South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-24

plenty 20 the fourth grade 10 carry
+ TO the trenches
Wednesday AZ 9 o'clock we had d
rehearsal OF our program and after
F IL was over. Rev Fr Minnick visited
our class and gave us our promo
uon cards. Not one boy was disap-
pointed
We felt very proud last Sunday
mornins when we read The News
Times and learned We got the high
est prize of $40 for our school
notes. and We are grateful
We have two picnics in mind for
next week. We thank The News
Times FOR one and our physical cul-
ture teacher, Sergt Campbell Of
Notre Dame university. We are
very sorry he is not here 10 enjoy
this picnic but we will let him
know that he got the wish he ex-
pressed when leaving us for the
battlefield a few weeks ago.
Wishing The News Times
happy vacation. we will close our
school notes for this term with a
fond goodbye, but not farewell.
We wish to offer The News Times
our sincere thanks for kindness
shown us all year. in giving us so
much space in the paper every
week. and best of all, the honor
conferred on as of winning the So
prize for oar school notes We not
only feel very proud. but very much
encouraged and we hope 20 begin
our good work again September,
1917.
Last saturday NE decorated our
class room with specimens Of our
class work of the past year. We
had over 500 pieces of drawings.
including maps of eastern and west
ern hemisphere, also North and
South America separate; ~ book
lets of Palmer's drills as we'll as
booklets with very pretty covers
containing all our examination
papers in each study of the past
year.
Norman Hartzer. Wilfred Wright
~, Francis Jones, and Peter Bosnar
were among the altar boys accom-
panied by Rev Fr Minnick 10
Notre Dame last Thursday where
they all enjoyed a real picnic day.
The mother superior from ST.
Mary's was among the welcome
visitors to our school last Tuesday
Last Wednesday morning Re-.
FIR. Minnick visited our class and
gave US nice encouraging talk
that we appreciated very much, and
we will try TO keep in our hearts a
fond memory of his good advice
for our future welfare. We then
received our promotion cards
We offer our hearty congratula-
tons 20 Francis Roos of the eighth
grade for getting the scholarship
this year.
Our school closed last Wednesday
nisht with a patriotic program.
which a large crowd of our friends
enjoyed very much. The one only
reGret was the absence of Rev. Fr
De Groote whom we have sadly
missed the past two months. and
we hope it won't be long until we
greet him with a hearty welcome
home.
We are glad that another 10Y has
been ours before our notes 90 20 /
print, the fact that the boys in our
room won the $10-prize given b.
Sergt Campbell, our physical cul- /
ture teacher
FIFTH GRADE.
Last Friday, Monday and Tuesday /
we had our last examinations 10 tell II
whether we merited "A certificate /
for the next grade higher
The ranks for the daily mass has
bad excellent attendance every
morning during the school year
The absentees for this week We're /
David Herman, Francis Oberly .
Kenneth Dempsey, Clarence Meiser. /
Raymond Payne. and Max Eble.
The work i'm drawinS, pennan- |
ship and composition has been on 4
exhibit since saturday and a num- /
Der of our parents and friends came /
TO inspect the work.
We were very sorry that Clarence /
Neiser had 10 get those "old mea-
sIes' so near the close of school
SIXTH GRADE.
The mass attendance in the sixth
grade has been very fine all year.
Exam, exam, is over for one more .
year. There we're excellent papers I
handed in by most of the pupils.
Our exhibit of school work has
been on display since Saturday and
our parents and many friends in
spected the work each and every
day last week.
we congratulate Francis Roos for
being awarded the scholarship for
the year 1919.
The altar boys had their yearly
outing az NOtre Dame Thursday.
DO not mention A good time. Leave
il TO the boys il was had by each
and every one Of the 30 in number.
James McCay has been with US
since January. He has not been alb
sent nor tardy one day and YOU
could always see him in the ranks
for daily mass.
Serge Rivard has only been alb
sent one day the whole year and a
daily attendance at mass.
SEVENTH GRADE.
Friday we had a written test IN