Willmar tribune., 1920-02-25
plLLmIAR SCHOOLS

WlLlMAR SCHOOLS
Last Friday evening the high school
basket ball team defeated Dassel by q
score 24-l5. The game was fast and In
teresting from start to finish. At no
time did either team have a big lead
over the other SO that the result was IN
doubt until the last whistle blew. Altho
! the game was a hard one it was clean
| thruout. Coach Trebilcock refereed to
! the entire satisfaction Of everybody con-
| cerned. Athletic contests like this one
leave a good taste in the mouth and are
return game will be played on the Das-
sci floor at some early date.
Co. Superintendent, O. o. Ulvin spent
| several days of last week visiting the
grades and high school classes of the
Willmar schools. The city schools are
not under the supervision of Mr.. Ulvin
but he Is interested in their progress
and anxious to acquaint himself with
| conditions In all schools in the county.
We are glad to have him with US and
appreciate the interest shown. Mr.. Ulvin
| reports that we have a. very strong
corps of teachers here this year, and
that the schools are doing we'll.
Work on the new school building is
progressing satisfactorily. The upper
| floor has now been plastered and similar
| work is being done on the floor below
We do not know who is the plastering
contractor, but we must say that the
| work is being very we'll done. The
stairways in the new building will be
made of steel and concrete. The forms
to hold the concrete are now in place
and soon one will be able to pass from
tn r1o nf 1oav
stairways
Fire drills are given frequently in
the buildings Of the Central group. The
students are able to get out in very
short time, this varying from 40 seconds
to minute. Mr.. Greenfield, our head
janitor, has charge Of these drills and
he springs them at various times Of the
day.
Mrs. Cora Burns Nelson resigned her
position as principal of the eighth grade
and for some time we have been unable
to get substitute Mrs. Albin Carlson
filled in for us last week. We are now
glad to say that q permanent teacher
has been obtained. Miss Paddock, who
has been in the school system for
number of years, has been made princi-
pal of the eighth grade, and Miss Flor
ence Magnuson has taken Miss Pad
docks place as substitute. Miss Mag
nuson has had six years Of successful
teaching experience in leading schools
of the state.
State High School Inspector, r. B.
MacLean, was here on Wednesday of
last week to make the annual tour of
inspection for. the state. This is the
first time that Mr.. MacLean has visited
the local schools. He was particularly
interested in the building situation and
each school in the system was gone ov-
er carefully. He also spent few min
Il to-,
pressed with the large number of pu-
pills who are attending school here and
| with the uncomfortable conditions un-
der which many of them are forced to
work We hope that some remedy can
be worked out for next year.
A return game of basket ball will be
! played against Hancock by our high
school team Friday, February 9th. The
boys won easily from Hancock when
the first game with them was played.
The most cordial relations have existed
the past year between Hancock and
Willmar and we hope we can make the
boys feel at home when they come here
On Friday: We are trying to schedule
the second game with Litchfield for
] Tuesday, March End. Final arrange
ments have not yet been made.
Miss Inga Imsdahl, the County Nurse
spent last week examining the school
children of the Layafette school. An
interesting fact in connection with her
/ examination is that she found a large
number of undernourished children
, | Under-nourished children do not neces-
| sarily come from homes where they set
| too little to eat, but often from wealthy
homes. Mal-nutrition may be the re.
suit OF Improper feeding or physical de-
fects in the children themselves. We
, | are expecting great results from Miss
Imsdahls work and ask that all parents
TO I, h@r~ ~,
| BILE.
| has been enjoying some splendid records
| on the Victrola in connection with the
, | study of musicians in language work.
Marjorie Winberg who has been alb
, | sent for two weeks returned to her
class in the Lincoln Building.
' The third grade made a soldier and
tent border for their room during the
: | past week.
, There is a great struggle going on
between the eighth grade and verbs We
all hope that the eighth grade will beat.
, The normal training girls are to be-
gin practice teaching in the seventh
! grade In the Industrial Building this
| week.
The sixth grade at the Central school
L | enjoyed the talk given Tuesday by DR..
t | Davis very much.
The fourth grade, Central Building,
/ | enjoyed their language work last week
! by making George Washington booklets.
Miss Silloway visited at her home in
; Minneapolis over the. week end.
t The Garfield School enjoyed a visit
from Mr.. Ulvin last Friday morning.
!, The Parent-Teacher Association will
> have meeting on Friday, February 27,
at 3:45 p. m. in the Layafette Building.
A program will be given and lunch serv-
ed. Every parent is urged to be present.
! The school board gave the school chill
dren holiday on Monday Of this week
because of the patriotic celebration pre-
pared by the American Legion. A num-
, Der OF the school children took part in
, | the afternoon program at the opera
house. The program was good thruout
and was listened to by an unusually
large audience. We are glad to see that
, | the members of the American Legion
, ! take hold of things like this in such an
| enthusiastic manner.
, The Senior English classes are form
ing English clubs or societies in con-
nect1on with their. work in oral compo-
s1tion. A full report of the organiza-
| tlon will appear next week.