Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1919-10-08
ccAO0l NOTES.

Miss Lois Swanberg spent the week
end at her home in Saltwater.
Miss Ruth Palm of Delano was a
weekend visitor with her cousin, Miss
Hazel Benson.
The eighth grade arithmetic class
was given very practical problem to
solve when Mr. Greenfield asked them
| to find how much rope would be neces-
sary to hoist the flag at the Central
Building. One of the boys brought a
two hundred foot tape line with which
to measure the shadow the flag pole
| cast Another brought pole of
| which they already knew the length.
| This they set up and measured its
shadow. In this way they found that
the flag pole was about seventy feet
high.
| The Mothers Meeting at the Lafay-
cite School last Friday was we'll at
tended. A program was given after
which lunch was served. A Parent
Teacher Association was organized
to meet the first Friday of each month.
The following officers were elected:
Mrs. w. E. Scott, president; Mrs. l..
A. Jorstad vice-president; Mrs. H. F.
Porter, secretary; Mrs. A. w. Gilman,
treasurer. A business meeting was
held on Friday, October Bird, at p. m.
| The fifth and sixth grades of the
Lafayette School have just completed
a contest. A star was given each
pupil for five perfect lessons in Arith-
metic or spelling. Beulah Benton
and Vendale Lundquist were chosen
captains. The formers side won hav-
ing forty-five stars and the latter thir.
ty-four Captains for this month are
Alice Lindahl and Muriel Olson.
The Mary France Club of the Gar
field School met for their first lesson
in sewing Tuesday afternoon. The
members of the club from the Lin.
coin and Central district will meet
Saturday morning at the Library at
10:30 o'clock.
| The Garfield School enjoyed a vic
trola concert Friday afternoon, records
being brought by the children.
The fourth grade pupils, Lincoln
sons in Spelling during the month Of
September are George DeLaHunt, Ele
amor Johnson and Frances Lunstead
The children in fourth grade, Lin
coin Building, have organized Fin
gernail Club.
, Verona LundQuist, pupil of the
fourth grade, Lafayette Building, wo1
first prize on ten pages of penmanshil
7 at the County Fair.
Miss Eleanor Odds, former teache
in the High School, was weekend
: visitor in this city.
An athletic field has at last been sc
cured for our football contests thru
the kindness of Messrs. Rowat, Stan
? ford and Bergeson. This field is 10
, Gated on the south side of Mayo
Wellin's park and is being cleared VI
so that it can be used this week.
The football game between the Ben
son and Willmar high schools played
at Benson Saturday resulted in a q
to score with Willmar the victor
The schedule as it stands at presen
Is as follows: Renville at Renvillt
Oct 4, Litchfeld at Willmar Oct. II
Benson at Willmar Oct, IS Hancocl
at Hancock New l, Litchfield at Litch
field Nov. 8.
Much progress has been made in thu
new building the past week. The huo
is being cleared off in the gymnasium
and the platform for the balcony i:
being put in. The concrete base il
the central boiler room has been lait
down and will soon be dry enough 81
that the boilers can be put in place
Other work is also progressing nicely
A number of children of school age
are being kept out for various reasons
This is strictly against the state Law
which requires that all children under
16 who have not completed the Stf
grade must be in school every day tha
school is taught. Children who are
over IA and have completed the Stl
grade may stay out to work provided
permission is first granted from the
superintendent Office.
Manual training work for the boys
and sewing for the girls is now being
given in the 7th grade. The boys ant
girls have been looking forward tt
this very much and will undoubtedly
enjoy it. 1t is to be regretted that ow
ing to the large classes we are unable
to continue the work in the 9Th grade
also.'
: The sixth grade in the industrial
building had some interesting talks
on the means of transportation in con
nection with their language work last
| week.
AoIm-carison.