricson has entered the 8t]
Grade.
Our high school has received invi
tations to take part in the Vale
City Normal School Track Meet o.
May 24th, and doubtless will send
full team to this meet as the compel
ition is not SO strong and the seen
of the meet can be reached easily b
auto.
A small watch was picked up on th
school grounds last week and may b
had by the owner if he will stop at tn
Office and claim property
Only four weeks before the close {
the school year. Commencement EA
ercises will be held in the City Fla
Thursday evening, May Goth.
The Freehand Drawing class
spending few weeks in clay-mode