The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1916-12-28


The White Bird school closed a sue.
cessful fall terms work with an ap
propriate program and Christmas tree
exercise on the afternoon of Friday
the 22nd. The program was entirely
in the hands IF the members of the
two literary societies and it was prac-
tically as fresh and interesting to the
teachers and other pupils as it vas 10
the visitors. A regular program com
mittee all 'rted by the presid ut Il
the White Bird Literary society had
worked out the details Of suitable
program consisting Of songs, recita.
lions, jokes, instrumental music and a
debate, and it was rendered in a man
ner highly pleasing to the teachers
as well as to the visitors
At the conclusion of the literary pro
gram all were invited to the high
school room where a beautiful Christ
mas tree had been tastefully decorated
and was literally grooming under the
heavy load of the many good things
which Santa had left for the pupils
and teachers. The tree itself was a
thing of beauty, donated to the school
by Mr.. Hans Hagen, and many little
hearts were made happier as they be-
held real picture OF Santa Claus,
smiled down at them from the top Of
the tree through the many colored H.
Illuminating candles. Some were sur
prised to know that the many presents
had not been donated by people out
side of the school but all had been pro-
vided by teachers and pupils in an in
expensive manner, yet the plan was so
carefully worked out i'm its details
that there were presents for every lit
tie smiling face as well as for all the
larger pupils. The grammar grades
and high school pupils each drew the
name of some other pupil and then pre-
pared a present for him without let
ting anyone know whose name had
been drawn or the identity of the
present, and the unwrapping and dis
playing of the presents caused much
merriment and produced tons of good
humor. The primary and intermediate
grades had displayed so much talent
and interest in making decorations as
busy work" for their rooms that the
grammar grade pupils under the di-
rection of Miss Brockman's skill and
tact decided to use the "busy work"
plan and proceeded to make paste
hoard boxes and to decorate them with
free hand drawings of Santa Claus
and other reminders of the yule tide
season. Each one Of these boxes bore
the name OF some smaller pupil and
contained an attractive present to him
from Santa Claus. The unique decor
atoms made by the primary pupils I'M
der the direction of their efficient
teacher, Miss Metcalfe, and placed In
a | leasing manner about their room
bore evidence not only of the ability
OF their teacher but also of the inter
est and rogress of the little pupils.
and tney were the subject of many
Pleasing remarks by the visitors.
1t Is real joy to the friends of the
school to know that the best work is
being done in the history of the school
and to know of its continued growth.
The standards of work and of discip-
line have been substantially elevated
and excellent results are being OBJ
tanned. AS an additional stimulus to
home study the eighth grade and high
school pupils are required to make an
itemized statement at the end of each
week of the work done at home. This
plan is producing some gratifying re-
suits. The spirit of the student body
is wholesome and the motto Is con-
scientious, worth while w o RK ="
Drawing, spelling, penmanship, and
practical arithmetic are being empha-
sized as never before, which has been
made possible by the addition of an
other teacher this year. The school
undertakes to point the pupils to the
higher things in life and to encourage
them to make the highest possible at
tainment of which they are capable
BY no means the least of the import
ant activities of the school are the lit
erary societies. Among the important
questions discussed by the White Bird
Literary society are the election of the
president Of the United States by di-
rect popular vote: uniform examining
boards for high schools; and the advis-
ability of free text books by the
schools. large interest is being
manifested in current happenings and
the school is supplied with daily and
weekly papers including .he Globe, and
several leading magazines without
cost to the taxpayers of the district.
Doings of Salmon River People.
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