The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1921-02-17
LINDEN SCHOOL NEWS

The marching pennant was award
d to Miss linus first grade last week,
the judges being Johanna Sesel Of
the eighth grade Margaret Shasren
Of the seventh, and Clarence Hatley
of the sixth.
The fifth, sixth, seventh, and
eighth grades went to the high school
gymnasium at three o'clock Friday
afternoon to watch the grade basket
ball team beat Pleasant Valley &c
to G. John Young. Roland Shagren,
Sherman Whited, Russell Rittenberg,
Dale Henry and Glare Johnson play
ed.
Mrs. Wood visited the eighth
grade Friday afternoon.
Most of the grades celebrated Lin
coins birthday Friday. Miss Mes
sens second graders wore little flags
all day. Miss linus first grade dra-
matized Lincoln stories, and the Sth
grade gave the following program
during their history period: Reports:
Lincoln's Childhood. Charles Ash
ton; Lincoln, the Storekeeper. Flor
ence Bradley; Lincoln the Lawyer,
dent, Clare Johnson; Lincoln and
His Children, Beulah Serrurier; Get
tysburg Address, Ruth RantOn; 20,
Captain! My Captain!" Martha YER
meulen; Lincoln Statues and Me-
MORALS with pictures, Mildred Foun-
tain. Other members of the class
told stories Lincoln told. and Miss
Wright read to them from "Tad and
His Father" by Bullard.
Earl Handy entered the fifth grade
from Geneva. Tuesday.
The seventh grade is studying the
new Balkan states in Geography.
Theodore Pasma visited Miss
Straks' room this week.
Ellen Olsen and Elma Stedman
have returned to the fourth grade
after an absence due to illness.
Mrs. Vermeulen and Miss Cheney
visited the eighth grade Tuesday.
Edith Handy entered the second
grade Tuesday.
Four more school magazines have
come, Popular Mechanics" 1.-THE
Independent" 'The American Boy"
and 1.-The Literary Digest"
The sixth grade geography class
is beginning the study of Washing
ton.
Marion Thayer is absent from the
first grade on account Of illness.
Harold and Howard Van Patten
are absent from the third grade, hav-
ing just had their adenOids removed.
The fifth grade boys are bringing
money to buy a baseball and bat.
The following eighth graders had
perfect papers in their monthly spell
ling examination Friday: Johanna
Segel, Beulah Serrurier, Mildred
Fountain, Ruth Ranton, Justine Gus
in, Sylvina Klocke, Glare Johnson.
Robert Rittenberg. Charles Ashton,
Walter Elder.
Nora Stedman has returned to the
first grade after two weeks absence.
Mrs. Hitchcock and Mrs. Stedman
visited the fifth grade last week.
The eighth graders are making
graphs of their spelling grades this
month.
Milk for last week: Monday-Sth,
IS qt.; Tuesday-7th. l pt.; We'd
nesday-1st and 9Th, Az at; Thurs
day-2nd and 3rd. 6k qt.; Friday
4th, Az qt
f! Miss Tachell visited the fifth
grade Valentine Party Friday.
Twenty-eight fifth graders got 100
in their weekly spelling test Friday.
| Leota Gahan is absent from the
third grade on account of illness.
Helen Wilcox has returned to the
fourth grade.
| Everyone celebrated st. Valentines
Day Friday. All the lower grades
had Valentine boxes and played
| games. The first grade were served
candy hearts; the second. ginger
snaps; the third had frosted heart
shaped cakes and cookies with their
initials on in pink. The second grad
ers in Miss Nessen's room had Val
entine hunt, and the one who found
the most received prize. They al
so had Valentine puzzles with a prize
for the one who first arranged his
puzzle, after which Margaret NAPLES
as Queen of Hearts, and Donald
Lauckhart as helper brought in the
basket and distributed the Valentines.
The sixth graders had candy canes,
while the seventh enjoyed the time
honored treat of sucking oranges
through sticks of candy. The eighth
graders, having grown beyond VAL
entine boxes, were served with ice
cream and cookies.
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