The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-02-02
TRAINING SCHOOL NOTES

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ished. "The green grassing is grow
.. ing all around and the orange cur
tains flying in the breeze" Miss
Bekkerus gave us large box Of
scraps but to US it is treasure box
with all sorts of lovely material to
dress our dolls.
Margaret Waller and Robert Enge-
moen each brought a hand sewing
machine to school to sew the dolls
body together more firmly than the
children could sew by hand.
The second grade classes in read
ing are going to make trip to Mr..
Davidson's blacksmith shop on Friday
Miss Eberhard and Miss Ivesdal's
classes are reading "The Fairy Black
smith" and they art taking this op-
portunity to let the children see a
! real blacksmith work.
The number classes of Miss Book
err and Miss Hurry are to visit the
postoffice at 3:45 next Saturday. Mr..
Witter has offered to take them thru
the office and to answer all ques-
tons asked until they reach SO.
The calendars which were made by
the student teachers are on display
in the lower hall of the Training
School. Signe Heyerdahl and Dorothy
Booker's calendars deserve special
mention.
Next week the teachers are to make
catalogues of various kinds, such as
hardware, grocery, and shoe cata-
logues which are to be used in num-
Der work.
Miss Murphy has taken the Pri-
mary room to the art exhibit in the
Museum, three times to see the chill
dren's pictures. Miss Murphy gave
talk on the various pictures and
the artists. The artists studied were
Maxfield Parrish, Jessie Wilcox
Smith, and Sir Joshua Reynolds
When the children came to the pic
ture of the Pied Piper, they all sat
on the floor and David told them the
story.
The following children have had
100 per cent daily during the past
three weeks in "A Spelling: John
Darland, Lynn Wemett, Edna Schol-
berg and Whitley West.
| Velma Thompson has been promot-
ed from 3B to ga because of her
excellent work.
The children in room 2 made two
trips to the Museum to see the Art
Exhibit and then arranged an ex-
hibt of their own. They have two
reproductions by Maxfie(d Parrish
and are expecting more.
The sand has been turned into an
Arctic Region. There are snow hous-
es, dog sled. master, whip, and dogs
and polar bears made from clay.
The fourth grade made polar bears
| and Eskimos from drawings on the
board. The best three Of each design
were chosen as patterns for the sill
houettes.
Gertrude Dunn is the new teacher
in 3B Arithmetic.
Laura Anderson left Friday for
Hot Springs, Arkansas. She expects
to be gone month but has promised
to write to the third grade.
Clifford and Elroy Audrey are with
US again after weeks illness enter
tanning pinkeye.
Laurence and Lydia Hoffman have
returned to school.
Miss Norton's room also visited the
Art Exhibit. The girls, especially, en-
joyed the doll furniture and the boys,
the Indians on horsebackWhen the
classes returned they voted for fav-
orite picture. No one picture re-
ceived all the votes. Choice was di-
vided between four and five.
Millicent Seymour has been absent
over week. Her class is getting
lonesome without her. Tuesday, the
girls of the 7th grade each wrote her
letter to help her to while away
the time. Wednesday the class sent
blue hyacinth to keep her company.
The girls in the sewing class are
making covers for their mothers
ironing boards.
The seventh grade are certainly
growing to be good spoilers. Thurs
day everyone had 100 per cent ex-
cept one pupil, who missed but one
word.
Junior High School
The Junior High School girls gave
Miss Vanderhoof a farewell party
last Wednesday evening at four O
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