South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-04-21

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the comfort kits and We also have /
ready for shipment some fine scrap /
books and checker boards that we 4
know viii please our sick soldiers.
Mrs Hickman was i'll with grip /
Tuesday and Wednesday and Miss /
Esther Mccoy took her place.
Pupils we're dismissed an hour
early Friday 10 enable the teachers /
TO hear a lecture by Mr.. Freund, one I
OF the worlds greatest critics.
KINDERGARTEN.
Miss Mary Livengood OF the train /
ing school is cadeting in the kim |
dergarten.
Many OF the children are inter |
ested in watching a robin building
its nest near the window.
ONE-B.
We arc just putting the finishing
touches 20 our needle booklets for
our soldiers. We hope they do not
tear off as many buttons or have
as many holes as we have.
snip. snip. snip and yet we are
shipping rags for feathers for am
bulance pillows. My. we sure like
il better than having 10 draw cats,
anything anyway.
ONE-A.
Ruth Leighton, one-A, has moved
20 Granger. Ind.
We one-A's have finished making
50 thread winders for the soldiers
comfort kits.
We are working on needle books
now.
TWO-A.
Groceries groceries. groceries, We
vent down TO our model grocery
and spent all OF our imaginary
money on groceries and my. what
hubub. We boys have decided that
IT'S best to let the girls do the
shopping.
TWO-A.
The two-B's and two-A's are
working on drinking cups for Red
Cross work.
THREE-B.
Mary Alice McInerny IS absent on
account OF the mumps.
THREE-A.
Irene wageke entered our room
this week. We now have As in our
room.
fOO LIB,
In a geography test given this
week most everyone got a.
James Hill just entered our room
from the Henry Studebaker school.
FOUR-A.
There were two special promotions
i'm the four-A. They were Fred
erick Fielder and Curtis Cowel.
FTVE-B.
We have three new children in
our room. They are Elizabeth Hol-
land from the Lafayette school, Dale
BrintIy and Curtis Cowel
Edward and Helen Mazar were
transferred to the Perley school.
We are making lamp shades in
drawing
We are learning the song Hail
Columbia"
The ive-A grade is writing essays
for the Humane society.
Harry Mann leaves the school
this week.
MIS-. Hickman could not teach us
the first three days las week on ac-
count OF illness.
We have % perfect spelling test
papers.
We are not having very good at
tendance.
The girls and boys had their pic
ture taken last week by their
teacher.
SEVEN-B.
Mildred Hickman and Robert
T.V-~oe- 20 rrr,a hTa ho i'm erhro1
on account " illness.
We are studying the life OF Sir
Walter Scott I'm literature.
on Monday we had our regular
caiis,enics on the playground.
Most or the children purchase
Thrift stamps every week.
SEVEN-A.
Ellen Glavin is captain on our
side for the debate against the
seven-B's The subject Of the de-
bate is: Resolved. That the Unset
tied Condition or Russia Will Tend
10 Prolong the War and Help the
Germans" We have the affirmative
side and the seven-B's have the neg
ative side. We hope that we will
win
We are reading paper pamphlets
on community and national life
which were published by the Chicago
university.
Willard Mendenhall has gone to
work on a farm. We are sorry 10
have him quit school but we are
glad TO know that ne is doing his
bit for the government
The domestic science class had an
interesting talk on the care OF
babies.
There were some very good maps
drawn by the pupiles showing the
British and American battles and
routes during the revolution.
We have learned a new verse for
The Battle Hymn Of the Republic
concerning the present war. Next
week we viii learn a new war song
20 the tune OF Marching Through
Georgia"