Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-01-31
SCHOOL NOTES

The semester is over and everyone
is happy except those who flunked.
They have our sympathy and we hope
1 this will make them feel better. We
are proud to state that the senior
class displayed some of their super
| fiuous frsy matter the first semester
4 and they all passed with colors fly
ing.
No more morning Beauty sleeps"
Commencing with Tuesday, January
il 22d. scnocl takes up al. $3.50 a. m. This
will make enough time so that school
will be out May Sd.
/ The last number Of this years lee
ture course was held Monday night
and ended with an excellent speech
by Chas L. Fickland. The lecture
course for next year has been pur-
chase. and promises to be an excel
Isn't enc. 49,
The declamatory contest was held
last Saturday night and was much bet
ter than was expected. Helen Gault
won first over all with a dramatic Sc
lection entitled, ''The Littlest Rebel
Pauline Hensley was winner in the
humorous class. There were no
/ contestants in the oratorical class as
I no one could be procured capable of
I training them.
al I erey Hallock entertained several
! of his teacher friends over the week
1 end We are glad to see that Percy
4 is Trying to make the hard" life OF
tie teachers fore enjoyable.
Skin Sykes was absent Monday and
Tuesday of this week.
4 Read Elias editorial about the lee
ture course in this weeks issue.
The French class is anxiousl.
awaiting the arrival of their tex
books.
Everyone come to the basketball
game Friday night. You know Their
is a chance of seeing us beat Maj
nirg and it would be shame to los
out on such an event.
A number absent on account {
colds and la grippe.
Us The children are starting to say
'ih their pennies for the orphans VIZ
OF fund When enough have been sa
is ed they will join the Happy Trib
The Happy Tribe consists of childre
Us all over the state who are sayi1
en- Their pennies to help the orphans
~ the war. 1t is called the "Millie
Penny Fund for Orphans
us Room v.
re Bernard Myers is out of school tn
On week on account of sickness.
Ruby Wells entered 18th grade la
y Monday.
al Vienna Jones is absent on account
i' sickness.
FOR last month the percent OF
s's tendance was 96.t5; percent of pun
y tuality 100
~ Matthew Btntner has the grippe.
~ Bonnie McClain, Ethel Harne
% Pearl and Marie Rasmussen are
u out of school on account of sicknes
es Those neither absent nor tardy q
.ie ring the first semester: Clara Be
Andersen, Roy Power, Jens Jens
and Jay Gould.
Room vi.
~ Garland Nelson is attending t
- Short Course at Ames this week, h;
/, ing won the free pass in the acre
corn contest.
isi' Laura and Keith Jenkins, Ola
Bintner and Dorothy Ordway have {
'su rolled in the Sth grade which brin
the enrolment up to 80.
Lenore Martin left last week
her new home in Montana.
Vincent Astor is absent on accot
of sickness.
Room III.
Several pupils absent on account
sickness.
Those neither absent or tardy d
ing the first semester: Emert Ais
Florence Alsup, Dorothy Hall, Ma
-, Miller, Ross Wissler, Helen Jensen
Those who were tardy during
s first semester: Irma Rasmuss
Adrian -Corl. Claudine Basham, D
mar Hansen. Bertha Carley, Marga
&C. Beers, J. l. Hensley, Vera Bartl
Ben Hensley.
Room !.
.ss.I Meldon Peterson, Rosetta Gre
~ Willis kommes. Kathryn Wetz. E
!, Jensen and Leonard Holmes h
been out of school because OF grill
Mrs. Chris Peterson and Mrs. Ri
visited the Kindergarten last weel
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