Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-04-06
VISIT SCHOOL FRIDAY.
Tomorrow IL Patrons Day
Why Not a Four Year
High School Here?

PouI HSW pupliS GlllS Woth
| One high school student was
absent Tuesday
The seniors are working earn.
estly on their play.
The eighth graders are review.
ing civics by outlines.
Mr.. Baker is trimming up the
trees on the school grounds
The fifth graders are studying
Whittier's Barefoot Boy"
Plans for flower beds around
the school building are being
made
The first primary pupils are
studying the robin for nature
work
Mr.. F'ullington is getting along
quite we'll with the work in both
grammar grades.
Much excellent work is already
displayed in the primary and in.
termediate rooms.
The pupils in the sixth grade
are reading a story entitled
Better Than Gold" by Smart
While most people we're asleep
c. W. Beach went to the school
building Wednesday, morning
and put our piano in perfect tune
again
Parents and friends should
take time to visit school Friday
afternoon and see some Of the
good work done in all depart.
ments this year
The boys are having very ex-
citing baseball games these pret
ty days. The first and second
mines are talking of a mstch
game soon. I'd
The senior class play, THE
Rebellion" will be given Thurs
day evening, April 10. We hope
they may have a large audience,
for the play is unusually good.
The junior and sophomore
classes both expect to give an
evenings program At the close Of
school. This is very commend
able work and both classes should
have your patronage
The contestants are putting in
every spare moment on their
declamations for the contest Ap-
ril Il. The winner here will rep
resent our school in the contest
at Springfield the last week in
April
The pupils in the fifth grade
enjoyed very much looking over
the illustrated poems of the
barefoot Boy" made by mem.
bers of the sophomore class as a
part of their English work
Quite a number of the high
school students have been busy
preparing applications for schools
lately. We have several worthy
and we'll qualified young people,
who should be employed in the
schools of this community next
year
Every patron and friend of the
school should see the display of
work done by the pupils this
term. Friday afternoon we hope
to have large crowd in all de.
parttnents. See what the child.
rem have done. 1t will encourage
them and surprise you.
One of the most pleasing exer.
cises in agriculture lately was a
trip to the Freeman farm Friday
afternoon to Judge hogs. Four
barrows were selected and mum
bered by the teacher and the pu-
pills were required to give the age
and weight of each. and rank
them in order, giving reasons for
the placing of each one. 1t was
the first exercise of this kind and
showed that the young people are
getting practical results from
their study.
Some of the seniors are already
planning to go away to school
next year. but it will be impossi.
BILE for all of them to do so. 1t
seems too bad that we cannot
give these ambitious young peo.
ple another years work at home.
1t means much to both parent
and child to 60 away from home
to finish a high school course.
Since the additional expense will
not exceed $1,000, why can we not
add another years work here
and not only save money but keep