Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-10-30

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Sunday she. win tell about her;
! visit + thessixtbJ grade.
The October air Is lust slotio UAy
fresh and the kiddies on their way to
school dance along just asshade. more
~buoyantly because sof sheer good
health and Joy iH4ilving. The Herald
reporter. on her way 10 bes>a NTH
grader once moreIStrots In. step with
:s1e children and delights lii .rustlihg
4hropgh the fallen autumn leaves on
!ne lawns, instead of. walking aedatea
hey. !, 'us' = "uon =
The great Doors Of the school build-
hg swallow the chi3dren az they come
from all directions and by 3 o'clock
ne deserted grounds look q Hif a Pied
Plper had charmed all the kiddies
And he really has-he has charmed
hem all inside to play in profitable
fashion for a while. Morning sun
ishtens the NTH grade roomtt to which
she reporter goes and the nrst ten
minutes are. spent in listening to q
story which yis read in installmsnts
each day to the children.
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Then comes the arithmetic period
: paper. the kind that in those
thick, thick tablets, %yon know and
wrestle with fractions. But opera
lions are halted because. Thomas must
needs borrow paper and he does It in
: the old accepted fashion by giving
the little chap just ahead a violent
nudge n whispering loudly. Say,
Slim, gimme a sheet Of paper!" And
: Doreen Is minus the pecessary pencil
and Teacher mas to ask, Nov, who'll
lend Doreen a pencil?" Blu the ar
1thmetic less on Is started at last and
the fifth graders add and subtract
and '+cnange"" fractions iudustriously.
Fractions are perfectly fascinating
you never know just what they are
going to do next-and he old pitfall
= of a Common denominator'' still en-
dangers young mathematician. just
as 1t used to do. Take this one"
says Teacher. add 1-2, IA and 49,
Heads bend intently over the desks
and small fingers that are already
none too clean grasp the pencils more
firmly as the intricities OF the problem
are dealt with. Up goes Marion's
hand, then Johns, Rut1's-and in a
a mass Of hands waving excitedly in
the air. Proudly Marion, because she
aras the first to solve the problem,
reads the answer and some OF the
youngsters In the room look very
c%restfallen when they discover that
their answer Is wrong.
"Now where's a perfect row." asks
Teacher. and vivacious Polly in the
third row jusA chances atethe boy be-
hind her who didn't get the problem
right and thereby forfeits, their right
to the coveted title perfect row."
Feed 'cm Milk.
Just as the visiting" fifth grader
is trying to digest all the ~one-halves
: that the milk feeding period has ar
rived. The reporter wonders what In
the world that is and files downstairs
with the youngsters with some inward
"~trepidation, mentally asserting that
she won't like the process. Butt
isn'tSsa process at all. but--well, al
most a party! The domestic science
room, lightened with Sunshine and
cleaning white tiled tablestS opens
. brightly upon the vision and,just rows
upon rows of half pint bottles Of milk
awaiting the children: Standing
in the little groups about the room
they dip the DOL creamy beverage
through straws and-oh, but it's deli
= clous! You see. the reporter is CIV
eli u uorl1oH too, anu So sne Hnub just
how delectable the milk Is. II like
thisM vpuchsafes n rather fragile ap-
pearing\ little girl. fitting her bottle TO
obtain the last drop. 'and Teacher
says tts lots better for me than coffee
or tea"
Z Nine O'Clock Children.
After the children return ,froms the
milk feeding interlude. Teacher gives
the health charts to the monitors to
pass out and, the little boy across from
:, thel reporter informs her thai "YuA
hafta fill out when you go t'bed."' And
sure enough, he's right for Teacher
Z explains that each day o Of the
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