The Dickinson press., 1916-01-22
SCHOOL NOTES
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The Juniors cleared $35.25 from
their Tom Thumb play.
The teachers economics class il
studying the protective traif as COM
pared with free trade.
Melvin Berkner is a new pupil in
Miss Mason's room and Helen Lind
sey in Miss Rehnke's.
Stella Tennis is a new special high
school student, taking up bookkeep-
ing and typewriting.
The four Underwood typewriters in
the commercial room are all equipped
with new shields.
The seventh grade, under Miss
Reid enjoyed a very pleasant sleigh
ride party Tuesday evening.
The Sophomores had a most eniov-
able class party in the high school
auditorium last Friday evening.
Harriet Trask, who, with her
mother and sister, is visiting in the
city, was a high school visitor the
middle of the week.
Miss Van Dyke has taken the third
period algebra class, formerly under
Miss Brown. The latter is now teach
ing solid geometry.
Owing to the play "Freckles" at
the opera house the same evening as
the Bismarck game, the latter will
begin promptly at 1880 o'clock.
To celebrate the three hundredth
anniversary of Shakespeare this year
a Shakespeare program will be rem
dered by the high school next Friday.
The new senior arithmetic, solid
geometry, physical geography and
English history classes began
Wednesday and the others, pedagogy
and civics on Thursday.
Mr.. Monson gave the high school a
short talk recently, urging the boys
to work up a strong second team.
-Four of our first team men go out
with this year, if they graduate, and
it will be up to this years second
team to furnish men for their po-
sitions the coming season.
The sewing class, under the super
vision of Miss Caldwell, plan to
have their second exhibit in the
sewing room on Friday, January Fl.
They have a large exhibit, as the sew
ing class has been working hard.
There will also be articles on exhibit
from the seventh and eighth grades.
The Sophomores have arranged for
a fine lyceum course, consisting Of
four numbers, to be given during the
next year. They were encouraged by
the results the Juniors of this year
have obtained, and that too, with an
other lyceum our appearing here
this year. But next year they hope
to have no competition that way.
The Athletic Association has just
sent for a handsome banner which is
to go to the winner of the tournament
that will be held in the armory Febru-
airy 25th. The inscription reads
Southwest District, 1916 Basketball
Champions" Now the supreme ques-
ton is: "Who will get the banner,
Washburn, Mandan, Mott, Beach, Bis
marck or Dickinson? !
The English w classes are now
taking up augmentation. The debate
Thursday was based on "Resolved
that one single session of school is
better than two short sessions" on
Friday, "Resolved that Dickinson's
new school house should be in the
eastern part of the city rather than
the present school site" and On
Monday will be "Resolved that the
study of languages and mathmatics
in high school is Of more permanent
value to students than the study of
manual training subjects"
The manual training boys r do
ing some very interesting work in
their shop, under Mr.. Danish. They
are busy on book racks, morris
desks, tables, cabinets and
many other pieces of furniture, all
showing fine workmanship. Some of
the students have been doing work in
difficult turning that is a credit to
The instructor is very
thorough and sets a high ideal for
his students, as well as making the