South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-17
NEWS OF THE SCHOOLS

st. Patrick and Of his great love for
children.
This week our room bought S7.25
worth Of Thrift stamps. John Bader
invested s. for his share and he is
now rejoicing in his first baby bond
and has four stamps over for mis-
second Thrift card.
FIFTH GRADE.
Our memory gem for this week
was:
Built today, then. strong and sure,
With a firm and ample base;
And ascending and secure.
Shall tomorrow md its place"
We had a test in arithmetic and
spelling this week II is wonderful
the good We can do il we just try.
The weather was so dark and
stormy Wednesday morning we en-
joyed a Joke hour" How the boys
remember the Jokes" / can not tell.
our picture study this week was
THE Princess in the Tower"
In geography we are studying
Europe. We hope 10 be in the war
zones next week
Wilfred Wrighty has been absent
this weeh on account of sickness.
SIXTH GRADE.
our memory gem for the week
was:
We join ourselves 70 no party that
does not carry the flag and Laep
step TO the music Of the Union"
Tuesday we rewrote our compost
tons The Song Of the Lark"
We are working hard hand in
hand with Uncle Sam TO win this
great war. We think we are thrifty
and perhaps you will think so. alter
we give you the amount Of Thrift
stamps We have bought since the
campaign opened. (Total S136.6O.)
We send the above message through
Uncle Sam TO the eighth grade girls.
We congratulate Edward Chirhart
and Friedrich Drain for winning a
prize last Sunday. Edward says
Fifty cents buys two Thrift
stamps"
Despite the rainy mornings we
had excellent attendance for the
daily mass at s o'clock.
In grammar we are parsing verbs
and diagramming.
Sister read us a letter from Sergt.
Campbell written from sunny
France" to one of the students at
Notre Dame. 1t was published in
the Scholastic. Sergt. Campbell,
now, has the hor or OF being cap
tain of \. A GU: kind friends say
everything is in good shape in
France and that he hopes 10 be back
at Notre Dame socn.
Friday we wrote about the life Of
st. Patrick, the great saint and
apostle of Ireland. His feast we
celebrate on Sunday, March II.
SEVENTH GRADE.
The boys in time for mass were
Walter Calnon. Francis Anderson.
Serge Rivard, James McCay, Paul
Butler and Edgar Smith.
The absentees were William Ian
genbahn, Walter CalnOn, Lawrence
Mann. Serge Rivard, Harold Miller
and Marvin Bill.
In reading we had How David
! Copperfield Learned Stenography. "
by Charles Dickens and The Down
fall of Poland" by Thomas Camp
bell
We have started ratio and proper
( ton in arithmetic and don't find ii
as easy as percentage.
! Edgar Smith has been selling
tablets TO the boys for his uncle.
He has sold quite a number Of them
this week.
EIGHTH GRADE.
The attendance at mass this week
was very good.
For our compositions this week
the subject was on Conservation. "
Some very good essays were handed
in.
We had our weekly test in church
history Thursday morning.
For our reading periods this week
we had 1.-The Retired Cat" and THE
Mission of St. Augustin."
We had choir practice Wednes-
day morning at $3.50. The boys are
very generous with their voices
when II comes TO practicing the
( hymn in honor of our patron, St
Patrick.
] The shower Wednesday afternoon
caused havoc in the eighth grade
Only a few boys returned to school
The eighth grade basket ball team
defeated the st. Joseph school team
by the score OF 26 to 5.