Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1922-05-03
WHAT our PUBLIC
SCHOOLS ARE DOING

mate of Supt. Brohaugh, visited our
school on Thursday of last week. Mr..
Peik is in charge of the schools at
Faribault, MINI.
The Central Parent Teacher Asso-
citation held their regular meeting on
Friday. "A splendid musical program
prepared under the direction of Miss
Robbins, was presented. Miss Robbins
also gave a fifth grade music class
demonstration which clearly showed
the fine work which has been done
along music lines the past two years.
In connection with the regular Ar
Dor Day programs, the grounds of the
different schools were cleared of
sticks and rubbish by the children.
The improvement is very noticeable;
New play ground apparatus has been
received for the Garfield school. It
consists of set Of three swings Of
the same type which was installed at
the Central school last year. The sup
ports are all made of steel pipe which
will be set in concrete, making them
permanent. The apparatus was purch-
ased by the Parent Teacher Associa-
ton of the Garfield school and will be
installed by Messrs. Bjornberg and
Bergeson who did the work so we'll
for us last year.
Now that the warm weather is at
hand q number Of boys are playing
truant. A few parents also are keep
ing their children home to perform
work such as washing windows, put
ting on screens, and other tasks of
similar nature. The result is that these
pupils have been falling behind in
their work and are very likely to fail.
Reviews are always given dt the end
of the school year and it is extremely
important that every student be in
school,, Work of the nature mention
ed above can be done after school and
on Saturdays so that it is seldom nee
essary for children to be absent from
school. We ask the cooperation of
parents in this matter.
The Haggerty Intelligence Examin-
alton was given to all pupils of the
Junior high school this week. These
tests will also be given in other grades
soon.
Some splendid work is being done
in the Normal Department with pen
manship. Last year all of the Normal
students received Palmer Method Dip
Tomas and it is the ambition of the
present class to equal the standard
set. Final examination papers will be
finished in a short time. It is nothing
short OF astonishing to note the pro-
gress that some Of the girls have
made. When they entered the de-
partment last fall many Of them wrote
backhand or vertical, and others had
handwriting which was scarcely leg
ible.
The ladies of the local Civic Club
have awarded prizes to school pupils
for the best two essays on the sub
ject, 1.-The Book Which Inspired Me
Most to Becime a Worthwhile Amer-
can The winner Of the first prize is
Myrtle Heimdahl, who will be pre-
sented with five dollar BILL and the
second prize was given to Wallace
Johnson, who will receive two dollars.
The winners read their essays to the
members of the club on Tuesday of
this week.
A great deal of interest is being TAX
en- in the essay contest conducted by
the w. C. T. U. The subject on which
students are writing is 1.-THE Cigarette
Evil" The winners of this contest
have not yet been selected
The date of our annual school ex-
hibit has been changed to Wednesday
May 18th, on account of conflicts with
the date, originally set Preparations
are busily going forward to make this
one of the biggest and best exhibits
ever held. The manual training de.
partment is working especially hard
to make a good showing Many people
are under the impression that the ex-
hibits held here each year are of the
same kind. This is incorrect The ar
tic!es on exhibit this year are of a
nature never before shown in Will
mar Beautiful electric lamps Of all
kinds, different varieties of tables
chairs. rockers, nut bowls, candle sti
cks, Stools and many smaller articles
will be exhibited. The department au
thorities are very anxious that every
one in the city should visit them. 9th
er departments in the school will alsc
no ~
will be in progress thruout the schoo
system and patrons are invited to Wis
it wherever they choose. The Contra
Parent Teacher Association will serve
coffee in the General Science room
We hope that everyone will plan t.
spend some part Of the day or evening
with us.