St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1914-05-22
Central School Notes

The base ball game between
the Central School boys and tn,
Portsmouth team did not ma
terialize. as the Portsmouth team
failed to appear as scheduled fol
Tuesday afternoon. Thursday
afternoon our boys made the trip
to Peninsula Park to play the
Ockley Green boys. but through
a misunderstanding the O. G..
boys were playing Thompson.
No more games will be planned
until our diamond is in shape.
Room 3.-The pupils of Room
3 have completed the regular
work and are having a general
review. and taking sup
Elementary work. George
Jeffcott has been i'll for a
week. but has now returned
and the pupils are glad. because
they wish to keep their usual
high percentage of attendance.
Room 8. The pupils of Room
8 are preparing the essays for
the contest conducted by the w.
C.. T. u. The subjects chosen
are, Effects of Alcohol on the
Body" and "The Cigarette
Habit"
Room 10 The w. c. T. u.
contest is also interesting the
pupils of Room 10. The topic
chosen is THE Effects of Al
cohol on the Body" The arith-
metic work has been given some
practical augmentation by the
class in measurements. Every
thing appurtenant to Central
building has been measured:
wood. streets. walks. etc. Roy
Gillian has left school to work in
the mills. Roy is "A class favor
ite. and we wish HIM good luck.
Vera Crawford has left St. Johns
and gone tolive at her former
home in the Coos Bay country.
Last Monday afternoon the
pupils of Room 10 employed
their Honor Time" earned in
an almost perfect attendance
record. by taking lunches and
hieing themselves TO a shady
hillside on the Germantown
Road. The only program was
TO exercise limb and lung. for
a few hours. in the open. The
pupils are just as enthusiastic
about their school work as pic.
MICS, as is attested by those
teachers who have been for
tunate enough to have had them.
Room IL. Eldora Montgomery
and Harold Case handed in com.
positions on "lntoXicants and
Athletics" and THE Effects of
Alcohol on the Human Body"
The pupils of Room IL had a
jolly picnic Tuesday evening
after school. They took a trip
up the rayine back of the gas
plant. TO where nature has fur
nished such an abundance of
clear. sparkling spring water
A big bonfire was built. "wein-
les" were roasted, and a hot
lunch was enjoyed. Every one
came back in the best of spirits.
and one bright boy was heard
to remark, "Pd go TO school and
study hard if we could have a
picnic after school each day. "
A little picnic now and then is
relished by the best of men.
Room IL. The pupils of Room
~ have chosen "lntOxicants
and Athletics" and "lntOxicants
and Scholarship" Chester Hays
and Ruth Cowles have handed in
the best papers, on the respec-
tive topics.
The first division of the 8A
had an arithmetic test Monday
and those submitting perfect
papers were Chester Hays. Ruth
Edmondson. Mabel Hartle and
Lillian Rawson.
Room 10. The Student
Folks" in Room 10 on "Physi-
ology" are in charge of Miss
Dunsmore. She has assigned to
each member of the class. some
part of the human body. as a
topic for discussion as to des.
cription. care and treatment in
case of disease or disability.
The manuscripts submitted on
the various topics, suggested in
the circular sent by the w. G.
T. u. contest department. are
excellent and it will be necessary
to make very exacting criticisms
in order to limit the number sent
to the judges. Reporter.