The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-20
SCHOOL NOTES
(By School Reporters.)

good fods and candy besides lessen ing the danger of feeling uncomfort. able on Christmas Day from eating too many sweets.
 There will be no more work in the domestic science department of the night school till after Christmas.
 There has been a study made of the ages of pupils in the first six grades to ascertain whether the pu pills are the right age in comparison to the grades they are in. The re suits will be published in the near future. Some very surprising facts have been unearthed
 The Parent-Teacher Association met Tuesday night. Owing to the bad weather there was not quite as large a turn out as expected and MT. Stanton says he will never be satis | fled until there are at least 100 at every meeting and then will not be thoroughly satisfied.
 The boat building in the manua' training department is rapidly pro- gressing and the boys can not be per suaded to make anything but boats. although MT Lang has suggested au- tomobiles and other things but noth- ing but boats will they make. The children of the first grade who were beginners this year have learned 285 new words. Besides this through their knowledge of phonics they are able to sound any number of other words. They are now near ing tho end of their second primer and after Christmas wll read sev' cral books recently purchased. A dozen or more children entering the l first grade this year have been in other schools two or three months. As they are older than the average frst grade child they are covering two years work in one year. One of the aims of the Juneau schools this year is to reduce the percenta % of retardation. Due to colds and whooping cough the attendance has been irreeular. therefore new work could not be introduced as fast as de- sired. However no parent should fail to re-enter his child after the holidays even though he or she has missed five weeks of school. We will gladly help these children make up work even though 1t necessitates ex. tra tutorine on our part
 School closes Wednesday for the Christmas holidays and opens Jan uary the fifth.
 Aftermath Enoiish Week.) Professor-I'm glad to hear that you have decided to spend your va"a- ton with a tutor. You are sadly deficient in English.
 Sophomore-English don't bother \ me none What I'm back in is base running
 There is a contest going in in the lower grades. The idea is to see which grade can get the largest num- Der of parents to come to the Par ent- t-Teachers' Association. The prize awarded is a cineraria. The reason for this plan being chosen is because it is strong and can stand a great deal. The third grade was the win ner this time. Every month it will be moved from room to room accord ing to who is the winner.
 Can't you just see the boys of the Senior High School parading around the assembly with their bow ties on Tuesday and proved a great success. The girls added to the Senior As sembly little fun Thursday. They came to school wearing earrings. Some of the boys would not let the girls go ahead of them so wore khaki suits and boots.
 IA Jazzys M. D. c. took place Friday night in the High School gym. Every one had wonderful time. The punch was delicious and the music sure was poppy. This exceedingly good time was largely due to the jazzy , poster which announced the dance on Tuesday and was artistically de- signed by Stanley Jorgenson. Every other word on the invitation was per taining to some snappy phrase and sure had great deal to do with the large turn out
 The American Greed II lne M. DcuTcuuS Dduh DCCh distributing some beautiful cards upon which is inscribed the Ameri- , cans creed. All of the schools in Alaska will receive some of these cards. The following Is the creed believe in the United States of America as a government of the people, by the people, for the people; whose just powers gre derived from the consent of the governed; de- mocracy in a republic: sovereign nation of many sovereign states; a perfect union. one and inseparable: established upon those principles of freedom. equality. justice and hu. manity for which American patriots sacrificed their lives and fortunes.
 therefore believe 1t Is my duty to my country to love 1t. to support its constitution. to obey its laws, to respect its flag and to defend 1t against all enemies.
 Every room in school is to have - naAa