The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-12-05
By MARGARET COLLINS

| HIS l~ SOou EuEllSu "'th anu great are the trials and tribulations
 of the deyotees of slang in our school Several ingenious devices have been
 adopted by the various rooms to com
 bat the prevailing tendency to use
 slang and poor grammar One room
 has a slang box in which are put all 1 erroneous expressions heard. In
 the high school any one who is heard
 indulging in slang or bad grammar
 is promptly tagged. In truth, the expression, Tag, you're it." is be, coming very popular with us. Geraldine Patterson, from Nenana,
 vas a visitor in the eighth grade last
 week Geraldine learned to read under Mrs Collins direction at Fox and said it seemed like old times to
 be in the schoolroom with her again.
 The war-sayings' securities of the
 eighth grade have been posted on Ithe eighth grade board and certainly
 make a splendid showing The pupils have $10.063 invested in yari- i ous securities.
 Lillian Lien won the highest grade
 in penmanship in the fifth and sixth grades last week. Lillian. we sincere | ly congratulate you for penmanship ! is the bane of our existance, in fact
 this reporter has decided that he needs a typewriter for a Christmas present All contributions thank l fully received. In the sixth grade those obtaining the highest average | for the last week are
 1 BERTHA GUS
 SIGCRD BREDLIE
 WALTER BILLING
 Helen Durand obtained the highest marks in the fifth grade.
 The children In the third and fourth grades are having tests In
 history, geography, spelling and arithmetic In spite of this fact. however, they are capable of smiling as they ably demonstrated when the reporter entered their room in search ot Information.
 The second graders are making Christmas decorations and are to learn a Christmas carol.
 Once more the attendance in the first grade is perfect The cold
 weather pulled it down somewhat, but it is now back to normal
 We have the pleasure of welcoming our old friend, Gerald Protzman, back to school this week. He is to take Iup special work in arithmetic in the eighth grade, and commercial arith- Imetic in high school Here's luck to you, Gerald; we surely take off our hat to anyone who is willing to l takle mathematics in any shape or form. With us, our gift o'gab" is our most noticeable feature Last Monday morning every one "Oie ' IdOLlti 9lctpF SApI tSS4Ou anu the chief topics of conversation was Q good times We had had during vacation. All were agreed that they had had glorious time; were glad 10 get back to work again and that their favorite song was "Oh, How l Hate to Get up in the Morning"
 Speaking of songs MT. Miller favor ed us with two in assembly Monday morning; The Sunshine of Your Smile" and "The End of a Perfect Day" They were greatly enjoyed by all and we surely appreciate MT Mller's kindness.
 After this all savings of the pupils are to be listed Heretofore only war securities have been noted but now the bank savings also will be totaled
 The night school has been estab- lished and work is progressing rapid ly. There is already an enrolment of eighteen with an average atten- dance of fourteen. This school Is open to all persons over sixteen years of age.
 Eight of the pupils have declared their intentions of becoming citizens, two are non-citizens; five are native born citizens and three are national ized citizens.
 The studies thus far taken up are; reading, writing, arithmetic, United States history, Alaskan history and civil government
 The eighth grade have challenged the freshmen to spelling match in assembly next Monday morning The words to be spelled are the one hundred demons" sent in by MT Henderson. The losers are to pro