The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-05-03

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Your friend, ~,
L. LEONA SHARP.
! Friday, April 20, Mrs. Percy Jones
took her geography classes on a
geographical hike to the Snake river,
the subject under discussion being
Germany The various streets re-
presented the rivers of Germany and
the stores were the cities. To make
the trip more realistic the lunch in
now working on a pageant to re-
present their study of Europe.
The Irving school has achieved the
same record as the Junior High and
on Friday completed thirteen weeks
/ without a single tardy in the eight
rooms and on Friday 81, all the
pupils enjoyed a quarter holiday.
During the month of April the
highth B spelling class has been di-
vided into two teams, with Maize
| Cox and Vela Briggs as captains.
The side having the lower average
banqueted the winning team on Fri
day, April 27. This has caused
good deal of rivalry and is gaining
splendid results in improving the
spelling.
Arbor Day was fittingly observed
by the pupils of the Central School
on Friday, April 20. The children
assembled on the lawn and the fol-
lowing program was given: am
erica" school; History of Arbor Day,
Theona Snyder; The Tree, Wendell
Carruth Trees, Abigail Davis;
Spring Song, School; Arbor Day
Song, Second Grade; Old Mother
Earth, Margaret Cochrin; Idaho, Oh
Idaho, school. While the school
sang the state song ivy vines were
planted at the east side of the build
ing. Mr.. Dolan, the janitor at the
Central school, had twenty enthus-
iastic boys raking the playground on
Arbor Day morning. Arbor Day |
lessons were given in all the rooms |
of the Central school on Friday In
many rooms programs were given |
and in others stories of Arbor Day |
were told and written and pictures
OF trees were mounted and others
were drawn free hand.
The Junior High School boys are
busy practicing baseball during the
fine weather. They hope to play a
series of games with neighboring
teams before the end of school.
Walter Wilson, Howard Clark and
Myles Taylor are showing up we'll
on the field. Lowell Carruth per-
forms we'll on the mound. A series
of class games is being arranged for
next week.
The pupils of the first grade of the
Irving school were dismissed Tues
day, as Mrs. Austin's room was used
by the voters of the third ward at
the city election.
Nine rooms at the Central school
enjoyed a quarter holiday on April
20, as these rooms had a hundred
per cent punctuality.
The Junior High vocations class
has devoted considerable time dur
ing the past two weeks making out
self-analysis and Observation-Disclosures
cards. This is very interesting and
helpful study that helps the student
to understand himself better and to
determine the particular vocation
that is best suited to his nature.
Wednesday the Second Grade di-
vision of Mrs. Grimes room drama
tized for the lower grades at Irving
school the story "How Fire Came to
the Indians" The pupils arranged )
their own costumes and the follow
ing were the participants: Sarah
Segal and Ruth Bible represented
the two old witches; Walter Hamil- !
ton, the Fox; Preston Price, the ..
Lion; Ned Pepper the Wild Horse; ::
Clements Clough the Wolf; Charles
Bernat, the Serpent; Bheuland Good
win, the Squirrel; Theron Clegg, the
Frog. The other members of the q
class were Indians.
The past week was observed as
courtesy week in the Central school. q
The Kiwanis club sent effective l
Thank You posters to each child,
which added greatly to the interest {
and enthusiasm of the work for more c
courtesy. James Johnston, L. v. I
Tate, w. F. Thomas and Rev. E. o.
Butler visited the rooms and gave
talks to the children.
. The first division pupils of the t
Seventh A reading classes gave an c
Arbor Day program in r
he reading room, Friday, April 20. q
Recitations were given by the Misses Q
Robinette Totty, Nancy Crump, Mar n
saret Decker, Kate Hess and Wilma =
Woodruff. Among the Boy Scouts b
who talked on trees were Walter e
Wilson, Royal Jeppson, Vernon Tay 9
or, Gordon Butler and Ralph Whit n
lie. L
Mrs. Grace Faulconer conducted a
he annual County Spelling Contest II
n Miss Turman's sixth grade room d
It Central on Friday tt
The class in Ancient History has c.
een studying the rise of the Roman 0
Empire. Wherever possible COM
arisons are made with other world a
mpires we have studied. The
york in the text is being supple tt
nented by great many suitable ar m
icles from magazines and current Il
istory topics ii
The Eighth grade his been taking W
ach presidents administration as a G.
roblem. We depend largely for cl
ur material upon supplementary T.
exits and magazines. al
A debate was held in the Seventh st
classes on Thursdays April 10, up la