The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-03-20
SCHOOL NOTES.
Elsie Mitchell r,,,o.s
Grace CARRIER

Glorious as purple twilight,
Pleasant as budding tree,
Untouched as any islet
Shrined in an unknown sea:
Sweet as fragrant rose amid the
AS sweet, as fruitful too. .
A bitter dream to wake from,
But Oh, how pleasant while we
dreamed!
A. poisoned fount to take from,
But Oh, how sweet the stream!'
The ladies of the Amicita Club will
give a Chautauqua ticket to the
scholar making the best grades in
the 7th grade work of both north and
south schools.
Grace CARRIER was absent Monday
on account of sickness. y
Letha Bunch was absent Monday
morning on account of bad roads.
High School had chapel exercises
Wednesday and Thursday mornings.
Hazel Lionberger, the primary
teacher of Garden Grove, visited
High school and primary rooms on
Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Alexander visited
High school during chapel exercises
Thursday morning and each gave
fine talk.
DR.. FoXworthy gave us fine lee
ture Thursday morning, many things
of which would be very beneficial if
we just pay heed to them.
Edith Chambers visited Miss
Gwinn's room and High School Fri
day.
Raymond Mullins visited High
school Thursday.
George Springer visited High
Friday afternoon.
The program Thursday to cheer
Victor Shultz on his way was as fol-
lows:
High School chorus-Bonnie
Banks of Loeb Lomand.
High School chorus-Let the Hills
and Wales Resound.
Mr.. Gass-Introductory speech.
Dr. xworthy-Schools and Bet
terment
Miss Sears-Literary Work and
Results.
Miss Parrish and Miss Hurst
Telling about the New Assembly
Room.
Miss Pardon took up Miss Sears
views and carried them further.
Miss ShontZ's talk was of enthus-
iasm for our representative in the
declamatory contest at valley June
ton.
President Delos Ackerley Of the
Senior class gave short talk on
literary work and the leaving of the
Seniors.
President Marie McClaran of the
Junior class spoke about Victor be-
ing member OF their class and how
proud they we're of him.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander each gave
talk on the betterment OF the
school.
We finished up by giving few Of
our yells to make Victor feel real
good before leaving Leon. 49,.
The 7th grade gave Miss Hutchin-
son post card shower one day last
week.
Ethel Smotherman entered the
Sth grade Monday morning.
The Sth grade have been having
many beautiful pictures in crayon on
the blackboard, showing the artistic
hand OF someone. 4. .....
Several have entered the first and
fourth grades at the south building.
Miss Jordan from Spencer, Iowa,
visited the Leon schools last week
Ralph Stewart won hOnors by be-
ing the best speller in the contest be-
tween the two history classes.
Frank Downey entered Miss Peck's
room Monday morning.
The new supplementary readers
have arrived. They are very nice.
Whooping cough is in the lower
rooms but nothing serious.
Miss Shontz and Miss Pardon es-
corted dozen of our High School
pupils to Valley Junction Friday af-
ternoon for the speaking Friday
night. All were splendidly enter
tanned in the homes at Valley June
ton.
Victor Shultz, the representative
from Leon in the district contest at
Valley Junction Friday night, did
not get'a prize, but it is reported that
he did Leon credit in his Grafton,
Bryan before the Peace Congress.
|. The second floor of the new build
ing will be completed in a week OF
ten days
Our spring vacation will come
when the new rooms are ready to be
occupied. Then the moving Of the
seats and equipment can take place
during vacation time.
Mr.. Gass goes to Grand River on
April 4th to act as judge in their
declamatory contest.
Our school play, ''The College
Widow will be given Thursday ev-
ening, March 9th.