The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-10-12
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Editor MABEL LA POINTE
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The commercial arithmetic class
has reached the percentage problems.
with which 1t is having some diff
Guilty. The standings of the monthly
examinations, given last week, were
not as good as Miss Bra Me expects
for the remainder of the year.
The Bookkeeping l class consists
of eighteen Freshmen and five Sopho-
mores They have completed the
posting of four journals. Monday
the class took up a new phase of the
work.
The Spelling lis composed entirely
of Freshmen. as Is also the Pen
manship class. The Spelling class,
{ ught by Miss Bra Me, meets every
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
afternoon and all the students that
don't miss any words the first two
days are excused Friday. So far but
one star has been discovered. The
Penmanship class is using the Pal
,ner method copy book and as this is
familiar to them they are progressing
rapidly.
The Stenography II class had a
speed test today, which covered
seven review lessons. The stenog-
raphy I class has finally absorbed the
manner Of reading all the different
curlicues.
The Latin / class has just COM
menced the conjugation of verbs.
They need ~everyone's sympathy. The
Latin III class is reviewing the sub
junctive mood and expect to trans
late Caesar soon.
French does not seem to be very
popular this rear for there are not
n students taking French l and
only three in the second year class.
The French ii class is translating
LES Voyages de Monsieur Peril
chon.'
The Spanish / class has completed
its first monthly examination. The
second yea class is reviewing the
radical changes of verbs.
The Lady of the Lake" is being
studied by the English I class. They
are using newspaper clippings as
topics for their themes. The English
III class is studying rules of gram
mar which they think are very diff
cult. The third yea class is study
ing Hamlet" one of Shakespeare's
dramas. They are collecting argu-
ments to find whether Hamlet is in
sane or not, which are to be used
later in a debate. The students of
the English " class had an examina-
ton Friday morning covering the
work studied so far. The CONNER
cial English class is learning how to
use a word several different ways in
a sentence.
The History III class is studying the
Crusades. The History Nv class is
divided into two sections. 1t is in
teresting to note that this is Ameri-
can history and thai all Seniors must
obtain their credit in this before
graduating.
Algebra I are having very difficult
examples in long division. There are
foul students in Miss Higgins adj
vanced algebra class. They are re-
viewing their algebra in order to
make more progress in their advanced
work. The Geometry class is grad
ually wading through the PROPOSE
tons.
The Typing l class is exceptionally
large and the boys in the shop are
making tables for the new type
writer's that have been ordered. The
tipping ii class is going to take up
work with the dictaphone soon.
There are three girls in the House
class, each planning her future home.
Their plans do not resemble the doll
house pattern of Miss Hobbs. They
are preparing plans for the future
dormitory. The Sewing classes have
almost completed their hats. which
will soon be on display.
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If all the students would take as
much interest in this paper as the
Freshmen have this issue, we could
%truthfully say that the Humboldt
county high school showed real
school spirit.