Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-03-17
WlLLMAR CITY
PUBLIC SCHOOLS


in spelling from lower grades to higher
grades and few pupils had to take
spelling in lower grades.
Clarence Sletten and Borghild Est
ness were enrolled in the first grade.
Lafayette building, Monday.
Thrift Day was observed in tho La
fayette School last Friday. The prim-
grade room and the upper grades in the
seventh grade room.
The fifth and sixth grades Of the
! Lafayette School are having a thrift
stamp contest The leaders, Bulah Ben
ton and sigvald Thostenson. were chos-
en- because they had tho most thrift
stamps.
Marvin Sletten has entered tho nth
grade of the Lafayette School
The following pupils of tho eighth
grade are on the Honor Roll for the
month of March.
Robert Davis. Lyla Ekwall. Elsie Elk
| lund, Ona Heimdahl, Dagny Jacobson.
| Trygve Johnson, Oscar Kiland, Hattie
Larson, Florence Lundquist, Helen Obs
| berg, Eleanor Ostlund, Myrtle Sandin.
| Viola Somerville, Myrtle Sundberg, Vi
Wan Johnson Peter Peterson, Eta
De Camp, Susie Starr.
This means that these pupils had no.
| thing lower than a ''B' on their report
cards for last month.
Agnes Hareid of the seventh grade.
Central Building, has received a Stu
dents Final Certificate in Palmer Pen
| manshtp.
| Dorothy and Leo Baker who have at
tended the Lincoln School moved into
| the Country last Saturday.
The children in the first grade, Lin
coin, are dramatizing the stories in
| their readers.
Arnold Christensen who has been
] e. g.
now back again in the third grade.
The first grade children in the Lin
coin School have made on Easter bum
ny border for their room.
| Berton and Elmer Johnson entered
the sixth grade at the Central Building
last week.
The first grade. High School Building,
have just completed a flag 2h It. by
| #. It is made of red, white and blue
daisy chains.
| Miss Imsdahl will give a talk at a
meeting Of the Parent Teacher Asso-
citation to be held at the Garfield school
| Friday afternoon at three-thirty.
! The new pupils who have entered the
Garfield school the past week are Paul
and Andrew Gabbert. Harold, Lucille
and Mildred Fladaboe.
| The Teacher Training class has just
finished it's second set of classes in
room teaching. The cadets will have
|
| they have been in the country for their
rural practice.
Ancil Budolfson entered third grade
today.
The Normal Training Department is
planning to start first grade class
| about the first Of April. The object Of
this class is to. give the Normal Train
ing students practice in starting out
beginners in reading The pupils will
come to the Training Department for
one hour during the forenoon Of each
day. Only "a pupils can be cared for.
preference will be given to those child
rem who become six years old before
the close of the present school year.
Miss Wylle B. McNeal, State Super
visor of Home Economics Education,
visited the Willmar schools on Wednes-
day Of last week. She suggested that
the first grade be taken out Of our sew
ing room and that better and more up
to date equipment be installed in the
kitchen. The tables now in use are
old and practically worn out. The
School Board expects to install new
Domestic Science tables next year if
our equipment fund holds out.
Mr.. H. E. Flynn, Director Of Teach
err Training Departments, visited here
on Friday Of last week. Mr.. Flynn is
, we'll acquainted with school, condi-
! lions in Willmar as he visited here a
; | number of times in the past when he
held the position of State High School
Inspector. Mr. Flynn reports that the
, shortage of teachers in the state will
7 be worse next year than it has been
l this year and that in some departments
some schools will be obliged to &C
;, without teachers no matter what salar'
les they offer. With the low salaries
that have been paid the teachers during
the past few years very large number
: of them have dropped out of the work
- IVA ~ i~+1 <r
$ return. It was hoped that many of the
girls who worked in Washington during
the war would return to their schoo
rooms after the trouble was
; over. Less than per cent Of them
have gone back to teaching. The Gov
eminent expects to discharge large
7 number of girls soon, but all Of thcs.
u and many more will secure position!
with the Census Bureau. These posi-
> tons will last for at least two years
i hence it behooves the school boards tt
> | elect their teachers early and at at
u tractive salaries.
,, The, enrolment of the willmal
: Schools continues to increase. During
Il February only one new pupil enrolled
but during March we have already re
:, | ceived eleven new pupils. We hav'
' been told that large number of fami
lies will move in here during thi'
D month. The school authorities are a
their wits end to know where to place
the new arrivals. The following. ar
the new pupils enrolled during the frs
:. week of March; Third grade; Anci
= Budolfson, Fifth Grade; Laura Budolf
- son, Sixth Grade; Esther Knutson
Elmer Johnson and Burton Johnson
;. Seventh Grade; Milford Bangtson
= Eighth Grade; Floren Budolfson, Nell
: Greenfield, Peter Greenfield and Nor;
9 Sletten, Ninth Grade; Lloyd Bangtson
= Surely Roosevelt would have liked t
u live in Willmar.
On Wednesday of last week the higl
- school basket ball team played thei
= second game with Litchfield at tn
a. Seminary Gym. The result was a vic
. tory for Willmar by score of 17-14
:, This gave Litchf1eld and Willmar
:, - game apiece. Mr.. Feakes of Murdoch
=, refereed the game very satisfactorily
- for all except the hckers on the Litch
:, field team The tie game with Litch
- field was played off at Dassel, Mon
" day afternoon. This resulted in a vic
h tory for Litchfield by score of II t
v 49, Each team made five field baskets
but the Litchf1eld men were a little bet
ter at shooting fouls than our boys an
Il this gave them the game. Litchfiel
must now play with Buffalo for tn
District Championship. DR.. Georg
Minors refereed the game in a highl
efficient manner
Program given by the Antenean Ii,
erary Society. March 9Th, 1920.
The Antenean Literary Society hel
meeting in the assembly room Frida
afternoon, March S, for the purpose Q
presenting their monthly program
The meetings was called to order b
utes were read and adopted withou
eOrroction