Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-10-20
WlLLMAR CITY
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Interesting Items Gathered During
the Past Week By Supt
Brohaugh

0r0ndu&n
Better Speech Week" comes Nov
ember list to Sth Better American
Speech week is drive which asks
for no money but urges everyone to
increase his own capital by making
special effort to improve his speech
The Minnesota Highway Improve
ment Association is offering $4,000
in cash prizes for the 100 best essays
on the subject of good roads These
essays are to be written by grade pu
pills only, to be 300 words long, writ
ten on one side of the paper and to
contain the name and address of the
writer. They must be forwarded to
the County Superintendent not later
than October 22nd.
Our football schedule is now COM
plete: 1t stands as follows:
Oct. '23rd, Hector at Willmar.
Oct. 80, MOntevideO at Willmar.
Nov. 9Th Benson at Benson.
Nov. 18th, Olivia at Willmar.
On Saturday, October 10Th, the Han
cock High School played a game of
football with our boys at Willmar.
The game resulted in score of 7 to
in favor of our team. The scoring
was all done during the first two min
utes of the game after which the two
teams fought up and down the field
neither side being able to make a
| touchdown. The game was one of the
hardest and cleanest ever witnessed
on the Willmar gridirOn. After the
game the members of the two teams,
| together with their coaches and sup
| erintendents, partoOk of an unusually
| fine dinner prepared by a few mem
bers of the high school faculty and
served by six of the senior girls. At
ter the dinner Superintendent Bro
| haugh acted as POSTMASTER and call
ed upon Superintendent Peterson Of
Hancock, Coach Trebilcock of Will
mar, Coach Doe of Hancock, the cap
tains of the two teams, Russell Heg-
ness and Roland Angler, and Orlean
| Christian. All of them responded
and expressed themselves as more
than pleased with the dinner and the
fine spirit which exists between the
two schools. We wish to thank the
faculty members and the senior girls
for their part in making the affair a
| success.
The Swiss Bell Ringers will give
their entertainment in the high school
gymnasium Thursday, October 9th,
under the auspices of the high school
athletic association. This organiza-
ton puts ~ an exceptionally fine
program and tickets usually sell for
Sl.0O apiece. We have decided how
ever to make the charges reasonable
as we wish everyone interested to
have an opportunity to come Our
charges will be SOC for adults and 35c
for children. This is the first public
entertainment to be given in the new
high school.
Our list Of guests is growing every
week. This week Mrs. A. E. Peter
son, Mrs. Dahl, Mrs. H. Zilch, Mrs. w.
K. Strawn, and Mrs. Alderman visit
ed the grades in the central building.
The Garfield first grade is studying
Hiawatha. Pictures of Indians have
been collected. One corner of the
room has~been fixed up to represent
an Indian village.
Stanley Danielson has been pro
NOTED from the second grade to the
third grade III the Lafayette building
meeting will be held at the Lin
coin School Friday, Oct 22nd at 3: sc
p. NJ. for the purpose of re-organizing
the Parent-Teachers' Association. AL
patrons of the school are urged to be
present. A light lunch will be ser
we'd by the teachers.
The second grade of the Lincoln
School have been making lanterns
and brownies for Halloween decora
tons.
Several new pupils have entered
the grades in the Central building the
past week. More seats must be pu
n ii our enrolment continues tt
grow
The following pupils have been re
Gently enrolled at the Lafayette
School: John Eckman, Kerkhoven, Isl
grade; Josie Eckman, Kerkhoven, 4tf
grade; Clifford Larson, Dist. Sc, 4tt
grade; Lillian Ellingboe, End grade
Received by transfer from Lincoln
Building: Donald Larson, LIST grade
Vernon Larson, 18th grade.
The sixth grade at the Lafayette
School are taking up the study of in
terror decorating in connection with
their work in drawing.
The children in the second grades
at the Lincoln School have been stu
dying Indian life and learning parts
of "Hiawatha"
The Normal Training girls are
playing Store with the third grad.
ers in arithmetic.
The eighth grade history classes
are making a study of the different
presidential candidates and their res
pective views on the leading cues
lions OF the day. A STRAW vote" was
taken in which the pupils were in.
terested
Archie Youngberg has been absent
several days on account of sickness
The Junior high school netted SIC
from their candy sale Saturday. The
money will be used to purchase a ri
ano cover, and possibly fern for
their stage. The Juniors deserve
great credit for the way they took
hold of the sale.
New shades have been put up in
the sewing room, and will soon be
put up in the other rooms of the In.
dustrial building.
Miss Edith Johnson, a former stu
dent visited the High School last
! week.
The Senior High School have pur
chased beautiful fern for their as
sembly room.
The Girls Glee Club sang for the
Civic League of Women voters Tues
day afternoon.
Miss Robbins took the principals OF
| each grade school ont into tho conn