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

the nsxt hand washipk. ana 90 on.
TIE ausstiap TO bs nllsd out today ts.
Were you IN bed ~ . o'clock last
nisht3 We're All the windows opensn
Carefully the children plsce their
monitors collect thorn ana lopk over
the charts to see Ii my in their row
were not In bed bSfors ,0 O'Clock.
Grace" says Teacher '.have you any.
one In your row who was not in bed
before . o'clock last night. "Ade-
line" Grace responds. "Adelfhe, what
happened to}you.?"' t'Well, my cousin
came md everybody else stayed up 90
! did too" And Archie, why didn't
you 20 to bed early" questions Teach
or. 81 she cSnsults another chart. saw
I went totthe showi" But Archie,
you haven't been in bed early once
this, wssk-andS Y you want to be .
+ fGs you sts snoM.s y0u sR mes. g. e gh beg a, ar,
your" II didn't want to,n NJ sheep
ishly resp pds. "IIe went.to tho show
too" pipes UP Archie. yah, he xoes
pretty near every night" volunteers
another.
School splrit- N
After the charts, have been discus
ssdS and placed aside, Teacher an
nouncss that the big game" Of vol
ley ball between Belmont and Wilder
will take place at q certain hour. In
stantly the atmosphere OF the room ID
charged with excitement and It 10
easily seer that fifth graders are not
ut all lacking in school, spirit. Teach
er then tells the children to turn,
stand. and pass and they march out
into the october sunshine for, stimu-
|lattng came OF ,votley ball.
A Speed Test.
Coming in with cheeks aflame and
eyes sparkling with outdoor air and
exercise, the geography, lesson is At
tackled and lakes and rivers and noun
tains and capitals and products-oh.
there seems no end to the facts they
learn about them. Just, as they are
In the midst Of the Lesson, the door
opens and the Superintendent entersl
"Wen have another. speed test in
fractions today" he announces and
the kiddies greet his words with muf-
fled ordinations Of dismay. Slips
Of paper are distributed among the
signal with poised pencils. Them.
"ready"-and the school roons stops
breathing while the children add and
substrAct fractions during the precious
thirty seconds. It's q wonderful thrill
"a fraction speed test and especially
II n gets all the problems solved
and all the answers right.
Another Thrill.
Hardly are the children slibly nam
ing m~qantains and cities when they
the Changing summons OF the fire
gong! "Reddy-turn, stand, pass
comes in crisp tones from Teacher
and in a moment the room Is cleared
Of Riddles and they form 4 part Of the
Checker board" effect on tbs aide.
walks surrounding the buiidinf
Weren't you scared when the gons
rang" asks the reporter Of tho little
bob haired girl in front OF her. "Oh,
no, | knew it Yves Just q drill" res
ponds the/child. Yes, but would you
be scared If you knew 1t was a real
fire." persists the reporter. Il don't
answers the little girl.
Cosch and -Four Calls. :,
Another deviation in the mornins
schedule comes At 1880 o'clock when
the weekly Weighing period takes
places. BY this procedure 1t is deter.
mined whether the children are un.
derwklght, or not but the kiddie,
treat tho matter - Just another way
to make the morning Interesting fol
them. Each. child IL armed with an
history book and thsx are supposed
to be studying as n by None. the
youngsters discard their shoes and 90
to the scale to be weighed by Teach
err. But the room is small and some
of the children have to sit together 50
SOM times it's difficult to study. The
grown up fifth grader has q hard
time to chose among several beckon-
Ing hands but she finally deeides to
sit. with merry eyed Annette, who was
SO companionAbis during the fire drill
And they whisper, as little girls DO
YOU know. and the young lady 'seatsd
Just. ahead turns about to join IN the
conversation. Say, she questions.
|"When you grow up are you going to
bea teacher7" mo. !: don't think So"
grAve!y nswer the reporter. what
are you going to be? ooh, I'm going
TO be,a nurse, l know I'd love to be