Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-10-23
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With Flapping Knockers
Ju,t AS In Former Years.

Int&natc, interesting and hu.
smprpiis Incidents Of Grand Forks
school 5dayS arc mentioned in h
&GnnOsying article written by u girl
ficportcr or The Herald. Next
aSanday she Will tell about her
fiS2Htt to the fifth gradc.>
sssHurry up you're almost late
Hid; the teacher to The Herald re-
hNfer as she rushed up h hall on
away to the fourth grade osms
ut before the 1890 o'clock gong.
Yliat an emotion it is-tlat breath,
}ss, wonder-if-all-the-
Sselr-seats feeling which one expert
aces-while bounding up the steps two
a. time.
Fourth graders are getting real
Gown up for they are on the sec
nd floor OF the building and just
nre afternoon sunshine I,ours
trough the window. panes. A sec
nd seat to the back Is the reporters
5r the afternoon and as the books Of
ne absentee are intact in the desk,
40 folds a jack knife and dives in
fle desk for a book like the other
.lildren when Teacher say "All right,
1t out your spelling books" The
oungsters write their words carfully
! Teachers dictation and she sees
lar: they write properly as we'll as
sell properly. IT a write 'em with
~ eyes shut confides a small boy,
Sutting his pencil behind his ear.
Well, you certainly must know Them"
sturns Teacher. The spelling period
- brought to IN interesting close
hen the youngsters engage In q
anne featuring the hardest words in
sae lesson Just learned. The incest"
ow is allowed to leave the room first
md while they are gone, someone
hooses n Of the words written on
ne board. The row returns and they
ttempt to guess, by watching the'oth-
hr children as they trace the letters Of
he word in the air, just which word
sas been chosen. Spencer is first and
t4et asks, us it 's-a-m-p-1-e?" us it
i.e-a-v-in-g?" asks Lillian. Per-
nance she is right and the children
lIhorus again, Yves, it is l-e-a-v-in-g!"
Dramatic Work.
The reading period offers opportu-
isity for young actresses and actors
10 try out for the drarnatization OF
Me story which will take place>tomor-
low. They go, onet by one, to the
front OF the school room and in many
ff ~interpretative work. Lulubelle
HI reading and> she must
lead the words of the tiger beseech-
tage. She tries, but Teacher isn't
lutte satisfied. who else will beg
iIhe questions, and gives permission
Tor. Amy,to interpret the passage. Amy
pegs in very realistic fashion, her
soung voice almost a culver az she
reads, "Do let me out! Then I will
hank you forever. I will stay with
you always, and be your slave"
Study Period.
Study period breaks into the at.
sternoon lesson sessions and the fourth
Graders a grown up air al
hey bring out Biographies, arithme'
lies. or spoilers for perusal. The lit
ssIe boy across the aisle confides to tn,
reporter. Gee. but! l don't like THU
Eithmetic." She whispers back, "It j!
awful stuff, isn't it?" Questions Of al
lhabrts lombard Teacher as she passe'
Hp .andR-trwn the aisles-"When
Eaave my .Etthmetic done, may I do m!
ssoEraphy?" Shall we write tn,
hhuestions out before we write the an
Ywers Are we 'sposed to aid in tn,
t4conda0 ne 2, do we add all tn
Ahkes4togethcr in the fourth one tt
ketswhat they all are?" But Teache