Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-03-31
WlLLMAR SCHOOL NOTES

School closed Friday. March 20. fo1
| a weeks vacation.
Most Of the teachers are spending the
spring vacation at their homes. Supt
Brohaugh Is spending most of the week
| In Minneapolis attending the superin-
tendents short course held at tho uni
Versity and Is looking up teachers fol
the coming year.
| Messrs. Qvale and Bitterness were
the School Board Members Conference
which will be held at the College OF
Agriculture Saturday for the purpose
or discussing teachers salaries.
The teachers have expressed them
selves as pleased with the new salary
schedule mapped out by the school
board for the coming year. It is hoped
that the majority of them will return
OF cooperation and good will as has
existed among the teachers here this
| year.
A number of important changes will
De made in the school system the COM
and a physical education department
VIII De Installed and a number of Jun
lor high school teachers will be added
to the force. The biggest change will
School Miss Honora Murphy Of Litch-
held, has been elected principal Miss
Murphy is a normal school and college
graduate and has six years experience
as high school principal and three years
| as superintendent of consolidated
school In addition to this she has
t taSgh' 1 several years The Junior high
grades and will be run much the same
as the senior high school, We hope
that this new school will help a great
yea IN Keeping boys and girls in school
VINO would otherwise drop out.
| Friday, April 16, we have DESIGNATED
as farent Day. On this day we invite
al parents and others interested to
e VISIT the the schools Of the city. BY par
| we DO not plan to give any special line
of entertainments on this day but will
| nave the regular school work so that
E E!stiGfs may na see what we are doing.
WI be put up by the teachers and the
s lar literary Try in the afternoon
the date-Friday. April 18th, all day.
Come for half hour if you cannot
spare more.
=, Miss Miss Nellie Robbins visited the music
day of last week. Miss Robbins is as
Slstant instructor Of music in the South
H Hlgh Sch, School of Minneapolis this year.
in rs of the city grade schools. Miss
H. zoG $: in f fs1S' from the "illmar
one of the pleasant things about our
aentet h this year is the good feeling
and their coach. The high school as a
whole has also contributed it's part by
the excellent school spirit shown and
the liberal attendance at the games.
The school authorities wish to thank
the public in general for the interest
they have shown in our games and we
look for continuance of their support
the coming year.
ir1c hoe <ho1
this year that it would have been had
the girls had a satisfactory place to
play; There was material of good quail
ity in plenty, which was very evident
They defeated Murdoch by a score of
20 to 20 after only two practices and
the Mu 1s Girls had one Of the strong
girls are looking forward to next year
with pleasant anticipation.
! The health campaign begun in the
W Toad aasa SGaool1 is beginning to
| have quit drinking coffee. they are eat
ing more wholesome foods and going to
PED PED at an early hour at night, When
| ayette School the nurse examined 145
| children and found 95 Of them under
! weight with SIS of these so much under
weight that a maalnourished condition
same children were weighed again and
still underweight, IS Of Whom indicated
| Reimbursement. 1923 children showed
| a gain in weight.
The following was furnished US by
Pearl Johnson: THE Operetta, The
Japanese Girl" which was given by the
H. S. Girls Glee Club last Friday even
| ing was a decided success. Much cred
| it in due to Miss Traphagen for her
| excellent coaching. We performed be-
fore one of the largest crowds that the
H. S; Assembly room has ever accomo-
| dated. The proceeds of the evening ran
somewhat over 800. A matinee was
children, a little over $24 being taken
in at that performance. All of the
money cleared will go to the Senior
Glass as donation toward the new
piano for the high school. This piano
which was partly paid for by the Sen
ior Glass of 1919. will be very welcome
to our High" as all the members OF
Girls and Boys ca Glee Clubs, the
chorus members and also Frances He'd
our accompanist, know. Two of the
members of the Glee Club Elsie Mil
lard and Quin Serum were unfortunate
enough to get the mumps so could not
be with u.s. We must give due credit tt
Bernice Benson for taking Quin's place
in the dance and doing so we'll with Sc
short a practice. We failed to receiv,
| the parasols ordered but were fortunat,
in obtaining the necessary number
| from people in town. We will be very
I glad next year to have our own stag
| in the new auditorium so that we viii
not experience the inconvenience O.
| this year."