The Penn's Grove record., 1921-02-18
Penns Grove
School Notes
A School Spirit Cultivated. Now
On Final Half Year For Ex-
aminatiOns and HOnOrs

Grove school who formerly felt them
selves so unfortunate in having to at
tend school have somewhat changed
their attitude since Mr.. Dalwahnie's
lecture On February third.
Mr.. Dalwahnie's home is in Bombay,
India. In 1911 he came to the United
States, a distance of II 900 miles, in
order to obtain an education. At first
he labored under many difficulties,
being without both friends and money.
He is a graduate of Oberlin College,
Ohio. He speaks the English langu-
age very f1uently, and told US that
travelling is an education in itself.
Upon reaching New York from here,
it will make his second trip around the
world.
He has traversed a large portion of
the United States, giving lectures in
many of the high schools and colleges
on his native land, his purpose being
to give al insight into the customs
and the conditions.
He remained an hour and gave US
many facts on the geographic and
climatic conditions of India, the origin
and dialects of its people, and their
mode of living. He dressed in native
costume, and brought with him many
articles which he exhibited to us. He
sang and talked in three different dia-
lects of his country.
Nh. Dalwahnie has charge of the
schools in India. His purpose in the
United States is not only to give ideas
to us, but also get a better understand
ing of the systematic way of conduct
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may apply them to his, school system
in India.
Those pupils of tbe nth grade
classical group who n IN average
higher than IS for j. are:
Edmund Phillips, III Miller,
Maxine Fox, Louise Coils, fRowena
McColley, Maude Green, lartinia
Bayne, John Ref. &
We are very well pleased with u
chemistry class this year. For a mid
year examination we used n of the
Rutgers Competitive Examination
sets. For the two questions we had
not yet covered, we substituted two
similar questions from another Rut-
gers set. The class averaged sc
higher than the passing mark.
Parents who have boys preparing
for college ought to interest them
selves in the scholarships offered by
our State College of New Jersey.
Their boys cannot make $500 more
easily. Mr.. Jenkins will be glad
to explain the plan to anyone.
If you see the High School pupils
observing you closely with a keen
rapt look on their faces, do not be an
noyed. They are merely looking for
types, observing characteristic details,
or noticing your expression in order
that they may have material for to-
morrow's theme.
A problem: How many times
twenty-five cents would equal the
price of a trip to Philadelphia to see
Hampden in Hamlet or Merchant of
Venice?
| At school special emphasis is being
laid on the importance of making sure
now-this week and next, each day OF
the term-that the lessons are care
fully prepared. In this way only can
the pupils be sure of no failures in
June. If the same thought were
phasized in the homes, III percentage
of failures Puld be very low.
Grade 7B
The following pupils have been
present during the month of January:
Milton Gruff, Milton Kille, Raymond
Luker,. Lucille Hawck, Evelyn Higgins,
Caroline Sparks, Helen Landlord, Myro
Edwards, Verna Allen, Laura Sentry,
Laura Hewitt, Dorothy Jones, Alice
Webster. .
Milton Kille and Jacob Kraotz have
ranked one and two, highest in the
room for two months.
Harry Hicks received a mark of SO
in the midwinter examination in agri-
culture. Mrs. Lottie Hall, Teacher.
Did you say Penns Grove High
School has no school spirit? Well,
you're mistaken. If any visitors had
been in the assembly last Friday
morning they would have seen a great
deal of enthusiasm and school spirit
displayed when the members of the
192O-21 football team were awarded
school letters.
Mr.. Jenkins, who took charge of the
assembly, called the following boys to
the front of the assembly and pre-
sented them with school letters:
James Blasioli, Orrin Viele, Harold
Peterson, Emerson Cunningham, Rus
sci Shrimp, Harmon Bell, Stewart Wei
don, LIE Roy Monahan, Ivan 'Viele,
William Speare, Marion Willis, and
Frank Straughn.
Mr.. Jenkins spoke of the spirit with
which these boys played under condi-
lions not entirely favorable as there
were so many boys among them who
had not played before. He mentioned
that after the Salem game one of the
witnesses came to him and said, "Mr.
Jenkins, your boys have a peculiar
way of keeping score. Instead of
counting the goals they make, they
count the number of men they knock
out" This was followed by applause.
Then with Harold Peterson as
leader, the school gave two hearty
yells for the valorous football team of
P. G. H. S. They were not only good