The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1924-02-28
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REPUBLICAN
!, years until a. chasm of immeasurab BILE
depth will exist between the two
buildings.
Now, men of Blackfoot, we chal-
lenge you to find a greater variety Of
scenery should you travel this whole
world round.
Central School Belle"
For the past thirty years Blackfoot
has been blessed with belle" liv-
ing in the Central school tower. 1t
is impossible to try to estimate the
good she has done in moulding the
habits of our young people. In fact,
parents have depended on her to get
up, to get them to work, but mainly
to get the children to school on time.
She became such a necessary fix
ture in our school that 1t was very
hard indeed for us to progress along
; our regular routine of life, when this
fair lady decided she would hunt
new surroundings to spend the year
! 1924. We can not blame her for
leaving us at a time like this, as she
had watched the fate of so many for
such a long time, and this being
4 leap year, decided to seek greener
fields
A friend of the town and school
teachers hunted over the United
States for another "belle" to take the
place of this fair maiden. Being
, unable to find one, AL said, "Well,
we will get two younger ones to do
| the same work, and with the able
assistance of Mr.. Dolan and Miss
Electricity, we will get the children
there on time" So far one of them
has had sleeping sickness most of
the time, and other help has to be
called So our old triangles, which
have been here since the beginning,
are appealed to. When it comes
time to call the children in to recess,
some good teacher with strong nerve
and good right arm beats the tri-
angle until her ear drums almost |
burst.
No one misses this co-worker as !
do the school teachers when, at the
end of each month, they report the |
tardies and are sorry to say that they
are numerous since our belle" has
not been here to call them together.
Our SchOOlrOOm Beautiful
At first glance our schoolroom !
beautiful may not manifest much
beauty. Indeed, to the casual OBJ !
server it may even look dingy with
its old coat of green and blue paint.
But to us within the walls, the battle
scars left by hundreds of boys and /
girls, who have long since gone out 4
to become the business men of the
town, and fathers and mothers of
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their scars, tell story. s
To us they signify the passing
throng in development. They are
childhood which has changed into
serious men and women laden with
responsibility. This is the school
rooms hidden beauty tn ft
Then we find the materialistic
beauty Each room has a splendid
collection of PICTURES plants, books
and, best of all, the child's own work,
for mounted paintings, sand tables,
and cut-outs make appropriate deco
rations thruout the year
The Lunch Room
Lunch room duty is an occasion
looked forward to with great pleas
ure by all of the teachers of Central
school. Those who sit down to their
tables at home in solemn quietude
little realize what great opportunity
they are missing in not having the
privilege of keeping the lunch room
for one short, delightful hour each
day for a week.
| would like for those who have
not enjoyed this great pleasure to
picture in their minds eye small
,choolroom containing about forty or
fifty seats accommodating about
hundred starving urchins, some push
ng and crowding into the seats,
others crowding around on the floor.
While they are thus situated, the
act of satisfying their hunger Is pro-
Down into the lunch pals
hey dive and bring forth enormous
slices of bread and meat that are to
make good, strong muscles for the
'uture citizens of the country. After
heir hunger is satisfied then the play
begins. Some are at the blackboard
lrawing pictures or playing games,
ome mischievous little fellows are
timing undesirable crusts of bread
It an unsuspecting eye, other little
elbows who are not so fortunate as
heir neighbors are trying to trade
or piece of that delicious chocolate
lie or just one bite OF that. big, juicy
ed apple, while others begin the mad
cramble for the freedom Of the out
Ioors, and in this rush, milk bottles
re tipped over, the waste basket is
pset on the floor. children are sent
crambling head over heels, and many
Their delightful incidents occur that
lease the heart of the keeper.
Altogether, it is one of the most
elightful, enjoyable and profitable
ours that could be spent any place,
nd those who do not enjoy this priv
ege are missing the chance of a
feline.
-ia Health Work
OF all the numerous things our
,hools are demanding these days,
ne something akin to hospital work
much in force outside our regular
ctivities. All hail to our Crusaders
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