The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-12-21
8RANDER SCHOOL NOTES
(Too Late for Last Week.

After a four days vacation school is
.Tci2 in full sway, with teachers and
all feeling better and willing
to work hard until Christmas.
The pupils and students at large r
to be highly complimented for their
hardness and courage as was shown
Monday morning in Drawing the big
drifts in order to attend school. Some
of them driving as far as 5k miles.
There are a very few however who
are somewhat regular in being pune
tual and unless some improvement is
made, some arrangement will be made
whereby these students can be given
different work than we give the reg
ular student or else we might decide
to accept only three legitimate excuses
for the year for absences. A legitimate
excuse is sickness or very important
work only. No student can be expect
ed to complete a course satisfactorily,
with other students if he does not at
tend regularly and punctually. Pa
irons, bear this in mind; if your boy
or girl fails in the spring examina-
ton probably you can realize the cause
A word may be said In regard to
Manual Arts in our school. Education
in the modern sense consists of train
ing the hand as we'll as the mind-to
build up a degree of coordination be-
tween the eye, mind and hand. For this
purpose we teach the various Manual
Arts. In our program we allow one
fourth of the time for this training. In
the high school Manual Training is
given for the boys and one special
student. Sewing I and II for the girls.
In grades So perspective drawing and
in the primary room is given draw
ing clay modelling, paper construction
work. The Manual Training is super
vised by Mr.. Bergen who has had spe-
cia training in that field. There is a
class of II boys ard before long they
expect to be putting out some very
credible work, at the same time &C
knowledging that a straight cut was
mighty hard to make at first. But
step up folks and see the class grow.
Parents are asked to cooperate very
heartily with this class on any sug-
gestions to either students or instruc-
ton will be appreciated by both.
Sewing I and II is given under the
instruction of Miss Spilde who has had
three years preparation in this field
at the State University. The class in
cludes the 7th and 9Th grade girls as
we'll as the high school girls-and they
already are showing signs of real
dressmakers.
Drawing in Grades So is under the
very able instruction of Mrs. Wilcox.
The pupils are showing up we'll which
is another proof of the saying that
the ability is there if the teacher is
capable of developing it and making
the pupil see his own possibilities.
These pupils do not need the stuffing
process, what they want is able super
vision and the results obtained should
convince anyone that they have i'm
proved wonderfully. J.
In the Primary Room the pupils do,
clay modelling, construction work, pa
per cutting, coloring and SO forth. All
of which is IA back ground for future
Manual Arts. Miss Gladys Wyman is
in charge. .'t -
Merit week watch for some items
about handwriting and how we are
trying to improve some pupils who
have done real well will be mentioned.
Is your child there? If not, why not
The Literary which was held here
last Friday evening was well attend
ed. The following program was rem
.dered: @.: T.. .rsxS Il
Vocal Solo with Edison Photograph
Accompaniment by Mrs. Wilcox.
Dramatized Play from '"The Courtship
of Miles: Standish," by Seventh
F Grade pupils. Characters:
Miles Standish-Roy Sausker
John Alden-Charles Pease
Priscilla-Vivian Piquette
Male Quartette-Messrs. Phipps, Viii
cox, Shaffer, Wynan
The officers elected for the coming
year are as follows:
Observation-Disclosures Brander
Vice President-B. g. Phipps
Secretary Treasurer-H D. Wyrnan.
The basket social which was given
in CONNECTION with the Literary last
Friday was q splendid success. The
proceeds are to finance the Literary
Society for the coming year
The high school students together
with Mrs. Wilcox, Miss Spilde and
Miss Wyman we're royalty entertained
AZ the Haslsker home last Saturday
evening. Music md games wSFepar-
dcipatsd b, followed BY refreshnasnts