The Cordova daily times., 1919-03-15
School Notes

Books are the windows through
which the soul looks out" A home
without books Is like a room without
windows. No man has a right to
bring up his children without sur
rounding them with books, If he has
the means to buy them. 1t is wrong
to his family; he cheats them. Child
rem learn to read by being in the
presence Of books. The lover of knowl-
edge comes with reading and grows
upon it, and the love of knowledge in
a young mind is almost a warrant
against the inferior excitement of pas
sion and vices. A little library, grow
ing larged every year, is an honorable
part of mans history. 1t is duty
to have books; library is not lux
ury but one of the necessities of life"
Henry Ward Beecher.
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A circulating library has made it's
appearance at school. This library is
under the supervision of Barth
O'Loughlen. In the exchange library
there are forty books which were do
mated by the pupils. The boys enjoy
them very much, as they consist
mostly of works of fiction and ad-
venture.
The school board will soon provide
us with a large bookcase, with glass
doors. All of the books will then be
locked up until we have made an in
ventory of them, and repaired all
damages. With the money netted
from the tag sale we expect to pur
chase some fine reading material for
the pupils. The money will be wisely
spent for books Of adventure, history,
fiction, and reference
What do Cordova citizens do with
books when they have read them and
have no further use for them? Are
they thrown away? There are many
pupils at the school who would be glad
to have those books to read The
library would gratefully accept them
if they were given to some of the
pupils, who would deliver them at the
school. Give Young America" the
material to work with, and they will
do the rest
1.-THE Amazing Interlude"
(Not by Mary Roberts Rinehart.)
Time-After school,
Place-The little schoolhouse on
the hill.
The Girl-Pretty blonde school
marm."
Other Misunderstanding soldier,
authenticated school boy. (The
latter is enjoying an after-school ses-
sion for punishment.)
Scene |
Conversation in low tones between
teacher and soldier. (Tete-a-tete
much enjoyed by a. h. S. ban in
terested listener.)
Scene u
Small boy, rising-"Say, teacher,
when's the "shiveree' goin' ter be?
Annoyed Teacher, speaking with
great dignity-"You may go home,
Matthew"
Scene III
Exit crest-fallen student. Discourse
renewed between teacher and soldier
Curtain falls.)
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Revised Spelling
The sixth grade pupils were having
an excited spelling match. The bright
pupils defied the teacher with every
hard word. The tactful teacher, at
their request, then turned to the ad-
vanced part of the book and gave the
word elixir" Every one of our
brighten scholars failed, and at the
end of the line was one eager boy
anxious to prove his ability in orthog
raphy. When given the word, he
piped out, Observation-Disclosures
her." And he couldn't see why every
body laughed.
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improvements
The school board has been kind
enough to install hot water and liquid
soap fixtures in the two downstairs
rooms. In addition, four rooms have
new sanitary drinking fountains.
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In the general science room q black
beard has been placed which we are
very glad to have in our new study of
topographic maps.
CORDOYA MACHINE