Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1921-10-12
WHAT OUR PUBLIC
SCHOOLS ARE DOING
Items of Interest Gathered By
Our Public School
Teachers

The play ground apparatus ordered
by the Central Parent-Teachers' AS
ISOLATION arrived last week. 1t con-
sists of 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
9TH and fire drills were the order Of
the day. In the Junior-Senior High
school building pupils passed out in
l 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 9TH at
the Lincoln and Lafayette schools. or
ticers for the coming year were cleo
ted and other important business was
transacted.
The Central Minnesota Teachers
ODER 18th and 18th.
The Minnesota Educational Asso-
citation meets in Minneapolis Novem-
Der 2, 3, 4 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-Teachers' Associations of Will
| mar gave reception to the teachers
| in the school gymnasium on the eve
ming of October 9TH. 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-
| tily 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 af-
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
Auman 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 Munson, Orlando Nelson,
Clarence Norman, Walter Norman,
! Alice Olson, :Leona O'Niel, Royden
Bitterness, Clifford 5sRykken, =. Walter
Rykken, George ;*SpNerson, Lucille
Sorenson, Edna >GStruxness, Bessie
Wall; Russeu Wallin,> Alvin Westgard.
and Helena Hong. :.
Under: the new rules of the Mime
sofa State High School Athletic AS
ISOLATION a District Athletic Meeting
must be held before October 10Th each
YEAR to elect the officers of the Dis
trict Committee. The following is a
report of the meeting submitted to US
by Supt. r. A. .Gustafson of Delano:
Report ofNthe district athletic meet
ing held at Cokato October Sth, 1921,
at To- o'clock.
:tSuperintandents Cough, Schwartz,
Lutz, Jensen, Paquette, Denming, ia
cobson and Gustafson we're present.
Prof. Wahlstrand represented Supt.
Brohaugh of WiN.1nar. Coaches from
the schools represented were also
present, with the exception Of Dassel
and Whitman.
;Supt. Cough chairman of the COM
mittee 1920-21 called the meeting to
order at 10: 20 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 $. This will make
Supt Brohaugh chairman for the
year 1922.
The following decisions were made
regarding championship: That elm
nation 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 thar
putting emphasis on championship.
That district track meet be held
/ at some place to be decided by the
, district committee. (Track meet to bt
| held in the spring of 1929
That each school be assessed $4OO
for purpose Of financing the distric
| track meet. This fee to be paid to
, the district chairman on or before
:. March l, 1922.
Upon the invitation of Supt. Jacob
son to dinner prepared by the Dom