Evening star., 1922-06-11
WILSON NORMAL SCHOOL.

The chief matters of interest at
Normal this week are the events con-
nected with graduation. Class night
exercises will be held Saturday, June
16 The graduation number of Nor
NAL News will appear, that night
The acceutance of Senator David l.
walsh of Massachusetts, to address
The graduates has just been received
thus completing the program FOR the
formal exercises of commencement
June %.
With the exception of a few dental
certificates to the effect that certain
unfinished work will be completed
all health certificates have neen
signed by Dr. j. \. Murphy. That
those of underweiGht have been sue,
. cessful in reaching the requren
standard reflects credit not alone on
the students but on the systematiral
watchfulncSS of Miss oberiy, VINO mas
been untiring in her efforts To I'M
nrove the health of the students. The
class work in physiology. under MISS
Rreen. has given the students the
srientifiS basis upon when G"on
health rests. The class of 22 enters
the public school system IN Eood
health. with IL knowledge of how TO
keen we'll and how to teach the same
TO little children.
y
". within ten days of gradua-
zion. represents the spirit of the class
Of '2o-that no matter what circum- :
stances NAV intervene, educationai
principles must not he violated. AS
nature study is the study OF lite, Nv
ing material must be uSed Whe, sh !.
ing lessons in the subject Ioaus
were to he taught last Monday IN the
second grade practice schools All
day sunday Mary hunted them. Late
in the afternoon she secured me
snecimen, carefully put ii into box.
hrmanely covered the box with net
ting. so that the toad could breathe
but not escape. and started for scnooi
Monday morning with saIelv
slowed away in her bag.
Meeting another senior Ga tne car
Mary proudly told her of SAr prize.
rs that it?" asked the seniaet. point
ing to a weIl-developed toaa seated
in the aisle of Il Georgia avenue car:
Mary wasted no time trying TO nhu
out how it left her bag. but win
she made dart for it. AS the
toad hoped down the aisle. a we'll
dressed woman suddenly arose. re-
marking expressively. How disgust
ing" Mary's feelings were not OF
that nature a second attempt to
canture il attracted the attention of
n man on the platform. whose only IN
depreciation of the commotion was
that two women must be rescued
from a toad So, with few long
strides he reached the front of the
car and with the agility of his boy.
hood days caught it. With look of
supreme pride in his success. he
pitched the toad intended for Mary S
lesson out of the car window
The average person would say tnat
Mary had sufficient excuse Tor not
reaching toads that day, but a Nor
NAL student on the eve of graduation
feels the responsibility of measuring
up to assignments NO mater now
strange it may seem when the second
grade class reported for lesson. Mary
had a toad waiting for them. How she
cot il does not matter. but she ranks
Sieh in effort. and there are thirty
others of her kind in the class of '22.
The "A grade of the practice
schools gave two sketches from I'M
the assembly hall. Four-B grade is
working diligently on a play for its
graduation from the practice schools.
based on the Greek play Of Pan
dora
During the spring a pair of canaries
raised a family of three in the ma
ture study department. much to the
delight of the practice schools. AL
present the young birds have grown
10 the age of independence, each In
its own cage Friday morning In
assembly the kindergarten first ano
second grades were each presented
with a little singer. Betty Bane &C
cepted the bird for the kindergarten,
Row Rucker for the first grade and
Martha Gene Whiteside for the sec
ond grade. The entire practice de-
partment sang bird songs at the END
of the presentation.