South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-10-21
FRANKLIN SCHOOL
Clair Armstrong,
Editor.
GENERAL NEWS.


The muslin screens have arrived
and are in the windows Of the kim
dergarteu.
Franklin has the first fresh air
kindergarten in South Bend
The banking amounted TO $685.
this past week, with about 40 bank
ers.
Miss Mccoy was the only special
teacher in the building this week.
We had a fire drill Tuesday. The
new fire escapes are not quite
ready for US, the spring locks not
being on the doors.
ROOM SEVEN.
Margaret Shultz's cousins are
coming from ST. Joseph, Mich. for
visit for one week.
In geography we are having a re-
view of the United States.
In physiology we are starting a
new chapter called Ventilation"
In sewing class Tuesday we had a
visitor Miss Hitler.
James Reed and Hildreth Sterna-
man were transferred from the six
10 the Ska.
Abraham Rossin and Joseph Tur-
mock. who were in the seven-B on
condition, were put back in the six
A.
We finished our color charts Mon
day in drawing.
In arithmetic we are changing
common fractions to decimals.
In history we are having The Re-
suits of the Crusades."
Thursday the children in our
room were inoCulated.
Guglielmina Benigni had a birth
day Wednesday. oct II.
The children who were absent this
week are Helena Galloway and
Guglielmina Benigni.
Mrs. Sarah Matthews was visiting
at the home of Mary Slick Friday.
ROOM FIVE.
Mrs Neiderauer visited in our
room last week.
Miss Rhoades and Miss Pickerel
from the Linden school also visited
here.
Harry Drews is the four-A cham
pion in multiplication.
Mary Anderson is the four-A
champion in division.
Leo Warren is four-B arithmetic
champion.
Sidney Richman has the best
written work record.
Arthur George is our doctor this
week.
Beatrice Linderman is our nurse.
The following had perfect spell
ing record last week: Harvey Hof-
man, Geraldine Redman, Zelda
Thomas, Julia Neiderauer, Gladys
Steele, Carl Blechschmidt, Eva Eel
Ter, Henry Taylor, Harry Drews,
James Rupert.
ROOM SIX.
Roy West did the best work in the
rapid addition test last week.
Charles Bryan has been absent
several days this week, as he has
been out OF the city.
Forrest Whitner took fourth prize
on his composition last week.
Miss Pickerel and Miss Rhoades,
teachers from the Linden school,
visited our room Tuesday morning.
Donald Holstein celebrated his
tenth birthday oct. 10 and Mark
Allen was IL years old Thursday.
Mary Roberts has been unable to
attend school this week on account
Of illness.
Hayward Rupert entered the i've
3 this week.
oliver Dickson returned from Col
orado last week and entered the
five-A.
Arthella Smith was II years old
Thursday. She gave a party to some
of her friends after school.
ROOM ONE.
Jennie Galloway is ILL.,
Our room has memorized a poem
called "Hiawatha." We have been
studying Indians and their life in
drawing.
Ruth Starke entered our room
from the Lafayette school
ROOM EIGHT.
Miss Rosencrans gave our calls
themes lesson last Friday.
The seven-B's had an arithmetic
test Friday.
The Jewish people had a geog-
raphy and grammar test Friday.
Abraham Rossin and Joseph Tur-
mock were put back into the Ska
Monday.
We received the ". E. X. L. ban
ner for having the most news items
last week.
Last week We had % news items
on Thursday morning instead Of
having music. Mrs. Mitchell told
Us about a lecture she heard We'd
nesday evening by a Canadian sol
der that was back from the trench
es
We learned 10 lines from our
reading lesson this week.
IN geography this week we stud
led Argentina, Uruguay and Para
quay in the b class.
IN domestic science the seven-B
girls baked potatoes and made meat
cakes.
In history the seven-B's are study