Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-04-27
SOMEGOOD SPELLERS
Third Grade Pupils Make a
Good Record-Other
Notes of Interest

The following list of words was
given as rainy day exercise in
the second primary room for the
third grade: adventure, imagina-
tion, Robinson Crusoe, scornfully,
possession, Friday, exploring,
jutting, untrodden, prudent; re-
trace. passage, advance, retreat,
ankles, hallow, niche, waist, bod
lily, cheerily, clutched, noticed,
grasped, steadied, excitement,
sinking, sloping. Essie Keeling,
Marie Norcross, Goldie brennan,
Wanda Craig and Francis Black
spelled every word; Eugene Al
ford, Lorinda Cantrell, Gladys
Shelton and Pauline Paul missed
one each; Scott Letsinger and
Jennie Keeling missed two words
out of the q.
The six members of the book
keeping class are trying to finish
up all their work and close their
books by the end of the term,
This class consists of the four
boys in the senior and junior
classes and two of last years
graduates, Misses Eula Newton
and Bertha Miller, who will be
entitled to 13 units credit at the
completion of their work These
young women have been great
help and inspiration to other pu-
pills this year as have also Miss
Maude Coday, who took the
course in sewing, and Miss Stel.
la Seal, who has reviewed some
eighth grade subjects and taken
advanced work in English, The
efforts of these students to con-
tinue their education shows how
helpful four year high school
course would be to Mansfield.
We are always glad to have pa
irons visit school and see what is
being done and if more people
would come they could tell the
truth about what happens at
school We were especially
pleased to have Mrs. c. l.. Beach
present at the assembly period
Monday and hope she and a great
number of others will he present
next Monday to hear the junior
program and also on May s to
enjoy the senior program.
Among those who came to hear
the high school literary program
Friday afternoon we remember
Misses Lulu Carter, Blanche
Moore, Inabelle Wallace and
Roxie Bratcher, The program
was voluntary one prepared
during the week but it was quite
entertaining especially the ex-
temporaneous addresses and the
debate.
Very few pupils get through a
nine months term of school with
out being absent or tardy some.
time during the year, In high
school Huldia Rippee had come
in all sorts of weather at least
two miles and had not missed a
minute until last Friday when
she was striken with the meas.
les.
Superintendent Carter informs
lis there will be no rural gradu-
ating exercises this year and it
is too late now for us to prepare
a program so this class will miss
entirely the experience of the pu-
pills who take part in a commence,
ment program for eighth grade
graduation.
n. II. Allen and wife, who re.
Gently moved here from Spring.
field, visited the three rooms
Tuesday AFTERNOON in which their
children are enrolled. They
seemed quite well pleased with
our work and we hope they will
inspect the work of the OF her
rooms soon.
Hazel Burney, our contestant
in the inter.high school contest
at Springfield next Thursday
evening, is making every effort
to be able to bring back the med
al, We did it last year and we
can again.
The members of the junior
class will have charge of the as.
sembly program Monday morn
ing. There are only six in the
class but they will give very