Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-11-13
Girl Reporter Becomes
Dignified on Visit to
The Junior High School

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Interesting. intimate ind hunor-
Gus Incidents of Grand Forks
school days are mentioned in the
article written by u girl
reporter of The Herald. Next
Sunday she will tell about her
visit to the eighth grade.
Gone, are the playtime school days.
the happy hours spent among the mis-
chievous Riddles In the lower grades
and now The Herald reporter mus
be real grown-up and dignifed. for
she Is a seventh grader and attending
Junior high school. Silent. young
sterless% corridors greet the visitor
when she enters the building, for the
period of study is still in order and
derway. There's no excuse, or chance,
for the youthful romance among the
seventh and eighth graders, for they
are segregated both in class work and
In the small class rooms which are
used as assembly room. or rather
study places. Yes, the open door
ways Of the class rooms disclose rows
Of little boys or rows Of little girls
coming lessons during tho opening
slips into the back Of among a
roomful Of young masculine seventh
graders, she. discovers that they aren't
quite as good as they looked from the
hall, after ALL.
Forty little boys. Of, varying degrees
Of cleanness and intelligence, all
ranged in close proximity in II small
roonl-and supposed to be quiet, and
study-can you imagine it? When the
! ately act just as youngsters always do
when company is present--one shut
fles in nonchalant manner to the pen
Gil sharpener. another with a side
long glance at the reporter. frowning-
ly consu!ts a dictionary, and three CT
four Importantly raise their hands.
1.-The room fa~irly@throbs with the cease
less motion Of feet and hands and
when Teachers back is turned, the
studiously bent head of. a bespectacled
young individual adds to the general
unGercurrent Of confusion
Children "Let Loose"
AT ,1:45 o'clock the building sudden
ly throbs. with life at the sound OF a
Changing gong and Riddles literally
| pOut flOTlll from lAc CldSS IOOlllo w
/ pass in this direction and that. The
reporters destination is. Room No. 2
on the second floor, but she is caught
in the eddy Of children and just
stands aside to mark their assured
progress to various class rooms. A
little girl helps her out and while she
follows the young guide through the
lines of youngsters, the reporter re-
marks, You know, I think it would
be very easy to be lost in this build
ing" Tie little girl soberly responds.
Yes, it is easy to get lost here til you
get used to it."
A Man Ruleth.
/ Back in high school days, tho mas
cuIllne principals classes were models
Of development. and this condition
still seems to be prevailing, for the
little boys who gather for their geog-
raphy lesson in Room No. 2 are as
outwardly docile as little cherubs.
Little boys with shining brushed heads
and little boys who are undoubtedly
the neighbours tough kid" all pay
homage to the. rumbling bass OF
Teacher.
The lesson which they are studying
is one that is very familiar to every
body because Of the rigorous drilline
they receive on it when children. II
! is dUOuL. III VI SAAO A~NSSAA AAAAS
New York and Teacher asks the ques-
ton. why did the Dutch come to
America" Kenneth is called upon,
and he arises and gives a vicious
yank to his vivid purple and gold
sweater before responding. Well,
forgit the date, but this man from
Holland came over. H-Henry Hud.
SON. "WhoY sent him" prompts
Teacher. And thus the lesson pro.
1o 700 ,,~$r thA A{ao1YAAiN1 NJ the
PATRONS and the famous grant Of
'.eight miles on both sides OF tbs riv.
er or sixteen miles on one side"
.The Man Deceased"
But the quiet and order is broker
when the gong again. rings and lines
Of children issue: forth from the room.
books, to and fro to second Reriot
classes. The reporter follows 1 lin.
of boys into a room on the lower
Ihoor and .nnds that she is a pupil n
what seems to be a combination spell
ling and reading class. Richard !!
cAlled upon to pronounce the first linz
OF words and he stumbles when h
comes to deceased" and diseased
"Riehard,'' says Teacher, tell M
you" 1T means die" responds
Richard promptly. Well, then. pas
to the front board and write a sen.
tehce, using the word deceased" di
reefs Teacher. Richard; marches t
the board and~Writes these words IL
a slanting line, .The man deceased
last night"
Study Poem.
After the spelling papers are col
iected and two or three, as. usual. otel
more or less flinlsy e~xcusesgfor tn
non-appearance Of papers. the atten
ton OF. the seventh graders Is draw
to William Cullen Bryant's poem
"The HURRICANE. which the young
sters are now studying The poem
wildly paints theSconling OF q storm
and TEACHER tries to direct the chill
dren.lAo that they will read the line
with colorbAnd feeling. Philip ID tn
nrst youngster called upon. and afte
he has finished reading he remain
at the front OF the room while IN,
Zines he, has read resdiscussed by tn
class. Robert asks Teacher. wha
is the meaning of the word bound
slessss IA this passage ~ u. lisa
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