The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-12-10
Interesting News Items From
Grant County Rural Schools.
T By THE TEACHERS

The Children of the East Twin
Brooks School No. 4 are getting up
a program for the Friday following
Thanksgiving. Following the program
there will be a pie supper.
We have had lots of fun skating on
the creek this week.
We are working very hard to earn
4 Modern Health Crusade Button.
Written by Tommy Bloodgood and
Oscar Sieveke, Pupils.
Selma Schauf, Teacher.
In the Melrose No. 9 School, we
took our second months examinations
Tuesday and Wednesday. The pupils
were very glad to finish before Thanks
giving, SO they might enjoy their
feast without a worry on their minds.
We are very glad to Welcome Bea-
trice Skaarer hack in u school again
after an absence of two weeks caused
by illness. 49,,
The fourth, fifth, seventh and eighth
grades wrote some very interesting
compositions on "The First Thanks
giving" this past week.
Wednesday afternoon we gave the
pupils a little time after finishing Their
examinations, to make as many words
as thew could from the name, Declara-
ton of independence. Elizabeth Skaar-
er one Of the fifth grade pupils sue
ceeded in making the longest list. She
made one hundred words.
The seventh and eighth grades I'M
ished reading "Sella" and "Thanatop-
Sis this month. Next month they
will read Enoch Arden and study the
life Of Alfred Te~nyson.
Lillian Kahl, Teacher.
The Freshman and Sophomore class
es of Revillo High School have given
a very useful gift to the school this
year. They have had the school house
wired and fitted up with electric lights
This will make it possible to use the
building for rehearsals and community
center work.
The hig, school sewing club work
has been enlarged to make enough
work for a real course. The practical
work will be done at the club meet
ings and the educational work and all
examinations will be given at school.
Miss Skouge. the county club director,
has approved the plan or course OF
study for the work. The change was
made so that interest and enthusiasm
would be sustained throughout the en-
tire course.
A new system of filing all themes
after they have been rinsed in red ink
by the pupils, is proving very success
ful. The work of each pupil is kept
in a folder and the folders r filed by
classes. The ninth grade folders each
contain 10 themes, two book reviews,
and record of six oral themes. The
other grades have work in proportion
to this according to their grade. Much
interest is evinced in this work and the
standard theme work is much improv-
"a.
The English history class heard a
very interesting debate last Monday
when four members Of the class debat'
"a The question, Resolved, That the
benefits Of Fuedalism and Chivalry
were greater than its. disadvantages
The affirmative which won was sup
ported by Ruel Holloway and Isadore
Halverson. Paul Lux and Olive Koen.
berg upheld the negative.
ArInistice Day programs were held
= the departments. Thursday after
nocn.. In the high school oral themes
O Armistice Day copies by the ninth
and tenth grade English classes, was
supplemented BY the following pro-
Historical Game.
......C Conducted by Miss Anderson
The American Greed. -. Pearl Der
Reading-Americans in France.
Vera Dillmar
Story-.The Boundries Of the Unit
cd States 49,. .Alveda Hangar
r Henrietta Anderson
1 Mary LUX
i 81 Olga Christensen
~ Sophia Christensen
Paul Millington,
Teachers.
During the past week Alban No. 6
has organized and elected the follow
ing loficers: Pres, Selma Scheer, Vice
Pres, Gladys Stevens, Rec. Sec, Jo-
sephK psse, Treas. Katherine Kosse,
Inspector, Helen Kosse.
The following committees were APP
pointed for one week: Floor cleaning
committee. Marguerite Wagner, Gla-
dys Stevens. Cloak room committee
Katherine Kosse, Harold Eide. Library
committee: isabelle Wagner, Joseph
Kosse. TO date this has resulted in
more systematic school room. We