The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1919-11-22
news OF SCHOOLS
Some of the Current News
at COlville's Accredited
High School

The Wantmor Candy Company,
not daunted by the scarcity of sugar,
and not wanting to make it any
scarcer by using the available sup
ply for unnecessary purposes, has
decided to make the sale on the night
of the all-school vaudeville a sugar
saving proposition. Several delicious
varieties of candy will be offered to
the public--all made by members of
the company, and all containing little
or no sugar.
Both sections Of the English ii
class have together undertaken the
publishing Of newspaper as their
project for the year. This paper
will be known as the Sophomore
Yarns" and will contain news of
everything going on at the high
school in the following departments:
Athletic, social, musical, dramatic,
humorous, advertising, general, edi-
torial. The venture is in charge of
Harry Eslick, editor-in-chief; Lois
Dexter, business manager; and jose
phine Bresnahan, advertising mana
ger. Department heads and report
ers will be appointed by the chief
and announcement made later.
The English III A class has or
ganized dramatic society, and will
make the dramatization of felton,
the writing of original dramas, and
the stage presentation of their own
plays and those by standard authors
their project for the remainder of
the year. The class has already
written the black-face act to be put
on by the junior class on the night
Of the vaudeville.
The seniors besides their work on
the "Skookum" have elected hui
morous monthly magazine as their
project. The following officers have
been chosen: Jack Rice, editor-in-
chief; Con Durland, business mana
ger; Mary Allin, advertising mana
ger. The magazine will be in the
form Of twelve-page booklet, meas
uring five by seven inches with a
dozen. laughs to the inch.
The freshman village school act
will consist of the following mum.
bers: l.. Roll call, by Schoolmaster
Don Foster. (Come and see if you
can recognize the names.) 2. Pri-
mary reading class. g. Arithmetic
class. Program, (a) Song "Fresh-
men," class; (b) Recitation, Alice
Conner; (c) Dialogue, "Before Tea"
A travelling exhibit of wood which
comes from the department of for
estry at Portland, is on exhibit at
the high school in the agriculture
room. This exhibit can be had by
writing for it and paying express
charges for it both ways which
amounts to $1.90. There are sixteen
panels of wood exhibits which include
% samples of soft woods and 36
samples of hard woods. The panels
also show the area In the United
States in which the woods are grown
by small map. They also give the
principal uses and physical charac-
teristics of the woods. Other charts
show the production of wood pro-
ducts in the different sections and in
| the various states of the United
States and the products of the vari
Gus kinds of wood. The other
charts show graphically the produc-
tion of various wood products for
the entire United States. The map
of North America shows the natural
forest regions of the. entire conti-
nent and a map of the U. S. gives
the location of the National Forest
reserves. The exhibit was gotten
mainly for the classes in biology and
agriculture. 1t is open for inspec-
tiion by the entire school.
Alsberg Anderson spent the entire
week Of the Western Royal Livestock
show in Spokane, winning fifth place
| in the Smith Hughes stock judging
contest. Nineteen schools were rep
resented. The boys who placed in
| the first nine were to receive special
prizes, but owing to circumstances
which could not be controlled, these