South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-04-22
LINCOLN.
Grace Miller and Gertrude LivingOod
Editors
ROOM Two.

Eldl NGthS.
Iva LaDuke entered grade IA
Monday morning.
THREE-A.
We are having problems divided
by six.
We have been reading the Leak
in the Dixie"
We are learning the poem. The
Tree"
ROOM THREE.
Thomas Sossoman is back in
I school. Florian Kaczmarek is back
in school after being absent on &C
count of illness.
We have two new pupils in our
room. Marjorie Anderson and Myrtle
I.aDuke.
In our number contests the first
row of 2-B grade and second row
/ of PA grade are ahead.
We are starting a miniature gar
den in our window box.
We have a border of bluebirds
which our girls and boys colored
and cut out.
In our nature study we have been
keeping a record of the birds seen
thus far this spring.
We are now studying gardening
and the growth of the plants from
the seeds
FOURTH GRADE.
The "A class has made some eX-
cellent maps of the southern
states.
The following pupils received A
IL r,saTT-
ing papers: Elvera Bernaete, Ho-
mer Lockwood. Julia Van Vlasslear.
! Melvin Seese, Agnes Hortan, sophia
Wiatrolik. Erma Kinzie, Irene Fan
ell, Irene White, Lloyd Seese. Those
who received just "A we're: Henry
( Prenghorn, Evelyn Vanducar, Earl
Keener, Charles Steck, Ralph Puck
EFT. Esther Flagle, Elmer Jordan,
Lorraine Luther, Helen Chesley, Carl
Meyer, Cecil Jordan. Leeta Singrey,
/ Mildred Earnsberger. Clarence
Kauts. Edgar Martindale, Paul
Smith.
Helen Chesley wrote the best Ian
guage story in the room. There
wasn't a single mistake in the en-
tire story and the thought was fine
all the way through.
Denese Frankel has returned aft
er two weeks illness.
ALBERTA AND HER KITTEN.
Little Alberta was sitting by the
fire. She was looking very patiently
at the bright red flames in the old
brick chimney.
Little Fluffy (Alberta's little kit
ten), couldn't help blinking as the
old clock in the hall struck 10
In fact Alberta herself was very
tired but nobody could go TO sleep
at u o'clock when they were
watching for Santa TO come.
Il wish Santa would come right
now" whispered Alberta. Fluffy
gave a low purr. as if she under
stood and jumped up into Alberta
lap.
Here he comes now" she cried,
nearly tumbling kitty off Of her lap.
She waited a few minutes and
then. sure enough, there he was. the
same dear old Santa that had given
her the pretty doll last year.
oh" she cried. 4 am so glad
you have come at last"
Now you and Fluffy must run u
the other room till 1 fiji your stock
ings." he said
All right, 1 VIII; come on, kit
ty." she said. But with her hand
on the door knob she turned:
Please don't forget TO fill Fluff
fy's stocking. too" NO I won't" he
shouted as Alberta and her kitten
left the room.
Then Santa put a pretty doll.
some apples, handkerchief. two
hair ribbons and book in the big
gest stocking Then Santa went 10
the smallest stocking and filled it,
too. He put some nuts. an orange. a
piece of meat and a pretty red rib
bon in IT,
You know about how happy AL
berta was Fluffy ate the meat and
the nuts, and Alberta tied the rib
bon around its neck. and the orange
! and the rest of the things the kitten
. rolled under the table. Alberta was
so happy that she talked about her
5 things for a week after.
HELEN CHESLEY, A.
FIFTH GRADE.
We have two new boys in our
room. Their names are Robert An
derson and Ray Cook. Robert came
from belong, Ind, and Ray came
from Culver.
In geography the A class is hav-
! ing Asia and the b class is having
? Canada.
In language we are learning the
poem Of Paul Revere's Ride"
In history the 3 class is having
Roger Williams and the A class Is
: having Jefferson and Hamilton.
The a class is reading Sir Walter
, Scott and the 3 class is reading
Joan OF Arc"
We had a spelling test Friday
There were only i've one hundreds