Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1919-11-26
WILLMAR SCHOOL NOTES

past week. Windows have been put In
and a. large part Of the roof has been
shingled. The plumbers have been
working hard on the new heating plant
and we hope that thy will have 1t ready
for use some time next week. Owing TO
the mild weather that has prevailed no
time has been lost the past week In the
high school through lack Of heat.
The members Of the football team
wish to express their sincere apprec1-
alton Of the excellent oyster and chicken
supper which was served to them at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Johnson
High School Basket Ball prospects
have frightened considerably. For
some time we have been unable TO get
a place for practice. The plumbers are
occupying the old gymnasium ano the
new one is not far enough along to pc
used. The Board of Directors OF tho
willnar Seminary have kindly prOmls"
ed to let us use the Seminary gymna-
stun until our own is ready Tor use'
We appreciate this favor very mucn.
Miss Alice Larson was taken sick on
Monday evening and Mrs. Haltenhon IS
taking her place.
DR.. J. H. Doyle Of Independence, Iowa
gave an excellent talk to the h1en scnoo!
0S>e~J
week. He said that he liked to talk
to pupils because theoretically they had
the best mental attitudes. "The best
mental attitude" he said, 'is the learn
ing attitude. This attitude must be
permanent one. If we do not continue
as eager to learn today as we were IN
the early days of our life then we do not
possess the learning attitude at all.
The learning attitude must not be
dying thing. It should be one hundred
percent perfect with every individual
If he expects to reach the highest place
in life which his abilities permeft. A
one hundred per cent learning attitude
leads directly to the doing attitude
which means the application Of the theo-
ries learned by study. knowledge does
not exist merely for the purpose Of de-
corat1on." DR.. Doyle then went on to
show that English is the biggest sub
ject in the school and that conference is
the biggest word in the English Lang
uage. He gave number of ridiculous
examples selected from newspapers and
magazines in which conference had not
been considered by the writer. He clos
ed his talk by reading Edmond Vance
Cooks poem How Did You Die"
The Willmar Schools are growing
rapidly. Our school buildings are all
over crowded and in many cases the
to put the children. This is a very
healthy sign as it indicates that we
have a live city. The problem of caring
for school population however is a diff
cult one. It seems to me that at least
one and perhaps two new ward buildings
might be constructed in the near future.
AS evidence of the fact that our school
population is increasing rapidly we SUBJ
NIT the following list Of new students
who have entered school the past month:
First Grade-Marvel Carlson, Helen
Holmquist, Raymond HolmQuist, Carl
Magnuson. Viola Oftedahl, Floyd Row
ley.
Second Grade:-wubur Appelgren,
Elloyd Wacker.
Third Grade:-Alice Anderstrom, Har-
old Carlson, Marvin Englund, Frances
Holmquist, Vo1ney Rowley, Paul Sneck-
enburg.
Fourth Grade:-Paul Schmitz. Grace
Miller.
Fifth Grade:-aordon Broman, Fern
Carlson, Ernest Flecksten.
Sixth Grade:-Esther Dunhom, WAL
ter Port, Lillian Rudebeck..
Seventh Grade:-Myrtle Carlson, Olive
Englund, Elmer Hvam, Florence Wacker.
Eighth Grade:-Therma Christian.
Agnes Elkjer, Roy Engwall, May Fleck-
ten, Irwin Wacker, Margaret Scmitz,
| Catherine scmitz. Susie Starr.
Several new seats have been added to
pied now and more seats are needed.
| The seats were screwed together and put
up by Mr.. Trebilcock and Mr.. Brohaugh.
| The following pupils of the Seventh
grade, Lafayette School, have been nei-
Their absent nor tardy since the opening
Of school: Cecil Anderson. Virgil Cab
bert, Paul Hedlund, Eunice Jorstad
Howard Larson, Olga Nelson and Olice
! Struxness.
Beulah Benton, of the fitch grade
Lafayette school, has done 100 per cent
work in Spelling since school began.
The teachers of the Lafayette school
| were entertained at the G. F. Olson
home on Thursday last
The second grade children Of the Lin,
coin school have been making Thanks
giving booklets, with a. pilgrim scene
as cover.
Rev. Oehler visited at the Lincoln
school last Thursday. We are Away!
glad to have the board members visi
the schools. - ,..