Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1921-10-12
WHAT our PUBLIC !.
SCHOOLS ARE / DOING D !
Item. of Interest Gathered b
Our Public School q.
Teachers

Our Public School
Teacher. :
The play ground apparatus ordered
by the Central ParentTeachers AS
ISOLATION arrived last week. It con-
sists of a set OF 6 swings and 4 see
saws. The apparatus will be set up
some time soon.
October. 9th was the day set aside
as Fire Prevention Day. Exercises
were held in all the schools October
18th and fire drills were the order of
the day. In the Junior-Senior High
school building pupils passed out in
! min. and 20 sec. from the time that
the alarm was given. This we con-
slider good record since the pupils
were in class at the time and scatter
ed over the building. We expect to
have these drills at irregular periods
during the year.
=. ,Parent-Teachers' Association meet
ings were held Friday, October 7th at
the Lincoln and Lafayette schools. or
ficers for the coming year were cleo
ted and other important business was
transacted.
The Central Minnesota Teachers
Association meets in St. Cloud Oct
ODER 18th and 18th.
The Minnesota Educational Asso-
citation meets in Minneapolis Novem-
Der 2, 3, and 5th. Every teacher in
the state should plan to be in Mime
apolis the first week in November.
The parents of the combined Par
] ent-Teaohers' Associations of Will
mar gave reception to the teachers
| in 20 q CT, &h4
ming of October 7th: Every school
patron was invited to come and sew
eral hundred took advantage of this
opportunity to meet the school fac
ulty. !: The gymnasium was very tas-
THY decorated with autumn leaves and
vines The program was short and
good. A simple lunch was served
during the evening. The entire affair
was thoroly enjoyed by those present
and the teachers wish to express their
appreciation of the opportunity at
forded them to meet the fathers and
mothers of the city.
"A number Of pupils in the city
schools won prizes for their exhibits
at the County Fair. Their names are
as follows: Tina Anderson Lucille
Amman. Maurice Benson, Harold
Berg, Hildred Brohaugh, Clarence
Danielson, May Drager. Parker Err
ickson, Wallace Erickson, Harold
Forsberg, Virgil Gabbert, Peter
Greenfield, Myrtle Hagen, Paul He'd
lund, Ruth Herby, Russell Holmberg,
Gertrude Hong, Gerald Hoover, May
nard Johnson, Earl Larson. Alice
Lundquist, Esther Lundquist, Verona
LundQuist and Willard Lundquist,
Reynold Mlnson, sOrfando* Nelson,
Clarence Norma n, Walter Norman;
,IaAlice Olson; sIeonH O'NieA ~Royden
Bitterness, Clifford HsRykk ken, & Walter
Rykkep, George sssptver spn. L,pcA q
Sorenson, Edna |sSsStruxnass, ne ssie
Wall, Russe1 Wa in,f Alvin West gard.
4 and HesenafIong. TSs%tS - Sss;> + !
! Under the5 iiea rules. f''the Mime;
sofa State High School Athletic AS
sociation "A: District Athletic Meeting
must be held before October 18th each
YEAR to elect the officers OF the Dis.
trict COMMITTEE. The following is a
report Of the meeting submitted to US
by 6upt.s A. Gnstafson of Delano:
j srRepon ofSth'e DIST TT athletic meet
la a 9, , Is st cokato October 9Th, 1921
sasuperintandents, Cough Schwartz,
T Lutz, jensen Paquette, Denning, ia
cobson and Gustafson were present.
Prof. Wahlstrand represented Supt.
Brohau ugh Of Whitman. Coaches from
the schools represented were also
present, with the exception OF Dassel
and whitman.
Supt. Cough, chairman of the CON-
mittee 192OL21 called the meeting to
order at 1920 a. M
Election of the district committee
was the first to come before the
meeting. This resulted after two
ballots in the election of the follow
ing:
Supt. Brohaugh, s.. Supt. Cough 7;
Supt. Gustafson s. This will make
Supt. Brohaugh chairman for the
year >1921-22. IT. II ID
The following decisions were made
regarding championship: That elm.
ination games be played by the
schools on the 500 and G. N. lines res
pectively.
That method of elimination by
games be used for each line referred
to in previous motion.
That the championship games be
played on the last Friday in February
and the first Friday in March.
Other decisions made were the fol-
lowing: The meeting went on record
advocating clean sports, rather than
putting emphasis on championship.
That a district track meet he held
/ at some place to be decided by the
, district committee. CTrack meet to be
| held in the spring of 1927
That each school be assessed $500
for purpose of financing the district
| track meet. This fee to be paid to
. the district chairman on or before
:. March /. 1922.
J. Upon the invitation of Supt Jacob
son to dinner prepared by the Dom.
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